Chapter 409: Meeting Cain

He didn’t come running over, but Julius could see a drastic change in the man’s attitude. It was like he was injected with a good night’s sleep. Julius and Freya waited until Cain finished up the class, sitting on one of the benches at the side of the room.

When everyone had finally left the room, Cain came over to them. The first thing he did was give his wife a big hug and kiss on the lips.

“Well, this is a surprise. You never come and visit me during one of the classes,” Cain said with a bright smile.

“Doren came over today,” Freya went straight to the point.

Cain froze, and his face twitched with irritation. “Say what again?”

“He came over and I agreed to help him,” she said.

“Why in the nine hells would you decide to do that?” Cain asked in bafflement.

“Because I don’t think we would be getting the worst of the deal,” she explained.

“What deal?”

She pointed over at where Julius was standing awkwardly.

“Seriously? Does it look like we need more useless talent to train?”

“I already agreed to help train him, so be a little more respectful, dear,” she gently rebuked him.

He scratched his head and took the reproach. “Sorry, but still, why did you agree? Wait… what do you mean that you already accepted to train him? Isn’t he a warrior? I can sense his body enhancement already running as we speak,” Cain said with a quick glance at Julius.

“He has a Phoenix Concept,” she said, like that would explain everything.

Surprisingly, it appeared like it actually did. Cain’s defensive attitude towards Julius had dissipated, and he was intrigued instead.

“Hold up, can we stop just spouting my secrets like this? My Concept isn’t something I’d like people to know casually. Didn’t you already admit that plenty of people would love to have someone with a Phoenix Concept?”

“Are you really worried about one of us kidnapping you?” Freya asked flatly.

“Not you, obviously. I am more—” He was cut off suddenly because he felt someone move close to him. He almost leapt back in surprise when he was face to face with the enormous man. Up close, he was even larger than he initially believed.

“Um, can I help you?” He said slowly, having to look up to see the man’s eyes.

“So I am guessing you use your Concept to let you heal while you fight up close?” Cain asked excitedly.

“Um, yes.”

“Can I see it in action?”

Julius didn’t know how to answer. He had a feeling that there was some caveat if he agreed. It almost looked like Cain wanted to hurt him just to see his skill personally.

“I would like to see it as well,” Freya added before Julius could say no.

Julius was about to argue, but he also understood that if these people were going to be helping him, he would need to show them at some point. It was funny, it was like it had already been decided that he would stay here.

It wasn’t like his ride was here anymore. Doren had run away, back to who knows where.

“Sure,” he said defeatedly.

“Great! Here, let me help you out,” Cain said excitedly with a very dangerous glint in his eyes. Before Julius could do anything, he suddenly found himself wobbling off balance. He quickly realized the reason when he saw that he was now without an arm.

In a display of speed that he wasn’t able to react to, Cain had removed his entire arm in a single blink. What was even more odd was that he didn’t feel the pain that much. Even the small amount he was subjected to was easily taken care of by his focus skill. Cain must have done something to suppress the pain, which was the only silver lining.

Still, he didn’t appreciate it at all.

“What the fuck?” He yelled out and threw out a blast of kinetic energy at Cain angrily. The burst of energy didn’t even reach Cain; it was like a massive black hole swallowed it up. It was only then that Julius realized that Cain had an entire field surrounding him.

Not even his perception skill had been able to pick up on it until this field had absorbed his kinetic energy.

“Huh, I can see why Doren sent him over,” Cain said to Freya in a whisper. The woman seemed to have the same opinion of Julius, and he could feel her aura pulse angrily as she stared at her husband.

“What did I say about ripping people’s arms off suddenly?” She asked softly and dangerously.

Cain’s eyes widened. “Umm…”

“Apologize,” Freya commanded him.

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Cain didn’t dare to argue and bowed deeply toward the one-armed Julius with the offending limb still dangling in his hand. “I’m deeply sorry, I just thought with your healing and your focus skill, you wouldn’t experience that much pain, and I was excited to see how it worked.”

Julius took a calming breath. To be fair, the pain wasn’t that bad at all. Whatever the man had done, it helped alleviate what little pain he would have experienced. It was more frustrating that someone had just reached out and plucked off his arm like one would do to a spider’s leg.