Chapter 450: Arrogant Look

Julius chewed on his lips as he watched the others all train. He didn’t know how he had gotten himself into this situation, but his friends had convinced him to go over and train with them before the tournament began. It wasn’t like it was a bad thing, but they weren’t the only people there.

Cyrus and Christina were also present, which made sense considering they would be participating in the tournament as well. Furthermore, Marcus and Stella were there as well. Apparently, they had been helping train the four of them after the Endless Forest incident, and the twins’ parents must have believed that it would be a good idea for them to join their friends in some training before the tournament began.

Admittedly, it was a fantastic idea. Marcus and Stella were very skilled. They likely had a lot to teach the twins.

There was one more person Julius wasn’t familiar with. The man’s name was Cygnus, and he was someone that Aubrey’s mother had sent over. Julius didn’t know how he felt about the man. A part of him respected how hard he pushed his friends, but another part of him also wanted to punch the man in the face for being so rude and crass.

“What are you? A fucking snail? Move faster!” The man snapped at Lily, who was having a hard time keeping up with Edgar. She was continuously getting pushed back by Edgar’s speed and couldn’t find an opening to attack.

It wasn’t exactly a fair matchup to begin with. Lily was heavily limited in the abilities she could use, and she was fighting Edgar in direct combat. Additionally, Edgar was very talented at close combat, which didn’t make things easier when Lily had only recently started to get better at hand-to-hand combat.

The response time between her telekinesis-enforced body was slightly too large, and anyone fast enough was able to punish it. However, this was also perfect training for her. Not only would she be able to lower this time, but she would also gain valuable experience sparring a more skilled fighter like Edgar.

On the other hand, Julius had excused himself from sparring. He still didn’t have perfect control over his kinetic energy at the moment and didn’t want to risk hurting his friends. Especially not when he had just gotten back.

Julius sensed Marcus stroll up to him. The one-armed man still looked and felt as intimidating as ever. However, there was a teasing smile on the man’s face as he stopped beside Julius.

“It’s good to see that you haven’t gotten yourself killed yet,” Marcus said to Julius.

Julius chuckled. “I actually got pretty close recently,” he admitted.

“Oh? How so?” Marcus asked interestedly.

Julius shrugged. “Got into a fight with someone stronger,” he said simply.

“Sounds like you,” Marcus commented with a grin of his own.

Julius chuckled again. “It does, doesn’t it?”

Marcus laughed alongside him, and together they watched as Lily desperately tried to find a way to get the upper hand on Edgar.

“She has improved a lot in the time I was gone,” Julius commented, genuinely proud of her.

Marcus nodded proudly. “She really has. I am not exactly sure what happened or the reason why, but ever since they got back, they all had this fire lit in their souls. Though I guess almost dying has that effect on people. That might have been the closest any of them had been to death before.”

“Have you been the one primarily helping her?” Julius asked as Lily barely managed to put up her arms to block the heavy kick of Edgar. Still, the force of the blow blasted her backward, and she tumbled several times on the ground.

“Yeah, but Stella and Cygnus have been invaluable as well,” Marcus pointed out.

Julius looked over at Stella, who was helping the twins with some kind of technique. From what Julius could tell, the twins weren’t close combatants. They were primarily mages who used lightning magic, as one would expect from House Zenith.

Julius did think it was a shame that neither of them seemed to use lightning magic like Derek did. He always believed that Derek’s speed was one of his biggest strengths.

“Is Cygnus always like that?” Julius asked Marcus.

Marcus rolled his eyes. “Yeah, but I think Ms. Crysalia told him to be that way.”

“Hmm,” Julius hummed non committedly and continued to watch the fight as Lily was beaten back over and over.

As Marcus and he were watching together, they were suddenly approached by the twins. Julius hadn’t really talked all that much to the twins. They had met briefly during dinner last night, but that was about it. Afterward, Julius, Cain, and Freya had all gone back to the inner district.

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However, Julius had caught the two of them looking in his direction more than once during the last couple of hours he had been here. It would appear that they had finally lost their patience and the reason they were coming over to him.

“Why isn’t he training with the rest of us?” Cyrus asked in a tone that made it sound like he believed it was unfair that they were forced to train while Julius didn’t.

Marcus laughed. “Because his parents aren’t forcing him to, like your parents are for you and your sister.”

Cyrus’s eye twitched in irritation and continued to press. “Then why is he here watching us? I don’t see the point if all he is doing is observing. What if we fight in the tournament? Wouldn’t he already have an idea how we fight? That sounds unfair.”