Chapter 521: Consequences

Cadius. That was their name. It was nice to have a label for this person or thing bullying Julius. Now, he could curse at Cadius in his mind properly.

As a matter of fact, he threw in some colorful curses at Cadius now that he knew his name. He made sure he emphasized them as much as he could in his mind. It was likely that the man could hear Julius’s thoughts or at least his intentions through his aura. That was Julius’s prediction.

He couldn’t help but smile when he saw Cadius’s eye twitch during Julius’s internal cursing. Cadius might or might not know what Julius was saying exactly, but at the very least, he knew that it wasn’t anything nice.

However, the man didn’t do anything to Julius. He was too focused on the newcomer, standing behind Julius. Unlike his previous attitude, Cadius showed the first sign of nervousness and uncertainty. Whoever this newcomer was, Cadius must have known them and didn’t want to anger them further.

Julius took pleasure in knowing that and cursed at the man a few more times until he felt better.

It was only then that he turned around to see who had spoken and who had stopped Cadius from crushing Julius’s soul.

The person was very similar to Cadius in that he looked human, but also not human at the same time. He had the general form of a human, but several of his features were very interesting. His eyes resembled Cadius’s rainbow colored eyes, but instead of iridescent light, they were pure white. There was a small ring of sparkling black light inside the glowing white irises.

However, the feature that led Julius to believe they weren’t totally human was their height. They were very tall. Not just like Gabriel tall either. They had to be almost ten feet tall and towered over Julius and Cadius.

With pitch black hair and a dangerous aura, Julius could see why Cadius didn’t want to start any trouble with this man. He looked scary.

“It is not what you think, Kaelther,” Cadius tried to say swiftly.

“Oh? Because it looks like you have injured this year’s guests and almost crushed the soul of this one.”

“I was just having some fun,” Cadius said with an awkward laugh.

The man, Kaelther, gave Cadius a flat stare. “Just some fun, huh?”

“Yeah, it wasn’t like I broke any of the rules. The ones I killed had the audacity to touch me,” Cadius pointed out to the tall man.

Kaelther’s eyes glimmered dangerously, and Julius felt a new pressure slowly wash over him. However, he could tell right away that this pressure wasn’t targeted toward him. Instead, it was focused on Cadius, and Julius saw the other figure start to sweat nervously.

“You might not have broken any rules, but you are toeing the line very heavily. I can understand you killing the person who grabbed you, but you also didn’t need to kill the other dozen people. More importantly, this young man didn’t seem to have done anything to you. Yet, you were just in the middle of crushing his spirit,” Kaelther stated nonsensically.

“I was not about to crush his spirit,” Cadius argued, but before he could finish all of his words, Julius watched as the man writhed in pain and collapsed to his knees.

“Don’t lie to me,” Kaelther said softly.

“Okay, okay. I might have gone too far. I’m sorry,” the rainbow colored man wheezed out.

“The only reason why I haven’t punished you more severely is that you are still needed to complete the trial. However, be prepared for an appropriate punishment when it is finished. Do you understand?”

Cadius nodded swiftly and bowed deeply, not daring to look up at the other tall man.

“Good, now get inside and prepare for the trial. If you cause any more issues, I will personally make adjustments to your bindings. And trust me, you will not enjoy what I have in mind,” the man threatened.

Julius watched as the color faded from Cadius’s face and hid the smile on his face when he saw the guy tuck tail and run away, back into the temple.

Only when Julius and the tall, scary man were alone did he let out a sigh of relief.

“Thank you, Mr. Kaelther,” Julius said gratefully.

Kaelther didn’t even glance at Julius and kept his eyes on Cadius walking through the doorway. Only when Cadius had disappeared inside did the large man glance down at Julius. His glowing white eyes were scanning Julius, and Julius could feel the man’s senses brush against his soul.

A slight frown appeared on the man’s face.

“It’s just Kaelther,” he said brusquely.

“I appreciate it, Kaelther,” Julius said with a slight bow.

“Here, take this,” the man said suddenly. A bottle appeared in his hands, and he passed it down to Julius. The bottle looked comically small in the large man’s hands.

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“What’s this?” Julius asked curiously as he examined the bottle.

“It is a diluted soul nurturing treasure. Normally, it is meant for Tier 4s and Tier 5s, but it should be diluted enough for you to consume safely,” Kaelther explained.

Julius must have shown some hesitation because the man sighed. “Don’t worry, if I wanted to poison you or hurt you, I wouldn’t have stopped Cadius from having his fun.”

“Is that his way of having fun? Torturing people?” Julius asked before realizing how rude his tone was.

“Torturing? No, Cadius normally enjoys bullying the weak, but he rarely tortures anyone.”

“So what? Am I just that special?” Julius asked sarcastically.

“Yeah.”

Julius opened his mouth and closed it slowly. He hadn’t been expecting such a definitive answer.

Kaelther flattened his lips when he saw Julius’s reaction. “Don’t pretend to be shocked. You managed to withstand his aura, and he took that as a challenge, and so when you didn’t give up, he decided to crush you.”