Chapter 567: Graveforce

Julius smiled as he peeled himself off the floor.

Would you like to learn the skill [Graveforce Impact]?

Finally. It had only taken several months for him to be offered an offensive kinetic skill. Or at least he hoped it was an offensive kinetic skill.

“I got it,” he said excitedly to Cain.

Cain appeared in front of Julius’s face. “You really got it?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I got it.”

“About damn time,” Cain said with a relieved tone. “What skill were you offered?”

“It’s called [Graveforce Impact],” Julius answered. He didn’t know if the skill was good or not, but he was hoping that Cain might know something.

“Oh, that’s actually pretty good,” Cain noted, which had Julius let out a sigh.

Thank god. He had been constantly breaking his body in half for the past several months, desperately trying to acquire an offensive kinetic skill that he could either evolve or combine with some of his other skills.

At first, he had some ideas to combine it with [Void Strike], but when Cain had described a possible synergistic combination between [Kinetic Shell], [Kinetic Energy Refinement], and whatever skill he ended up getting offered, he was more excited for that.

Now months later and countless broken bones afterward, he had finally gotten a skill that might work. And thank the lord for that. If he had to go through this process again, he would have smashed his forehead into the nearest wall.

“What does it do?” Julius asked excitedly.

“I don’t know,” Cain said with a shrug.

Julius flinched and threw a bolt of fire mana at the man’s face. “What do you mean you don’t know? You just said it was pretty good.”

“I mean, it sounds good. Doesn’t mean I know what the skill does exactly. I am not exactly a seer or a prophet.”

“I hate you.”

“Don’t yell at me because you took ten years to get your first offensive kinetic energy skill,” Cain said with a teasing smirk.

“Yeah, and look who’s my so-called teacher? You would think that a Tier 6 would help me get that skill a lot sooner, right?” Julius retorted.

“Sometimes people aren’t that talented,” Cain muttered and shrugged. “What can you do?”

Julius threw another burst of fire at the man. His crown seemed awfully willing to help as well. Before he even asked, the crown had already provided him with a nice amount of ruinous flames.

“Okay, seriously, is the skill good or not?” He asked.

“You know how skills work. Your variation could be totally different despite having the same name as another variation.”

“But you have heard of this skill, right?”

“I have heard of a skill called [Graveforce Strike] before. One of my older students got it when he was in Tier 3. So I suspect that [Graveforce Impact] is closely related to that skill,” Cain explained.

“What did [Graveforce Strike] do?” Julius wanted some information about the skill or what its purpose might be.

“The student had a minor talent for destruction. At the time, he was already developing a Destruction Concept, which likely influenced the skill into becoming what it eventually became. Since you have that ruinous aura of yours, I suspect your skill has at least some similarities to their skill,” Cain noted.

“Was it a good skill?” Honestly, that was all Julius really cared about.

Cain tilted his head. “Oh, it was certainly a dangerous skill if that’s what you wanted to know. But for you, I’m not so sure it’s the most powerful skill or the most ideal for you unless you have a specific desire for it.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well, I mean, you already have [Void Strike]. To be honest, just that alone is a terrifying offensive skill that no Tier 3 should have at their disposal. If you were looking for a skill that has a higher output or higher potential, then you might not find it within [Graveforce Impact].”

Julius deflated upon hearing that. Well, back to the drawing board. How many more times did he have to get beaten up this time around before he got another skill offered?

“But…”

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Julius jerked his head up to look at Cain, who had his finger in the air.

“… But if it’s just a skill you want to combine with [Kinetic Shell] and [Kinetic Energy Refinement], then it should be more than acceptable. As a matter of fact, it will probably give you the chance to integrate your aura skills alongside it. Although I don’t know if that would be the best decision.”

“Why do you do this?” Julius asked, unamused.

Cain laughed. “Sorry, the truth is I don’t know what to tell you. Ultimately, it is your decision, and you haven’t been doing a bad job of choosing your skills so far. Just go with your gut.”

Julius stared at Cain flatly before turning and walking away. “I’m going to go and talk with Freya.