Chapter 90: How to Deal with Rude People

Julius didn’t stay where he was and fight the man. Nope, instead he swiftly ran to an alley where he didn’t sense anyone. If he was going to fight, he wasn’t going to do it with so many people watching him. He was still trying to maintain a low profile, not that he was sure that was working so far if he was being honest.

Julius sensed that the guy was fast on his heels with [Spatial Perception], but was stumbling frequently, trying to keep up. The man was fast, Julius gave him that, but his gracefulness was something left to be desired.

He finally reached a small opening where he didn’t sense anyone else in the vicinity. There were still a few people who were in the buildings around, but he couldn’t sense them moving around. They were most likely still asleep.

Julius purposefully slowed down, allowing the man to catch up with him. The distance between him and the man was a straight shot now, so the man had a much easier time chasing after Julius.

He sensed the man gather mana in his right hand and cock back his fist. Julius’s back was still turned to the man, so he probably thought that he could take Julius by surprise. However, Julius at the last second, dropped down avoiding the swinging arm, pivoted, and blasted a fist of his own right into the man’s gut.

Julius had not been just running. He had been using that time to gather as much kinetic energy and create as many intricate layers of mana surrounding his skin, especially around his arm.

One thing Julius had realized after sparring with Aubrey and Edgar, was that even though he could use much more mana and more efficiently, he couldn’t just use it all for offense. The more energy he put aside for it, the more he had to use to reinforce his own body so that it wouldn’t fall apart when the backlash of the strike came.

With that being said, he also had [Pseudo-Phoenix Renewal], thus he was much more lackadaisical with how much mana he dedicated to protecting himself. So as he uncorked his punch, he could distinctively feel his arm barely managing the force of the blow.

In hindsight, he could have used less energy in his attack, but the man was Tier 3 and Julius wasn’t taking any chances.

Still, Julius was surprised when his punch completely folded the man and rocketed him over a couple of dozen feet down the alley, eventually smashing into the wall of a nearby building. Julius was able to sense some of the building’s enchantments activate, protecting it from most of the impact.

He quickly activated [Pseudo-Phoenix Renewal] and healed his arm, the speed of the healing was astonishing. He walked over to the man who still had not moved an inch and bent down, taking a look at him. For a second, Julius thought he might have killed the noble drunkard, but after he got closer he poked the man with his toe repeatedly, and he realized that the guy was just knocked unconscious.

That was anti-climatic, I know he was drunk but that seemed too easy. Julius almost felt bad for how hard he hit him.

There was blood trickling out of the man’s mouth and he was breathing a little funny, but he was alive. Julius made sure to kick the guy so that he was lying on his side. Julius didn’t want the man to swallow his own tongue on accident. Afterward, he stood back up and started to leave. However, as he was doing so, he was able to sense someone quickly approaching his location.

The person was fast, faster than Julius, so either a guard or someone else who was at an advanced tier. Julius hadn’t let go of any of his skills yet and was paying attention to every movement the unknown made as he made his way to Julius. It wasn’t until Julius could practically see him, that he let out a sigh of relief.

The face he saw was a very familiar one, it was actually the person he had been on his way to meet this morning. Julius wore a smile as he saw Declan approach. He didn’t know if Declan was aware it was him, his ring did a good job suppressing his aura, so he wasn’t sure.

However, it seemed that Declan did recognize Julius since he had a smile of his own on his face and had slowed down once he saw Julius standing over the body of the man.

Declan ignored the prone figure on the ground and gave Julius a big hug, before saying, “I had a sneaking suspicion that it was you. We got a report from someone saying that a noble was causing trouble for some young boy with black hair. Someone else was going to respond, but since I was around I decided to check instead.” Declan had finally taken the time to look over at the unconscious body.

He used his foot to turn the man completely on his back. He had a weird look of recognition on his face and sighed. “I know who this is.”

“You do?” Julius was curious as to the identity of the unknown man who had just assaulted him.

“Yep, Geoffrey Lagos. Certainly not the first time he has had an incident like this. His father is Lord Lagos, a very wealthy and powerful businessman in Heston. He has a company that engineers and constructs large shipping vessels for trade.” Declan shook his head. “Lord Lagos himself is quite a pleasant man to work with, however, some of his sons have been spoiled rotten, which is unfortunately common with nobles.”

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Julius could understand that. In his old world, it was also common to see wealthy parents end up being too busy to raise their children or the fact that they had so much money, that the children ended up becoming spoiled brats. Some things never change, even in another world.

Julius stood next to Declan and joined him in staring at the young Lagos with disdainful eyes. “What happens next?” He asked Declan.

“There are two options the way I see it. Option one is for you to press charges and we bring young Geoffrey back to the guardhouse and put him in jail. There would a be trial and his father would pay too much money and do everything in his power to prevent any harsh punishment, so he would probably be let go within a month or two. Or we could go to his father directly, figure out a punishment that we all agree upon and you get a favor or more from a powerful lord. I know you could use it.” Declan explained nonchalantly.