Chapter 78 - Forgetful

Steward simply stood for a moment trying to understand what Jun had said. Hun had actually wanted Steward who was known to be one of the 9 rulers to fight without holding back against a simple child.

"Are you sure you haven't lost your mind Jun? Are you seriously suggesting that I fight at full strength against this boy? Even if he's been training with you, it's been only 10 months as opposed to the years which I spent training under you. If I actually do as you said, I'll end up killing him," Steward said in his full golden armour which had engravings that gleamed the colour of dark green.

"Yes I know. I'm not stupid Steward. I want you to see how much he has improved, if you want to kill him, be my guest," Jun replied.

"So be it then, killing him might actually make you fight harder to avenge him," said Steward as he rushed at Julius with his dual sickles.

"Why isn't he moving?" Steward asking himself right before his attack made connection to Julius' neck.

"I guess it's going go end like this. Jun, you overestimated the boy," said Steward as he made a grin.

However in the last second before Steward could kill Julius, something strange took place. Julius seemed to have looked up at Steward and the next second, Steward was laying on the ground with his back as Julius had the dagger with was infused with the monster core that he had gotten from Zo pointed at Steward's eye.

"W-What happened?" Steward asked as he began to panini from not understanding what had just happened.

The exact thing that took place was that right after Julius looked up to meet Steward's gaze, Julius used his left palm to push Steward back but before he could get too far away, Julius leaped in the air before punching Steward in hot he chest, sending him back on the ground. Yet while all this happened, not a single person saw anything except the end result.

Even though he was clearly out matched, Steward still stood up from the ground as he prepared himself to continue a battle which he would lose.

"Damn you Jun. I won't lose this battle!" Steward yelled out as he quickly leaped away from Julius before getting back on his feet. Next, Steward threw both of his sickles in the air as the began to spin.

<<Special Trait: Hypnosis>>

"I've won, I've managed to activate my special trait! There's no escape for you," said Steward as he announced proudly while laughing. Without wasting a moment, Steward quickly got a hold of his sickles once more before leaping towards Julius at insane speeds while pointing both his sickles at the prince's neck.

"It's over," said Steward as he closed his eyes before he took Julius' life.

"Where is my futon," said Julius in a calm tone but just those worlds alone brought the entire room to a stop as his evil aura began to leak out as it absorbed everyone and everything into it. The mental state of everyone in the floor was shattered as they felt themselves being swallowed by their biggest fears. Even Jun himself wasn't immune to it. The aura coming out of Julius so was evil that it had stopped Steward and made him get on his knees while trying to stop himself for suffocating in the darkness.

"P-Please let go, well give you anything you want," Steward begged as his voice began to disappear as his life flashed before his eyes.

"My futon…" Julius demanded.

"We'll give it back, just spare our lives," the captain of the royal guards interrupted as he realized that no one would take Julius' request seriously. Just as he expected, the plan worked as Julius' evil aura disappeared.

"Great!" said Julius as he began to smile joyfully while the atmosphere completely changed to that of a wholesome flower garden.

"Somebody get this body his futon!" Steward yelled out as he never wanted to experience that type of torture ever again.

A few moment later one of the guards came back to the floor where all the mess had taken place with the futon along with all the other belongings that were stolen which included all the scrolls.

"Please take them back and never return here ever again," said Steward as he personally handed over the belongings.

While Julius just happily took his futon and began to hug it, Jun looked at Steward with a confused look.

"No Steward, I expect this to be brought back to my home. What would I do if one of the scrolls were to fall of the dragon? Think before you speak next time," said Jun as he lead the way or his student towards the jade dragon before they took off so that they could return back to their home. After the dragon began to ascend towards the sky, the two of them could finally begin their conversation.

"Master Jun, you made sure to grab the dragon scroll at least right?" Julius asked.

"Of course I did, what kind of teacher would I be if I were so forgetful," said Jun as he reached into his pocket to grab the scroll out of.

…

"You don't have it?" Julius asked.

"I don't have it," Jun replied with a look of disappointment on himself.

"Don't worry, I can just learn it when they bring all the scrolls to your house," Julius told his master.

"I guess so. Sorry, I think I just got caught up in the moment with you trying to kill everyone including me just because of a futon," said Jun as he looked back at his student which was still hugging the futon in his hand.

Seeing Jun call him out, Julius quickly tried to hide the futon but was too late as Jun had saw that take place and began to laugh as the two of them returned back to the mountain top where they would wait for the scrolls to arrive before making their next move.