Chapter 109 - War-hammers

"This could be quite troublesome. I can't trust Cece yet since all I have is her word that she won't betray me. On  the other hand, now that I've managed to recruit Steven, the preparations are completed. Even if I don't manage to get started on my cultivation through battle, the strength I have right now should be more than enough for me to defeat all my enemies," said Julius as he went back up to where his room was before finally going to sleep.

…

The next morning, right after Julius got up from his bed, he headed down stairs to be greeted by everyone in the guild including Ozel and Jun. All of them had their attention turned to him while staying silent.

"She told them, didn't she? I'm going to kill that girl! Julius thought to himself as he walked to greet Ozel. Although Cece had pointed out before, Julius had decided to ignore why he was so open about killing others. While murder wasn't that uncommon in this world due to the views of people, it was basically unheard of for needless murder or killing so casually. In this world, murder was justified if it was done in the form of self defence or in the honour of the king it queen which ruled the kingdom.

"Good morning guild master Ozel," Julius said in a concerned voice without trying to make it seem like he had done anything wrong.

"Do you know what you did wrong?" Ozel asked Julius as his voice grew deep.

"No sir, I am pretty sure I have done nothing wrong," Julius lied.

"Don't lie to me damn it!" Ozel yelled back which Julius believe that he had been caught.

"I have to take action now. It was my fault for letting her escape with that information. I'll burn this whole kingdom into ashes if I have to," Julius said to himself.

"Fine, I admit it-" Julius began to speak before getting cut off by Ozel.

"How dare you take Steven on your own once again?! You should already know what you haven't fully recovered! Why would you take someone like him on in a fight?! You're lucky you beat him and chased him away, however don't let someone as foolish as this happen ever again!" Ozel yelled.

"What…? I guess she really didn't tell him. I'll just play along so that nothing can be ruined," Julius said to himself.

"I apologize guild master Ozel. This will never happen ever again. I should have notified you when he shower signs of waking up instead of home taking him on my own. Please forgive me," Julius lied to which Ozel had smiled.

"Don't worry, I could never stay mad at you. And anyway, don't you have some gold to give to a caravan diver? You still haven't spoke to him since you left, right?" Ozel reminded Julius who replied with a gasp of shock.

"You're right! How could I forget something so important! I'll be back soon," said Julius as he ran back up to the 4th floor where his room was before running back down stairs with a large pouch of gold in his hand as he ran out of the guild building.

…

"Alex! Alex!" Julius yelled as he sprinted towards a caravan driver which was preparing to take a customer to their desired location.

"Julius?" Alex asked with a gasp of joy as the two finally reunited.

"What happened at the guild?! Are you sure you didn't lose any limbs," said Alex as he looked around so see if Julius still had both his arms and legs.

"Yes, don't worry, I'm still fine. Better yet though, I have brought you back the pouch of gold like I said," said Julius as he handed Alex the pouch.

"I'm sorry but I still can't accept it. It's yours please don't made this hard," said Alex.

"Are you saying that I risked my life to get this and you won't accept it?" Julius asked as he guilted Alex into accepting the pouch.

*Ahem*

Someone cleared their throat to get the attention of Alex in a rather rude way.

"I didn't pay you to stand still and talk to some random kid. Now get me to where I asked you to take me or else…" said the woman in Alex's caravan.

"Oh sorry, I better get going. I can't disappoint the customer," said Alex as he scratched his head as began to get on the driver area of the caravan to which the horses where tied.

Even though Julius didn't like the way the woman spoke to Alex, he didn't want to cause any more problems for Alex.

"That's what I thought you peasants," the woman said to the both of them.

"Huh? Who do you think you're talking to?" Julius asked the woman as he turned around to face her.

"Who do YOU think you're talking to? I could have you killed within a single day," said the woman in the caravan.

"Back off Julius! She means business. She's the blood relative of one of the great kings. She's the sister of king Wilson, the ruler of the great kingdom of war-hammers!" Alex announced. Hearing Alex's words, the woman smirked as if she had won and wanted Julius to beg for his life.

"She's Wilson's sister? Who would've known that Wilson had a sibling. Now that I think of it, I think I saw her at one of the other 4 tables which the other guests sat at on my birthday. How interesting," Julius thought to himself.

"Okay then, by all means, call upon your brother! Let's see what he can do to me," Julius replied to her.

"What are you saying?! It doesn't matter if you took out a guild on your own. The kings and queens of the great kingdoms are on a whole other level!" Alex yelled at him.

"Silence driver! Unless you wish to join this arrogant boy in hell?" said the woman which forced Alex to stay quiet even though he wanted to do something to help Julius.