Chapter 119 - King

"War?! With who?!" Julius asked in a concerned tone, not for the people who would die but because he was already planning to start a war of his own.

"A war between those who use meditation and those who use battle to cultivate. The battle between the two sides which rule over this world is coming very soon. The day that the prince of the kingdom in swords, Julius Henry returns marks the start of the war," Cece replied.

"On my birthday? But why? Actually no, that makes things easier for me. Since a war is already going to occur, if I join as a 3rd party, it'll be a 3 way war," Julius thought to himself.

"So why have you tied me here?" Julius asked as he went along with it.

"There are allegations which state that you attacked both king Wilson and queen Sandra. For those crimes you will be punished by death. Although that is how it would've happened before the war, there is a new mission for you. Seeing as you're pretty strong, you shall join us in the war and serve your punishment in the line of duty," Cece announced.

"I still don't understand why I'm tied though," Julius told her.

"It's so that you don't escape and run off to join the meditation side. Right now, we've sent one of our comrades to call on king Henry so he can deal with you accordingly," Cece replied.

"Okay then, I guess I can get my answers from him. But I have one more question, do you know what has happened to Jun?" Julius asked Cece.

"I'm not really sure but he should be on the side of the meditators, that's where he belongs anyway," Cece replied which didn't make any sense to Julius but he chose to stay quiet and wait for his father to arrive so that he could figure out what exactly happened which caused this war to start.

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After waiting for a couple of days, Julius was finally greeted by his father. Of course Julius was offered food but always refused. While half of it was in retaliation for being tied up, the other half was because he didn't need to eat. Due to his high in in cultivation through meditation, Julius didn't need to partake in the daily activities which helped the average human survive. As such, Julius just sat on the ground as he was tied to a pole in the middle of the guild building.

"Hello there, I assume that you're Julius," said Henry in his golden armour as he greeted Julius while looking down at him as if he was an insignificant ant.

"Hi Henry," Julius replied as casually as possible but sounded a bit angry as he didn't even want to look his real father in his eyes. It brought disgust to him that he had been lied to his entire life.

"First of all, it's king Henry to you and why do you seem angry?" Henry asked as he tried to tolerate Julius' rude behaviour since he wanted him on his side of the war.

"Well, HENRY, what do I owe this visit to?" Julius replied still not giving a single ounce of respect for his father.

"Look here boy, you seem like a reasonable young man. You should know that I don't tolerate this kind of behaviour. If you call me by just my name one more time, you'll lose your life," Henry threatened Julius.

"Please I dare you, just go ahead and strike me with your blade. Perhaps you forgot what I did to Sandra and Wilson. If you even dare touch me, I'll crush your skull with my bare hands," Julius said as he looked up at Henry with hate in his eyes.

"Oh is that so? Then just try to break out of the chains you're in. There's a reason why you haven't been able to break out of them, it's because they're infused with a crazy strong monster core. I doubt even I can break them," said Henry before kicking Julius in the chin for disrespecting him.

"What now? I've touched you and yet nothing has happened to me," Henry said as he looked down at Julius as he prepared to kick him once again.

"Remember, it was you who decided to do this to yourself," Julius said as began to flex his arms and push outwards. Everyone just watch as the chains struggled to hold Julius in which he continued to stretch and bend them until they eventually snapped. Julius got up from the ground to look down at his father with his eyes completely black. For a moment, all Henry could see was pitch darkness as Julius took his first breath and his hot dragon breath suffocated the room from just its aura.

"What was that about me not doing anything?" Julius asked Henry in a menacing tone as if Henry were to say the wrong answer, they would be his final words. Having being defeated without even a proper battle, Henry got on his knees as he was left speechless.

"Who are you?" Henry asked as his voice began to tremble.

"I am KING," Julius answered before leaving the guild as he was finished with his business there.

He couldn't bear to look at his real father for even another second. Every time he looked at the real Henry, Julius wanted to puke until he was dead. All the years which he thought he had been spending with his real father were nothing but fabricated lies.

<<Secret Art: Ruby Dragon>>

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"Take me to Jun's house," Julius instructed his dragon who had disappeared from the 10th continent and reappeared in front of Julius. Seeing as his pet was back, Julius got on his ruby dragon before heading off towards Jun's house which was a little far from the small kingdom he was in.

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"My liege! Are you okay?" Cece said as he ran to help Henry get back in his feet.

"Don't worry, I'm not hurt but it looks like he'll be a separate problem which I have to deal with on my own," Henry replied with a dark tone.