Chapter 125 - Bluff

"This is your funeral, Igor!" Julius yelled out as he made his fists clash while announcing his statement.

"Call me a demon, a devil, a monster, I don't care about any of that, the only thing I'll ever be is king," Julius said as he placed his palm forward which made all of his blades face directly at Igor.

"What the hell are we supposed to do now?! How are we ever expected to win against a monster like that?! You saw him create all of those blades without dropping a single sweat. Tell us commander Igor, how do we win?!" the soldiers of the 10th division began to turn to Igor as he was their only hope now.

"No! No! No! This wasn't supposed to happen! Why? Why are you able to directly consume the scrolls?!" Igor yelled out at Julius.

"No way… he's joking right? There's no way a dragon tier scroll can be consumed right?" said one of the soldiers as all hope became lost and he got on his knees.

"What do you mean consume?!" one of the soldiers who wasn't a guild master asked as he was confused why everyone looked so worried.

"It means to attain a secret art through a dangerous method. Using it can cause permanent brain damage and usually ends with people in a coma which is why almost everyone uses the chanting method to use secret art. However there are those who are either brave or stupid who choose to use the consumption method for lower tier scroll, but this… it's unheard of for a person to master a dragon tier scroll using the consumption method," a guild master from the 10th division explained.

"So what of it?! It's still the same secret art, we can counter him!" the member of the 10th division who had asked about the consumption method replied to the guild master.

"No, you still don't get it, in exchange for risking your life, you're rewarded with being able to use the secret art you just risked your life for without consuming any stamina. That means, if he wanted to, Julius could flood the entire planet in blades and he wouldn't even break a sweat," the guild master replied which made all who heard those words lose their minds.

"We're dead, why did this have to happen! Why didn't we just listen to Jun! Now we're all going to die!" another soldier from the 10th division yelled out.

"Igor please save us!"

"Igor!"

"Igor!"

"Igor!"

Everyone from the 10th division turned towards Igor who was just as helpless as them. It wasn't like he could stop the monster in front of him.

"M-Men, strength your hearts, we can defeat him if we just combine our power," said Igor as he trembled in fear but it was still enough for some people to get up to and start to slowly approach Julius which made Julius sigh in disappointment.

"I thought it would come to this," Julius said as he clasped his hands and his chest began to glow the colour orange.

<<Special Trait: Fire>>

Within a few seconds, every single one of the one hundred thousand blades became engulfed in flames.

"Want to give up now?" Julius asked at which at this point, Igor was completely broken as chose to run away. After a few seconds, the rest began to run away as well.

"Hold it! He can leave but you can't!" Julius yelled as he allowed Igor to escape while he forced his blades to create a wall to stop the rest of the 10th division from escaping.

"Damn it! So this is where we did," the soldiers complained.

"No you morons! I won't kill any of you. I've said this before and I'll say it again, the 10th division is under my control from this day forward. Please accept me as your new leader," said Julius as he bowed while standing.

"Wait so we're not gonna die?" one of the guild masters from the 10th division asked in a voice which had relief in it.

"No you will not. I will protect you for anyone who tries to harm you," said Julius which brought out a genuine smile on the faces of everyone there. They really could stay alive.

Hearing those words, all of the remaining members of the 10th division took off their leather jackets and tore them apart just like Caesar and Albert to signify that they were no longer working for the meditation army.

…

"Is that so? You're saying you would protect anyone here? Then prove that, right here, right now," said a man as he brought himself forward with a hostage with him as he pointed a knife at the hostage's neck.

"That's the vice captain of the 9th division, Charley!" Albert yelled out.

"Don't use my name you dirty traitor! I'll make sure to torture you well after I deal with this trash," said Charley as he looked at Julius.

"So what do you say Julius? Mind killing yourself? I would be willing to let this one go if you do that simple task for me," said Charley with a fake smile as he looked at Julius with his exhausted eyes.

…

"What's wrong? You can do it right? So all of that was just a bluff right? You wouldn't actually end your life for some no body, you're just full of lies-" Charley began to speak but was instantly cut off as he blinked his eyes.

One moment he was standing up straight with a hostage in hand. However when he opened his eyes after blinking, he seemed to be on the ground as he nose continued to bleed as he looked up at Julius who had the hostage in his hand.

"Are you alright? I'm sorry you had to go through that, I should have been able to stop him before that took place. I hope you can forgive me," said Julius to the hostage who was just glad to be saved as he nodded in agreement with Julius' request.

"Please, go to the side lines, I have some trash I need to deal with," said Julius as he got up and looked Charley in his eyes with murderous intent.