Chapter 137 - Interruption

After taking Julius far away from from where everyone else was standing due to being shocked that events which had transpired just a few moment ago, Vivi began tell Julius about the reason as to why Igor was able to attain a secret scroll of that power which also didn't have a copy with such proficiency.

"Where do you think the scrolls which contain secret arts come from?" Vivi asked which confused Julius as he had never asked himself that question before.

"Now that you mention it, it seems like I've never known where those scrolls come from. Do you happen to know?" Julius asked Vivi in a confused tone.

"That's what I thought. Even though you're very talented, there would be no way for you to actually know where the scrolls come from. It's not even your fault since even if you tried to ask around, no one would know the answer and they would just tell you that they have existed for quite a long time on their own," Vivi began to speak.

"So if they haven't just been around for all of eternity, where do they come from?" Julius asked.

"That's a great question. The scrolls which contain secret arts come from… magic. I know it sounds crazy but just bear with me. The only people who know about this are Jun and I. The reasoning being that he was the person who started creating the scrolls once magic had been forbidden. More specifically, he did this so that the balance of power between the battling cultivators and the meditating cultivators wouldn't grow that much. In truth, cultivating through meditation only grants you inner peace. It doesn't grant you any real strength like those who cultivate through battle," Vivi spoke.

"As such, Jun created a final hope for our people. Those being secret arts. He infused them with magical energy. Of course the stronger the magical spell was, the more draining it was which was why the user of it had to be a certain rank to learn it. It was the perfect thing that our people needed to match the strength of the battling cultivators," said Vivi.

"Of course after creating the scrolls, Jun had to come up with a believable explanation as to what the scrolls were and how they came into existence. Since he couldn't reveal that they were created with magic, he told the previous kings and queens of the great kingdoms that the secret art scrolls had been found in an ancient mountain. Of course while it was difficult to believe him at first, Jun had some credibly since he worked with them during the war against the 10th kingdom. That was how the scrolls were introduced into the world. Of course anyone who wanted to create a copy of a secret art needed to learn the copying secret art which its main purpose was to make it look like the scrolls were something ordinary. Of course by doing that, Jun made sure that there were no loop holes in his explanation," Vivi continued to speak.

"After only a few years, magic had been rebranded to be known as secret arts. Our world still uses magic even though it is forbidden since no one knows about it in the first place. Of course that brings me to our previous conversation about how that man Igor was able to get his hands on that secret art scroll. Since Jun retired from being a grandmaster, his last mission was to teach me how to create secret arts for myself so that I could use it in my time of need. Of course the more advanced scrolls took longer to create but that would be expected from any activity," said Vivi.

Now that she was finished speaking, Vivi expected Julius to call her a liar or act super surprised and even jump back several hundred metres away from the shock. But instead, Julius just stood there for a few seconds as he thought over what he wanted to do with his new found information.

"Hey Vivi, you said that magic can be taught right? So… do you mind teaching it to me?" Julius asked.

"Absolutely not. I forbid you from ever learning magic from anyone other than me. I told you to wait so that's what you're going to do! You think just because you found someone else who knows magic that they'll be able to teach you it as well I as I will?!" the glowing white figure's voice suddenly began to start yelling at Julius once it had heard him speak.

"Ow! What was that for?!" Julius said as he held his head as he got a headache from getting yelled at.

"What do you mean? I haven't even answered your question yet," said Vivi in an innocent yet sad voice as she had been scolded without even doing anything bad.

"Not you Vivi, it's someone else," said Julius as he tried to cool his headache.

"Anyway, why do you even refuse to teach me magic?! I've already proven myself to be more than capable of handling the job. I've managed to defeat plenty of the strongest people in the world. I've taken down armies. I cleared the impossible endless dungeon as well, what else could you possibly want from me?" Julius asked in an annoyed voice while Vivi just stood there as Julius spoke to himself like a crazy person.

"Umm"

"Julius, are you okay?" Vivi asked in a concerned voice as she had begun to believe that Julius might have suffered a severe brain injury during his battles on the sky island.

"I told you to wait so that's what you're going to do! You better never, ever think about learning magic from someone else. Only I'm allowed to show you how magic works. Trust me it's for your own good," said the white figure's voice which Julius just let out a disappointed sigh.

"Sorry Vivi, ignore what I asked about you teaching me magic, I don't need you to teach it to me.. Anyway, thank you for your explanation.