Chapter 172 - Past And Present

"I guess Mary isn't going to show up. It's already too late for her. I feel bad though, she's going to face serious back lash when word gets out that she skipped prince Julius' birthday," said Sandra.

"Speaking of prince Julius, where is he and his father? Do you think we should check up on them?" Wilson asked Sandra along with the other kings and queen who were present in the dinning room.

"Learn do have some patience. Even if they are taking longer than expected, this is their celebration so we have no choice but to wait until they show us. Although I do agree with you since the food is starting to get cold," said Astaroth with a frown of disappointment.

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"I-I'm not done," said both the current captain of the royal guards and Roger at the same time as they got up to continue their battle with Julius.

Seeing as they were both willing to go on, they turned to face each other before giving a single nod and charging towards Julius in a last but hopeless effort to defeat him.

"I see you still haven't learned the difference in our power. That's fine though, I guess I can toy with you a little more," Julius said as he prepared to punch both of the captains in the face so that he could knock them out in a single final attack. However before Julius could do so, something else happened which changed the course of the battle.

<<Secret Art: Grass Chain>>

A group of thick grass appeared behind Julius as the began to tie themselves all around Julius' body while restraining him. Seeing that he was held back, the current captain and Roger charged in and managed to both land a punch at Julius.

"So you've betrayed me as well? I see then, I guess this is where part way… Jun!" said Julius as he ripped the grass which was restraining him with his bare arms.

"Are you three ready to say your final words?" Julius asked as he prepared to cast a secret art of his own.

"Make it four!" Henry yelled out as he leaped towards Julius before hitting him with a devastating headbutt.

"One against four? Man this isn't fair at all," said Julius with a saddened look.

"It does matter if it isn't fair! We don't care about playing dirty! We will defeat you Julius!" Henry yelled back.

"No I fear that you misunderstood me. Four people is far too little. You should have at least brought an army or two," Julius said as he pitted the four people in front of him.

"You know, I've been meaning to you a couple of the shadow monster tier secret arts for a while but I never got the chance. I guess I'll take advantage of the moment," said Julius as he raised his palm forward.

<<Secret Art: Piercing Light->>

Julius was almost done casting his secret art before he remembered something which made him stop.

"Actually, let us continue this on the real battle field. I hope you're ready for a war to come to you," said Julius with a smirk.

After finishing his speech, Julius whistled which caused his ruby dragon to descend from the sky and come crashing down towards the balcony at which Julius leaped on it and began to head towards his next destination.

Seeing that Julius had finally left and they didn't have to die, Jun, Roger, Henry along with the current captain of the royal guards all fell of their knees from having exhausted themselves so much. Even the crowd who were just watching from a distance felt extremely exhausted after watching that battle.

However the sudden silence would come to an end as the people finally had a chance to process what had just happened which caused them to start panicking and cause havoc as they even began to stomp on each other as they tried to run away from what was coming.

War.

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After Julius had gone far enough from the kingdom, he himself finally got a chance to catch his breath.

"Man I'm so excited! I can't hold it in any longer. I just want to use all of the secret arts I've learned so far. No! I must wait until the war begins. That way I'll surprise everyone, including myself," Julius said to himself while going to his next destination.

However unlike what most would expect, Julius wasn't heading towards the 10th continent. That place would be the last place he would go after he had gathered his other forces. The place he was going to right now was the sky island which the meditation army was still at.

…

After arriving at the island which his dragon knew where it was due to it already having went there, Julius was greeted by Vivian herself which was surprised to see his ruby dragon but nevertheless, she was happy to see him back.

"What are you doing here Julius? For a second I thought that you were Jun because he came not so long ago to tell me about the peace agreement you made with the 9 kingdom," Vivi said to Julius.

"Oh right… about that," Julius began to speak.

"So I remembered that my original goal cannot be achieved with peace so I've decided to go into war with the 9 kingdoms," Julius said to Vivi.

"So you've come here to ask me to help you in a dangerous war which would get many of my own people killed? You expect a grandmaster such as myself to go along with such a crazy plan?" Vivi asked Julius in a somewhat angry tone.

"No, not at all. To be quite honest with you, I don't need your help the battle. I just came here to ask that you do not interfere in this battle-" Julius began to request before stoping when Vivi cut him off before he could finish.

"Of course I will help you," Vivi said with a joyful smile as if it was nothing to her that many of the people that trust her would die in a war just because he wants to do anything for Julius.