Chapter 267 - New Found Power

"What's wrong kid? You seem rather bummed out. It was rather an easy mission. By the level of skill you demonstrated, it should have been a walk in the park for you. Did it end in a bad way? Were you forced to insure torture or something?" a guild member asked as he walked towards Julius who had been rather quiet ever since he had made it back to the guild.

"Huh? No, it's nothing important. I'm just lost in thought," said Julius, which no one bought as he was rather excited previously to explore what the guild had to offer him and right after his first mission he had changed his entire personality to that of a rather calm person who was more on the borderline of being depressed.

"Come on, there's no reason to lie to us, we're you're fellow clan members. Whatever you go through, we go through as well. This is a team journey and not an adventure for a single person. Do not be afraid to reply to us whenever you wish to do so," said one of the guards as he tried to give some words of wisdom before leaving.

For quite a while, Julius just simply stood firm on the ground as he tried to figure out the words which the strange man had said to him. He didn't understand what he meant by the fact that Julius was rather reckless and not ready for battle.

"I still don't get it! I'm calmer than before yet I still feel no difference in my power! What is it that I lack which will allow me to surpass my limits and reach a new level of power where I will

be uncontested at the absolute peak of battle. I want to surpass all and rule this realm as the king of it. I want to become the emperor of heaven!" Julius stated to himself before finally falling asleep on his bed which was provided to him by the guild as he had nowhere else to stay. Nevertheless, Julius had begun to get accustomed to the life in which he wouldn't have to do anything. A life where he had to worry about nothing. It was as if he had been turned into a baby and everyone was looking after Julius. Of course the rest of the people in the guild were angry as Julius was getting special treatment even if it made sense. However the rest of the lazy members of the guild didn't like that as they wanted to see Julius rot away as he had managed to make all of their dreams a reality. However all while this was going on, Julius began to think of things which could help him find out what the man he saw quite a while ago meant when she stated that Julius was not ready. Even so, Julius could feel himself getting ever closer to figuring out what the man had meant by his words which were rather tricky to understand.

"I mean he could be talking about how I hold my blade, in which case I don't think I am lacking in that department since I used to be a professional blade user in the human realm so I doubt that those rules won't apply here. What else is to be concerned about? I mean the only other thing is how I move my feet. That's the only way that it would apply to me is If I couldn't dodge the attacks of my enemies which isn't the goal of my training and as such that brings me back to square 1, what did that man truly mean by im

not ready for this?" Julius asked himself with a confused face as he wanted to figure out the mystery at hand.

After asking himself that same question I've dans over again until he simply couldn't take it anymore, Julius lifted his blade and stood up from his seat as he tried to do something. He wanted to see if something would work. He didn't have a single clue of it however he believed that even trying might be useful and as such he decided to give his plan a try.

Julius lifted his blade up and held it in front of his head with a calm expression. For quite a while it seemed like nothing was happening. Due to Julius moving his body so slowly, not a single person could tell that he was moving until the very last moment where he had moved so much that he blade was about to make contact with the ground which was when someone finally noticed that Julius wasn't in the same position he started at even though it seemed as if he hasn't even moved a single centimetre. However it was too late as the final push was what was needed as Julius pressed his blade onto the ground which caused a large spark of lightning to occur.

"What the hell do you think you're doing to my guild huh?" the guild leader asked as he rushed to yell at Julius who was on the ground with a shocked face.

"Answer me dammit!" The guild leader yelled out as he tried to strike Julius across the face which was surprisingly dodged by Julius as he loved his head out of the way as if it was instinct before firing back the guild leader by slapping him across the face which actually made contact.

"Huh? So it's a fight you want is it? Well if that's what you wish, I will grant you that!'' The guild leader began to yell out in rage as he began to grow in size rapidly until he was a tall man who had enough muscles to hold the sun with his shoulders alone.

"I'm going to wipe you off the face of this plane!'' The guild leader yelled out as he moved so fast that Julius couldn't see him, even in his calmed state which he believed for a moment that it made him invisible however that was shortly before he was knocked off to another universe with a devastating hit from the guild leader. When Julius got up from the building he wa stuck to after being whacked away so hard, Julius escaped the pile of bricks by pushing them away with a rage as he prepared to launch an attack on the guild leader which he successfully did as he began to grip onto the shoulders of the guild leader before landing punch after punch at his enemy. No matter how hard his enemy tries to fight back. Julius just kept hitting harder. Either using his fists or elbows, Julius didn't care. As long as he managed to make contact with his enemy and land an attack of his, that was what he cared about.

"Die! Die! Die dammit!" Julius began to punch the guild leader which simply picked Julius by the shoulder and simply threw him far away once gain which Julius was getting tired of and as such let out a final roar as if it was a war cry before leaping towards the guild leader however thi wouldn't end well for Julius as he was predicted the guild leader which simply plunged his fists to the ground and caused large boulders to come out of the ground and block the upcoming attacks of Julius.

"This isn't a battle you can win! The guild leader is far too strong for anyone. Give up now so that you can live!" a guild member suggested to Julius however he was too far gone. He couldn't just simply walk away.

Even so, with all the determination at hand, Julius still ended up getting knocked out by the guild leader which only needed to land one good punch to put Julius to sleep. 

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"100% Blade Link is complete. Welcome to your true blade. Greetings master Julius. I am your blade, Nemu. Pleased to meet you. Your act of determination has allowed me to awaken once again. Now, let's test some things out," said the voice of Julius' blade as ur literally spoke to a knocked out Julius as it caused him to awaken from his state of unconsciousness while being midair.

"Balance Break," an unconscious Julius stated as reality itself cracked for a moment as the ground began to split and all of the support beams in the building were destroyed which caused the building to fall apart.

"Wow, I must say Julius. You've made me quite proud. I'm glad I will be having you in my guild," said the guild leader with a smile as he walked through all the commotion and knocked Julius out for good this time. 

This time, Julius would need to rest for 5 days before he could finally get up then ask what had happened and complain to everyone about how he doesn't remember anything or at least that was what the guild leader thought, however Julius' answer was different once he woke up from his slumber.

"I'm sorry."