Chapter 275 - The Power Of A King

"What's that suffocating aura? Why is it so strong? I can't even feel myself breathe? To be honest, I don't even think I'm breathing right now," said Julius to which the guild leader just seemed rather irritated as King seemed to have managed to increase his strength quite a bit since the last time that he had been in contact with the guild leader.

This was quite irritating for the guild leader as he had believed that he had finally managed to create a creature capable of challenging King however after that display of sheer aura, the guild leader began to regret his thoughts.

"It's not even close, why did I even bother to teach this child? I don't get it, even after all these months that I've spent training this boy, they're all meaningless. I've managed to go nowhere, I'm still stuck where I started. I thought for once one of them would be able to surpass the SSS member King however it seems that I have even mistaken once again. I guess it's one in a billion chance to see one of these people which is unfortunate because I was really looking for a change in this guild however it seems that there just some things that are too hard to change," said the guild leader with a smile filled with sorrow as he had realised that all those many hours he had spent constantly watching over Julius were useless. For a change though, even Julius felt the same as the aura he felt was too overpowering. It was just too much for him to handle, he could feel himself falling weaker and weaker by the second and falling victim to the aura that was attacking him. It made him have the urge to kneel before his king and follow him wherever he wanted. That was a true ruler.

Not like those in the human realm where they ruled by name and installâtes fear into the people's hearts through the use of spreading news. Unlike them, King used his sheer aura to clearly overpower all those who dared to place themselves in his domain and as such he only saw it as fitting for them to kneel before their king in his very own home.

"You must have already realised it but this is the aura of a king. The single man who stands above all others. The one who will surpass anyone and everyone that dares to stand in his way. I was hoping that you would be close to being as powerful as him however I was mistaken. I never accounted for the possibility that maybe King was training as well even though I do not understand why. He's already the strongest creature in this realm so he had no need to train so much," said the guild leader with a sigh of disappointment.

"I understand what you're saying. He's truly a terrifying monster. He makes me sick to my stomach. All I have for him is nothing but utter fear. Even so..." Julius began to speak as he began to shake however it wasn't a shake in fear but instead I'm excited. His facial expression changed from terrified to a smirk.

"For some reason, I can't help but feel the need to train and fight him. I have the urge to defeat him," said Julius while grinning and gritting his teeth in excitement. He just couldn't wait to make contact with the person who was releasing that terrifying aura and that chance would come sooner than expected as a certain man teleported right in front of Julius just as he had finished saying his final word.

"So you want to challenge me? How interesting. That should be quite a lot of fun," said a man with a gentle smirk that had randomly appeared in front of Julius. The man has long blonde hair and was wearing a rather big article of clothing. Although light I weight, it was quite large in size and even looked oversized on King.

"I am an SSS class member of the stars align guild. I go by the name king, it's a pleasure to meet you," said King with an innocent smile on his face.

"Oh and it would be quite rude of me to introduce myself. My name is-" Julius had begun to speak, however the king stopped him before he could finish his sentence for some odd reason.

"Don't worry Julius, I already know who you are, there's no reason to worry so much, I've actually done my fair bit of research on you and managed to find some rather interesting things, so what do you say? Wanna test out how your recent training compares to mine?" King asked with a rather sinister smirk as he already was aware of the outcome of the battle however he wanted to make Julius realise that outcome and accept that he was no match for him. As such, he wanted to break Julius' will to fight and completely shatter his will to go even live let alone train himself to surpass his limits and as such some day even surpass King himself however the way he has described the challenge had made it seem like it was made so that it would be a fun battle.

"Don't do it Julius! It's not worth it. He's not as kind as he seems. He wants to break your will so that you won't challenge him. Him making this statement alone means that he perceives you as a threat. You should take this as an opportunity to train and even go further beyond. Make him wish he was never born!" the guild leader yelled out as he tried to stop Julius from going through with the stupid challenge which was nothing more than a setup to break and utterly destroy Julius.

"Oh my, it seems you've lost your sense old man. You can't see it anymore, can you? The look in someone's eyes when their mind is fully made. When they've agreed to battle you to the death. I missed this feeling quite a lot," said King with a smirk as he began to stretch in preparation to battle against Julius.

As for Julius himself, he was taking out his blade from his ring which he used as inventory space. Once he had taken out the black blade which he had stolen from that old man quite some time ago, the entire air around Julius began to change. For even a slight moment which lasted shorter than the time it would take for someone to blink, King felt so threatened by Julius, he leapt back and almost fell to his knees out of pure shock.

"Where did you get that blade from? Something about its aura, it seems familiar," said King as if he was recalling a memory which caused him quite some trauma. He began to tremble in fear as he recalled a time where he, the one known to be invincible, was placed in a situation where he was forced to tremble in fear. He genuinely feared for his life at a time like that. It was uncertain for him if he was going to survive.

Seeing that same aura around him one again, King felt a feeling which he hadn't felt in quite some time. Fear.

"Well I have to say, that was quite the shock you know. I never expected to be shocked this much. Even so, you still seem quite inexperienced with that blade. Let's start, shall we?" King asked with a smirk as he took out rather a plain silver blade as he began to slowly walk towards Julius which reminded Julius of something he had heard quite some time ago.

That being the tale which the guild leader had informed him about. That being that the King never actually cared about getting attacked. He was usually strong enough to stand as if nothing had happened and once that was done, he would attack by full force using a 100% link with his blade. As long as those conditions were not met, Julius would be able to continue living. However, on the off chance that those conditions were indeed met, he would be dead for sure. 

"Please lend me your power. I know that you still might think of me as being weak however I still wish to grow. I want to become king-" Julius began to speak to his blade and before he could even finish, a 100% link had been made. No... it was more than that. For some reason, after being separated from its owner for so long, the blade which Julius was carrying felt that it would unleash all of its power all at once.

As if it was breaking the entire world itself, the blade's power caused the earth to shake. Julius' eyes turned red with rage as with a flash of light, Julius managed to cause a large explosion to take place that wiped out the entire forest along with a large area outside of it. Such a large explosion imitated the size of the entire city which the guild that Julius belonged to was located in.

"Woah woah, that was quite a good hit."