Chapter 281 - Life’s Worth

"So I was right. There's just something about you that makes you different from others. I noticed it when I first encountered you. I couldn't tell what it was that drew me to you but now that I'm speaking to you now, I realise there's a rather calm aura around you. It's not comforting in the least yet it feels so relaxing and at the same time manages to make me think that my life is on the line. So tell me Julius, how many lives have you taken so far?" Seven asked which Julius was confused as he had believed that if he killed people who were in the wrong, that would mean that he was in the right and as such had developed a linear way of thought.

"Well I don't know, a couple thousand maybe? There were a lot of people I killed during the war," said Julius which left Seven confused as there hadn't been a war in heaven for at least a couple centuries which caused him to question who Julius really was.

"Wait Julius, are you human?" Seven asked to which Julius realised that he had been found out as he had not been careful of keeping his secret about where he was from even though he was lucky enough that most people didn't notice it. However knowing the playful nature of Seven, this could only end up in a bad way.

"No..." Julius said as he tried to play it off as if it was nothing special however once someone suspected him of being from the human realm, Julius would lose as they could simply check the back of his head if he had wings or not which was what Seven had done to figure out if Julius was indeed from heaven or had been brought into heaven from the human realm so that he may compete for the new heaven's emperor contest.

"I thought so, there's no way that you could be from heaven. You're defiled and see no value in life. All you people of the human realm are the same. You're all nothing but animals that feed off death and despair. I truly don't know why you were granted pressure to be in this realm. You mère animals shouldn't have even been born," said Seven with nothing but utter hate for Julius as well as all the others that had come from the human realm to heaven.

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"I'm sorry but weren't you the one that was trying to kill just for the fun of it nothing but a moment ago?" Julius asked as he pointed how the hypocrisy in what Seven had said as he has pretended to be some sort of angel while in truth he was more of a monster then even Julius as he killed for joy of it while Julius only resorted to the action of murder when it was his only other choice.

"Well that doesn't matter, I was born in this realm so I can do as I please. More than that, learn the speak properly to me you animal, don't you know that I can kill you at any moment just like a farmer can kill his animals at any moment? You're nothing but utter trash to me," said Seven which had caused Julius to grow rather tired of the way that Seven was speaking to him quite quickly and was coming up with ways he could use to defeat him even if that was possible. 

"Hey, how about we continue training? I bet you would love to show me just how much you hate people from the human realm," said Julius as he tries to convince Seven to start attacking him once again which Seven did in fact take the bait to the trap that Julius had set up for him. 

As such the two started to spar once again with Seven starting to attack Julius even faster and with more intent to harm although he didn't intend to kill Julius as he didn't want to upset King as if he had killed Julius, there was a chance that King would kill Seven. Although the two seemed to have been rather on close terms, it wasn't like King was going to hold back if Seven didn't listen to the commands which he was informed to follow as that would make King consider him a traitor and there was only one appropriate way which King believed in for dealing with those kinds of people. That being to kill them with no mercy as it was the only way to set an example for others who he would instruct in the future.

Although King was rather a respected person, it was because of his power and not his personality as he only attained his fame by shearly being much stronger than all his other opponents and could cause an entire city to submit to his will by simply u leashing his aura which was quite the terrifying ability which was why no matter who the person was or how hard the task seemed to be, everyone listened to what King had told them. Well all except for the only person who didn't know about this rule which was Julius who rather spoke with King in a casual manner. Although he had managed to damage King, Julius was still considered to be weaker than Seven even though Seven didn't have the power to cause even a single scratch on the body of King. As such, a power triangle had been formed where one could beat the other but couldn't defeat one of the there to a certain extent as even though Julius wasn't actually able to defeat King, he was still able to do more damage to him that Seven however on the other hand, Seven couldn't cause any damage to King but could instead kill Julius as Julius was not able to sense his movements at all. It was as if he was invisible while still being right in front of Julius. It was truly a terrifying ability which he didn't understand as it didn't make any sense however he still needed to find a way to somehow overcome such a power.

"What is it that allows him to move so fast? My eyes can barely track him but there's something clearly off about his movements as he seemed even faster than King which didn't make any sense at all.

Over the next hour, Julius simply allows Seven to continuously beat him to a pulp while still maintaining his ground as he looks for even the slightest clue as to how he could overcome such a powerful foe.

"Found it!" Julius yelled out by accident as he had been supposed to keep his plan to himself but he had revealed that he knew that Seven was using something to boost his speed which was rather a shock as Seven got startled by the sudden scream of Julius which caused him to stumble which Julius took advantage of as he stomped on Seven's feet while his was in the air as he tried to do as much damage to them as possible so that he could take away the only real advantage that Seven had over him which was rather the bad idea as for a moment, King had gone off to conduct his own business no matter how bizarre it was. As such, Seven was tired of dealing with Julius and no longer cared if King would kill him. He just wanted to kill Julius first and as such began to move in a manner which made him invisible to Julius even though he was right in front of him.

"Now sleep," said Seven as he almost dealt the finishing blow to Julius however king stepped in with a yawn before punching Seven so hard in the face he instantly passed out and fr even a second, King himself thought that he had killed him.

"Jeez, learn to control your temper. Maybe this is why you cannot seem to find love. There's something seriously wrong with you Seven. I should have told you this earlier which was why I didn't kill you but if you kill Julius, I'll kill you along with anyone and everyone you care for. I don't care how famous or important they are. If you do that to Julius, I'll destroy everything you could ever love so that they hate you even in the afterlife," said King which caused Seven's heart to sink as he was still conscious and was having his heart racing due to what he had just experienced in that King had stepped in with such a potent aura it almost made Seven get on his knees which his head on the ground while begging King to allow him to live which went on to show just how powerful King's aura truly was.

"Hey Julius are you alright? You did well. Even if you couldn't stop him, it's not your fault.. He's a master thief with so many gadgets that it makes him look like a professional but in reality he's just a really good thief that manages to steal a lot of valuable artefacts which were capable of many great things and uses them for his own selfish gain," King explained.