Basically, Julius was not a particularly competitive person.
As a knight, since Julius was called The Finest Knight, being overly competitive would damage his image.
Of course, while excessive competitiveness was no good, he certainly had a little of it.
If he had no desire to improve, he could not have become The Finest Knight.
For that reason, Julius had held a certain sense of rivalry toward Fang Li for some time.
He had felt that way even before Fang Li joined the Royal Guard Knights.
The reason was Reinhard.
That Sword Saint was hailed as the Strongest on Earth. Not only was he a Knight Among Knights, but to the Dragon-Affiliated Kingdom of Lugnica, Reinhard was also a hero in every sense of the word.
Julius was already exceptional, yet compared to that Sword Saint, he still fell short by far.
Or rather, compared to Reinhard, every living being in this world fell short by far, did they not?
Unless the Witch of Envy, who had swallowed half the world four hundred years ago, returned to the world, there truly was no one in this world capable of standing against Reinhard.
Not even the Divine Dragon, the other witches besides Envy, or even the Sword Saints of past generations could compare to him.
That was the existence known as Reinhard.
And Julius had always been chasing after Reinhard's footsteps.
He had been doing so since childhood.
Then, under those circumstances, Julius heard of someone who could make Reinhard draw the Dragon Sword.
That person was Fang Li.
Thus, as early as a year ago, Julius had developed a slight sense of rivalry toward Fang Li.
Later, Fang Li was invited by the captain of the Royal Guard Knights to join them, performed brilliantly in the campaign to subjugate the