Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Shield and Sword Game Chapter 101: Shield and Sword Game Lucivar followed Thalia out of the room and stepped into a circular arena.

It wasn’t anything massive but spacious enough but there was enough space to breathe with an arena floor wide enough for physical activities-but intimate enough to see the tension, in each movement.

 He and Thalia stood at the right entrance and across them was the other pair.

In the middle, there was a referee with a whistle around his neck.

Glancing to the side, Thalia grabbed a wooden sword and so did Abigail.

Both girls are going to be the swords while the guys the shields, a perfect match-up.

“Remember, no violence is allowed,” the referee, declared the rule.

“sword can only use-the designated wooden sword to strike the other sword, and as for the shield, lethal strikes such as punching and kicking aren’t allowed.

Also, only shields could grab the flag” “Is there any question?” the referee checked the two pains and nodded.

“First to three wins” Once the referee finished, the two pairs were allowed to step inside the arena.

“I believe, Abigail is a five-star Neophyte-rank Vampire Hybrid-her unique characteristic is her Vampiric Eyes.

Best not to look into her eyes,” Thalia explained as Lucivar stood in front of her, preparing for the match.

“I might not be as strong as her so keep that in mind” “As for her boyfriend, I don’t know” She added, holding the wooden sword tightly.

Lucivar nodded, ‘Seeing his confidence and his strength earlier, he must be an Acolyte-rank’ Just as he was creating scenarios in his head, something happened.

Suddenly, multiple obstacles emerged from the ground, creating an entirely different arena that would make it harder for the pairs to get close.

Blocks of stones coated in white paint vary in size and shape.

Immediately after these obstacles emerged, the referee rang his whistle-the match began.

Blurry to the eyes-the guy moved as fast as the wind and as light as a feather, eating up the space between them through the obstacles, and reached Lucivar in an instant.

He went in for a tackle, wrapping his arms around Lucivar’s waist.

“I forgot to mention, I’ve played this game multiple times,” the guy lifted Lucivar off his feet.

Changing his center of gravity, his light blue ether swayed as he aimed to slam Lucivar to the padded ground.

Realizing what was happening, Lucivar blinked and recovered from his daze, quickly freeing himself with raw strength in time before he was slammed.

He used one hand to stop the momentum and pushed the guy away with his foot.

Following that, Lucivar somersaults back to create some distance.

As he landed, Lucivar’s gaze darted to Thalia, struggling against Abigail’s rush on the far side of the arena.

She was barely managing to keep up, Abigail was stronger than her.

Seeing this-Lucivar clenched his jaw.

‘Tch, of course…

keeping me out of the way is all this guy’s after’ He pondered.

Since Abigail is stronger, there’s no need for him to help pressure Thalia.

He also didn’t seem to have any intention of grabbing the flag.

But even then, Lucivar smirked inwardly as he could feel his body was way lighter than ever.

It was thanks to the bronze sphere he absorbed.

“Let’s see you getting past me, hot shot.

Or else the first point belongs to us” the guy said.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar squinted and instantly rushed to the right.

He was going to go around the arena to reach Thalia but the guy anticipated his plan.

As opposed to following Lucivar from behind, he made a cut, going left to intercept Lucivar’s path.

He picked up his pace and leaped through an obstacle with a hole-right when Lucivar was about to sprint past.

Grinning, the guy shoulder charges Lucivar, expecting to stop him dead in his tracks.

However, once their bodies collided, his eyes widened.

‘Hmm…?

I can’t push him?’ the guy gasped-he was running at full force and threw his entire body at Lucivar but he wasn’t able to budge Lucivar.

His eyes then widened further when he saw the muscles bulging from Lucivar’s shirt.

‘His physique is insane…

Is it his bloodline?’ No, he’s an Acolyte-rank too!’ Not wanting to lose out, the guy reached for Lucivar’s shoulder to stop him.

But as opposed to stopping Lucivar, he was pulled instead.

He was greeted by the strength of a pull and got pulled.

Swoosh!

Lucivar blasts through, causing the guy to stumble and fall.

On the other hand, Thalia dodged a powerful vertical slash and leaped back.

But Abigail anticipated her move and leaped forward with her.

“Just like before-your swordsmanship is still below average,” Abigail ridiculed-and brought her wooden sword above her head, posing to strike the defenseless Thalia.

“the first point is mine…” Seeing this, Thalia bit her lower lip, preparing herself to get struck.

As the wooden sword was about to descend-it halted-Abigail’s eyes sharply turned to her right and saw Lucivar coming in hot.

She was stunned to see this as her boyfriend should’ve been occupying Lucivar.

‘Even so, you looked at my eyes…’ She smirked before her crimson eyes flashed.

Lucivar’s body weakened for a second, his limbs suddenly felt cold.

Spells might not be allowed, but an innate ability, that wasn’t offensive like this?

It’s definitely allowed.

Lucivar looked down, ‘My blood flow is being slowed, as expected, a Vampire Hybrid is strong.

But unfortunately for you, you’re facing me!’ Instead of being slowed, Lucivar’s body burst with ether as his speed increased.

Abigail was shocked, her ability somehow was nullified by Lucivar.

Returning her attention back to Thalia, she continued her strike to at least secure her win.

She needs to hit Thalia before Lucivar reaches her.

Despite that-Lucivar’s burst of speed was even faster-as he managed to grab the wooden sword when it reached an inch away from Thalia’s face.

Seeing this, Thalia quickly recovered and struck Abigail’s face with her sword.

Pah!

“Hit!

1 for the blue team!” the referee whistled and announced.

“Restart your positions” Abigail was rooted in her spot.

She felt a burn on her cheek from being hit by Thalia’s sword.

Glancing at her-Lucivar smirked and threw the wooden sword he grabbed from her back to her, “Guess the first point is not yours.

Get ready-I’ll be wrapping this up quickly.

I am quite busy so at least make this hard, will you?” Upon hearing this, Abigail turned towards Lucivar, giving her a condescending look.

“If you don’t, you’re only wasting everyone’s time” He added before turning around.

Abigail blinked out of her trance and frowned, ‘Did he really say that to me?

Arrogant!’ Once again, the two pairs returned to their respective corner.

Realizing that Abigail was angry, the guy felt humiliated as he failed to stop Lucivar earlier.

‘His burst of speed is sudden but my speed, and reaction are faster overall’, the guy thought, lowering his stance to get ready.

‘Once the whistle blew I could reach them faster.

Instead of aiming for him, I’ll take the flag.

He should be forced to defend his girl’ Firming his decision, the guy fixed his eyes on the flag strapped behind Thalia’s back.

Every fiber of his was ready to reach the moment the whistle blew.

Once the whistle blew, he instantly rushed forward-with Abigail keeping her distance to see what Lucivar would do.

Surprisingly enough, Lucivar also abandoned Thalia and rushed like a bull, heading straight to Abigail.

It was unexpected but the guy smirked in ridicule, ‘What a fool!’ ‘He aims to race me and leave Thalia behind?

She’s defenseless, this should be our point’ Passing him the guy smirked.

Just as he anticipated, he managed to reach Thalia first.

Seeing this, Thalia tried to keep the guy away by slashing her sword but the guy was a realm higher than her-he was an Acolyte-rank Hybrid so he was way faster than her.

Dodging one heavy swing, the guy reached forward and managed to grab Thalia’s flag.

Clicking her tongue in displeasure, she tried striking the guy’s arm but it was too late.

Making a forceful yank, the guy managed to take the flag from her.

“Hmph!

We win this round,” He said with confidence.

But as he said that, he snapped his head around when he heard a painful grunt from Abigail.

Even Thalia was also pulled to the sound.

On the other side of the arena, Lucivar was standing, facing the referee with both his hands raised, while Abigail was sprawled on the ground in pain.

She was holding her arm in agony, hissing with her forehead pressed against the ground.

Just earlier, Lucivar rushed to Abigail fully knowing that the guy would dominate Thalia first.

Instead of trying to grab the flag from Abigail, he shoulder-charged her.

Using one God strand-he slammed his shoulder against Abigail with full force-empowered by the frustrations that were mounting inside of him from earlier.

Losing the round from their flag taken would only cost them 2 points so it’s fine.

If that happened, the score would still be 2-1 in Abigail’s favor.

But if Abigail was hurt in exchange then gaining the other two points back would be easy.

‘Thalia couldn’t match her but if she’s wounded…?’ Lucivar smirked inwardly.

He let the guy pass because he was planning to hurt Abigail this way.

Gritting his teeth in anger, the guy turned to the referee, “That’s a foul!

He hurt her!” “It was an accident referee and I didn’t strike her,” Lucivar defended innocently.

Seeing the guy-the referee was compelled to disqualify Lucivar and that would leave Thalia alone, securing Abigail’s win.

But doing that, for some reason, made him feel uneasy.

Lucivar was looking at him and his gaze was making the referee uneasy.

Gulping harshly, the referee decided, “No foul, the round goes to the red team, 2-1” “If the red team wanted to concede, please do tell” He added.

As soon as that was announced, Lucivar went back to Thalia-he couldn’t hide his smirk.

Thalia prepared herself for the third round with Lucivar standing in front of her.

“Do you plan on doing that to her from the start?” “Since you couldn’t win against Abigail, I need to do something about it” Upon hearing this, Thalia clicked her tongue in annoyance.

She is strong in terms of spells and ether but close combat was her weak point.

“She could barely get up, do you need to go-that hard?” Thalia commented, seeing Abigail need the guy’s help to even stand up.

Her arm seemed to be busted.

“I think you dislocated her shoulder” “I know you like seeing her like that,” Lucivar replied, stealing a glance at her.

“Don’t deny it” “Well, how about that?

You can tell me what I like just from a single date” Thalia giggled.

Even though she was trying to hide it well, seeing Abigail in this state was indeed satisfying.

“She deserved it,” She muttered.

“for what she did to Elira, she deserved this” Lucivar nodded, he extended his hand outward and saw a bronze marble flying towards his hand.

He overpowered Abigail with one hit, that’s the reason for getting this marble, ‘Now…

will they continue or forfeit?’ Just as he thought of that, the referee blew his whistle.

“Red team has conceded the game!

Blue team wins!” He announced.

Hearing this, Lucivar sneered, ‘Guess I went a little bit too hard on her’