Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 108

Chapter 108: Advertising Oneself (2) Chapter 108: Advertising Oneself (2) Lucivar easily caught the scythe as if it were nothing.

Out of the people who were here-Elira was the one who was shocked the most.

She looked at the blade of her scythe in complete and utter shock.

‘My scythe alone has the power of a one-star Acolyte rank I’ve tested it…’ She pondered, her mind was racing.

It felt as though all her training up until now, had been meaningless.

‘Fusing it with my Cleaving Drive, it should push close to a two-star Acolyte rank and yet he stopped it?’ Elira tried pushing her scythe but Lucivar’s hand was akin to an iron grip.

She couldn’t budge it.

Despite the situation, Lucivar’s attention was elsewhere entirely.

“Hoam~ Is that it?

I should’ve stayed in your cozy chamber,” Sha commented dismissively.

She was above a pillar near the ceiling, yawning at Lucivar’s performance.

Just earlier, Lucivar had asked Sha to come out to watch him.

Other than cultivating his Supernatural Ego, his path to becoming stronger also included Sha and Sutekh, he wanted to unlock their powers.

Of course, the only way to achieve that-was through giving them lives but giving a show like this might help lift their moods.

But this didn’t seem to impress Sha.

Fortunately, this wasn’t the part that Lucivar wanted Sha to watch.

“I saw what you did for Loki…

Me and My Lord are insulted by this mediocrity” Sha added.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar’s face twitched as he was getting annoyed.

Sha and Sutekh are very hard to please due to their arrogance.

Returning his gaze back to Elira, Lucivar then announced, “Would you look at that, I won…” Despite her reluctance and also her bitterness, Elira pulled back her scythe.

It was hard to admit it but she wasn’t that unhonorable to go back on her words, “You win” Seeing that Lucivar had achieved triumph, Callista was mildly shocked.

She had anticipated that Lucivar might win this-the air of confidence around him, made her ponder about that possibility but when it actually happened she was still surprised.

Elira had always been the strongest out of her daughters.

Due to that, Elira was also her pride.

Finding that she was overpowered this much hurts her inside.

But she couldn’t refute that Lucivar has the ability to back his pompous words earlier.

Just as Callista was about to say something, a voice echoed from the other side.

“I don’t think this proves that you’re strong,” A fat middle-aged man smoking a cigarette said, puffing out smoke from his nose.

“If anything, this only proves you’re a bully.

An Acolyte-rank Hybrid, a proper one could block that attack easily” Lucivar turned towards the man, “Do you have a suggestion then, kind Sir?” Upon hearing this, the fat man flicked his fingers.

Another person landed on the arena, a well-built man in sleeveless black shirt.

His face was rough and serious, the type of person who takes everything seriously.

“Here is one of my men.

He’s trained properly and he just stepped into the Acolyte rank, I am sure if you fight him instead, we could see exactly how strong you really are, young man” the fat man said.

“Are you brave enough to accept?” Upon the fat man saying that the man in the arena moved.

He brought his fist to his open palm and pushed them together in front of his chest.

“Arga is my name” He introduced.

Seeing this, Callista looked at the fat man and frowned, she recognized him.

“Isn’t he from the Trading Union?

Dullan?” Maura asked.

Callista nodded, “Yes, he’s the CEO of the Trading Union’s branch in this city.

He’s powerful” From this alone, Maura could affirm that Dullan lived in high society.

He was the same as Callista, close if not matching in terms of influence.

Lucivar reached for Elira’s waist and pushed her to the side, signaling for her to go down.

She slapped Lucivar’s hand away and huffed, “I can get down myself”  Nodding his head, Lucivar waited for Elira to come down the arena-before he focused back on Arga.

He did the same gesture as a sign of respect, “Please, don’t go easy on me.

Or else I’ll feel bad for embarrassing you” “Don’t go easy on me yourself, I’m a Ghoul Hybrid” Arga replied, brushing off Lucivar’s taunt.

Once he said that, Arga crossed his arms in front of him.

His black ether began seeping out of his skin, almost like ink due to how thick it was.

Under the onlookers’ eyes, the skin on his hands began to darken in color and his nails which were already sharp became black claws.

An Acolyte-rank Hybrid has developed, their unique bloodline characteristic, and Arga is showing his.

Swoosh!

A gentle but deadly wind blew from Arga’s body, brushing against Lucivar’s skin.

Seeing this with a composed face, Lucivar tilted his head.

“Are you finished?” “Yes” “Then it’s my turn…” Lucivar looked down and exhaled lightly, he would need to take this absolutely seriously.

He needed to if he wanted to please Sha who became interested now.

“Sutekh, Sha, this is for you…” He whispered inaudibly.

Once he said that gnarly bone-cracking sounds echoed as his back split open.

A single, majestic, sparkling brown wing unfurled-from Lucivar’s back, its imposing length, stretching wide and commanding the attention of all who gazed upon it.

With the wing fully extended, he began to channel his ether, delving deep into his reserves.

Golden ether accompanied his brown wing-coming out of his body like hot steam.

Sensing the climbing ether, Arga and even Dullan were surprised.

“He’s a first-star Acolyte-rank Hybrid but the amount of ether he has…

it’s astonishing!” “Who was he again?

Lucivar?

I’ve never heard of that name” “Someone like him should be known, no?

He can’t come out of nowhere” Just as his aura reached its peak, Lucivar gritted his teeth, ‘Not yet, I need to be stronger!’ Not holding back even a bit, Lucivar used two God strands to enhance his entire body.

Swoosh!

Immediately, his aura exploded, pulsing like a beating heart.

Arga was taken aback, his foot made a nervous step back as the ether coming from Lucivar was pushing against his skin hard.

His eyes reflected-the brilliant gold color, not expecting Lucivar to be this capable.

He expected Lucivar to be quite good if he was this confident.

But reaching this extent was beyond his wildest imagination.

‘His ether reserve…

it’s equivalent to that third-star?

What’s his bloodline?

What grade?!’ ‘Purple?

No…

Red?

He’s still young and he’s this strong?’ Planting his feet firmly, Arga gritted his teeth and stood his ground.

No matter how strong Lucivar was, he couldn’t put up a bad fight in front of his employer.

However, the willpower he had painstakingly gathered crumbled once more as his gaze lifted to the golden ether, behind Lucivar.

It began to shift, darkening into a menacing shade of the color brown, and morphed into the form of an imposing, roaring jackal.

Just the sheer presence of this jackal made his knees feel weak.

Feeling the pressure mounting, Arga has no other choice but to go all out instantly.

“Black Frenzy!” In an instant, his ether became heavier before he charged ahead on all four like an animal.

Lucivar lifted his head and saw Arga making his fierce move.

Having only one chance to do this, he focused and glanced down at his fist.  On his knuckles, the golden ether created the shape of a scarab.  It took a lot of focus, and control to be able to do this.

Once that was done, his ether quickly flowed down to his legs, and he too, charged forward.

Lucivar accelerated with an explosive speed, reaching Arga in mere moments.

Seeing this, Maura gasped in absolute shock, “How?!

He’s only a first-star!” “He got stronger way too quick…” Thalia whispered lightly.

Compared to back when he fought the ninja, he was now in a completely different realm.

Nearing the point of clash, Arga’s eyes fixed on Lucivar’s right fist where ether had gathered, it was clear that his right fist was the danger-but his left fist was the first one moving, ‘He is going for a feint and struck with his right.

All I need to do is force him to pivot his body to the left to knock him off balance for punching with his right’ Knowing what to do, Arga swiped with his left hand, keeping his eyes on Lucivar’s right hand.

Slash!

Lucivar dodged it exactly as Arga predicted, pivoting his body to the left.

Smiling, Arga gathers the strength of his torso.

He aims to spin his torso and make a backhand swipe at Lucivar’s head.

As he was about to turn, time slowed down.

Arga frowned when he saw Lucivar was also smiling at him, ‘W…

Why is he smiling?’ ‘It seemed he hadn’t realized it yet that if I twisted here, he would eat a swipe to the face!’ Still confident in himself, Arga turned but saw Lucivar’s left foot glowing golden.

Upon seeing that-he came to realize that Lucivar was aiming to sweep his legs with a lethal roundhouse kick, while he was off balance, from turning.

It was fifty-fifty now, the faster one would win this clash, ‘A slash to the face is more deadly than a gut punch, he’s for sure going to hesitate.

I’ll reach him first!’ “Grrghh!” Arga put everything to his speed but his world suddenly tumbled.

“Eh…?” Just like his dash earlier, Lucivar’s foot accelerated with an explosive force.

It took a fraction of a second for him to kick Arga’s legs and sweep him off the ground.

Gasps filled the air as Lucivar’s kick landed with precision, the sound of Arga’s knee breaking with a sickening crack reverberating through the crowd.

The powerful force launched him off his feet, his body twisting in midair.

As Arga’s body arced downward, Lucivar’s right fist ignited with a feral blaze of ether.

It was already drawn back and ready to unleash a devastating punch.

‘Man…

fighting like this is a lot of work but what can I do?

I’m sure Sha will like this’ Bam!

Lucivar’s punch drilled through Arga’s stomach and slammed him onto the arena’s ground.

He didn’t pull anything back and went all out, even his wing helped with the momentum.

Arga could feel the force spreading through his body like a violent storm as he coughed out blood, he was slammed and bounced, flung to the corner of the arena.

He slid, and stopped right in front of Dullan.

Blinking his eyes a couple of times, Dullan sucked in a cold breath.

He could see that Arga was knocked out, the punch sent him straight to the dream realm.

On the other hand, the onlookers had their jaws on the floor.

Most of them expected a long battle between similar strengths but the fight ended quickly.

Lucivar ended Arga with a single punch.

Pivoting towards Callista on the other side, Lucivar cracked a confident grin.

“So…

does that convince you enough?”