Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 112

Chapter 112: Blanks Chapter 112: Blanks Lucivar had given Callista a chance to resolve this peacefully.

He asked to talk privately but was refused and continued being underestimated.

If anything, giving her a chance was Lucivar being understanding for the sake of Thalia.

But if he continued being pressed then he wouldn’t endure it and smile like a good little dog.

From his past of doing nothing but good things-he learned that if he only takes it and smile, people would take him for granted.

Never again will Lucivar let people do that to him, if other people wanted him to be good then they would need to earn it.

“I thought you were a good person…” Maura whispered from behind.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar cackled lightly, “What makes you think that about me?” “Earlier, you saved the boy…

you endangered your life for that boy.

If you’re this bad, why did you help that boy?

One wrong move and you’d be dead, you know that, but you still chose to do it.

Why…?”  Despite deeming it reckless, the sight of him saving the boy left a mark on Maura’s mind.

She reckoned that Lucivar was a good person because of that.

Out of everyone, she was the most surprised by what Lucivar did right after Thalia.

Maura knew that there was evil inside of Lucivar, his demeanor and sharp gaze showed that vividly-but she never expected Lucivar to be this heartless.

She never expected Lucivar to do this when he had fun and laughed with Thalia hours earlier.

Not expecting this question, Lucivar was silent.

He paused for a moment and looked up to the clear night sky filled with stars.

‘I did that because, in this world, there was good and evil.

Standards that were set by society-branded in the minds of the populace.

Evil people are a rival of mine, a rival whom I need to defeat-so that I can hog karma all for myself.

Good people are food, they are destined to die and make the evil stronger so that the battle between evil becomes more interesting’ ‘But there are some who are blanks…

people who haven’t made the choice between evil and good-those who aren’t independent yet.

And that little boy is one of them, he is still young, and he hasn’t made the choice’ ‘Leaving that boy to die before he could choose, it wouldn’t be fair…’ Of course, Lucivar didn’t say the real reason out loud.

He kept it inside and walked away, leaving Maura behind without an answer to her question.

Explaining himself would be wanting recognition from others-he didn’t want recognition.

From the moment he killed his family, he aimed to stay true to himself.

And as long as he had a satisfying answer for himself, everything else didn’t matter.

Seeing this, Maura bit her lower lip hard.

Looking at Lucivar with an ember ablaze, she fixed her mind with determination.

Meanwhile, Lucivar made a ten-minute walk along the street before he came to a halt.

“Ah, shit…

How am I going to go back to the academy again?” He uttered with a wry smile.

It was his first time outside alone, he didn’t bring any money with him either.

A moment later-Lucivar asked around to the passersby and managed to know the street of the Bloodhaven Academy and how to get there.

He waited at the bus station for ten minutes before he got on.

Fortunately, he had his Hunter ID in his pocket.

A kind old man earlier told him-that since he was enrolling, in an academy, public transport would be free-he didn’t need to pay anything other than showing his Hunter ID.

Lucivar did exactly that and found the old man was telling the truth.

Seeing his ID, the driver let him inside and the car zoomed through the street.

Lucivar took a seat beside a window and leaned his head against it.

His ether was low and his God strands were also in the same situation.

Defeating Arga as he did was very extensive in ether-it was more theatric than effective.

“Now that I have my ID, I should buy a meditation technique from the library” He mused.

But then as he thought of that, he remembered the parchment Tobias gave him.

Lucivar reached into his pocket and took the parchment out.

It should contain a spell but it could also be other things so he decided to check.

Opening and inspecting the parchment attentively, Lucivar counted twelve lines-that were connecting twelve ego points together.

At each end of the line, there was a number-it was an order that made him sure that this was a spell.

Since he had a couple of hours to kill before reaching the academy, he decided to try it out.

Closing his eyes, he went into his Inner Chamber.

Arriving back in his Inner Chamber, he went to the egg statue at the center.

Once he did, he began channeling what was left in his ether reserve-and began recounting the sequences written on the parchment.

He focused on the ego points on the open wing of the egg statue.

Bit by bit, the glowing gold dot moved from one ego point to another.

Lucivar struggled a bit as his ether reserve was very low and he could try this once.

In order to know what these sequences are, he needed to cast them one time.

Due to how low his ether reserve was-it took three full minutes for him to reenact the whole thing and once he was finished, the ego points glowed brighter.

Lucivar returned back to the real world and was ready for any mishaps.

He only wanted to determine what the spell or technique written on the parchment was.

Once he knew, he would cancel it.

Since it could be an offensive spell, he needs to be ready to cancel it immediately.

It would be bad if he blasted the entire bus and killed the people inside.

But the worst scenario playing in his head didn’t happen, he instead saw his entire body, humming with a subtle golden aura.

He trailed his eyes on the golden aura as it moved- concentrating on his back.

Lucivar was shocked when he saw the golden energy seeped out from his back like wings.

And then, these energy wings wrapped around his body.

‘I can hear the voices, fading…’ He thought in surprise.

As if someone had muted the entire world around him, the noises from the people inside the bus, the videos playing on their phones-or even the smooth sound of wheels disappearing, it became lighter until it was silent.

He looked around, trying to see if the people inside stopped talking.

However, their lips were still moving, and some were even laughing so it was not them.

Focusing back on the golden energy, he raised and looked at his hand.

Now that the technique was activated he could understand what it was, ‘It’s not a spell, it’s a technique, a meditation technique…

Tobias always came in clutch-it is almost like he is here and watching what I’m doing’ Tobias gave him one just when he needed a meditation technique.

It wasn’t a bad technique either.

Since it utilized twelve ego points, this is a Gold-class, pretty strong technique.

Smiling, Lucivar could feel his Supernatural Ego being charged-replenishing his ether faster, than his natural recovery speed.

But it seemed he could still make it faster.

Inside this bubble-this sanctuary, his mind was relaxed.

He was inflicted with moments of happiness from his past memories.

All of the good things he does, that brought smiles to people’s faces.

‘It’s reacting to my Angel bloodline, I guess Tobias tried to find a meditation technique that would be compatible with me,’ Lucivar thought but a frown soon crossed his face.

‘But it is not fast enough and it’s not because the technique is bad…’ Realizing what causes this slowness, Lucivar forcibly changed the visions in his mind.

He closed his eyes and envisioned a different thing.

As opposed to envisioning the good things, he envisioned the bad things he had done.

All of the killings, the trickery, the ruthlessness he inflicted-he envisioned those things and even beyond those he hadn’t done-but would do in the future.

In response to this shift, the technique adapted to it.

Once it did, the replenishment of ether became twice faster than before.

Lucivar smirked inwardly and began his meditation.

A couple of hours later.

He snapped out of his meditation when the bus came to a stop.

Glancing to the side-he found that he had arrived, the academy street was right beside him.

Giving his thanks to the driver, he got down and the bus took off to the next stop again.

Stretching his body, Lucivar inhaled deeply and looked around, “I recovered 20% of my ether from three hours of meditation-not bad.

I’m sure with time and as I mastered the technique, it would be faster” It was nice outside and the alone time was much needed.

A lot of things happened today and it was very nice to finally be alone.

Lucivar headed to the academy at the end of the street at a leisurely pace, he wasn’t in a hurry as the academy would not go anywhere, and he had an excuse, for being outside, ‘I wonder if Thalia already reached the academy ahead of me’ Considering her car, she had probably arrived an hour or more before him.

But that is if she was even coming back today.

Maura mentioned she was devastated, so it was unlikely she’d return tonight.

Grabbing his phone from his other pocket-Lucivar put it against his ear.

He wanted to tell the story of what he did today but now is not the time.

Lucivar glanced to the side with only his eyes-as he saw a dark trail coming from behind-it seemed he was followed and someone wanted to kill him.

He wasn’t surprised by this, in fact-he already had a guess of who it was.

‘Not letting it go, Maura?’ He smirked in ridicule.

Sensing the hostility coming from Maura earlier, the one following him had to be her.

And of course, she acted out of her own accord.

Gazing ahead-he saw that the academy was still about half a mile away, ”Callista would not want to kill me, I’m the one who could protect her daughters so she must be on her own.

Her emotions got the best of her’ Knowing that he would not defeat Maura, Lucivar looked around.

‘Is there any CCTVs?

I’m going to stand in front of it until morning if I have to’ But despite turning his head left and right in search of any street CCTVs, he couldn’t find any so he could only curse under his breath, his only option was to sprint the rest of the way-as the street was empty.

Keeping his composure with a phone on his ear, he tried to get as far as possible.

Once he felt like Maura was about to strike, he immediately rushed ahead.

“SOMEONE HELP!!”