Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 115

Chapter 115: New Privilege Chapter 115: New Privilege Lucivar was wondering what the changes would be.

Since it was related to Loki, he didn’t know what to expect as it could be anything.

But now that Gandr had explained the change-the privilege of overcoming Loki’s first divine elevation, his mind went blank, he was at a loss for words.

Masteries over an ability or even a spell were the display of determination and power.

It couldn’t be cheated, Hybrids need to pay blood and sweat to increase their masteries.

In many cases, even if a Hybrid-obtained a higher-class spell, they would still use the spell they mastered.

Other than the fact that it was probably still stronger, they were attached to that original spell as mastering a spell is painstakingly hard.

Naturally, the fact that Lucivar could now bypass that process sounded like cheating.

He felt surreal as that was an incredible privilege.

Seeing Lucivar’s expression, Gandr scoffed as he knew exactly what was on Lucivar’s mind.

“It’s not cheating-there’s no need to feel guilty.

Just think of this as your talent-you are the Blessed Oracle so becoming strong is as expected.

Besides, should you even be as surprised as this?

Father is the Grandmaster of Arcane Magic” “I know but that doesn’t mean I would be immune to this kind of thing.

“Fair enough” “Tell me how it works, exactly” Gandr nodded before he turned his focus back to the mirror.

“Every time you absorbed Father’s Divine Blood, your ether reserve would expand, as normal but the ether control mastery you would normally gain-would be turned into Arcane Points,” Gandr pointed at the right bottom of the mirror using his tail, the number ‘zero’ was written in green there.

“And you could allocate it to whichever manner you want” Lucivar nodded his head, the mechanism was simple enough.

‘But this is Loki, I don’t trust that it’s that simple,’ He inspected the mirror meticulously.

Nothing involving Loki can be trusted, he knows that much.

“It’s simple enough,” Lucivar nodded before he turned towards Gandr and squinted his eyes.

“So let’s say I have one point and decided to increase my Radiant Burst spell’s mastery, how will the process exactly start?

Does it hurt?” “Easy, the mirror would fire a beam at you, and create an identical clone of yourself that has its past altered, to be the version that has the desired mastery over your Radiant Burst spell and merge it with you.

And the process doesn’t hurt” “You mean like a version of me from a different timeline?” “Not exactly, this one is a fabricated one that only served to be absorbed by you” Upon hearing this, Lucivar felt a bit uneasy.

Basically, Loki would create another ‘Lucivar’ and alter its past to be training on the spell or ability, that the real Lucivar wanted to increase mastery over.

A clone that has its entire life purposed to be Lucivar’s food.

Since it didn’t come from a different timeline, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Even then, Lucivar had to ask.

“So this clone doesn’t have a real mind?” “Well, it has a real mind of its own so there’s a chance of it taking over your real body or even on some rare occasion causing your body to go kaboom, but nothing serious.

You don’t need to be worried about the clone” “…” “…” “Am I hearing it right?

Because if I did, I’m pretty sure I should be worried” “It’s rare, happening about one out of ten so there’s no need to worry” “One out of fucking ten?!

That’s not rare at all!” Just as Lucivar expected-the privilege of passing the first divine elevation, was too good to be true to be bestowed on him raw.

Loki had to put a little bit of absurdity to balance it out- or rather because he could!

Since he confessed to wanting to be entertained, these twists were a must for him.

“Explain to me clearly how that would happen, don’t play with me!” “Alright, alright, I was pranking you.

I was going to explain to you eventually” Upon hearing this, Lucivar clicked his tongue in displeasure.

‘It’s jealousy…’ He pondered, Gandr was never the type to play around like this.

Normally, he was more uptight and stern, saying what only needed to be said without more words than necessary.

So this was quite uncharacteristic of Gandr, and from the looks of it, Lucivar could tell that it could be jealousy.

Having to do what Sutekh wanted back in the hotel arena, Gandr might be jealous.

It wouldn’t even be surprising for Lucivar if Sha rubbed it on Gandr’s face.

‘Other than that, I might be talking with Loki but that’s unlikely,’ He massaged his forehead.

Oblivious to what was inside Lucivar’s mind, Gandr explained the privilege properly.

Based on his explanation, now that Lucivar had gone through Loki’s first divine elevation, he endured more of Loki’s power.

He could now increase his masteries through this because of that.

As for the process itself, Gandr wasn’t playing around earlier.

Despite the clone being created from nothing, it has an independent mind that has the exact same life experiences as Lucivar other than the fact that it trained more of the ability or spell Lucivar made target.

It has the same thought processes and emotions even though the clone’s life was a lie.

And of course, it also wanted power.

From the clone’s perspective, it was betrayed by Loki-and would be sacrificed, for the real Lucivar so the clone would have immense hatred and anger.

Even though its emotions were toned down by Loki’s power, there’s still a chance of mishaps happening.

On some occasions, the clone might be able to take over his body and become him.

Or on other occasions, it could be bitter and explode Lucivar’s soul-killing both of them.

Gandr said that the chances of this happening rely on two factors.

One is the targeted ability or spell and also the realm Lucivar wanted to increase it to.

The stronger the ability or spell are, the stronger the clone and that is exactly the same with the targeted mastery realm.

Lucivar could further diminish the odds-by investing additional Arcane Points beyond the required cost but that is if he wanted to be extra safe.

Second, the odds would increase if he was not in the right state of mind.

Anything bad inside of his mind would be an exploited weakness by the clone.

It would use it to tear a hole in Lucivar’s soul and take over his body.

Likewise, if his state of mind was strong and reinforced, the odds would diminish too.

“So, you meant to tell me that I need to always pay extra to be safe?” Lucivar sighed.

But this made Gandr smiled, “That’s for you to answer,” Just before Lucivar could ask what he meant by that Gandr expanded in size, becoming long enough to be at Lucivar’s eye level to peer into his eyes.

He then added, “Ask yourself this, is it worth it to pay more to defend against yourself?

Do you consider yourself harmless-or do you consider yourself as dangerous…?” …

Lucivar opened his eyes, the question rang inside his head.

“Am I harmless or dangerous…?” “In hindsight, the answer should be clear.

I’m dangerous but…” He stared at the ceiling in silence, pondering about that question as his memories flashed in his head.

Upon the word ‘harmless’ ringing inside his eardrums, the unkind memories of him, going around helping people flickered in his mind.

Being treated like a dog by his family doesn’t disturb him.

Even when he was extorted and beaten for his hunting bounty, he didn’t care about himself.

All he cared about was his family.

If he failed to bring back food, his mother-and brother would starve and he didn’t want that.

All he ever wanted back then was to make his family happy.

“If I could go back to the past again, could I kill them decisively?” Lucivar muttered before he looked at his hand, it was trembling hard-the thought of going back to that day again was a thorn in his heart.  He had changed-he was no longer the same person.

But the thought of going back to that time scares him.

Back then, he was only able to kill his family because he wasn’t in the right state of mind.

He was in shock and his body moved on its own.

Had he been fully conscious, he wouldn’t be able to do that.

Even if he went back in time, he didn’t know if he could do it.

Just from this alone, Lucivar already knew the answer to the question.

He hasn’t changed much, he couldn’t consider himself as someone dangerous.

Others might think he is dangerous but his view about himself hasn’t changed much.

Sighing heavily as if his soul came out alongside it, Lucivar opened the door and saw Sabrina was still outside-cradled against the wall with a blanket covering her whole body.

He looked at her and signaled for her to come inside.

Upon seeing this, Sabrina’s eyes lit up and she instantly rushed inside.

“I’m sorry, I won’t do it again…” She said, closing the door behind her.

Lucivar waved his hand dismissively-and sat on the edge of the bed.

He then patted the bed next to him.

Albeit her confusion, as it was only earlier she got into trouble for getting on the bed, Sabrina didn’t question it and sat beside Lucivar.

She waited for Lucivar to explain but her eyes flared open when Lucivar laid his head on her lap.

“Is…

Is there something wrong?” “I’m going to meditate, lend me your thighs for a bit” Sabrina was completely puzzled.

Hours ago, Lucvar was ruthless in kicking her out but now the mood around him changed.

His change was so abrupt that she suspected that Lucivar had multiple personalities.

But that shouldn’t be possible, something must’ve happened.

‘What could possibly happen while I’m outside to make him act like this…?

…

Several days passed and today the pending time for Lucivar was done.

He would need to go back to class and be prepared to be deployed at a moment’s notice.

But early in the morning when he was about to go to the garden, Sabrina came back into the room carrying a box.

She placed the box down-and opened it, “Did Master Tobias send you something?

The guards told me you have deliveries” “Deliveries…?

I don’t think it’s Tobias,” Lucivar shook his head.

Upon peering at the content, Sabrina frowned as inside was a neat set of sealed scrolls.

Sabrina scanned the seals-and saw that each of them had a different color and also, upon closer inspection-the seals’ design also took the shape of a family crest, each one, coming from a different family.

“Scrolls with heraldic seals?

She muttered in confusion.

“Must’ve been a mistake…” “Nope, it’s not a mistake,” Lucivar intervened.

“Go ahead and open one” Curious as to how Lucivar could know all of these families-and even have them, sent such a remarkable scroll, she opened one and read its content.

As Lucivar said, it was indeed meant for him, his name was written at the very top.

Going down to the content, Sabrina read it before she gasped in shock.

“A contract for 10 Supreme Coins?!

Are they insane?!”