Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Freezing Again Chapter 129: Freezing Again Like the other Stone Orcs, the Shaman had a burly body and stone-colored skin.

The only difference was that it wasn’t as big as the other Stone Orcs, and also it was wearing a hood instead of light armor-in its hand was a skull-headed staff.

Lucivar had been keeping an eye on this Shaman at the peak.

It was chanting a spell, a massive one considering the chanting time was more than a minute.

As Nerissa shouted for Ravenna and Mirel, Lucivar saw the Shaman make its move.

Unleashing a throaty grunt, it slammed its staff onto the snow.

Following that, a surge of energy reached out from the bottom of the staff, and spread to the entire area of the peak, moving the snow gathered there to slide to one side.

In an instant-it was able to create a massive avalanche.

A distant rumble morphed into a deafening roar as the snow fractured.

Ravenna and Mirel looked up and saw it cascading down with terrifying speed.

Both of them felt their hearts pounding to witness the avalanche grow big with unstoppable momentum-a tidal wave swallowing everything in its path.

Its frothy edges curled and also crashed with a force that cracked rocks.

Climbing the mountainside with nowhere to go, Ravenna and Mirel were stuck.

No paths for them to go down or avoid the avalanche safely.

If both of them got swept by the avalanche, they would be in grave danger.

On the other hand, they could let go and fall to the foothill, using Mirel’s power to soften the impact but the avalanche would still be right above them.

It would be the same-they would be squished to death.

At this point-both of them could only try and resist the avalanche.

Reacting quickly, Ravenna grabbed Mirel’s collar-helping him free his hands.

Once she did that, Mirel instantly channeled his bloodline prowess and clapped his hands.

Blitz!

He fired a shockwave of yellow lightning to cut through the avalanche.

Even then, that barely did anything-the avalanche drowned the yellow lightning.

“Leandra, can’t you pull them with your power?!” Nerissa asked urgently.

Biting her lower lip, Leandra shook her head, “I can only move inanimate things-living things are still too hard for me to influence with my power-I can not do it!

But I can try blocking the avalanche but not for long!” Upon hearing this, Lucivar instantly dropped Leandra and Nerissa on the foothill.

He didn’t say anything and dropped them as there was no time.

Not being too high, Leandra and Nerissa landed on their feet and gazed upward.

Both watched as Lucivar soared toward Ravenna, and Mirel, his aim was clear, he intended to reach them before it was too late.

Determined to aid his efforts, the duo at the foothill sprang to action.

Leandra used her ether to stabilize his flight, simultaneously, she crafted a telekinetic barrier that hovered protectively above Ravenna and Mirel, shielding them from the incoming impact of the avalanche.

Meanwhile, Nerissa healed Leandra so that she could endure the strain.

Crash!

Ravenna and Mirel held on hard as the avalanche clashed against the barrier above them.

Both of them were trapped, caught in a deadly dance that felt like surfing inside the curl of a towering ocean wave-only these waves were a thousandfold more perilous.

One misstep or a momentary slip of their grip would send them hurtling downward, dragged and battered.

But five seconds in and the barrier already cracked.

Just then, Lucivar reached them.

He pointed his hand forward and used the Radiant Burst spell.

Along the way earlier, he asked Leandra to absorb her ether so that he could replenish his God strands and now he has five God strands in reserve.

His Greedy Grasp now absorbed ether faster than before.

Using four of them instantly, the Radiant Burst spell surges to a higher degree.

Lucivar saw a house-size swirl of energy on the avalanche that concentrated and exploded.

Splash!

For a moment there, Ravenna and Mirel underneath the avalanche were exposed.

“Jump to me!

Now!” Lucivar shouted.

Ravenna was the first one to move, her reflex was insanely fast-she grabbed Mirel and used the mountainside wall as a foothold to leap toward Lucivar.

The timing couldn’t be more right, as the barrier shattered once she leaped.

She reached her hand forward, crisis in her eyes as the avalanche was coming down on her.

But Lucivar was quick enough to grab her hand and yanked her and Mirel out of the way.

“That’s so close!” Ravenna laughed, she could now breathe again.

Mirel was also the same, he was relieved that they got out of that.

“It’s not over yet!” Lucivar shouted and gazed up at the Stone Orc Shaman.

Swoosh!

He flapped his wing again, flying toward the mountain peak and reaching the top in seconds.

Carrying Ravenna and Mirel-who were dangling with only his hands was extremely hard, the chance of him doing this-without Leandra’s help would be zero.

Once the three reached the mountain peak, they saw the Stone Orcs were ready for them.

As for the Shaman, it was way behind being protected.

Going through them was the only way to reach the Teal Coin and close this dungeon.

But then, Lucivar stumbled-his wing struggled to keep them afloat.

“What’s happening?!

We’re going down!” Mirel shouted.

Lucivar glanced downward and saw Leandra and Nerissa running again, the proselyte as well as the remaining Stone Orcs below-were chasing after them.

Without her help, he would not be able to fly again.

“Use my body to jump over to the peak!” He told the others.

Upon hearing this, Ravenna pulled Mirel and threw him onto the mountain peak.

As she did that, Lucivar hoisted her up, crossing his arms to create a foothold for Ravenna to use.

“Make sure to not die on the way down, alright?

Or I’ll be sad” She quipped, with a smirk before springing off, using the momentum to vault across to the mountain peak.

Lucivar gritted his teeth as the force of her leap shoved him backward.

He fell to the steep fall, an express to the foothill.

Spinning in the air, Lucivar timed his Radiant Burst spell to blast him forward.

Channeling ether into his fingers, he stabbed them into the mountainside and caught himself.

Glancing down to his dangling feet, Lucivar shivered as he was still above a thousand-meter mark from the ground.

He was closer to the top, than to the bottom.

Sensing a vicious spark of ether from the mountain peak, it seemed the battle had started.

Inhaling deeply, fighting off the gripping exhaustion-he began to climb.

Knowing the position of the Shaman as well as the Stone Orcs, he decided to climb his way around to their backs.

Though hazardous, his muscles were screaming, Lucivar was able to reach the top again.

Peeking to check the situation, he saw the ongoing battle to his left.

‘Ravenna is more devious than I thought…’ Lucivar pondered.

Her claw gauntlets were already dripped with Stone Orcs’ blood, she tore through multiple at the same time.

Only the Shaman could stop her momentum with its spells-and even then, it was barely stopping Ravenna’s claws.

‘I’ll sneak and kill that Shaman,’ Lucivar pulled himself up to the mountain peak.

Since he has Gleipnir’s Echo with him, its Green Shroud ability conceals his aura perfectly.

But as he was about to do that, his eyes were pulled to the Teal Coin.

It was perched atop a smaller spire jutting from the mountain peak.

He was blinded by the Teal Coin’s blue light.

Realizing that there was nobody who would be able to stop him-with the Teal Coin so near to him, Lucivar changed target-he would take the Teal Coin instead.

Ravenna who was still busy fighting saw him sneaking.

In that moment, their eyes met and Ravenna gave Lucivar a subtle nod.

“Come at me!

All of you!” She shouted, trying to garner as much attention as she could.

Mirel also did the same, he gained the cue from Ravenna and taunted the Stone Orcs.

Seeing them this rigorous, the Shaman’s glowing green eyes squinted-and instinctively, it turned around to check on the Teal Coin, and met Lucivar’s gaze.

For a second then, it and Lucivar froze.

Finding Lucivar, the Shaman’s aura flared like wildfire, seething with a yellowish hue.

It was suppressing, around the second-star Acolyte rank or even higher.

Not to mention, the murderous intent that the Shaman exuded was choking Lucivar’s neck.

“Grab it and throw it down, now!” Ravenna shouted from behind.

Hearing this, Lucivar snapped out of his trance and wanted to dash toward the Teal Coin.

His mind was ready to make the move but his body was rooted on his spot.

‘Again?!’ Lucivar ground his teeth in anger, his legs were frozen stiff even though he wanted to move.

It took a second for his legs to finally break free-from the entrancement, allowing him to sprint to the Teal Coin.  The Shaman as well as himself raced to the Teal Coin.

But once Lucivar climbed the spire, he saw the Shaman was already standing on the spire.

‘I’m one step short!

Damn it!!’ Lucivar cursed, his eyes bulging from the frustration that was mounting inside of him.

‘If I hadn’t frozen earlier-If my legs moved at the same time, as my mind!

I would’ve reached the Teal Coin first!!’ Bam!

A stone fist came out of the ground and landed solidly across Lucivar’s chin.

He fell from the spire as the Shaman grabbed ahold of the Teal Coin.

Lucivar recovered quickly, his adrenaline was pumping from the sheer anger eating him from the inside.

Just as he prepared to fight the Shaman, for the Teal Coin, a deafening crack tore through the air-a thunderous roar so intense it reverberated through the mountain.

Snapping his neck towards the crack direction, Lucivar realized that it came from the portal.

Multiple Rock Golems were pounding on the barrier and managed to crack it.

It wouldn’t be long until the portal barrier cracked open and they poured out.

“Go!

Handle the portal!

I’ll take the Teal Coin!” Ravenna yelped, stepping on a Stone Orc hard.

Since there was nobody else other than him-who could glide over to the portal, Lucivar had no choice but to be the one to handle the Rock Golems.

He then turned to Mirel before going to the portal, “Go down in that direction, there’s a slope, their village is down there!” As he climbed earlier, Lucivar spotted the opportunity, the Stone Orc’s actual village.

Youngsters were left there, and Mirel could pull the Stone Orcs to defend the village, leaving the Shaman to be handled by Ravenna.

Once he said that, Lucivar flared his wing and glided away.

He fixed his fierce gaze at the portal as well as the Rock Golems.

If he failed to stop the Rock Golems then Professor Victor would deem him failing his chance.

“In other words, you’re still weak” Sha’s voice rang inside Lucivar’s head, forcing him to grit his teeth, seething in anger.

As much as he wanted to deny it, his weakness showed two times.

“I’m not weak!” Lucivar shouted aloud, convincing himself.

“I’ll definitely prove it here!”