Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: Trapped in a Tricky Situation Chapter 165: Trapped in a Tricky Situation Lucivar was stuck in the moment.

Upon his rebirth as a new man, free from his previous shell-he also established a code.

No matter how heinous-and disgusting, he would do anything in order to become stronger.

But he wouldn’t kill blanks that hadn’t chosen their paths yet.

Killing blanks would only be unfair, everyone deserved a chance to live until they were fully aware.

Believing in that, Lucivar doesn’t want to kill blanks.

That was his code until he reached his goal.

Karma will be destroyed by his own two hands-but in order achieve that level-in order to reach the level of power to do that, he would need to make use of the broken rule that bad karma will bestow rewards while good karma bestows catastrophe.

Killing this woman would give him a lot of bad karma, Lucivar could feel it in his bones.

Although killing was already an act granting a lot of bad karma, knowing the victims intimately and killing them regardless would bestow a lot more bad karma.

Based on that, this was a big opportunity for Lucivar-killing this woman is in his best interest.

However, for some reason, he hesitated.

Gandr noticed that and slithered out to check, he assumed that Lucivar was feeling compassionate.

After all, this woman is not a nobody-she was Pippa’s mother.

She was the mother of a young girl who, if only for a fleeting moment, made Lucivar remember the man he once was.

A young man trying to do good for the city, making bouquets to give to the brave and selfless Death Volunteers.

Being inside of Lucivar all this time, Gandr saw it first-hand.

And naturally, Gandr thought that the compassionate man would come back at this moment.

“Hiss~” Gandr leaned closer, looking at Lucivar directly in the eyes.

“What are you going to choose?” Upon hearing this, Lucivar looked down at the pleading woman-his expression grim.

‘I was like Pippa once, innocent and hopeful’ ‘If I kill this woman right now, Pippa would definitely be sad.

Perhaps, she’d even die’ ‘In the past, if my mother and brother somehow died, I would also not know how to live on with my life’ ‘Hmm, I don’t know…She might even haunt me in my sleep’ Just then, Lucivar’s eyes flickered with a golden hue-a devilish smile crossed his face.

‘Disgusting… How dare she make me remember the past?’ Lucivar pondered, bloodlust began seeping out of his body like a thick crimson robe.

‘I should’ve spared this woman’s life and let them meet another evil person who would torture and kill them slowly.

But since I’m a magnanimous and kind person, I’ll kill this woman still…’ Seeing the flicker of bloodlust in his eyes, Gandr smirked and evaporated.

It seemed Lucivar had come to a decision that he liked.

Lucivar lifted the battle axe over his head, preparing to strike.

Sparing the woman’s life was an act that Lucivar could do, nobody would question him.

Her life and death were completely within Lucivar’s grasp.

However, Lucivar decided to show her mercy instead.

Of course, mercy for someone of good alignment like her was a swift death.

Sparing her life would be too cruel.

One might think that it should’ve been the opposite but none of them see the world as Lucivar did.

In Lucivar’s biased view, good people were only alive to be preyed on by evil, and he considered himself as the kindest evil who would devour them with a simple, clean swing.

A swift death.

Had it been any other evil people, this woman might end up in a far worse situation.

Lucivar killing this woman would be the most ideal, it was mercy.

And he was going to do it.

As for Pippa, natural selection will take its course-she must carve her destiny.

“Do you love Pippa?” Lucivar suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, the woman nodded her head repeatedly while still clutching on Lucivar’s leg.

Seeing this, Lucivar nodded, “Then accept this swift death, it’s for a better future…” Swoosh!

Immediately after he said that Lucivar swung the battle axe-intending to kill the woman.

But as the blade was about to pierce through the woman’s back and crush her insides, Lucivar came to an abrupt stop when the citadel suddenly trembled slightly.

A frown crept to his face as he turned to look at the executioner, “What was that?” “I think it came from the outside” the executioner replied, also confused.

Pausing for a second, Lucivar’s eyes widened, ‘Is it Ravenna’s signal?

Leandra found us?’ Just then, Sabrina ran through the corridor and stepped into the room.

“Master!” She called-a sense of urgency and worry on her face.

“A lot of people had gathered outside!” “What?!” Lucivar gasped in shock.

“What people?” “It’s the people of the city, a lot of them were gathered in front of the citadel!” Sabrina replied.

Lucivar’s eyes blazed in sundering fury, and a name flowed out of his lips hauntingly.

“Leandra…” He whispered chillingly.

Following that whisper, Lucivar, Sabrina, and the two executioners could hear a voice calling for none other than Lucivar outside.

It was a distant woman’s voice, and certainly, this voice belonged to Lendra who somehow concocted this.

Despite having no time to waste, Lucivar stood rooted-contemplating.

‘If I come out right now, everyone would see the blood on me and also the corpse.

Should I leave?’ Lucivar was undecided.

He knew that if he came out and confronted Leandra, he would be in a very disadvantageous position.

It would end with him being caught red-handed for killing the prisoners in cold blood.

On the other hand, if he ran away-the people would also be suspicious as Lucivar couldn’t possibly hide hundreds of corpses in the main room in a few minutes.

At one point or another, the corpse would be found and he would be judged.

So, the options are either confront them and get caught or flee and hope to leave before being caught.

One gives him zero chance to be free, he’ll be imprisoned while the other provides a slight chance.

Clearly, he opted to choose to escape from the backdoor.

However, he stopped when he thought of something-a third option that was far better than the others.

“We… We should tell them the truth,” One of the executioners, the one who accompanied Sabrina from earlier spoke to the other executioner with a trembling voice.

“Both of them might be pardoned since they both are Hybrids but us…?

We’ll be hanged by the people!

At least if we tell the truth, we could plea for mercy, tell them we’re only following orders!” “Don’t…” the other executioner shook his head.

“Don’t be reckless!” Despite the warning, his friend turned around, “No, this is the only chance we’re surviving” Just as he was about to step out of the room, however, a cold wind brushed against his neck.

Crash!!

Acting on instinct, Lucivar seized the battle axe’s handle with both hands-and swung it in a swift, decisive arc toward the executioner.

The blade met its mark with brutal precision, cleaving cleanly through the executioner’s neck.

His head fell to the ground with a disturbing thud, the razor-sharp edge drew blood once more.

Even in death, his face was still resolute with his decision-not knowing that it was the wrong decision.

Seeing this, Pippa’s mother screamed in complete horror, “Kyaaa~!” “Sam!!” the last executioner also screamed in shock, calling out his friend’s name.

However, before he could even reach his friend, Lucivar’s battle axe was already poised on his neck, stopping him dead in his tracks.

Glancing at Lucivar-the last executioner gulped harshly, “D- Don’t kill me, I did nothing wrong…” “Choose…” Lucivar muttered menacingly.

“Die here like your friend or trust me to clean up this mess” Not even thinking for long, the executioner answered, “I’ll… I’ll trust you!” Upon hearing this, Lucivar nodded and lowered his battle axe.

It was tense already because of the people gathered outside but the tension heightened with this death.

Lucivar paused for a second before he eventually nodded.

“I have a plan,” He declared, grabbing Pippa’s mother by her head.

Despite her resistance, Lucivar dragged her outside, “Do as I tell, and don’t question me.” Meanwhile, outside of the citadel.

Ravenna was outside as Lucivar told her to, she was sitting on a rooftop of a house near the citadel.

From here, she could see the citadel and also the streets around it.

“Hahh…” She rubbed her head in frustration.

“I was too caught up with him-enjoying killing those people more than what we did last night-and I forgot about Leandra.

I should’ve left on my own, I shouldn’t need him to tell me about that” Despite the development in their relationship, she couldn’t be seen too close to him or else the others, specifically Leandra, would be wary.

It wasn’t clear what made Lucivar accept her proposal, at least it wasn’t clear to her.

But it was overall, a good move to keep her distance.

Nobody should know about their relationship, it’s best for it to be a secret between them.

However, she forgot about that for a brief moment and was annoyed because of that.

She couldn’t let Lucivar think of her as unreliable, it would mess up her plan.

“No worries…” She patted both of her cheeks.

“It’s not fatal.

I have to focus on becoming the perfect ally as well as a woman for him so that he would be stuck with me.

Soon, he will find me irresistible and I could become stronger faster that way” Ravenna dangled her legs playfully.

Other than her small mistake, the night was productive-she obtained a lot of negative energy.

She couldn’t wait to return back and began cultivating her Supernatural Ego.

Just then, however, her eyes caught sight of a crowd.

Ravenna stood up abruptly and gazed ahead, seeing a crowd of people heading towards the citadel.

Not wanting to take any chances, she channeled her ether and summoned claws of energy, and struck the citadel’s behind-with them.

She didn’t know what these people were doing but it’s best to warn Lucivar about them.

Squinting her eyes, she noticed two figures leading at the very front.

Both of them were marked with her Predator Oculus ability.

“Nerissa and Leandra?” Ravenna sucked in a cold breath.

“This is bad, he needs to get out of there!” On the other hand.

“Leandra, can you please stop this?” Nerissa begged.

She had been supporting Leandra along the way-despite not knowing exactly what was happening.

“Just what could Lucivar be doing?

I know that you’re upset we didn’t go home today, but it’s not Lucivar’s fault!

Mirel was the one who went missing.

You even accused the lieutenant of keeping something from you when he answered he didn’t know where Lucivar was!” “No…” Leandra shook her head.

“It must be him.

It must be his doing, no doubt about it” Despite trying to talk sense to Leandra, she wouldn’t listen.

She was too stubborn and Nerissa didn’t have the heart to stop her forcefully.

Leandra gazed forward, eyes blazing with determination, ‘I can tell, the lieutenant is definitely involved in whatever Lucivar was doing.

Knowing who he is, he must be doing something bad so the perfect place to do that would be in a secluded area or building…’ Just then, Leandra and Nerissa arrived in front of a citadel.

It was located at the very corner of the city, and nobody was around.

Even if someone screamed, it wouldn’t be heard.

“Lucivar!

Come out!

I know you’re in there!”