Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 170

Chapter 170: You’re His Aren’t You?

Chapter 170: You’re His Aren’t You?

Lucivar was hoping for a battle-oriented ability.

Considering what lies ahead, he was outright desperate for more battle-oriented abilities.

His next move was to battle in the South Hues Tournament and also kill Caldaros, and both were quite dependent on his individual prowess.

As the tournament gathered the attention of many, the participants would be extremely competitive while killing Caldaros most certainly wouldn’t be easy.

Other than the fact that he’s a Vampire Hybrid and Sunna’s avatar, Lucivar knew nothing about him.

Lucivar didn’t know how Caldaros fought or what kind of abilities he had.

But he should be very strong considering that he was one of the strongest in the academy.

From the vision he saw back then, Lucivar could tell that Sunna was a Goddess who excelled in fighting.

Unlike Loki, she seemed to be the kind who fought her battle herself.

If Lucivar was right about his assumption then Caldaros must inherit many fighting abilities from her, and that is nothing but bad news.

Because of that, he was desperate to get more abilities but he came to remember that there’s no honor in this.

‘Maybe now that I’m closer to Sutekh, I wanted to win against Caldaros in a straight confrontation’ Lucivar shook his head, he didn’t need to do that.

Or at least, he could employ other methods to ensure his victory during the main confrontation.

And this new ability he obtained, the Fool’s Trick is an ability that could help him.

‘For now, I’ll avoid fighting Caldaros,’ Lucivar thought.

“That said, who’s the Fool?” Since the first condition to activate the Fool’s Trick was to have an elaborate plan that the Fool found entertaining, he couldn’t help but question who ‘The Fool’ was.

And on top of that, he also wanted to know how he could explain his plan to ‘The Fool’.

“Just think about the plan inside your head-and the Fool would listen,” Gandr replied.

“The Fool is an entity that Father created a long time ago, someone who was tasked to create entertaining scenarios for Father.

I’m sure you’ve heard his laughter earlier,” Upon hearing this, Lucivar’s brows dipped into a frown.

He did hear laughter earlier but it lasted only briefly he thought he was hearing things.

But he was not, it was the Fool’s laughter.

Lucivar didn’t probe further, once again, he didn’t want any trouble from knowing too much.

One step at a time.

At least he knew that the Fool would always be listening.

“How do I know if the Fool approved of my plan?” Lucivar asked, wanting to clarify the ability clearly.

Gandr turned towards him and paused.

He then tilted his head and hissed, “How do you think?

You will hear him laughing, of course” “Huh, I could’ve guessed that,” Lucivar shrugged.

Averting his attention from his new ability, he waved his hand, dispersing the Mischief Panes and with another wave of his hand, summoning another mirror.

The horned helmet on Loki’s statue fired a beam and summoned this ordinary mirror.

It was the new privilege he obtained from reaching Loki’s first Divine Elevation, the Arcane Records.

Lucivar ignored the left side of the screen and focused on the right.

——  €¢ Greedy Grasp (Low Mortal) – High  €¢ Radiant Burst (Low Mortal) – Mid  €¢ Major Morphing (Low Mortal) – High  €¢ Soul Warden (Low Mortal) – Low  €¢ Triune Scarab (High Mortal) – Low  €¢ The Fool’s Trick (Low Mortal – Low —– “Oh…?” His eyes fixed on the second ability-from the bottom.

“Even Sutekh’s ability could also be upgraded through this?

I’m surprised” Gandr nodded, “Though it would cost a lot more arcane points” Upon hearing this, Lucivar wasn’t surprised-it was already good enough that Sutekh allowed his own ability to be upgraded through Loki.

If the cost of him allowing that was the swelling cost of arcane points, then so be it, Lucivar didn’t mind.

Speaking of arcane points, Lucivar shifted his gaze to the upper part of the mirror.

His eyes widened when he saw how many Arcane Points he had obtained.

“50 arcane points…?” He sucked in a cold breath, shocked to his core.

“That’s a lot of arcane points!” Absorbing the green sphere he obtained from Morriva’s city had granted him only three arcane points.

In stark contrast, the prisoners had provided him with over ten times that amount-he obtained fifty arcane points!

Just three arcane points alone made his ability way stronger, giving him a substantial edge within the blue dungeon from earlier.

Now that he has 50 arcane points, his abilities would evolve completely!

“Man, if I had known this from earlier, I would’ve thanked Leandra directly!” Lucivar cheered aloud, his mood that was already good becoming even better.

“Ah, no… If I thanked her then she would get it inside her head.

I can’t have that” Realizing that he had quite some arcane points to spend, Lucivar took a moment to contemplate.

Keeping in mind what his next move was, he chose which ability he would upgrade.

“Hmm… I think this is good enough,” Lucivar nodded inwardly.

—–  €¢ Greedy Grasp (High Mortal) -High  €¢ Radiant Burst (High Mortal) – Low  €¢ Major Morphing (Low Mortal) – High  €¢ Soul Warden (High Mortal) -Low  €¢ Triune Scarab (High Mortal) – Low  €¢ The Fool’s Trick (Low Mortal) – Low —– Since numerous battles lie ahead, Lucivar decided to focus on upgrading-his Greedy Grasp, Radiant Burst, and also Soul Warden abilities.

All three of these abilities were his battle abilities that he was accustomed to using.

He spent 27 arcane points into his Greedy Grasp ability, 3 more arcane points than its cost.

It turned it from High-Low Mortal to High-High Mortal rank.

In the High Mortal mastery rank, upgrading it from low to mid mastery costs 5 while mid to high costs 10 arcane points.

Lucivar noticed a high jump in costs but that only meant the upgrade was more worth it than before.

He didn’t mind paying extra.

It was his main fighting ability so he decided to go all out on upgrading it.

On top of that, he also paid 3 arcane points extra to make sure his mind didn’t explode or something.

Recalling what Gandr said, the origin of his increase in mastery-he decided to be extra careful.

Additionally, he spent 11 arcane points to upgrade his Radiant Burst spell to Low-High Mortal and 12 arcane points to the Soul Warden spell, also increasing his mastery to Low-High Mortal.

Lucivar could not wait to try out how strong his abilities become later.

“The Soul Warden spell is a diamond-class spell, I am surprised it didn’t cost more than the others to increase its mastery,” Lucivar uttered aloud, pleasantly surprised by this.

“Is there any particular reason for that?” “You have Father’s blood, Low and High Mortal rank is too minuscule for you,” Gandr replied.

Lucivar could only smile acutely.

An increase in mastery like that could be directly felt by him.

But for Loki or the other Gods here, it was nothing.

Maybe once he pierced through the High Mortal rank the cost would vary more.

Other than that, Lucivar stays away from the Triune Scarab and the Fool’s Trick.

For the Triune Scarab, it costs 15 arcane points from simply upgrading the mastery to mid, which was a lot more than normal, three times more to be exact.

Since Lucivar didn’t know how effective the Triune Scarab ability was yet, he was not going to upgrade it.

As for the Fool’s Trick, upgrading the ability only increased its effect potency.

Lucivar wanted to shave off a condition but that required a way higher mastery rank.

It wouldn’t be worth upgrading it now, maybe once he has obtained a lot more arcane points.

Once he checked his rewards and allocated them all, Lucivar was about to leave the Inner Chamber.

Just then, however, his eyes landed on the green liquid in Loki’s statue.

It was increased substantially, nearing the second Divine Elevation.

“Hmm, is that only because of the prisoners?” Lucivar mumbled questioningly.

“I doubt that…” Moments later.

“Master, shouldn’t you rest a little bit more?” Sabrina asked, slightly worried.

Both of them had already stepped out of the main chamber.

Sabrina had cleaned Lucivar of blood but he was still pale and slightly distraught.

Not a good sign in her books.

Lucivar waved his hand dismissively, “I can rest in the hotel, that place is dusty and stinks” Striding along the dark corridor guided-only by the torches, Lucivar tried to keep his steps steady despite the phantom throbs coursing through his body.

The bronze spheres had left his body rejuvenated-and undoubtedly stronger, yet the searing pain from earlier lingered in his mind.

It weaved illusory echoes of discomfort across his frame.

However, he could rest his mind for the day, the night was already very productive as it was.

Nothing more could be done.

On top of that, Ravenna was probably already waiting for him back in the hotel.

He needs to keep her entertained for the time being.

‘I’m going to sleep good tonight,’ Lucivar pondered in a good mood.

As he stepped out of the citadel and into the open air, his gaze instinctively scanned his surroundings.

It landed on a figure leaning casually against the wall.

Lucivar’s eyes instantly narrowed, tension tightening his expression in an instant once he recognized who the figure was.

There was no mistaking that presence-it was Caldaros, ‘What is he doing here?

Is he among the crowd earlier?

No, if that’s the case, I should’ve noticed him’ Just the sight of Caldaros alone charged the air with the unspoken tension of the encounter to come.

Not to mention, the hatred came back to him.

Almost instantly, Lucivar could feel his chest burning, and his face also turning red.

But he suppressed all of that behind a mask of composure as he continued his walk, ignoring Caldaros.

Since their last encounter wasn’t particularly great, with Lucivar being consumed-by his anger and going to confront Caldaros, this tension was natural.

Lucivar tried walking past Caldaros, avoiding eye contact lest his anger and hatred would be pulled out once again.

However, Caldaros has another thing in mind.

“What’s with the look?” He suddenly asked, pushing himself off of the wall.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar stopped and lifted his head to look at the sky-sighing deeply.

“What look?” Lucivar asked, turning to Caldaros.

“You know what I’m talking about.

The look you’re giving me earlier,” Caldaros clarified.

“You know, the look as if you wanted to kill me that lasted only a second.

Did I do something to you that made you that angry at me?” Lucivar remained composed and continued his walk, giving no response.

As Lucivar reached a few steps away, Caldaros’ voice boomed again, “Or is it,” He began, his tone laced with knowing amusement, “that you want to kill me to erase old shame?

Perhaps something from the past… Something like how the one-who came before you was defeated time and time again by mine?” At that moment, Lucivar’s heart skipped a beat.

Glancing over his shoulder, he was met with Caldaros’ glowing crimson eyes.

“You’re his, aren’t you…” Caldaros whispered.

“You’re Loki’s avatar”