Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Exhausting Day Chapter 176: Exhausting Day Once the sun shyly peeked into the sky, the academy hunters were all outside to do their morning training.

Lucivar walked along the corridor, half-asleep-as healing his eyes in the infirmary requires him to be fully awake throughout the process and he barely got any time to sleep.

He came back to the Bastion of Blades around two and had to wake up at five.

It was worth it though since his vision was now back to normal.

No more blurry clouds impairing his vision.

Yawning, he walked past academy hunters and headed to the main training area at the center.

Almost all of the academy hunters had their gazes fixed on him when he appeared.

Initially, Lucivar was oblivious to this since he was still sleepy.

But along the way, he came to notice that everyone was looking at him intently.

“Is there something on my face?” Lucivar mumbled, confused but also didn’t really care to investigate.

Arriving at the training area, he stood in line with the others.

Soon enough he was bumped by someone from behind, it was Mirel, and he leaned close to whisper to his ear, “Did you notice the others watching us?

For some reason, everyone has been looking at me since the moment I stepped outside” “Hmm?” Lucivar lazily glanced at him.

“Maybe because you stink” “I do not!” Mirel retorted but secretly smelled his armpits to check.

“I think it’s about our Blood Crest.

Having ours branded like this seemed to be a big deal.

Maybe they know we took down a blue dungeon, what do you think?” “I think you better shut up before you get us both into trouble,” Lucivar rubbed his eyes sleepily.

Seeing him unfocused, Mirel could only click his tongue.

Like always, the professor who would lead the morning exercise stepped to the very front and faced the academy hunters.

But instead of a professor, the one who stepped forward was Fabio-and this almost instantly alerted Mirel.

On the other hand, Lucivar still didn’t find it weird since he wasn’t focusing enough.

Instead of finding it weird, he was only preparing to jog as that is how this usually started.

Just then, however, his mind jolted awake when Fabio’s voice echoed.

“Recently, exactly five days ago, a group of first-year academy hunters led by Hunter Lucivar was sent on a mission to Kalinan City,” He declared, sweeping his gaze across the academy hunters.

“The mission specified to close a blue dungeon that hosts Stone Orcs, Rock Golems, and even… a Rock Sentinel” As soon as Fabio said the last Crosser, the entire area burst into a discussion.

“The Unfair Golem?

Really?” “If that’s true, how come Lucivar is unscathed?

How can he penetrate its defense?” “Even the fourth and fifth-year wouldn’t be able to take it down easily” “There are the Stone Orcs too, they are way smarter than regular Orcs and bigger too” Upon hearing the whispers surrounding him, Lucivar could only sweat a little.

‘What is that damn Fabio doing now?’ He pondered inside, slightly annoyed that this was made public.

Since it was a mission given by Professor Victor, Lucivar thought that it wouldn’t be disclosed like this but he was wrong.

Not a small disclosure like on a bulletin board either but a full-on disclosure in front of everyone during the morning exercise.

Tilting his head, Fabio made eye contact with Lucivar in the crowd.

“Because of that, Hunter Lucivar and the hunters in his group-Hunter Mirel, Hunter Leandra, Hunter Nerissa, and Hunte Ravenna, have their Blood Crests upgraded to the second version, making them much closer to being accepted as students,” Fabio continued, forcing everyone to turn towards said names.

“And since the mission was a great success, Hunter Lucivar as the leader would tell us the details of this very hard mission and explain to us how he approached it” “So that we can learn from it…” He added, narrowing his gaze.

Almost instantly, the crowd cheered-clapping their hands and encouraging Lucivar to step up.

All of them have stars in their eyes, excited to hear his story.

Lucivar, on the other hand, rubbed his face exasperatedly, ‘Fuck me…’ Moments later.

Sabrina who has only done showering was surprised when the door was opened.

She clutched on her towel and glanced at the door and saw Lucivar standing there, he was completely drained more than usual.

Of course, the morning exercise was tailored for Hybrids of their level and it’s not easy but he usually came out of it with only sweats but still lively.

But now, he was completely drained-and there was no sweat.

Not even a trace of sweat.

Finding this awkward, Sabrina glanced at the time on the wall and saw that it was nine already.

Usually, the morning exercise should’ve ended at eight maximum so Lucivar came back an hour late.

“What happened?” She asked hesitantly.

Lucivar stepped inside and closed the door behind him, “Don’t even ask me about it” For more than three damn hours, Lucivar stood in front of the others and explained to them the details about the mission and even the atmosphere.

How much ether and presence the portal was emitting?

Was there any hidden proselyte?

What is the terrain of the dungeon?

How strong is a Nexus?

How many of the Crossers did he kill?

How does he divide the team?

What makes him reach that conclusion?

Every.

Single.

Damn.

Detail.

He was asked a million questions and needed to answer them.

But the worst part was that Fabio asked him to explain his thought processes to make the decision.

It was akin to walking on eggshells.

One wrong word and he would be thrown to prison as his thought processes weren’t exactly something that the academy would tolerate.

Not to mention, the other professors were also there to examine-and also critique his decision-making if there were any errors.

As opposed to a morning exercise, it was more like a morning lecture.

And he was forced to act like the professor there!

‘Fuck, I can’t even lie since the others were also watching’ Lucivar complained inside.

He could only lay face-down on the bed and sigh heavily into the pillow.

Upon laying there like a statue, Lucivar couldn’t help but click his tongue as if Ravenna was here, he could definitely vent on her by doing that.

However, as soon as he found himself thinking that, he pushed himself up, ‘Remember, you’re only using her.

Don’t be swayed.

Breathe, calm down’ Sabrina changed into her maid outfit while Lucivar was dwelling in his mind.

Once she was done, she placed a hand on his back, “Do you want me to get you anything?” “Oh, right!” Lucivar stood back up.

“Let’s go, we’re going to move rooms” As soon as she heard that, Sabrina was stunned, “Really?” “Yeah.

Since I cleared that blue dungeon and has my Blood Crest turned into the second version as well as reaching the Acolyte rank, we’re given a new room to accommodate us better,” Lucivar explained, that is the only good thing that came out of that morning exercise.

Glancing at Sabrina, he cast a smirk, “That means you won’t need to sleep on the floor anymore” Hearing that, Sabrina dramatically shed a tear, ‘Finally…’ Just like that, Lucivar and Sabrina were moved to a room on the second floor of the cave.

It was another dormitory reserved for the academy hunters who were accomplished and had at the very least the second version of the Blood Crest.

Of course, the new room was not as good-as the student one but it was way better than their previous room.

Other than a bigger space, a bigger bed, and a separate toilet-it also has a TV.

Pretty neat considering they lived like prisoners before.

However, the next few days were a grueling blur of discussion and consultation with the professors.

Lucivar was only allowed to leave the cave once and that was to get the Attribute Stimulus from Professor Aeldirc.

He was stuck inside, attending classes-and sparring but fortunately, Sabrina was still free to leave whenever she wanted.

She became his hands and feet in these few days.

In the middle of the night, Sabrina came back to the room and saw Lucivar with the remote.

He seemed to be doing something on the TV when he barely used it before.

“What are you doing?

Watching TV?” Sabrina asked as she sat down on the sofa exhaustedly.

Not even glancing at her, Lucivar kept his focus on the TV, “I just knew the TV is a smart TV, whatever that means, and it can access the internet like a handphone.

Had I known about that, I could have done this days ago” Upon hearing this, Sabrina tilted her head and looked at the TV.

Lucivar was scrolling through an article.

“The President of the Crimson Wolf Clan and the Green Tempest Clan?” She read the article title.

As she said that, Lucivar glanced at her, “Oh, right, you’re updated about this kind of stuff” Putting away the remote, Lucivar went to the edge of his king-size bed and rested his elbows on his thighs as he leaned forward to Sabrina-across him.

He paused for a second, contemplating about something before his eyes glistened, “Say, who do you think is stronger?

Thalia’s father or the Crimson Wolf Clan’s leader…?” … Meanwhile, on the other side of the academy grounds.

Thalia could be seen walking hurriedly along the dorm’s corridor, her eyes darted left and right as her blazing blonde hair fluttered.

Soon, she reached a room-it was her sister’s room and without hesitation, she twisted the doorknob and pushed it open.

“Elira!

Elira!” She called, rushing inside.

“Where are you?” Despite her calls, there were no answers.

Soon, Thalia found that the room was empty-Elira was nowhere to be seen.

Panic surged through her when Elira wasn’t in her room.

She quickly turned and sprinted outside, asking every student she came across and ask them about her sister.

Most of them shook their heads, none of them saw Elira.

And as each person answered no, Thalia began to hyperventilate.

Of course, she was worried that something happened to Elira.

But then, a student knew where she was.

“I saw Elira in the lounge, she was with Axel” “Thank you!” Not wasting time, Thalia rushed to the lounge.

‘Lucivar has returned, we need to meet with him as soon as possible,’ She pondered inside.

Upon reaching the lounge, Thalia scanned the room frantically.

Soon her eyes fixed on a pair sitting on the corner, the cherry blossom hair made it impossible for her to mistake Elira with another.

Instead of approaching Elira, Thalia’s body froze-as she saw her sister leaning her head on Axel’s shoulder in the corner.

Knowing her sister, this shouldn’t be possible-but the way she leaned on him, it was romantic.

Undoubtedly romantic.

“Sister…?”