Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 195

Chapter 195: The Real Monster Chapter 195: The Real Monster “Sabrina, stick close to her,” Lucivar instructed.

“Me and Mirel will take care of the rest” “I’ll support you from behind, master,” Sabrina nodded.

It was going to be an all-out brawl.

If Lucivar and Mirel were to protect Elira at the same time, they would need to stay close to her while fighting the Goblin Hybrid and also the newly arriving Lizard Hybrid.

Both of them boasted the power of a four-star Acolyte-rank Hybrid.

Being close to the fight would suscept Elira to more danger.

Best for her to stay behind, fighting the other gangsters while Lucivar and Mirel deal with the bosses.

Pivoting back his attention to the surrounding gangsters, each seemed to be people-who were used to the intensity of battle, Lucivar said suggestively, “Do you want to make a bet?

Anyone who killed the most would owe a favor to the other.

What do you think?” “I’ll be a fool to accept that, you’re already planning on a favor,” Mirel scoffed knowingly.

Surely, there was a reason Lucivar suggested this bet.

Lucivar chuckled, “Fine, you got me.

I want five minutes to talk with Elira if I win the bet, you on?” “Five minutes and you can’t hurt her,” Mirel replied firmly.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar’s lips stretched into a smirk, “Deal.” “How do we know who killed the most gangsters?

How do I know you’re not going to lie?” “We’ll know the winner once this is done” As they came to an agreement, the Goblin Hybrid stood towering and pointed at them.

“Slaughter them!” He screamed in command.

“Raarggh!!” “Yaargh!!” Each of the gangsters charged with a weapon at hand and ether coating their bodies, advancing forward like a tide of people.

Two of them were faster than the rest, reaching in striking distance with machetes in their hands.

Seeing this, Mirel’s legs crackled with yellow lightning.

He disappeared from his spot and in the next second, the two gangsters had their heads decapacitated.

Mirel punched them so hard that he blew their heads off.

From behind, Elira yelped as blood rained down on them-two lives gone in an instant.

Lucivar clicked his tongue in displeasure as Mirel deliberately killed those two gangsters-right above him, drenching him entirely in blood.

He then ran his fingers through his blood-coated hair, combing it back, relishing in the gore with an excited smile on his face.

Once he scanned his enemies, he rushed ahead.

Holding the Fang of Ankh in a reverse grip, he cleaved the air in front of him.

Swoosh!

Empowered by ten God strands, a thick crescent-shaped ether wave blew forward viciously.

All of the gangsters who were charging at him were stunned when they saw this and before they could react, their bodies were instantly cleaved into two pieces, cleanly cut down the middle.

Lucivar laughed at the sight as he charged into the sea of gangsters.

Not to mention, the light clinking sounds from the golden spheres dropping were music to his ears.

He swung the Fang of Ankh, killing another while blocking a steel bat with his bare hand.

Every time he made a swing-he took a life.

Due to the sheer number of gangsters surrounding him, a lot of attacks go through.

However, to the gangsters’ surprise, hitting Lucivar was akin to hitting a rock.

None of their attacks, though empowered by their ether could wound him-his skin was too thick and it provided preliminary defense against cuts and blunt damages.

He never liked getting hit like this but the circumstances always forced him to fight like this.

Crash!

Lucivar pierced the Fang of Ankh into a gangster’s chest, causing him to cough blood.

“Raargh!” Another gangster tried to attack him but Lucivar caught him by his face and lifted him up.

Under the onlookers around him, this particular gangster struggled hard but his ether was rapidly being sucked into Lucivar-being turned into God strands.

In under ten seconds, the vigorous and muscular man who was teeming with life was completely drained, becoming frail and thin like a skeleton.

“Oh, what’s this?” Lucivar smiled devilishly with a blood-stained face.

“Are you scared?” Seeing the gangsters were backing away, he cackled.

Guess even gangsters of the worst kind could be afraid like this, it was quite a delightful sight to see.

Just then, a massive figure body-slammed him, pushing him meters away.

“That’s it, I’m starting to get tired of these small fries!” Lucivar laughed.

His maniacal eyes looked at the Goblin Hybrid intensely.

Sweating a little, the Goblin Hybrid’s noticed something on the side.

He uprooted two steel bollards on the side, holding them as a weapon.

Clang!

Aggressively, the Goblin Hybrid tapped the heavy steel bollards together and glared at Lucivar ahead.

“Tonight will not be over until I crush every bone inside your body!” He barked threateningly.

Meanwhile, Elira was in a state of complete shock.

She watched closely as Lucivar mowed down the gangsters brutally, the act of killing was the same as the act of breathing for him.

Even though she has read that Lucivar and his group were able to take down a blue dungeon, the gap between her and Lucivar became evident in real combat.

Glancing to her behind, she also saw Mirel fighting fiercely.

The Lizard Hybrid showed that he was actually a Kobold Hybrid, which was a blue-grade bloodline.

He could unleash a fireball from his mouth, decimating anything it hits with a powerful explosion.

Even though he was of a lower-grade bloodline, abandoning his humanity made his ability way stronger than normal.

Elira wouldn’t be able to compete with the firepower-even if she was an Acolyte-rank Hybrid at this moment.

But Mirel-he was matching the Kobold Hybrid equally.

Against the destructive fireball, he made this vicious lighting clap that evaporated the fireball.

Not to mention, the way he maneuvered around and attacked the Kobold Hybrid with precision, Elira was completely outclassed, ‘I’m a student, the best first-year student in the Bloodhaven Academy, and yet… these two… these two could even match the strongest of the third-year or even the fourth-year!

How are they so powerful?’ Crash!!

Lucivar swung the Fang of Ankh with force but was parried by the Goblin Hybrid.

A steel bollard slapped him across his face, cracking his cheekbone.

Charging five God strands, he punched the Goblin Hybrid’s liver but that only forced out a grunt.

It was a brutal fistfight.

Just then, the Goblin Hybrid was able to fake an attack to the head-and struck his legs, knocking him off the ground sideways.

Following that, Lucivar’s pupils dilated seeing the steel bollard-charging at him in a vicious swing.

Clang!

“Grrghk!” Lucivar grunted hard, feeling the impact cracking the bones in his arms.

He was thrown away but quickly stabbed the ground with the Fang of Ankh to recover quickly.

Raising his gaze, his gaze narrowed when he saw the Goblin Hybrid take out seven ether coins.

Instead of having those coins turn into ether goblins as they did earlier, he pointed his finger ahead as the seven coins-flew like a bullet.

Lucivar did not expect this to happen but still tried to parry the coins but only managed to block a couple.

Boom!

Lucivar’s eyes trailed down and saw three gaping holes in his body.

None of them were on vital points but nevertheless, the coins still pierced him halfway through.

“Don’t lose focus on me, brat!” the Goblin Hybrid howled as he took out another coin and tossed it into the air with a flick of his finger.

His eyes leaped onto it for a split second before he positioned his body to the side and swung the steel bollard at it.

“Try blocking this!” Before the coin was hit, Lucivar already coated his body with ether and was ready to block it.

Swoosh!

Upon being hit, the coin flew faster than a bullet.

Lucivar could even see it properly as the coin pierced his arm and completely drilled a hole in his chest.

Seeing this, the Goblin Hybrid laughed monstrously.

Victory was within sight.

On the other hand, Lucivar’s eyes widened for a second-in total shock.

Not because the coin struck him but because of another thing entirely.

‘What is this…?’ He questioned inside.

Despite being drilled completely through by the ether coin, Lucivar could feel no pain.

Instead of pain, he could feel a surge of unnatural adrenaline-and excitement bubbling inside of him.

Just then, he glanced over to his shoulders and made eye contact with Sabrina.

‘I see now.

So this is what you meant by supporting me from behind, you got a new ability’ He thought as he saw a tail hovering behind Sabrina, the tip was heart-shaped.

‘Letting you have some fun back then was worth it’ Smirking inwardly, Lucivar’s eyes then shifted to Elira.

‘If I took them down easily, it wouldn’t be as impactful for Elira.

But I think now that I’m riddled with holes, it’s time to end this clueless Goblin Hybrid.

How stupid is he that he didn’t realize I was holding back?’ Lucivar laughed inside as he stopped on his spot abruptly.

Lucivar stood motionless-blood drenching his clothes as the Fang of Ankh dissipated from his hand.

A sign that the Goblin Hybrid mistook for weakness.

Laughing even harder, he tossed more coins, “Regret standing in my way as you die!!” Swoosh!

Once again, the coins flew ahead like bullets.

Abruptly, Lucivar yanked his head up and gazed forward as he activated his Greedy Grasp ability.

Visibly, all of the coins disappeared mid-air-causing the Goblin Hybrid to choke in shock.

In the next instant, a scarab mark appeared on Lucivar’s forehead-pristine in color and like a ghost, he devoured the distance between them in three steps.

Once he was standing right in front of the poor Goblin Hybrid, he smirked wickedly, “Now is my turn…” BAM!!

“Guarghkk!” the Goblin Hybrid’s coughed blood as his chest caved in with a punch.

Crash!

He was thrashed to the wall with shock and despair written all over his face.

“Very strong, you didn’t die even though I infused 15 God Strands into that punch,” Lucivar mumbled as he strode towards him slowly and leisurely.

He was genuinely surprised, that was his first time using that much with a punch and the Goblin Hybrid still survived.

“All of your sacrifices were quite worth it, I must say…” “RAARGGHH!!” the Goblin Hybrid screamed in sheer frustration.

His body was broken-he couldn’t move, and yet he screamed until he had no more voice left.

“WHY?!” He continued, venting his emotions.

“I’ve sacrificed everything, everything!

I’ve killed and betrayed many people in the last ten fucking years to get this far and yet… It’s still not enough to beat a mere brat?!!

Someone who is barely twenty?!!” “Hey, hey…” Lucivar knelt down, feigning concern.

“It’s not your fault, you’re on the right path” “Had you persisted for another decade, Karma might’ve blessed you greatly.

Perhaps a relic to purify your bloodline, or even a second bloodline entirely-who can say?” His words were dripping with a false warmth, each syllable carefully crafted to soothe, yet his tone carried a brittle edge, like glass on the verge of shattering.

But his concern was a mask, thin and cracking.

His lips curved into a smile, soft and reassuring, yet his eyes-those hollow, devilish pits, betrayed him.

Moreover, his gaze was fixed, unblinking-like a predator feigning calm before the strike.  He spoke as though the words were not his own, weaving lies with mechanical precision.

Or at least, those words should be a lie.

The Goblin Hybrid wanted to believe that but from the way Lucivar conveyed them, it was as if he really believed that.

Karma will reward the bad and Lucivar genuinely felt pity for him.

A marionette of madness, that’s what the Goblin Hybrid’s impression of him.

And the longer Lucivar spoke, the more apparent the madness becomes.

Such a sight scared the Goblin Hybrid greatly.

His body might look monstrous but the real monster was the man in front of him right now.

“But sadly…” Lucivar said, his brows raised along with his crooked, evil smile.

“You met me!”