Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Unwanted Attention Chapter 204: Unwanted Attention Lucivar expected another meeting with Tobias would shed some light.

He wanted to know what was inside the mind of the man who saved him from death’s grip.

But he was still unable to discern anything meaningful, Tobias remained a mystery and the fact that he knew nothing about Tobias made him feel unsettled.

Instead of gaining answers, he got more questions about Tobias.

How did he seem to know about everything?

Did he really hear Sha?

What was his real intention?

Like a bottomless abyss, the mystery deepens as Lucivar gets closer to him.

‘Even with the Heart of Mischief Nakshatras, I can’t see through him’ Lucivar frowned.

Upon managing to gain Elira’s trust, he unlocked the Heart of Mischief Nakshatras which was a power associated with Loki.

It was a power bestowed on an avatar-that had mastered the art of manipulations and beyond.

Lucivar has unlocked the Truth and Chaos constellation within the Nakshatras.

Destroying Morriva’s mind and shaping her into someone entirely new all because of his own curiosity unlocked the Chaos Constellation.

It gave him the ability to summon specific beasts from the Labyrinth of Arcane Menagerie.

In fact, the Fool from the Fool’s Trick ability was a creature from this labyrinth.

She was a second-generation divine beast, right below Gandr who was one of the first-generation beasts.

Of course, summoning these beasts required a sacrifice.

In order to summon even the weakest beast, Lucivar would need the heart of others and his own sanity.

Since the requirements were quite a hassle-and the fact that he needed to reach the second Divine Elevation on Loki’s power, he couldn’t try it out.

He was nearing the second Divine Elevation so it’d not take long until he could try this ability out.

On the other hand, the Truth Constellation-that he unlocked by playing on Leandra’s heart, lying to her multiple times-and manipulating her.

This allowed him to see through lies, which could be used now.

With that constellation, nobody could lie in front of him.

Any time someone lied, their words would appear above them in emerald writings.

An extremely powerful ability.

And throughout the conversation with Tobias, he never saw any emerald writings.

Tobias was telling the truth from start to finish.

But then again, he always spoke vaguely so it was hard to pinpoint any blatant lie.

Lucivar put the recording stone away and placed a hand above his chest, he could feel the nakshatras in his heart.

Gaining Elira’s trust sparked a reaction from the third constellation, the Morality Constellation but it wasn’t unlocked fully.

It would be once he finished with Elira, he reckoned.

‘Becoming an expert at what each God prioritized would reward me greatly.

If doing manipulation gave me this power then I’m sure Sutekh also could give me something.

But the problem was, how could I trigger it?’ He pondered in contemplation.

Naturally, the only thing he could think of was overpowering others as much as he could.

But that was another problem on its own entirely.

In order for him to overpower someone else, he would need the strength to do it.

Just earlier when he was pinned down by that Vampire Hybrid that Callista brought with her, Sha was already in a bad mood.

Gandr was excitedly asked for his plan-while Sha remained silent, she did not even come out.

Considering her temperament, unlocking a secret ability from pleasing Sutekh would be the hardest.

Lucivar simply doesn’t have the means to do it.

As he thought of that while leaning back to the wall, he thought of something worrying.

‘If I could unlock this kind of power, doesn’t that mean Caldaros could too?

A Hybrid is limited to a small number of abilities they awakened.

From the exchange with him that night, I knew most of his Hybrid abilities already but what about his ability as Sunna’s avatar?’ He thought further.

Isolated inside this silent chamber made his mind clearer to think.

And he wasn’t going to let this chance to contemplate go unused.

‘Must be something related to the sun but that could be anything,’ Lucivar sighed, the tournament was closing in and he still didn’t feel like he could beat Caldaros.

As much as he hated to admit it, he needed to make more preparations.

“As long as the sun is shining, I can’t beat him, huh…” Lucivar repeated what Caldaros said back then.

Even though it seemed straightforward, he felt like there was a deeper meaning to that.

“Gandr, what would I get from reaching the second Divine Elevation?” He suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Gandr materialized and answered, “All of your abilities will be stronger.

It’s a good threshold for an avatar to do something riskier because of the boost, a good threshold for you to achieve before fighting Caldaros” He thought there would be another privilege but an overall improvement is exactly what he needed.

“Sigh…” Lucivar sighed and shook his head.

“If only I could reach that right now” Recalling his situation, he hoped that he could achieve the second Divine Elevation already.

But hope wasn’t enough to make it happen, or was it?

Swoosh!

Lucivar stood up abruptly when he saw a gathering of emerald energy above him, swirling like the eye of a hurricane.

His eyes glint with a peculiar light, this was similar to what had happened back in Kalinan City when Leandra’s attempt made the prisoners’ death more valuable.

It took only ten seconds but the amount of energy was impeccable.

One that almost matches the one in Kalinan City.

Soon, once the process finished, a massive green sphere fell down to the cold stone floor in front of him with a sharp and loud, clanking sound.

It was as big-as a car wheel.

Lucivar blinked his eyes, trying to ascertain if what he was seeing was real or not.

No matter how many times he blinked and rubbed his eyes, the green sphere was still there.

It was undoubtedly real.

“How did this happen…?

Is there a God inside of me that benevolently granted my wish?” He uttered.

Hearing this made Gandr chuckle as that was not the case.

“No luck, this is your effort without the help of Gods,” Gandr answered-slithering towards the green sphere and nodded in acknowledgment when he noticed how much Divine Blood was inside this thing, it was enormous.

Additionally, he also could tell where this green sphere came from.

“Remember Pippa?” Gandr asked with a devilish smirk.

“Her mother really killed herself” Upon hearing this, Lucivar was stunned.

He did recall telling Pippa’s mother to kill herself but something must’ve happened that pushed her to really do this.

Lucivar focused on Gandr again-curiosity flickering in his eyes, “What happened?

Do you know?” “What else could it be?” Gandr hissed.

“Another evil came and she killed herself to protect Pippa” Lucivar shook his head when he heard this.

As expected, surviving from encountering him wasn’t a blessing for Pippa’s mother.

It was the work of bad karma from someone else-that led to Lucivar being unable to kill her.

Since this green sphere was rewarded to him then Pippa must not survive either.

But then again, he wasn’t complaining as this green sphere was very much what he needed.

“Now… Can I reach the second Divine Elevation with this?” Lucivar wondered aloud, smirking.

Meanwhile, a couple of walls away from where Lucivar was.

Larson was eating peacefully after a good round of torturing Lucivar and Sabrina, he was sitting on the table with a half-eaten metal tray of food.

Then, his peace was disturbed when someone stepped inside, forcing him to glance over his shoulder.

A man in a black trench coat stepped into the room.

His sharp eyes were locked onto Larson.

In his hand was a cigarette and as he lifted his hand to smoke, a pentagram mark could be seen on the back of his glove.

Just that mark alone tells Larson who he is, “What business does the Dark Angel have to be here?

Every inmate was already checked, there’s no Angels Hybrids here” “I’m here to make sure of that,” the man said and sat down across Larson.

Grabbing something from his pocket, the man slid his ID and also a small, empty lab tube.

Larson glanced at the ID and saw that the man was called Samael, but what surprised him the most was the section underneath the name section.

Samael turns out to be one of the five senior saints of the Black Zenith Order.

Specifically, these five people are known to be the Five Dark Archangels.

A group of individuals that has taken down a Grand Paragon Angel Hybrid each, the very strongest.

From the rumors, only one senior captain resides in the Valerius Supreme House’s territory.

So Larson was now sitting across that very person.

Once he identified himself, the air between them instantly changed.

Larson sat more upright and he also became more serious, “What do you need from me?” “There’s a new inmate here by the name of Lucivar Asarafall.

He got tangled in a mess and was charged with murder,” Samael explained, his gaze narrowing when he saw Larson’s eyes slightly widen at the mention of the name.

“I heard you were the torturer around here so I want you to fill this tube with his blood” “Is he an Angel Hybrid?” Larson asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Samael shook his head, “I’m making sure right now, so fill this tube” Instead of taking the tube and getting Lucivar’s blood, Larson stood up-and went over to a drawer on the side of the room.

He took a blood transfer bag out and tossed it to the table, “If you want his blood, you can take that.

Do you need more?” Seeing this, Samael was surprised.

But he recovered quickly as he knew Larson was a Demon Hybrid.

Drinking or devouring blood is probably his way to attain his natural ether.

Or perhaps, someone from the Valerius Supreme House assigned him to gather blood for supply.

Regardless of the reason, this was all Samael needs.

Not even wasting a single second, Samael used his ether to extract a small amount of blood from the blood transfer bag-and placed it on the table while Larson watched curiously.

It wasn’t an everyday thing to watch a Dark Archangel in action.

As soon as he did that, Samael placed his hand above the blood and closed his eyes.

He channeled his internal ether before opening his eyes again.

Biting onto his thumb, he let his own blood drip and mix with Lucivar’s blood on the table.

Once it did, something was happening to Lucivar’s blood.

Under their gazes, the blood began to tremble slightly for a brief moment and glowed gold.

Seeing this, Samael frowned as this was unmistakably meant that Lucivar was an Angel Hybrid but then the phenomenon didn’t stop there.

Soon, the glow was quickly devoured by bronze and emerald veins, spreading through the blood and pulsating like living tendrils.

For a moment, the golden light struggles to shine through but flickers violently.

Finally, the blood glowed with a mix of emerald and bronze colors before evaporating entirely.

“What does that mean?” Larson asked curiously.

On the side, Samael frowns hard, “I don’t know”