Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Magical Mirrors Chapter 43: Magical Mirrors Remaining behind where the ninja stood earlier was a lump of greenish energy.

Threatening and scaring the ninja sent to test him rewarded him with a vast amount of Loki’s energy that he quickly absorbed through his ring.

He only needs to point the ring at the lump and siphon the energy into the emerald gem.

Lucivar wanted to cultivate his ring so that his abilities would become stronger faster.

Now that he knew how strong his Snare ability was, that desire heightened.

“He couldn’t even move, I’m surprised” He mused lightly.

Upon absorbing the entire lump of green energy, Lucivar could feel the energy-massaging every part of his body with warmth.

He did not actually gain stronger, but the ring did, even the subtle flash confirmed that.

Observing the ring, something changed on the emerald gem’s surface.

Five thin green lines, humming with a peculiar gleam could be seen.

“Hmm…?

I’ve never seen this line before, is it because of the recently absorbed energy?” He mused, rubbing the gem to see if he could get the lines off, but he couldn’t.

Instead, Lucivar leaned back in surprise when the emerald gem shot out beams.

Lifting up his gaze, he saw the beams turned into floating blobs of light in front of him.

Swish!

In the next second, they became blinding and shapeshifted into three magical mirrors.

Each one was floating and also radiating with incredible power.

Summoning three magical mirrors, in this dim part of the academy garden would definitely be a little bit suspicious, but knowing that even the spheres he gained were only able to be seen by him, Lucivar assumed that these magical mirrors too.

He wasn’t worried if anyone saw him right now.

Crossing his arms in front of him, he inspected the mirrors but all of them were identical.

One different feature was the number of glowing lines above them.

The right mirror has one glowing line above it, the center one has five glowing lines, while the left one has three glowing lines.

Looking back to his ring, displaying one glowing line, Lucivar, guessed that there must be some connection between the ring’s line and these mirrors.

It must be some sort of requirement or currency.

Just as he thought of that, however, he was startled when something hissing fell nearby.

He turned sharply and found a beautiful green-scaled snake, coiling on the ground.

It fell from a statue and was now slithering towards him.

Upon seeing this, Lucivar wanted to step on it but the snake suddenly stopped and raised its head to look at him-exposing its glowing green eyes, “Greetings to the Blessed Oracle, I am a servant of the Father of Lies, and am here to help you” Lucivar was taken aback, the snake actually talked!

Picking his ear to check if he was hearing it right, he asked again, “Can you repeat that?” “I am here to help you, Blessed Oracle,” the snake replied louder.

Realizing that he wasn’t hearing things, he looked at the snake, in shock, ‘How did it-?

Where did it-?’ He was stunned, the night had gotten weirded suddenly.

‘Its mouth didn’t even move when it talked!

Sigh…

at this point, I shouldn’t be surprised by this kind of thing’ Of course, there were highly intelligent beasts that could talk.

But a talking beast is exclusive to the strong, not a small and puny snake like this one.

Lucivar raised an eyebrow, “Help me with what, exactly?” “I’ll be explaining to you what these mirrors are,” the snake replied, its voice was dulcet.

For a talking snake, it has a great voice.

Lucivar could hear its voice non-stop because of how soothing it was.

Even though this situation was sudden, he didn’t question it as this involved Loki, a God.

He wouldn’t even be surprised if Loki could turn the night bright.

Gesturing to proceed, the serpent turned to the mirrors and began, “As you understand, you could obtain a drop of Divine Blood through killing others-exclusive only to killing any high-intelligence beings, though the result would vary depending on the method of th-” “Divine Blood?

What’s that?” Lucivar intervened with the serpent mid-sentence.

Upon hearing this, the serpent turned and replied, “It’s the spheres, those are Divine Blood” “Oh, so that’s what those are called,” He nodded his head repeatedly.

Not even the slightest bit annoyed by Lucivar cutting it mid-sentence the serpent continued, “Divine Blood would be merged into your body, making you stronger.

But-if you did mischief without killing-you would be rewarded with essences that could charge the Gleipnir’s Echo, and turned into essence bars, allowing you to open these mirrors” “The lines above are the cost to open the specific mirror,” it added with clarity.

Lucivar was more or less right in guessing what the glowing lines were.

He charged one essence bar from scaring the ninja earlier.

Scanning his eyes on the mirrors, he then asked, “What would I gain from opening them?” “As you can see on the markings,” the snake said, nudging its head towards-the symbol at the base of each mirror.

“the mirror on the right is marked with an eye symbol, it would give you an opportunity to become stronger.

The left is marked with a pentagram-which would give you, an ability, while the last one is marked with a scroll symbol, and it would allow you to make a contract with other living beings and make them your Vestals” Upon hearing about the last mirror, Lucivar’s eyes flickered.

“Vestals…?” He muttered in question.

Sensing his confusion, the snake replied, “Servants that would aid you in becoming stronger” Naturally, the contract tempted Lucivar the most.

‘So if I have these Vestals, would their bad deeds be attributed to me too?’ He pondered.

But even without asking the snake, he already knew that it was probably the case.

He grows stronger through realizing bad intentions.

Unfortunately, the middle mirror costs five essence bars.

It would wipe his essence bars clean if he used that one so he dissuaded himself from that.

‘Now I really want to unlock the other statues.

If each one of them was like Loki-then every single bad thing I do would reward me with something,’ Lucivar pondered excitedly-he was liking the progression of his bloodline that seemed to contain many surprises.

Deciding to try one out, he said, “If I want to open that one, what should I do?” “Point the Gleipnir’s Echo at it, and it’ll pay the price and open the mirror,” the snake replied.

Listening to this, Lucivar did exactly that.

Swish!

A beam of green energy shot toward the right mirror, slamming onto it with force.

Observing this sight patiently, Lucivar narrowed his gaze when the mirror shattered after the glowing line above it was filled to the brim.

In the next instant-a brilliant green energy came out of the mirror and slowly slithered away.

It flew in a direction that confused Lucivar.

Following that, the other mirrors also disappeared, going back to his ring once again.

“That light would guide you to the opportunity, but it wouldn’t help you understand what the opportunity really was on a silver platter, you need to figure it out yourself,” the serpent said-its body began to dissipate, into energy.

“But I’m sure you can decipher it easily.

Have fun, Father is watching, and he was entertained…” Lucivar looked at the snake until it fully disappeared without a trace.

Darkness enveloped the entire place once again.

Soon enough, a smile crept to Lucivar’s face, an evil smile that was sinister to the core.

“As I thought, karma is ruined-the moment I started doing bad things, good things, started happening.

Maybe I should step up my game, to see how far I could go,” He mused inwardly before he turned and followed the light of opportunity.

Fortunately, the light was waiting for him to follow it so he didn’t lose it.

Lucivar followed its trail attentively and realized that he had been brought back to Thalia.

But as he was nearing the place, his eyebrows dipped into a frown when he heard the sound of a fight nearby.

He picked up his pace and peeked from the corner-seeing Thalia was in a battle against a ninja.

He knew that this community service was a fluke for the academy to test the candidates.

Earlier, he saw a couple of ninjas hiding near the dormitory.

It was pure luck that he saw one of them moving and thus he knew what to expect.

Although this was not out of the ordinary, his eyes squinted when he saw the  Lucivar’s eyes narrowed as he surveyed the scene.

Wounds marred Thalia’s body, drenching her white veracity jacket with blood, deeper-and more vicious than anything he’d expect from an academy test.

The ninja Lucivar had scared off earlier hadn’t carried lethal weapons, this this one was different.

He bore a blade, and the way it had been used made Lucivar suspicious of this battle.

Each strike from the ninja was filled with killing intent.

Moreover, Thalia’s wounds were close to her vital points, precise and calculated, almost as if the ninja, had been actively trying to kill her.

Just then-Lucivar, saw the light shimmer-and went over to Thalia, seeping into her battered form.

‘She’s the opportunity…?

What does that even mean?’ He pondered in contemplation.

Despite the question, he decided to put it at the back of his mind and focus on the present.

“Kargghk!” Thalia made a misstep and was struck.

She winced, clutching her side, her hand slick with her own lifeblood.

On her right side, there was a fresh gash that had opened her flesh wide, and her blood was pouring out fast, ‘I can’t last any longer.

Where is that guy-anyway?

He should’ve been able to help but he’s taking his sweet time coming back’ ‘I can’t flee either, this person is definitely an Acolyte-rank Hybrid,’ She bit her lower lip.

Thalia tried to flee multiple times, but the ninja always caught up to her.

Her speed was not comparable, she was dragged back onto her original spot every time.

Minutes ago, she also already tried screaming-for help but she realized that no one would hear her in this secluded corner-of the academy garden.

Steadying her breaths, her heart raced in fear as the ninja raised his blood-soaked blade.

As opposed to using it again, he tossed the blade aside.

Swish!

In replacement of the blade, his fingers hummed with dark energy, and before her wide eyes-his fingers elongated, into blackened claws made entirely of ether, exuding a sinister glow, an innate ability.

Seeing this, Thalia’s breath caught in her throat, “A Demon Hybrid…” From the ether the ninja was emanating, she recognized him as a Demon Hybrid.

“I’ll be killing you first,” the ninja said playfully.

“you’re worth less compared to your sister” Swoosh!

Not sparing any more seconds, as the battle had gone on long enough, the ninja rushed with incredible speed-covering the grounds between them with mere steps.

His exposed eyes- were glistening with killing intent as he raised his claws and struck down.

Thalia’s heart skipped a beat as she wasn’t able to react properly in time.

She had lost too much blood, and wasn’t able to defend herself anymore.

Just as the claws were about to strike, threatening to tear Thalia’s flesh and kill her, the ninja was surprised when he caught sight of a rock, flying towards him like a bullet.

He groaned in pain when the rock hit his forehead directly, disorienting him for a second.

Recovering from that hit, the ninja focused ahead again but was greeted by a pair of eyes.

In the next second, a savage uppercut landed on his chin, throwing him back.

“Motherfucker!” He cursed, staggering back a couple of steps.

Simultaneously, Thalia was also shocked when a robust back appeared in front of her.

At the sight of the person, her eyes glittered, “Lucivar?!”