Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Secretly a Powerhouse Chapter 44: Secretly a Powerhouse Lucivar didn’t understand what was happening.

It was supposed to be a test and yet Thalia was attacked with lethal intent.

But he wasn’t going to remain idle and watch as his opportunity was killed by this man.

Having to spend an essence bar to purchase this opportunity from Loki-he was not going to waste it.

Lucivar stepped in and struck the ninja, helping Thalia from the final attack that was surely going to end her.

Both Thalia and the ninja were surprised, not expecting someone to meddle in.

A surprise that was caused by Lucivar’s light presence.

“Brat!” the ninja exclaimed in anger, pointing his ether claws at Lucivar-while his other hand rubbed his throbbing chin.

“Meddling in something that you don’t know, could be dangerous, leave while I’m still playing nice” Upon hearing this, Lucivar went to the side to grab a broom with its handle half-snapped.

He viewed the sharp broken end and said, “Sorry, I couldn’t do that” “Huh…?” the ninja frowned seeing Lucivar was acting nonchalant even though he didn’t have the strength to back, his demeanor up.

But then, he realized something, “Are you her guard?

Guess I should’ve expected her to have at least one guard in this damn academy” Thalia remained silent, she looked at Lucivar’s back in perplexed, ‘He’s calm, eerily calm’ ‘He is facing an Acolyte-rank Demon Hybrid, how could he be calm?’ She thought.

A Demon Hybrid most of the time has a dangerous tendency to become violent, it was within their blood to act demonic so a lot of people were scared of Demon Hybrids.

Not to mention, in order to cultivate their Supernatural Egos, they needed to kill.

Due to that, most Demon Hybrids were sent to handle dungeons from their early stages.

It also meant that every Demon Hybrid was used to kill beasts or even people.

For an aspiring Hybrid like Lucivar, being calm in front of such a Hybrid was praiseworthy.

‘Being branded as my guard would be bad for him-but I shouldn’t feel bad for being helped by him-he must want me to view him favorably by doing this to court me’ Thalia pondered, it was most likely to be the reason in her biased mind.

Just then, however, that thought was squashed.

“A guard?

Me?

No, it’ll be a hassle to clean this place alone, that’s all” Lucivar shrugged.

Upon hearing this, Thalia’s expression froze, ‘Really?

That’s his reason?’ Lucivar then grinned as his eyes flashed with a murderous light-he was saying that but his reason was different.

It was to preserve the opportunity he bought earlier but now-judging from the banter with the ninja he learned that he was sent here to kill Thalia.

In other words, he was not from the academy so he was free to do anything he wanted.

Swish!

Recognizing the prospect-a trail of dark energy snaked from his Supernatural Ego into the ninja’s chest, connecting them together.

The killing intent surged impulsively, a raw instinct that appeared without needing Lucivar’s conscious thought-it flowed naturally.

‘If I kill him right now, I will gain the gold divine blood’ Lucivar pondered, the grin on his face widening the more he thought about what he would obtain.

‘I would definitely breakthrough to the third-star with it’ Seeing the devious smile, the ninja frowned and went into his fighting stance.

His body responded to the tense air Lucivar was emanating.

‘I only have enough ether to fight and cast one more Snare ability, but I still have five strands in reserve.

He’s an Acolyte-rank Hybrid, but he is not stronger than Darwin,’ Lucivar thought, before he gripped the broom and made the first move.

Swoosh!

Lucivar charged ahead, enhancing the broken broom with his golden ether.

“If you want to die that badly, I’ll gladly help you!” the ninja shouted and swung his claws.

Clang!

His claws collided with the broom-but his eyes widened when the broom did not get sliced and instead, parried his claws, ‘This guy, his control over his ether is insane!

To think that he could enhance that damn broom to this degree’ Using the broom as a sword, Lucivar dashed in fiercely.

His enhanced broom flashed with ether as he unleashed a relentless series of attacks.

Each swing was calculated, his balance steady as he’d been taught-eyes locked on the part of his opponent’s form that could hurt him.

Lucivar was putting what he had learned from the others to practice.

Despite being a broom, it carried weight behind every strike.

With each impact, the ninja was driven back helplessly, barely holding his ground.

Panic flickered in the ninja’s eyes-as he realized Lucivar’s speed and strength exceeded his initial expectations.

There was no room to breathe, the assault, was unyielding, ferocious.

As the ninja avoided a deadly swing, inches away from cutting his neck, his pupils dilated.

Lucivar twisted with the momentum of his missed swing, spinning his body.

He then cleaved the sharp edge of the broken broom in a brutal arc.

Swoosh!

Having no time to avoid this blow, the ninja raised his claws to block, but the impact was far more devastating-than he anticipated.

His teeth gritted as the force behind the attack was able to crack his ether claws and sent him stumbling backward, landing on his back.

‘What in the hell?!

He got stronger!’ the ninja exclaimed in shock.

Earlier in the attack, Lucivar had used one strand, which was why his attack got stronger.

Before the ninja could recover, Lucivar was upon him, a fist driving into his stomach.

“Guaaghk!!” the ninja grunted in pain, feeling his stomach caving in.

Blood sprayed from the ninja’s mouth, splattering across Lucivar’s face but he has no mercy to spare.

At the height of the battle-his mind traversed back to his training with the others, especially the one with Ravenna.

‘Remember, keep an eye on your opponent’s weakness.

If their footwork is off-knock them off balance and strike.

If they suck at defending or were caught off guard, rained them with blows.

If they are bad at attacks, be on the defense and only counterattack’ ‘Use anything you can, get down and dirty as much as possible if that’d make you win’ ‘Don’t be afraid, make them afraid instead.

Once they are afraid, they’ll lose’ Lucivar remembered her words and narrowed his gaze.

He mounted the ninja and rained down blows, each punch more vicious than the last.

Desperation surged through the ninja as his vision blurred, his face was swelling beneath the relentless onslaught.

He raised his arms to protect himself-but the strikes kept coming non-stop, battering him into the dirt.

In a desperate move, the ninja grabbed Lucivar’s head and smashed it with a headbutt.

A headbutt that landed on his nose, staggering him back.

Seizing the opening, the ninja stabbed with his claws, aiming to pierce Lucivar’s chest.

‘I need to get out of this position-this will certainly force him to get away,’ He thought.

But as opposed to that, Lucivar didn’t retreat.

Instead, his hand darted to the broken broom beside him.

Gripping it in reverse, he drove the jagged sharp end down, aiming straight at the ninja’s face-a move that completely caught the ninja off-guard.

At that moment, he realized-that there were two choices for him.

Either continue his attack and pierce Lucivar but suffer the broom stabbing his face, or ditch his strike and parry Lucivar’s lethal blow.

In this slow motion-the ninja’s eyes widened, ‘This man…

he’s used to fighting to the death!

No, that can’t be, this must be a fluke!’ ‘I should continue, he would definitely retreat in the last second!’ He pressed.

However, as the broom’s sharp edge neared, Lucivar didn’t seem to back out.

‘No way…

No way he’s going to go through with this, right…?’ the ninja hesitated.

Just then, he gritted his teeth seeing the determined grin plastered on Lucivar’s face.

Realizing that Lucivar was being serious, the ninja surrendered-and halted his attack at the last second and knocked the broom out of Lucivar’s hand.

He then kicked Lucivar away, and regained his footing once more.

“Lunatic!” the ninja exclaimed.

“You’re a lunatic!” As opposed to what he thought, Lucivar simply thought that he could heal if he was injured.

He was not afraid to take on attacks because of that.

Not even responding to this comment, Lucivar’s eyes flashed with a greenish hue.

Only then did the ninja see chains protruding from the ground and restrain his limbs.

“An innate ability?!” He mused in shock, but quickly raised his claws-to strike when he saw Lucivar was charging at him.

Colliding, he managed to grab Lucivar’s hand that was holding the broom while his claws were grabbed by Lucvar.

But this made the ninja smirked, “You made a mistake, bastard!

Inner Fire!” Swoosh!

Upon saying that, the ninja’s claws scorched hot, steaming Lucivar’s hand gripping them.

He then pressed his claws forward, awaiting Lucivar to be overwhelmed by the heat.

It was a spell of his, making his ether scorching hot.

Despite the scorch, the ninja soon realized-that Lucivar’s hand was still gripping tightly-it wasn’t weakening at all.

His eyes then widened in horror when he saw his ether, comprising his claws began turning color.

From dark black to a greenish hue, and the scorch was beginning to hurt him, the caster.

“W- What in the world…?” the ninja muttered in disbelief.

Lucivar expanded his strands to corrupt the ninja’s ether claws-the burn on his hand began to decrease rapidly as the ether claws were shifted to his side, “Pity for you to meet me now-your bad karma is not as strong as mine, but that must be your fate” Smirking, he twisted the broom and made a swift, fluid slash.

In the next second, the ninja’s right arm was severed alongside his ether claws.

Grabbing that severed arm-Lucivar gripped it and speared it into the ninja’s chest.

Splash!

Disbelief crossed the ninja’s face-as he looked down to find his own arm piercing his chest, and his heart within.

Lucivar patted him on the shoulder before he fell to his knees-gasping for breath, and eventually fell to the ground.

Similarly, Thalia looked at this in utter shock.

Her eyes were fixed on the ninja’s corpse on the ground, creating a pool of blood.

It was shocking to see that an Acolyte-rank Demon Hybrid was easily dispatched by Lucivar, a commoner who was supposed to come from a slave city.

Lucivar pivoted around and made eye contact with Thalia, his bloodied appearance made her gulp.

Just as she suspected, Lucivar was not what he appeared to be.

He was secretly a powerhouse and also someone who was accustomed to killing!

No matter how she looks at it, Lucivar wasn’t a mere commoner.

Of course, as someone who meddles in such a mess, Thalia suspected that Lucivar would be asking her questions about this ninja.

She was prepared to answer, as he saved her, notifying him of what she knows is the least she could do.

But as opposed to that, Lucivar said, “Cleaning the garden is a hassle, so you do it” Immediately after he said that he turned, heading to leave.

“H- Huh…?” Thalia was at a loss for words.

“Hey!

Wait a minute!” Not even turning, he shouted, “Don’t be ungrateful, I saved you, remember?

I’m going back” Upon hearing this, Thalia smiled wryly, “Is that really what he was concerned about…?” A moment later.

Lucivar headed back to the dormitory with a golden divine blood in hand-not as big as the one he got from Darwin, and there was not a green hue either.

Nevertheless, this should be enough to propel him to the third star.

Also, there was Thalia, the opportunity, but he decided to leave her for now.

He would pay close attention to her to decipher what was the opportunity that involved her.

“I could’ve healed her, there’s one more strand left but whatever,” He mused to himself.

Just as he was about to exit the garden, crossing a couple of candidates-who were mostly beaten up to a pulp by the ninjas, Lucivar stopped.

His gaze turned to the side, locking on a secluded garden bench on the corner, isolated from prying eyes.

Pausing for a second, he decided to go over and sit on it.

Leaning against the bench, he sighed and rested his sweating body with the night’s breeze.

Lucivar sat there in silence for a solid ten minutes with his eyes closed.

Eventually, he opened his eyes and took out something from his pocket, a phone with a rose sticker on its back.

He looked at the phone for a brief moment before he placed it beside his ear as if he were calling someone.

He inhaled deeply before he opened his mouth.

“Hey, what’s it like there?

I’m sure it was pleasant and bright,” “…” “I decided to stay with Tobias, everyone already knew about my bloodline-so there was no problem staying here.

Oh…

also, it is about Darwin.

He…

I…

I kil-…” Lucivar stuttered, he was uncertain if he should say what he was about to say.

“Anyway, I’m in the academy right now, and I’m sure I’ll be accepted here” “I saw street lights for the first time, they were way brighter than torches as I expected.

A big city like this is like a different world, even the ground was smooth-and firm.

Also, the people here were busy with their phones all the time.

I don’t have one but I’ll find a way to have one” “Hybrids were flying too, I want to fly someday like them with my own power-” “Soon enough, I’ll reach the third-star Neophyte rank-” “Don’t worry, I’ll always keep you updated so you won’t be bored…”