Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Hunter Inauguration Chapter 48: Hunter Inauguration Academy Hunters, are the less talented Hybrids-that were forced to provide support to the important places of the city or even outside of the city.

Their main job was to deal with open dungeons and close them.

It was akin to military service before they could be reconsidered to be accepted as students.

Blood and sweat are their payment to be reconsidered.

Only the exceptional amongst the less talented would have the chance to be students.

Most of the time, academy hunters would serve their time and not be accepted.

Out of a hundred academy hunters, there would be probably only three-who would manage to change their fate and be accepted.

Others would be released from their duty, as academy hunters and work with what they got.

New academy hunters would replace them.

Because of the nature of this position, the atmosphere was akin to that of the military.

Even the professors exude the air of a drill sergeant.

Lucivar and the other academy hunters were running through the academy ground, a couple of Kalvins, stationed separately were directing them to their destination, while the professor, was following and shouting at them to be faster from the side.

In a moment, Lucivar realized that they were heading out from the academy’s back gate.

“Eugh…

my soft bed, I’m going to miss it” Mirel commented sadly.

He was pitying that he could only sleep a single night in the comfortable and tidy dormitory.

Clearly, the academy hunters seemed to be stationed in another compound nearby.

Soon enough, Lucivar, Mirel, Leandra, and the other academy hunters reached what seemed to be an abandoned building.

It was about fifteen stories high, and its walls, were blackened, it must’ve caught fire in the past.

Arriving there, Kalvin signaled for them to stop before the professor went to the front again.

“Go through the building but you can’t go around it.

I’ll wait for you on the other side” At the instructions, many of the academy hunters frowned.

One of them raised their hands, “Sir, is this some kind of test?

If so, what is the test for?” Boom!

Just then, the entirety of the new academy hunters widened their eyes when the person who asked the question, suddenly got struck by a forceful blow of energy-that sent him crashing back hard, slamming and shattering stacks of wooden planks nearby.

He coughed out blood under the others’ gazes, his body weakly shaking from the impact.

Upon seeing this, the others slowly turned back to the professor.

All of them gasped when they saw the professor’s fingers were steaming.

It was he who made the attack.

“Didn’t I make myself clear, earlier?” He said menacingly with a baritone tone.

“I am your life and death.

Every word that came out of my mouth was absolute, it’s the rule-it couldn’t be discussed by you bunch” Everyone gulped at this, they were not expecting the professor to be this ruthless.

“I’m only going to say this one more time-go through the building but you can’t go around it.

I’ll wait for you, on the other side” the professor continued, sweeping his gaze-to the crowd.

“Also, don’t forget to pick him up” As soon as he said that, the professor made a sky-high leap.

He easily leaped over the fifteen-stories abandoned building and reached the other side.

An inhuman feat that speaks of his power.

Now that the professor was gone, the academy hunters began-to recover from their dazes and looked at the building, in front of them.

Since they were on the backside of the building, there were no windows or doors, it was totally featureless.

Because of that, there were only two options to cross the building without going around it.

Of course, there were supposed to be three options.

But leaping over the entire building like the professor did is pretty much impossible for them.

“I’ll go on ahead first,” One academy hunter, a man with long green hair made his move.

Channeling his ether, he flexed his leg muscles and leaped onto the building.

He stabbed his sharp fingers through the concrete before he started climbing slowly, making his way to the rooftop-aiming to go over the building if he couldn’t go around it.

Seeing this, another one, a man with yellowish skin sprouted wings and soared to the sky.

Others follow after them, and even Ravenna follows.

Lucivar, Mirel, and Leandra watched from below as the others began climbing.

Unsurprisingly, Ravenna was the first one to reach the top.

Her bloodline as a Crimson Rakshasa allowed her to be way more agile than the rest.

Now that she already become an academy hunter, there was no need to put on a facade.

She could use her strength freely.

Just then-Lucivar and the others looked ahead and saw Bob was also making his move.

As opposed to climbing, Bob’s skin hardened visibly, and crossed by a black hue.

When he was ready, he gazed ahead and sprinted at the building.

His powerful physique as a Black Orc Hybrid allows him to blast through the wall.

Concrete was nothing to him as he easily charged through the building.

Multiple crashing sounds followed-as his body slammed into more walls as he made his way to the other side.

It didn’t take long for him to disappear, into the darkness, of the abandoned building.

Seeing this, the other academy hunters followed, separating into two groups.

One group climbed while the other went through the walls.

“Which one should we go for?” Mirel asked aloud, he was looking at those who were climbing the walls reluctantly.

It looked tiring to climb the entire building, especially, when the building was not a small one.

Lucivar shrugged, “I’ll just follow Bob, it’s way easier” “What about that guy?” Leandra intervened, pointing at the wounded person.

None of the others helped the poor guy sprawled on the ground weakly.

Pondering for a slight moment, Lucivar looked around before he nodded, he went ahead to the guy-and saw him gasping in pain.

Blood could be seen drizzling from the corner of his mouth, and a couple of deep bruises here and there.

“Come on, let’s get you up,” Lucivar muttered and helped the guy to stand up.

He supported the guy and went through the hole in the wall.

Seeing this, Leandra smirked teasingly.

“Wow…

I never knew you were so benevolent or are you really being benevolent?” “Is that supposed to be your first reaction when I helped someone?” Lucivar was annoyed, it was as if seeing him doing good was a surprise for Leandra.

Even though it was true that he wasn’t helping the guy out of kindness.

‘It’s another test, and who knows?

Maybe I need to sacrifice someone,’ Lucivar pondered.

Just like that, the four of them went ahead, following the others.

Since the abandoned building wasn’t only tall but big too, it took a solid three minutes for the four to go from one end to the other.

Emerging on the other side, Lucivar saw the others now climbing the rubbles of another abandoned building behind the first one.

Unlike the first one, this building was half-destroyed.

From the looks of it, they were going to the rooftop of the second building.

Squinting his eyes, he saw the professor waiting for them on the second building’s rooftop.

“Man, climbing that while carrying this guy is going to be a hassle” Mirel took in a deep breath, he was also helping to carry the guy alongside Lucivar.

“Surgghy…” “I hope that’s a sorry because I’d drag you back if that wasn’t the case,” “You’re not even helping, why are you so pissed?” Lucivar commented under his breath hearing Leandra commenting when she wasn’t helping.

Eventually, with a little bit of a struggle, the three reached the rooftop.

Despite carrying the guy with them, they were not the last ones to arrive as there were some hunters who were stupid enough to climb the building and couldn’t get down properly.

If they aren’t confident in their abilities, they should’ve gone through the hole Bob made.

But it seemed the desire to stick out made them take the risk.

Standing on the edge of the rooftop, the professor gathered their attention once again.

“Now, jump into the hole.” Upon hearing this, the hunters looked around in confusion.

All of them were trying to find the supposed hole the professor was talking about.

Then, the professor cracked a light smirk and pointed to his behind.

Seeing this, the hunters went over to the edge and tiptoed to look down from fifteen-stories high before the color from their faces was drained.

Fear gripped them, the hole was-on the parking spot of the building, on the ground floor.

It was quite big, with at least around five cars stacked together in width and height.

Even then, one bad leap and their bodies would crash against the ground.

Despite being a Hybrid, most of them have no chance of surviving a direct fall from this high.

Other than those who have the ability to aid them in this leap, the others were fucked if they missed the hole.

But that begs the question-what is inside the hole?

It was entirely covered in darkness, nothing inside of it could be seen.

Many wanted to believe that there would be a safety net inside of it that would catch them.

But the chance that there was nothing made them all gulp hard.

Asking the professor was not an option either, they all saw what happened earlier.

As far as the hunters were concerned, the academy might want to reduce their numbers.

“Do I need to say it again?” the professor pressured.

Upon hearing this-Mirel and Lucivar turned to the side, expecting either Ravenna or Bob to make the first jump.

But the two were surprised, when a voice close to them, rang, “I’ll make the first jump” Turning to their backs, they found Leandra tying her hair into a ponytail.

She walked past the crowd and climbed the edge to stand beside the waiting professor.

“Don’t miss the jump, it’ll be more work for me to clean up your remains,” “I’ll try my best” Nodding her head, she looked down at the hole and exhaled lightly.

When she was ready, she inhaled deeply and made the jump under the others’ gazes.

In that instant, all eyes turned to Leandra-watching anxiously as she descended toward the gaping hole in the ground.

Every hunter seemed to hold their breath-wondering if she could make it unscathed.

As she neared the hole, Leandra subtly harnessed her ether.

Her quick fall slowed-her ether lessened the pull of gravity around her.

Soon, she landed in the pit with a resounding thud, her boots hitting the ground with a hard, heavy step.

Leandra’s figure disappeared into the darkness, and everyone, was silent-for a brief moment.

It was only when Leandra’s hand, glowing purple did the hunters realize that she was fine.

Beyond the darkness of the hole was a net made of ether that caught her.

“Show off,” Mirel sneered.

Now that one of them had leaped, the fear of the unknown seemed to fade.

One by one, the hunters followed suit-Nerissa, Bakar, Ravenna, and even Bob-all taking their turns to jump into the abyss.

It was exactly what the professor had intended.

Mirel took the guy with him as his lightning ability would help him descend safely.

Lastly, Lucivar also leaped right behind Mirel.

However, as soon as he neared the hole, his eyes widened in shock completely.

He saw the net was flickering before disappearing completely.

“Shit…”