Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: I Need You Chapter 57: I Need You Dylan was now the only one left conscious of the entire group.

He came here expecting to secure his spot but no, he only got a nightmare instead.

Seeing Lucivar standing up, Dylan quickly lowered his gaze as his body began trembling hard-his breaths were heavy-fearing that Lucivar might kill him the same way as Blane.

Despite the fear, he couldn’t go anywhere, the chains were still latching onto him.

In a couple of steps, Lucivar stood in front of him who was sitting on the floor.

Out of fear, Dylan decided to confess first.

“P- Professor Fury set us up, he’d make us students if we killed you right here” “And you believe that?

Moron.” Dylan remained silent despite the insult, he couldn’t do anything.

“Do you want to die here?” “N- No…” “I have contacts outside and I might be able to help you be accepted as students” Upon hearing this, Dylan raised his gaze, surprised.

His eyes flickered with hope.

“In return, you could help me take down Professor Fury.

You’ll leave and tell him that you, and the others tried killing me, but I held on until the power came back so you were unfortunately forced to leave.

But-tell him that I’m wounded.

And report your conversation with him to me, I want to know everything.

Can you do that?” Lucivar offered.

Naturally, the prospect of betraying Professor Fury made Dylan uneasy.

Professor Fury is a 1-star Chrysalis Hybrid, a powerful Hybrid.

He might not be near the strongest professors of the academy but still.

If the fact he turned against Professor Fury was brought to light, he would undoubtedly die.

But then again, Lucivar did say he had contact outside who could help him.

For Lucivar to be confident in taking down the professor, it should be someone powerful too.

Even then, Dylan was still undecided.

“You have a choice to make,” Lucivar suddenly said, pulling Dylan’s attention back to him.

“It is either Professor Fury at some point in the future if he was alive and knew about you or me at exactly fifteen seconds from now” Given the two options, Dylan gulped.

Lucivar had killed Blane, he would definitely not hesitate to add another body for the day.

“I- I’ll do it!” Dylan replied.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar smiled, “Good.

Go along now, I’ll take care of this” As he said that, the emerald chains broke and evaporated.

Dylan could move once again and he didn’t waste a single second to run out of this place.

He sprinted as fast as he could, fearing Lucivar might change his mind.

Seeing him run made Lucivar chuckle, “Is it really fine to trust him?

Of course not, but it didn’t matter.

Even if he went to the professor, and told the truth of what happened, he’s still stuck, with the same problem” Looking around the mess, Lucivar placed his hands on his waist.

It would be a hassle but it needed to be done.

“I’ll just place them inside the boxes, that ward would probably not notice” He mused.

Lucivar carried them and chained them inside the black boxes.

All of them with the exception of Blane were still unconscious-but they would soon wake up to a great surprise with them being confined inside the black boxes.

Placing Blane inside one for the last, Lucivar stepped out and looked at the control beside the door.

He saw a dial on the side and rotated it.

With each turn, the markings along the edge that indicate its current level increased.

Lucivar set it to max before closing the door.

Finishing the clean-up-Lucivar went back to his box, without forgetting to take the golden and green sphere that was lying on the ground-his reward for killing Blane.

It was the size of a volleyball, bigger than the last one.

“Huh, I wonder if I could reach five-star with this” He mused.

As he said that, however, he closed his eyes.

He only closed his eyes for ten seconds before he turned to his other hand.

Slowly, his fingernails began to be coated with his ether and elongated.

Golden claws, the ether made his fingernails longer and sharper.

“Cool, this is useful at the very least,” Lucivar muttered.

Casting the Greedy Grasp skill to absorb Blane earlier-Lucivar was able to extract his only innate ability, called Lizard Claws.

It seemed Blane was a Lizardman Hybrid.

Lucivar, got an additional reward and he was not complaining.

He was in much need of an offensive ability so this is good.

It was then the light came back.

Seemed like the ward had fixed the power.

Lucivar entered the box and closed the door behind him before he cuffed himself back.

He then proceeded to meditate, absorbing the Divine Blood he gained.

The next day.

Outside of the cave, a woman wearing a student uniform could be seen approaching.

Her blonde hair reflected the sun above, making it look brighter.

Considering that students don’t regularly come here, she must’ve come with a purpose.

Even the guards outside instantly stood in attention at the sight of her.

If any new students were here they would’ve recognized her instantly, it was Thalia.

Arriving at the cave’s mouth, she went over to the guards.

“Hello, I’m not sure but I’m searching for the Bastion of Blades.

Is this it?” “Yes, that’s right.

How can we help you, miss?” “I’m searching for someone called Lucivar Asarafall, I wanted to talk with him” Upon hearing this, the guards exchanged a look before one quickly ran inside to check.

Thalia was brought inside and given a seat near the entrance, treated kindly while the guard checked.

A couple of minutes later, the same guard came back and whispered something to a higher-ranked guard who was taking care of Thalia.

It was only then did he went to Thalia with a polite smile.

“Hunter Lucivar is currently being punished, his punishment will end tomorrow” “Punished…?

For doing what?” “A fight between hunters, nothing out of the ordinary” “So I can’t meet with him, sigh…” Realizing that she needed to wait for one more day, Thalia sighed dejectedly.

She didn’t know if she had time tomorrow as being a student made her extremely busy.

A lot of things to learn, adjustments, and also training.

But the guard quickly intervened assuringly.

“Of course, you can. We’ll prepare the room and bring Hunter Lucivar to you.

We can’t let him out for too long because of the rules, but for Miss, we most certainly can!

“Really?

Then please do” “Please, follow me.

I’ll lead you to the room” Thalia was brought into a room, it was said to be a waiting room but in truth-the room fitted more to be called an interrogation room.

A metal table and two chairs opposite of each other-it was like being in jail.

On it were a couple of candies in a small bowl and also two water bottles.

Looking around the room, she couldn’t believe it.

“Hunters lived like this?

It’s so…

bland and sad” She muttered, completely in disbelief.

Naturally, this made her more confused, “Why on earth would he want to be here?” As she was inspecting the place, the door was opened.

Upon seeing who came in, Thalia’s face instantly reddened like a tomato.

She covered her face but still peeked through her finger cracks.

A couple of guards brought in Lucivar-but since he had been punished, his outfit, was torn here and there, revealing a portion of his abs and also arms.

In addition to that, Lucivar was also sweating profusely, making his skin slick.

Lucivar was also handcuffed.

Some Hunters bore resentment towards students out of jealousy.

It has happened in the past that Hunters tried to kill students so this was mandatory.

Upon meeting Thalia’s gaze, Lucivar raised an eyebrow.

‘Man, she’s disturbing my peacetime,’ He thought, clicking his tongue in displeasure.

He had broken through to the four-star and was on his way to five-star but got interrupted.

“Can you leave us?” “Miss, do you really trust him?” “Yes, I do.

He’s not going to hurt me.

And also, take off his handcuffs.

He’s not a prisoner” Despite the hesitance, the guards obeyed Thalia’s words.

Both of the guards cast Lucivar a warning look before they left the room entirely.

Lucivar rubbed the red marks ringed around his wrists.

It was particularly bad since he was hung by the wrists in the black box.

He could heal it with the strands of versatile energy but that would make it weird.

Going to the table, Lucivar breathed heavily before he took a water bottle and chugged it.

Being cramped in that box for almost a day made him extremely thirsty.

Thalia remained silent and let him drink, as much as he wants and when he finished, she was about to say something but Lucivar pointed at the other water bottle, “Are you going to drink that?” Not even waiting for an answer, he took it and also chugged it until the last drop.

“Phuaah~ That hits the spot” He nodded, throwing the empty bottle and sitting down.

Thalia also sat down but was startled when Lucivar placed and crossed his legs on the table.

“Have you no manner?” “Nope.

I do whatever I want, whenever I want” Upon hearing this, Thalia could only sigh, she now remembered how annoying Lucivar was.

“So, what’s with this visit?

Need my help again or something?” “Excuse me?

I’m not that helpless, thank you.

I came here to say thank you” “I saved your life and all I got was a thank you?” “I’m not finished,” Thalia rolled her eyes.

“If there’s anything you want-as long as it’s within my power, I’ll give it to you.

If you want me to give in words to the professors to accept you, as a student, I could” “Not interested” “What?

You don’t want to be a student?” “No, I don’t need to be a student.

But I do need something…” Thalia’s eyes sparkled when she heard this-she was not the one to have debt so she would feel really bad if she couldn’t repay Lucivar in any kind of way.

So knowing that Lucivar has a request made her elated.

“It’s not hard and you have to do it now,” Lucivar continued.

At his words, Thalia felt her heart begin to race as Lucivar’s expression was very serious.

She never saw him this tense.

Moreover, it was not helping that Lucivar put down his legs and leaned forward.

Almost as if he was about to say something really serious and secretive.

“If you want, I could make sure the guards are not listening to our conversation” “Considerate but it doesn’t matter if they were listening” “What do you need?” Just then, Thalia’s eyes trailed to Lucivar’s finger.

He lifted his index finger in a slow manner before pointing right at her with it.

“I need you”