Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 70

Chapter 70: The Power of a God Chapter 70: The Power of a God Lucivar decided to confront Loki about this directly.

He had been doing the best he could-to appease the Sly One, and if he was repaid like this then what’s the point of keeping it up?

Of course-he was getting stronger by doing this but there should be a level of understanding between them.

It would be troublesome if this happened occasionally in the future.

Awaiting for a moment, there was no answer.

His questions were met with complete silence and this annoyed him greatly.

But as he was about to kick Loki’s statue-he caught sight of something odd from the statue.

At the base of it was the name ‘Loki the Sly One’ carved and glowing in a subtle emerald hue.

Just like back when Loki’s statue was first activated, the writings were glowing emerald, but the color was different compared to now.

Initially-Lucivar thought it was still glowing yet he soon realized that the writings were not glowing.

‘It’s now more to being written by emerald ink, and it’s…

swaying?’ Upon taking a closer look, he realized the reason for this oddness.

Since his Supernatural Ego is a statue, he assumed that the other God statues’ were statues, but they were not, at least not what he expected.

Instead of being stone statues-these God statues were made entirely of glass.

Now, the base of Loki’s statue was filled with emerald liquid that shaded the writings.

“Is that the amount of Divine Blood I acquired…?” Lucivar pondered.

He knows from the serpent that the spheres he gained were drops of Divine Blood.

So this might be the accumulated amount of Loki’s blood he acquired.

Lucivar squatted down, and saw that there was a marking on the statue, a threshold, and the accumulated emerald liquid-already reached that threshold.

Traversing his gaze upward, he found more thresholds on the statue, akin to checkpoints.

Just as the gears of his mind began to turn, a voice interrupted him.

“Yes, you’ve reached the first Divine Elevation of my power…” Upon hearing this voice, Lucivar frowned.

It should be Loki but his voice wasn’t the same, it wasn’t hoarse but light and dulcet instead.

Glancing over his shoulders, Lucivar saw a figure levitating behind him.

Loki wore a completely different form than he used before, he was now wearing the form of a slender woman with charcoal black skin, with dark green thick markings across her form.

She was easily Goddess-level beauty, and she was exposing so much skin through the fabrics.

But Lucivar knew that this was only a facade.

A trick for the eyes.

“I prefer your other form old man, this is unsightly” Lucivar commented.

As opposed to being offended, Loki chuckled sweetly.

“I like to change it once in a while, do you like it?

I can match your preferences if you want” “Explain to me this Divine Elevation and is it tied to the doppelganger situation?” “So impatient, no fun.” Loki lay on her side, still levitating.

“Of course, it is tied.

As my beloved son informs, you are quite pleasing to watch, and you’ve accumulated enough of my blood to undergo your first Divine Elevation.

A test to elevate your body to be able to endure more-of my power.

After all, your current body is very weak,” “And the doppelganger is your test…” She added mysteriously.

Loki proceeded to explain about the doppelganger.

Based on her explanation, the doppelganger is Lucivar’s darker clone that is only filled-with malevolence.

It would go around and cause as much trouble for Lucivar-showing him that it was the ‘better’ version.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar raised an eyebrow, “So all I need to do is find it and kill it?” “Yes, easy, right?

Not complex at all,” Loki replied, her lips playing with a smile.

“Oh, also, you better find it quickly.

It was not supernatural, it could be seen, and caught by others.

And if it was killed, you would also die” At those words, Lucivar looked at Loki speechlessly.

He wasn’t expecting this at all.

Gritting his teeth, Lucivar approached Loki with slow and steady steps.

He stopped inches away from the levitating Loki before suddenly, he pulled on her thin fabric collar, forcing her to look directly into his eyes, “Not complex at all?

Do not take me for a fool, you are Loki the Sly One, and I’ll be damned to trust your words, at face value!

I know the real reason for this doppelganger” “It’s because you’re having fun watching me, right?

You wanted problems to come to me, so that you have something to watch to lighten your boring life, isn’t that right?!” He continued, treating a God no different from any other mortals.

Loki smirked when she heard this, “What does the reason matter?” “As long as you got stronger, shouldn’t that be enough?” She added.

Crash!

Out of nowhere, Lucivar felt something struck his gut, sending him stumbling back.

Just as he recovered from that strike, he raised his gaze-and saw Loki pointing a finger-at him.

A green orb concentrated on her index finger and in the next instant, it fired a green ray that struck Lucivar once again.

Preparing to be tossed, Lucivar found the green energy enveloped his entire body instead.

He looked down and found a layer of green energy above his skin.

“Do you recognize that energy?” Loki asked.

Lucivar raised his gaze and frowned, “It’s the same energy I obtained from my ability” Nodding her head, Loki then flicked her fingers.

In the next instant, Lucivar could feel the energy enveloping him begin changing.

He could still sense that this energy remained the same but something about it changed and no matter how hard he tried-he couldn’t pinpoint what.

It was the same but different.

“What is this?

What did you do?” As opposed to answering his question, the smirk on Loki’s lips spread.

Lucivar was startled when the ground underneath his feet sank in, pulling him rapidly into the ground, while Loki remained on her spot, looking down at him.

He looked around-and was in utter confusion.

He saw the ground beneath him kept going down while the other areas remained still.

It was an unnatural sight, he was being swallowed into the crust.

Complete darkness soon swallowed him but somehow, Lucivar landed on something.

Lucivar firmed his center of gravity before straightening his back.

He scanned the place, and found himself within an empty void of darkness-and there was a spotlight directed straight at him from above as if this was a show.

Attempting to look up-to find Loki, he only got blinded by the light.  “Loki!

Where am I?!” He shouted.

“What does this have to do with the energy?!” Soon, Loki’s voice returned.

“You seem to have a misconception about your situation,” She answered, her voice echoing within this dark space.

“you should be grateful.

So what if I’m giving you problems to watch you deal with them as a form of entertainment?

Your rewards for doing so are very high but you still have the guts to act like this?

You look down on my power too much,” “I’ll show you what you could achieve,” She added.  Despite his expression being stoic, he wasn’t that stoic inside.

Lucivar darted his eyes left and right, trying to figure out what Loki was going to do.

“The energy you used all this time…

it was nothing more than a mere feeble.

It was-so weak that it could only enhance your ability output, that’s not my power.

To show you the extent of my power, let’s begin with the basics…” “Kraargghk!” Out of nowhere, Lucivar’s eyes bulged as he fell to his knees, clutching his chest hard.

“How about inducing the illusionary pain of a heart attack?

Can you feel it?” Searing pain assaulted his body, wrenching a gasp from his lips.

It was excruciatingly painful that Lucivar couldn’t move his body, he could only grit his teeth.

A flicking sound seeped into his ears.

“How about the sensation of drowning?” Loki’s voice echoed again.

His vision blurred and through the oppressive darkness, something shifted.

Splash!

Lucivar’s breath quickened but the pain in his chest disappeared in an instant, replaced by a roaring sound.

A towering wall of water rushed toward him, crashing with impossible force-the impact sent him spinning, the world twisted violently as he was thrown into the abyss.

He couldn’t breathe, water surged into his mouth, choking him as he flailed helplessly.

Despite trying to swim up, he was dragged deeper into the black depths of the ocean.

It was so real, he felt the biting coldness.

Every frantic gasp pulled in more water, causing his lungs to burn.

Then, in a blink, it was gone.

Lucivar gasped for breaths, he was in the darkness again as if the ocean had never exited.

His chest heaved as he coughed, expecting water but finding none.

Unlike before, Loki stood before him, her expression cold, unreadable.

Lucivar’s heart reached, none of what he felt was real, it had all been an illusion.

“W- Wait, I unders-” “How about controlling others as puppets?” Before he could finish his sentence, Loki’s fingers flicked once more, and from the sky, four emerald strings descended.

They latched and penetrated his body, and immensely, Lucivar felt the weight of his limbs vanish.

He couldn’t move-not of his own will.

Lucivar’s body betrayed him, muscles twisted by themselves as he was forced to kneel.

Despite trying to fight back the control, it was futile.

He fell prostrate at Loki’s teeth.

“Still not enough?

How about this one?” Another flick resounded.

Lucivar’s head snapped free, and he could move-just enough to look around.

Now he was not alone, thousands of figures, identical to him, prostrate in neat rows.

Under his gaze, these clones rose in a deliberate movement and held a knife to their chest.

A heartbeat later, they plunged the blades into their hearts in perfect unison.

Blood sprayed across the invisible floor as one by one, they collapsed, lifeless.

Following that, terror surged through Lucivar as his body sat up.

He lifted both of his hands-and posed them to stab his chest, even the knife was somehow already in his grasp.

Just like before, he tried to fight it but his arms were not listening-they moved in slow, deliberate arcs, beyond his control.

Just as the blade inched toward his chest, the flicking sound resounded again.

Lucivar saw his arms were moving at an agonizing crawl.

So slow that they were basically on a standstill.

It lasted for a couple of seconds-before Lucivar was freed from the control, the knife falling to the ground.

He panted heavily, with sweat covering his whole body, before he sensed the presence of Loki in front of him.

Lifting his gaze, he saw Loki sitting on a pompous throne of emerald and gold.

She sat there lazily with a staff in her hand.

“Do you understand now…?

Even time is a mere concept, that I could play however I want.

All of this could be your power.

So please, dear Blessed Oracle.

Put some respect in my name…” Loki said, her eyes gleaming with godly prowess.

“Entertaining me is for your benefit.” ~ A/N: How is the story progressing for you?

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