Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Famous Chapter 76: Famous It wasn’t that peaceful for the academy hunters lately.

Lucivar had heard this siren a couple of times already-but only one was meant for him, and the other first-year academy hunters.

But the ones called were Ravenna and Bob along with one more that are Hybrids at the Acolyte rank.

Surely they were called to reinforce the second-year’s assault teams.

Now, however, was the first-year’s turn.

Considering that they were first-year and this would be their first dungeon, it wouldn’t be too hard, highly likely to be a yellow dungeon.

But then again Lucivar with his new understanding of the Divine Blood wanted to test out a few things.

So he didn’t really want to tackle a stronger dungeon as of now.

“Are you going to be alright?

I wouldn’t be there to help you in case you need ether” “I’ll make some preparations but hey, is that worry I heard in your voice?” “Me?

Worried?

Not at all, you must be full of yourself” Sabrina scoffed and turned her gaze away, denying whether she was worried or not.

But she was too obvious, it was obvious that she was worried.

‘Because of what had happened, her behavior towards me slightly changed,’ Lucivar thought.

Getting up from bed, feeling refreshed from being massaged, he wore his uniform.

Sabrina needed to help him a bit since it was quite hard to put it on with his wing on the way.

“Seriously, you need to do something with your wing” “I would but it’s not like I could flick my finger and magically retract my wing with a thought” However, the moment he said that, the wing twisted and went into his body.

Upon seeing this, Lucivar and Sabrina exchanged a surprised look.

“How did I do that…?” “You could do it this whole time?!

I already stitched a dozen of your uniforms, you asshole!” Feeling that she had wasted her efforts, Sabrina assaulted Lucivar, hitting him repeatedly.

It was more like venting hits rather than actual hits of course.

Even then, Lucivar put his arm up as the hits were still annoying.

“Had I known that, would I even be letting you stitch my uniforms?

I also don’t know!” “Liar!

I know I’m your personal maid but I barely slept because of that!” Not even wasting a single second more inside the room-with the angry Sabrina, Lucivar got out of his room and closed the door behind him.

He could hear Sabrina’s voice still cursing at him from behind the door.

“I really didn’t know I could do that…” He mused.

“Must be because of my breakthrough” Upon absorbing the golden sphere entirely, he was able to break through to the five-star.

Albeit barely having enough ether, he was now officially a five-star Neophyte Hybrid.

It was why his emerald wing matured and probably also why he could retract it like this.

Clicking his tongue, Lucivar put his hands in his pockets and walked away.

He went to the lobby which was essentially the training space at the center of the cave and saw the others were there.

Since the announcement said, that all first-year are called, there must be a lot of dungeons opened.

Lucivar came across Mirel along the way and both of them lined up with the others.

Due to what had happened, Fabio got a promotion.

He was now the Hunter Assistant Overseer, the main assistant for the academy hunters.

Now, donning his new title, he was the one addressing the dungeons too.

“Separate yourself into your teams and make a group of five!” Upon hearing this, the academy hunters began to move and arranged themselves.

Lucivar has a tint of tint of black on his uniform’s sleeve-symbolizing that he belongs to the outcast team.

Blue is for the defender team and red is for the assault team.

Naturally, he and Mirel made a group, pulling Leandra also with them.

As the three gathered, Mirel scanned the crowd of academy hunters.

“What about the other two?” He asked, scanning the crowd.

Leandra also did the same and crossed her arms, “It’s probably only a yellow dungeon” Both Lucivar and Mirel instantly get what Leandra meant.

All three of them were strong enough to take care of a yellow dungeon.

Since Lucivar was good at finding the proselytes, Leandra and Mirel had no problem holding the crossers.

But what the three needed to keep in mind-was that the resources-from the dungeon would be split among the group.

A party to tackle the dungeon was composed of one assault, defender, and outcasts team.

It could vary with stronger dungeons but for yellow dungeon, this is the standard.

Having the rewards split into three dungeons was already bad so splitting it into more people is going-to be heart-breaking.

Unfortunately, the group must consist of five people, so what better way than taking the weakest outcasts with them?

“Lucviar, do you want to be a part of our group?” “No, don’t go with them.

Join mine instead!” “All of you are going to be a burden for him, let him be with my group instead” Out of nowhere, Lucivar was approached by a lot of people.

Everyone has heard what Lucivar had done, exposing Professor Fury and also getting rid of Dylan-and Blane who were planning to explode the entire establishment out of their sheer frustration for not being accepted by students.

Naturally, his public view changed drastically from a nobody to somebody.

It was no surprise that many wanted to get close to him.

Lucivar smiled acutely, wanting to refuse their advancements until his eyes caught the sight of two people on the corner.

Both of them seemed-to be the most nervous out of all, and it was clear that they didn’t have a group yet.

Academy hunters are essentially another test to become students.

For these two who couldn’t shine, it was clear that they weren’t going to become students.

But those two are exactly who Lucivar was looking for.

Going through the crowd, Lucivar made wide steps and approached the two hunters.

Seeing him approaching, the two exchanged a look, not knowing what Lucivar was planning.

However, when he arrived, he stretched his hand with a smile.

“Do you guys have a group yet?

If you don’t, do you want to join mine?” He asked politely.

Upon seeing this, the other academy hunters were stunned and fell silent for a moment.

In the next second, they exploded in cheers.

“Kyaah~ How cool can he possibly be?” “Of course, he wouldn’t want to be with us!” “Yes, that’s right!

He rather help the academy hunters who need help the most.

So kind…” Listening to their cheers, Lucivar’s smile stiffened.

‘Shut the fuck up, I’m not anything like that.

I just want the rewards for myself’ He thought.

He couldn’t believe that his recruiting these two hunters was mistaken as a ‘good’ deed.

It’s not.

As opposed to a good deed, it would end up more like bullying instead.

Confused and shocked by the sudden question-the two hunters stuttered unable to find the words to answer the question.

However, both of them knew, that this was the only way, to be a part of the academy hunters sent to deal with the dungeons.

Being excluded from this would be catastrophic for them.

If they were left behind this one time then it would happen again, again, and again.

First impression matters and there’s no way they’re going to pass up on this.

“Yes!

Please take care of me,” One of them said and bowed.

Upon hearing this, the other one, pressured, also bowed, “Me too, please take care of me” Lucivar grinned seeing this but since he was facing away, nobody saw his grin.

Now that the groups had been made, Fabio proceeded to call the leader of each group to come forward and take a number.

It was a number for the dungeon they were going to be attacking.

Lucivar obtained the lucky number thirteen.

His group was paired with a defender and assault team with no familiar faces.

Once again, assumed as the leader, he was given a tablet.

On that tablet was the description of the dungeon they were going to attack.

As expected, it was a yellow dungeon that was situated near a slave city under the Sunhold City, called Veloria City.

Based on the provided information, there should be two proselytes, and the dungeon would break soon but the people of the city refused to evacuate.

It was stated that the people of the city were refusing because it was their beloved city.

If the city would fall, the people would fall alongside it.

“Hmm…

what does this ‘priority’ section mean?” Lucivar asked in confusion.

Right underneath the name of the city was the priority section, and it was graded as ‘High’.

One of the hunters reached her hand, and clicked on it, opening another tab.

It was the description of why Veloria City was considered as high.

From the description, the slave city was considered a high priority to be saved, because the city made a great contribution to supplying nuns worshipping the Blood God.

On top of that, the nuns were not normal people either.

Due to their devotion to the Blood God, they were blessed by the ability of healing.

A healing through the sacrifice of blood, making them very important.

Lucivar didn’t know how strong the healing would be but it should be very strong.

Because of their importance, another party was stationed nearby if Lucivar’s party failed.

Never leaving his home city before, Lucivar barely knew about other slave cities.

His home city contributed Hybrids so he thought all slave cities contributed the same.

But he was wrong, there were other instances.

“Seems like we got a troublesome one…” Lucivar mused with an acute smile.

At the very bottom of the file, there was a note stamped by the Valerius Supreme House.

“Save the city no matter the cost, even your lives.

Cowardice is punishable by death.” Upon reading this, the other academy hunters felt a shiver run down their spines.

Not only were they sent to a troublesome city but they were also not given any choice but to succeed.

If they didn’t and somehow survived, they would be executed.

It was probably why there was another party waiting for them.

Other than making sure the city was saved, the other party also acted as a spy.

If any of them ran, they would be executed.

‘Guess this is why the days-as academy hunters were spent training and learning-and also many were depressed when failing to become students.

Our lives are for the students, this is what it meant…’ Lucivar pondered.

But even then, he cracked a smile.

Death was not that scary anymore as he had experienced it.

‘Without pressure, there are no diamonds.

How could I be strong without pressure?’  Lucivar thought, seeing the fear on the others’ faces, and laughed inwardly at them.

‘None of them are meant to be strong but I am.’