Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 82

Chapter 82: I Promised Her Chapter 82: I Promised Her Lucivar grinned but at the same time, he was also dumbfounded.

For a holy nun to be this vengeful, her husband must be the worst husband ever.

He would need to push a nun a lot to make her desire something like this.

“Is that really what a nun should be saying?

Shouldn’t you forgive and move on?

I mean, he’s your husband, after all,” Lucivar said-he was having a lot of fun in this situation.

“No matter what, this is too extreme, no?” Knowing that this nun is favored by his power, he wants to know her way of thinking.

He was curious as to what made her be favored.

If she’s very suitable, she could be Lucivar’s very first Vestal.

“M- My husband-is one of the proselytes, he’s a monster now…” Catherine confessed, tears streaming down her face.

“Since he’s a monster, it’s fine to want bad things to happen to him-right?

I wouldn’t be punished as wanting a monster to die is not a sin” Upon hearing this, Lucivar grinned harder.

‘She’s broken…

Her mind is very tempting, I could tailor it however I want’ Lucivar thought.

Catherine is someone perfect to be a Vestal.

If Lucivar played his cards right, he could gain a very twisted but productive follower.

But then, Lucivar frowned.

‘So the pastor is working together with the proselytes?’ He thought.

Proselytes become stronger by killing others with their own hands-sucking the vitality of others, and making it their own.

They become stronger-and stronger with more kills they commit, also strengthening the portal in the process.

Normally, they would’ve done it secretly as they were weak during the initial phase.

But in this case, with the pastor helping them, there was no saying how strong they are now.

“I wanted to kill him, to be free from him, but I never have the guts to do that, because as you say, he’s my husband,” Catherine continued, her voice shaking.

“Now that he’s a monster, the guilt is not there anymore.

So please, kill him for me…” Lucivar tilted his head before he squatted down, looking Catherine directly in her eyes.

“I’ll help you,” He said, returning the light of hope-back to Catherine’s eyes.

“But let me tell you one thing…

a monster is not always burly and scary.

In fact, a monster most of the time looks exactly like you and me” Such words stunned Catherine, she instantly knew what Lucivar meant by that.

Moments later.  Lucivar went to meet with the others in the lodgings.

He stepped into a hall and found a lot of Hybrids sleeping on the long wooden table.

Just like Leandra told him earlier, they were drugged with a sleeping pill.

Leandra’s eyes lit up when she saw him but that was instantly replaced by a frown when she saw Catherine following behind him, pinching the edge-of his uniform.

Catherine hid behind Lucivar when she saw that there were other people there.

Standing up, Leandra raised an eyebrow.

“Who’s that?” “She’s the one who called for us and she said the pastor is working with the proselytes” Upon hearing this, Azka and Ruby, the leader of the defender and assault team frowned.

“Doesn’t that mean the two proselytes here are very strong?” “Yes, that’s likely the case.

It wouldn’t be surprising if they are at the Acolyte rank” “Acolyte…?

Should we go back and report this to the academy?” Lucivar intervened, knowing that the conversation would likely go in this direction.

“Are you backing out without even trying?” “Fine, we’ll try, but you and your team would be dealing with the proselytes.

Our team would be going inside the dungeon.

Is that alright-with you?

If you don’t want to, we could always go back and report this incident” Naturally, this irked Lucivar but he kept his composed face on strong without breaking.

He also felt Catherine’s grip become tighter, she didn’t want Lucivar to leave.

“Okay, we’ll deal with the proselytes…” Lucivar finally yielded.

Leandra and Mirel frowned, both of them were unhappy with Lucivar’s decision.

Not only the proselytes here are dangerous, but they also want to enter the dungeon.

It was Tobias who wanted them to be good at tackling a dungeon.

“But since the Outcast team is taking on the more dangerous job, the haul from the dungeon, I want 60% of them,” Lucivar said-looking at both Azka and Ruby sharply.

“We’re putting our lives on the line, I hope you will do well to not object to this” Eventually, Azka and Ruby nodded, agreeing with the terms.

Lucivar then signaled for Mirel and Leandra as the four of them headed out of the room.

Stepping to the nave, Mirel and Leandra instantly complained.

“Are you sure about this?

We really don’t know how strong the proselytes are” “Also, Master Tobias wanted us to get accustomed to dungeons, this is our chance” Upon hearing this, Lucivar picked his ears nonchalantly.

“If you don’t want to come with me, then don’t.

I’ll handle the proselytes myself” He said.

Leandra turned to Catherine sharply, “Is it because of her?” “Well, you can say that.

I promised her that I would take care of the proselytes” “Since when did you start promising others easily?

We came here for the dungeon, not her” Realizing that Lucivar got himself into trouble, Catherine bowed herself repeatedly.

“I’m sorry, this is my fault,” She apologized genuinely.

Having no other choice, Leandra could only massage her forehead, the deal was-already made with the others so there was no turning back either.

Lucivar told Catherine to take a seat and handed his short sword.

“I’ll be checking the place you mentioned, you stay here,” He said.

Catherine accepted the short sword and nodded.

Upon doing that, Lucivar, Leandra, and Mirel left the church, walking down the street.

“Where are we going?” “That nun told me about the safe house, the pastor tricked the people of the city to go to the safe house and locked them all there.

I’m sure the proselytes, were also there, feeding on the people” “So should we anticipate a fight?” “Yes, it would be better if the proselytes instantly attacked us so we can finish this” Soon, the trio reached an abandoned house and entered it.

Lucivar led the way with his senses at maximum sensitivity, attuned to any danger unseen.

Entering the house, the wooden floor made a creaking sound from his weight.

He swept his eyes around to see if there was anybody inside and found nothing but he could hear the distant sound of cries.

Lucivar followed the sound and found himself standing in the kitchen, the source of the sound came from here.

As he made a step, the sound his step made was dull, different than before.

Looking down, Lucivar taps the floor right beneath him with his foot.

Realizing that there was a secret door, he clenched his fist and punched through it.

Just as he expected, the floor collapsed, revealing another chamber below the kitchen.

But it was extremely dark.

Leandra approached the hole and flicked her fingers, summoning a small purple ember.

She tossed the ember down before the three sucked in a cold breath.

Going down to the secret chamber through the ladder, Lucivar looked around, and inspected the place.

As Catherine said, the people were here, the women, the elderly, and the children, and all of them crawled to the corner seeing someone come.

All of them shuddered and stacked on each other, going as far away from Lucivar.

Moreover, they were chained in place, unable to escape even if they wanted to.

“Don’t kill us, please!” “Help, dear God!

Help!” Instead of being glad, these people continued to cry and sob profusely.

Seemed like their vision had become bad from staying in this dark place for too long.

None of them realized the academy hunter uniform Lucivar was wearing.

Mirel and Leandra also came down and were instantly assaulted by the scent of blood.

A pungent iron scent that forced them to cover their noses.

“It’s the people,” Lucivar said.

“be careful, the proselytes might be here” “How could a pastor do this?

He was willing to sacrifice his people for the sake of power?” “People had done this for less, at least the pastor had a reason to do it” Leandra summoned a larger flame, illuminating the entire area to show the others that they were not the pastor-or the proselytes.

But, just as the light spread, a swift shadow darted toward her hand, snuffing out the flame in an instant.

She didn’t expect that but Mirel did, he was able to intercept the shadow.

Initially, the shadow was aiming to take Leandra’s arm but he managed to block the attack.

“Heads up, the proselytes are really here,” Lucivar said, drawing his dagger.

Just then, however, they were surprised when a violent shaking sound came from behind.

Glancing over their shoulders, they saw the ladder was subtly shaking.

“Both of them got away,” Lucivar said, frowning.

Mirel clicked his tongue in displeasure, he was annoyed that the proselytes managed to slip.

Had they taken down the proselytes here, attacking the dungeon would’ve been possible.

All they needed to do was to secure the proselytes and go to the dungeon.

But that was impossible now since the proselytes escaped.

“You saved me there, Mirel,” Leandra thanked.

Upon hearing this, Mirel nodded before they focused back on the people.

“Let’s get them all out of here first,” Lucivar said as he went over to the people to help them.

Even though these people were basically food on a silver platter for the proselytes, finding that a lot of them still survived was quite surprising.

But Leandra told Lucivar that even the proselytes would need time to consume this many people.

A couple of hours later, Lucivar and the others already secured the people.

Instead of gathering them in the church, Lucivar, and the others decided to place them as far away as possible from the portal, on the opposite corner of where the church was.

Now they needed to find the proselytes.

Since they weren’t able to stop them initially, things had gotten more complicated.

All three of them would be playing cat and dog with the proselytes.

Meanwhile, as the people were being attended to, Lucivar noticed something.

He forgot to call Catherine who was still at the church.

“I’ll go get the nun, she’s still at the church,” Lucivar said, heading towards the church.

Upon nearing the church-Lucivar was about to go inside, but stopped when his eyes caught sight of a figure in the distance.

Two figures to be exact, both of them were near the portal-and he recognized both of them.

Since the portal was located behind the church, he had a clear view from the front.

Moving sneakily, he silently got close to the portal and hid behind the bushes.

His eyes fixed on the figure who was approaching the figure near the portal, Catherine.

Catherine was holding the short sword with her trembling hands as she approached.

Seeing this, Lucivar smirked, “Oh, this is interesting…”