Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Ideals of the Strong Chapter 97: Ideals of the Strong Days passed since the Veloria City mission.

Lucivar and the rest of his group were given a week’s break from classes-and obligations, none of them were expecting a break but they welcomed it with open arms.

He spent all of his days mostly recovering from the previous battles.

His body was still sore and his ether was also depleted.

Making his move on Morriva, saving her, used the last bit of ether he had left.

It was also why he passed out suddenly like that.

Since he still did not have a meditation technique to replenish his ether, he was stuck, with the natural way of recovering ether-by waiting for it to replenish automatically.

Of course, this process took substantially longer.

Because of that, he planned to use his academy points to get himself a meditation technique.

Preferably a Gold-rank one, there should be some in the library.

Once again, he couldn’t do that.

He needed to wait until his academy hunter ID was finished and delivered to him.

Even then, Lucivar didn’t mind waiting as he still had to consolidate his realm first.

Nothing happened in the last couple of days.

His routine consisted of waking up early in the morning, getting a massage from Sabrina to ease the soreness of his body-going to the garden and sitting by the bench to absorb the fresh morning sunlight, training, and meditating in his room.

Other than Nerissa, Bakar, and Ravenna who came to chat, it was peaceful.

Lucivar opened his eyes, finishing his meditation.

He was alone inside the room-Sabrina was out to do some tasks he wanted her to do.

Raising his hand, he saw the Blood Crest was glowing.

It grew in size and roots were spreading from it, this happened once he finished the mission.

Lucivar asked what it meant-and the guards told him that it was status.

His status as an academy hunter would grow with each finished mission.

He was now a senior academy hunter who had completed one mission successfully.

Averting his attention away from the Blood Crest, he flipped his hand.

Golden ether could be seen steaming from his body, denser and more powerful than ever.

Focusing, he controlled the gold energy-suck them all inside his body, and trapped them.

In an instant, his ether vanished without a trace.

Even without the Gleipnir’s Echo’s ability, Green Shroud, he could hide his power fine now.

“Good, I have consolidated my realm, the golden sphere quickened this process,” He nodded, pleased by his steady progression of strength.

Despite not knowing, how he compared to the other Hybrids, achieving this in mere days should be quite quick.

On top of that, he now could sustain ten strands of versatile energy from the Greedy Grasp.

A three-strand increase from seven-a benefit from reaching the Acolyte rank.

Now that the golden sphere was fully absorbed, Lucivar turned his attention to another.

He hadn’t absorbed the green sphere yet.

From what Gandr said, he saved it for the last as it was said that it changed.

An increase in ether reserve and ether control mastery were the effects given by the green sphere-and he was really excited to know the changes now that he passed his first Divine Elevation.

Lucivar closed his eyes again, going back to his Inner Chamber to grab the green sphere.

In there, Gandr was nowhere to be seen.

But Sha, on the other hand, was licking her body above his Supernatural Ego’s statue.

Achieving the Acolyte rank made the wings of the egg statue open a little this change is not an odd occurrence as all Hybrids experienced a change in their statue as their powers grew stronger.

Giving no attention to the arrogant black cat, Lucivar only did what he came here to do.

He went to the side and grabbed the green sphere before preparing to leave.

However, things wouldn’t go that smoothly for him.

“Hey…” Sha called, her annoying voice echoing.

“Aren’t you going to greet me?” “Hello there,” Lucivar greeted, he didn’t want to argue.

“and goodbye!” Just as he was about to leave, his body suddenly felt like a ton, he stopped mid-track.

All of this happened because of the words that Sha mused under her breath.

“Fine, if you want to keep that attitude, I’ll tell my Lord to not give you his powers,” “Tell me what you wanted to say, there’s no need for threats” Upon hearing this, Sha smirked teasingly before she leaped from the egg statue-and landed right in front of Loki’s statue.

She looked up at it with a condescending look, “I know Loki was here first but I couldn’t help but think that you’re favoring him and underestimating my Lord” “What makes you say that?” Lucivar asked, he could tell that Sha was looking for trouble.

Sha turned, her lips curled in a playful manner.

“I mean, it’s been days in your world, and yet you haven’t even asked me or even tried to find the way to obtain my Lord’s Divine Blood.” She remembered, noting how Lucivar had acted in the last couple of days.

“So, are you favoring Loki?

Cause if you do, there will be problems” A peculiar, dangerous light flashed in Sha’s eyes.

She was warning him about these problems through her gaze alone.

But Lucivar wasn’t disturbed.

“Stop with this farce.

I’m still recovering, you know that” He said, squinting his eyes sharply.

Silence enveloped the entire chamber for a good minute, tension crackled in the air.

Lucivar sweated a little, he felt like he was now a babysitter to Sha, fearing her tantrum.

However, as the tension grew choking, Sha laughed aloud, breaking the silence, “I’m playing,” “No need to be tensed like that but this is still a warning though” She added.

Sha went back to her earlier position, licking her body again.

Upon hearing this, Lucivar sighed in relief, he did not want a problem with Sutekh who was a God way above his league.

He was made to feel insignificant, by Loki before-and he did not want to feel helpless for the second time.

“In that case, do you know how I obtained Lord Sutekh’s blood?” Lucivar finally asked.

As he said that, Sha’s entire face lit up.

It seemed she was waiting for Lucivar to ask that specific question.

“Hmph!

Since you asked the question with your own initiative-” ‘I didn’t though, you basically forced me to ask that’ Lucivar forced out a wry, helpless smile.

“I will tell you-the answer.” She stood up-and lifted her chin high.

“While Loki wanted you to adopt a coward’s way of scheming to earn his Divine Blood-My Lord is way simpler and more noble” “And that is?” “Overpower…” Lucivar’s forehead creased with a frown, he didn’t understand what Sha meant.

Seeing the confusion on his face, Sha sneered but explained nonetheless.

“Making efforts to eliminate lesser beings such as your opponents are unsightly-and quite a degrading act for someone of your caliber,” Sha continued.

“It would be an insult for My Lord.

A single strike, should be more than enough.

We shouldn’t lower ourselves, by engaging in an inferior and unnecessary brutality or struggle” Listening to this attentively, Lucivar found no nobleness from this.

If doing that is the way to obtain Sutekh’s Divine Blood then he would be bullying the weak.

He couldn’t end someone around his strength with a single strike without a proper scheme.

“I know what your puny mind thinks,” Sha intervened.

“but only through overpowering other lesser beings could we preserve, the sanctity of our powers.

And of course, there are some exceptions.

But every time those exceptions occurred, you must thoroughly defeat them” “Only by acting like the true strong would you heed My Lord’s ideals…” Soon, Lucivar opened his eyes again.

He left his Inner Chamber and was now back to his room again.

“So that’s why I obtained the bronze sphere…” Lucivar uttered lightly.

Recalling the battle he had with the doppelganger, he now realized why Sutekh awakened.

Even though the battle was a great blood struggle, far from the ideals Sha described, Lucivar in the end did not waver.

He knew the chances of him dying were very high-even during the last clash but his doubts were cleared.

A spark of arrogance flared within him; he was chosen by the Gods-their Blessed Oracle.

It pleased Sutekh to see that he now knew his worth.

Being the Blessed Oracle is nothing to scoff at, a mere doppelganger should be a small rock.

And once the doubts were cleared, he became certain of his victory over the lesser copy.

Lucivar overpowered the doppelganger, making him helpless.

Because of that, Sutekh rewarded him with a small bronze sphere.

Just as his mind raced with the clear realization, the door to his room was knocked hard.

“Hunter Lucivar, open the door!” the voice from the other side called.

Upon hearing this voice, Lucivar knew that it was the guards who were knocking.

Standing up, he opened the door and was greeted by two guards, both has familiar faces.

“Is there a problem?” “A visitor has come to meet with you, come with us” “Hmm?

Thalia again?

Can you guys tell her that I don’t want to meet right now?” As soon as he said that, the guards drew their guns and pointed at Lucivar.

Instinctively, Lucivar raised his arms.

“Woah, woah, woah…

Alright, I’m going, there’s no need to point that thing at me” “Move, you have no right to refuse a visitor” Despite finding this unreasonable, Lucivar sighed lightly.

He came out of his room and locked it behind him.

Since Thalia was a student he couldn’t refuse if she wanted to meet with him, the academy wouldn’t let him refuse.

Students are treated as a God here, while the academy hunters are expendable trash.

Just like back when she visited, Lucivar was brought to the same room.

People were stealing glances at him along the way.

It seemed to them that Lucivar had gotten himself into trouble again.

Reaching the door, Lucivar handed his handcuffed hands toward the guard and the guards wasted no time to free him.

Since Thalia asked them to let him free back then he reckoned the guards would free him again this time.

Lucivar rubbed his wrists and opened the door.

He stepped inside and gasped when he didn’t find Thalia waiting for him there.

As opposed to Thalia, it was someone else, someone he knew very well-Master Tobias.

“Tobias…?” Lucivar muttered in shock.

Tobias stood and smiled, “How are you doing, Lucivar?

Is it a bad time to meet you?” Seeing Tobias again, Lucivar was stunned as he didn’t expect this surprise.

‘Why is Tobias here…?’ He thought inside, but soon, recovered from the shock.

‘I don’t think the others were called too so he came here only for me?

If that’s the case, it must be about the mission.

Did Leandra tell him what I did?’ “Please, have a seat,” Tobias gestured, seeing Lucivar was still standing by the door.

Nodding, Lucivar closed the door and took a seat opposite Tobias.

He sat there uneasily, he couldn’t read Tobias’ gaze at all.

As the clock ticking clicked in his ears for a good moment, signing the passing seconds, the visitor-Tobias finally smiled unsettlingly.

He clasped his hands together and asked, “I know everything you did and I’m quite shocked, Lucivar.

I wasn’t expecting this from you…” Upon hearing this, Lucivar frowned as sweat drizzled down the side of his face.

Just that alone made him gulp harshly.

He could tell that whatever Tobias came to tell him, it didn’t seem to be a good thing.