His ether beca rampant.
It was impossible to control, Lucivar could only do his best to regulate it.
But the force from the gathered ether to cast the spell kept on becoming stronger.
Lucivar grabbed his right arm and tried to desperately keep it steady, he infused one strand to his Supernatural Ego to help him to make the rest of the sequences, yet he wasn't aiming to make it this strong.
"Shit, I need to cancel it!"
Feeling his arm throbbing with power, he decided to cancel the spell altogether.
He sensed that his arm might explode if he pushed to cast the spell.
"I- I can't...?" Lucivar sucked in a cold breath.
Surprisingly, canceling the spell—was also not possible at this very mont, the ego points were already turned blinding with power. It refused to listen to his will, the spell, couldn't be canceled, and there was no other choice but to go through with it.
Focusing back on the ball, he found that the mark was already completed and glowing.
In the next second, a brief pause happened before the ball exploded.
Lucivar was propelled back—and slamd against the wall, the explosion fired an expanding ring-like shockwave—that rattled the entire room. He breathed heavily, his Supernatural Ego, was throbbing hard from casting the spell.
He raised his gaze and found the altar was destroyed.
It turned from a proper altar to rubble, unable to withstand the explosion.
"What the heck happened...?" Lucivar mused in confusion.
Other than infusing a strand of versatile energy, he didn't do anything in particular.
He followed the instructions from the spellbook exactly.
Just then, a serpent coiled from his behind and slithered to his shoulder.
It was the serpent, Loki's son.
"Don't think about it too much, keep practicing, and you will be able to control this amount of ether. You—and the spell achieved Synchrony, your current ego points, and the required ego points of the spell are exactly the sa number so the output is greatly increased. Think of it as an amplifier, a spell that requires exactly the sa as your ego points is always preferred"
"Synchrony? Nobody has ever told that before"
"Of course, you're not a student so you'll learn everything the rough way"
"If you knew about this, why didn't you warn sooner?"
"I think you know the answer to that,"
"Ah... yes, I'm sure Loki wanted to have a laugh. Now I'm excited to see the other Gods"
Lucivar's voice dripped with sarcasm.
He couldn't even begin to imagine when all five Gods inside of him were unlocked.
Upon knowing what he was dealing with, Lucivar returned back to his training.
One after the other, Lucivar tried casting, and mastering the Soul Ward spell, being slamd onto the wall with each failed attempt. In addition, since he doesn't have a technique for him to replenish his ether, a ditation technique, he asks Kalvin for ether potions.
Fortunately, he was given a couple of them for free as per Professor Aeldric's instruction.
It allowed him to continue his training without taking a single break.
Everything happened in a blur after that and without Lucivar knowing, his ti was up.
Days passed, and the ti showed that he only had five more minutes.
Sitting on the corner with blood and sweat covering his entire body, Lucivar looked up to the ceiling, and exhaled roughly, "Out of two-hundred and ninety-three tries, I finally was able to use the spell successfully once... Had it not for the strands, it would've taken longer. I guess, that's how powerful a Diamond-class spell is"
Gathering what was left of him, Lucivar chugged an ether potion inside a small vial.
Once he emptied it, he stretched his arm to the side.
He channeled the Soul Warden spell one last ti as a mark began being burned on the wall.
It took Lucivar almost a minute to complete the sigil.
Once it was completed, the sigil's shape was visible, the shape of an eye made of three lines.
Lucivar lowered his weak arm as the sigil lted into nothing.
Since it could only latch onto a soul, it instantly evaporated if it was placed on the wall.
Having no more strength or stamina to do anything, he decided to pull out his phone from his pocket. Knowing that he might gain, so alone ti, he brought the phone with him. He put it on his ear before began reporting what had happened from the last ti they talked.
Minutes passed and eventually, Kalvin entered from the main door.
Upon stepping inside the room, the homunculus was slightly surprised at what he saw.
He didn't expect the condition of the room to reach this state, it was completely thrashed.
'Soul Warden spell is not an offensive spell—or at least not at the initial stage, so how did he manage this...?'
"Do you need help, Hunter Lucivar?"
"No, I can walk myself. Has Leandra also finished her training?"
"Yes, she already awaits you outside"
Lucivar nodded and followed Kalvin from behind.
But as soon as he stepped out of the room and entered the hallway, he stopped mid-track.
His eyes were fixed on the back of a figure, a foot taller than him and more muscular.
For so reason, the mont Lucivar laid eyes on this man, his instincts were screaming.
In his eyes, the man radiated an aura so blindingly pure that Lucivar's legs ca to a gradual halt. He had never seen this man before, but the sheer presence of him, felt overwhelming—an embodint of light that seared the air around him.
As the man slowly turned, Lucivar's eyes widened in shock.
His vision was blinded as the radiant aura intensified, crashing over him like a tidal wave.
It was unbearable, like staring into the heart of the sun.
Not to ntion, the light wasn't only bright, it was sharp, piercing into his skin with the force of a thousand invisible daggers. Lucivar staggered, bile rising his throat—the man's aura did not just suffocate the air but it made Lucivar feel small and insignificant.
Lucivar felt like he was standing before the protagonist of the world itself.
eting Lucivar's gaze, the man approached with wide, confident steps.
He then stopped right in front of Lucivar, a slight confusion marred behind his ruby eyes.
"Hunter Lucivar et Caladros Evian, the senior—and the first ranker of the academy. He is a Vampire Hybrid, and also the strongest Hybrid, in the academy," Kalvin introduced, moving to the side to let the two properly et.
Upon hearing this, Lucivar's eyes kept widening in surprise.
On the other hand, donning a confident and friendly smile, Caladros stretched his hand.
He went in for a handshake.
"I've never seen you around before—I'm guessing that you're new. As the senior, I welcod you to the academy, and the academy is lucky to have another talent joining," Caladros said, beaming with positive energy.
Lucivar inspected Caldaros' appearance.
Judging from his pale skin, ruby eyes, and fangs, he was supposed to be a Vampire Hybrid.
But the ceiling of the third level was a glass do, the searing sunlight, shone on them—but Caladros wasn't infected at all. From his fangs and crimson eyes, it was obvious that he was at the Acolyte rank and had developed his Vampiric characteristics further.
Normal Vampire Hybrids would burn under the sun but he remained completely fine.
Lucivar then looked down at Caladros's stretched hand for a good mont.
His mind was racing, piecing together the person in front of him.
As Lucivar was dwelling in his mind, a sudden torrent of mories flashed in his vision.
It was not his mories, soone else's.
He felt it imdiately, the subtle wrongness, the unfamiliar weight behind his eyes.
Slowly, his vision blurred and disoriented as though the eyes were not his own.
A barren desert stretched endlessly, the heart rippling in the distance—but his mind could barely focus on the landscape. No, it was drawn violently so to the figure in front of him, a celestial woman who stood tall and unwavering.
She was clad in armor of gleaming silver with golden accents that glowed like molten fire.
Flickering around her seed to be divine energy, as though the very sky bent to her will.
Behind her head was an artifact, a radiant disk shaped like the sun itself.
It cast long, harsh shadows over her face, obscuring her features in darkness.
In her hand, a golden sword was pointed at him, dripping with blood—his blood, mixed with many others that fell to her sword. The blade sizzled with a burning, golden energy—barely contained.
Lucviar could feel the accusatory aspect of this pointing sword, ready to strike him down.
Other than the vision and senses, Lucivar could also feel the mont.
An unbearable anger swelled in his chest, suffocating and consuming.
It ca from deep within these foreign mories—but it was so intense, so visceral—that it threatened to split him apart. The pain was overwhelming, as strong as when Delilah's body had lain cradled in his arms perhaps even more.
A sensation of pure, blinding rage directed straight at this woman.
"Your reign in this world is over," the woman whispered. "the sun will bleach your darkness"
Responding to the woman's taunt, Lucivar felt his tongue, moving on its own.
"The cycle of reincarnation would not stop , the worlds you conquered would not stop , your inexhaustible light would not stop !" Lucivar barked, blood gargling, in his mouth. "No matter what it would cost, even if it takes a million lives, I will have my revenge!!"
Ignoring the threats, the woman pulled her sword and charged for a mighty swing.
"No darkness can prevail against my light, this is the end..."
"SUNNA!!!"
Almost like being electrocuted, Lucivar jolted into reality, gasping for breaths.
His expression darkened before he cald his breathing.
Raising his gaze, Caladros was surprised to see a bright smile had blood on his face.
"I appreciate your kind gestures. It was nice eting you," Lucivar said.
Both of them shook hands firmly.
However, as soon as they did that, Lucivar covered his mouth—and fell to one knee, holding on to Caladros' legs as support. Blood drizzled from the corner of his mouth—more trying to co out but was swallowed again.
Seeing this, Leandra rushed to him from behind and helped him up.
"I think he overexert himself from training," Caladros said.
Leandra nodded, "Yes, I'll bring him to the infirmary. Please excuse us..."
Making way, Caladros moved to the side as Leandra and Kalvin brought Lucivar away.
He frowned a little when the three disappeared from his vision.
On the other hand, Leandra walked down the stairs and glanced at Lucivar.
"Why did you exert yourself like this? You do know you're burdening ri-"
Leandra stopped mid-sentence when she saw Lucivar's face, he was smiling with both of his eyes bulging with bloodlust. It was the first ti she saw him wearing this face, and for so reason, she felt a chill run down her spine.
'What's his problem...?'
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