In Leandra's eyes, there was a thick air of mystery surrounding Lucivar.
He could be spontaneous, unpredictable, and completely out of the box in certain cases.
Sotis he was considerate, sotis he was annoying, and sotis he was cold.
Lucivar's behavior was all over the place.
Seeing this side of him made her recall the ti he went out of his way to kill a random guard for the sake of his personal growth, to get used to killing. But compared to back then, he was more unhinged right now.
Just his expression alone scread trouble.
Lucivar alongside Kalvin and Leandra stepped out of the library.
But when the three of them got out, Leandra saw Lucivar giving her a peculiar look.
He was saying sothing.
Understanding what he ant, Leandra turned towards Kalvin.
"It's okay, I can take it from here,"
"Are you sure? I could assist you in bringing Hunter Lucivar to the infirmary"
"No... there was no need, I can do it myself"
Despite wanting to assist, Kalvin didn't persist and let Leandra handle Lucivar on her own.
Both of them then didn't waste any ti and headed to the ergency stairs.
Imdiately after the door was closed behind them—Lucivar's body slipped down and fell to the ground. He breathed heavily before he vomited blood, and it was not a small amount, the sight was disturbing.
Fortunately, Leandra's reaction was on point.
She channeled her natural ether to create a purple bowl, pooling Lucivar's blood.
It would be hard to explain if Lucivar sared blood all over the place.
"Tell what happened, you can't keep in the dark like this if you want to help you"
"Then go! Don't fucking mind ! Rgghkk...!"
As soon as he said that, Lucivar ripped open his uniform, which was suffocating him.
Leandra was taken aback, she could see Lucivar's muscles and veins bulging hard, almost as if he was at the peak of a battle—or suffering an imnse amount of pain. His hands gripped the floor tightly, digging his nails into the tiles.
Seeing this, Leandra knelt down and placed her hand over his exposed back.
Upon the touch, a frown crossed her face, 'His body is burning...'
Krrk!
Just then, Leandra's attention was pulled when she heard a disturbing, bony sound.
Pulling back a little, she went to the front and saw Lucivar grinding his teeth very hard.
It created a harsh, grating sound that was uncomfortable to the ears.
He did it so hard that his teeth slipped—sinking hard into his lower lip followed by the taste of iron flooding his mouth, as the bite tore through his skin, a thin stream trickling down his chin, but he didn't even flinch as that happened.
Leandra realized what Lucivar was experiencing and was trying to do.
'He's forcing himself to not scream,' She pondered.
Making a graceful stroke with her hand, she slowly created a bubble—of purple ether around them both. Once it was finished—Leandra placed Lucivar's chin on her shoulder, and hugged him, "Scream, you don't need to hold it back now"
As soon as Lucivar heard that, he scread at the top of his lungs.
It was not a scream of pain but rather, a scream of guttural anger that filled his veins.
Lucivar felt the wrath of a million lives coursing through him and was barely able to hold on.
He screams so loud and long to the point of dizziness assaulting his mind.
So hard that blood seeped out of his mouth and tears out of his eyes.
Fortunately, the bubble of ether was able to block the scream lest the entire academy heard.
A mont later.
Lucivar was finally able to calm down as the wrath slowly dissipated from within.
He leaned against the wall and composed his breathing.
'Loki lied to ...' He pondered.
Suddenly, the serpent materialized and slithered down from his shoulder.
It then looked at him with a peculiar gaze.
"Loki lied to ..." Lucivar whispered inaudibly so as to not alert Leandra on the other side.
Upon hearing this, the serpent shook its head.
"No, Father never lied to you"
"I distinctively rembered your Father saying that all of this was for his amusent"
"Father never confird that this was for his amusent, you assud that yourself"
"But he never corrected . Hahah~ So that's how you're going to play..."
A brief silence lood over the two of them.
Lucivar regulated his breaths for a good mont before he looked at the serpent again.
"Who was she?"
"Sunna, the Sun Goddess. Details do not matter to you—all you need to know is that the man called Caldaros earlier—he is the avatar of Sunna. He is the person you need to eliminate. Kill him and your joy would be endless..."
Learning about this, the scattered dots in his mind were connected instantly.
Caldaros was a Vampire Hybrid—that could withstand the sunlight, it turns out he possessed the power of the Sun Goddess, allowing him to bypass, Vampire's restriction. Not to ntion, the gleaming aura surrounding him must be the blessing of Sunna.
It was strong enough to devour him entirely.
"So back then when you shielded from a wave of energy, was that his?"
"Yes, Caldaros broke through another realm and the influx of power from him is dangerous"
"Dangerous? Would it hurt ?"
"No, but it would inform Caldaros of your origins"
Upon hearing this, Lucivar gulped, which was even worse than being hurt by the blast.
From Lucivar's first encounter with Caldaros earlier, he seed to be a nice person, but that would certainly change the mont he learned that—Lucivar has the blood of Loki inside of him, a God with an evil alignnt.
Judging from his developed Vampiric features, Caldaros was very strong.
Probably at the later stages of the Acolyte rank.
If Lucivar clashed against Caldaros, he would undoubtedly get one shot easily.
For him to have even a small chance to win, he needed to reach the Acolyte rank himself.
As Lucivar was trapped in contemplation, the serpent studied his expression—searching for any sign of defiance to this situation. But it was hard to read Lucivar's face—his expression, gave no clues at all.
Knowing what the serpent was doing, Lucivar smirked mysteriously.
"Father and I are aware that you aspire to be free but in order to be free, you ne-"
"Power... I need power. Don't worry, I know."
Lucivar intervened, he knew that having strength is the only way to achieve anything.
It was the law of the world and he already learned the lesson dearly.
Raising his gaze, his smirk widened, "Don't worry, I will kill that avatar for you. It's true that I want freedom to do anything I want, to prioritize nobody but myself. But do you even know, what I wanted the most when I achieved freedom? What do I aspire to do once I'm free?"
Upon hearing this, the serpent tilted its head in confusion.
He didn't know the answer to that question.
A brutal excitent flashed in Lucivar's eyes before he opened his mouth again.
"Karma, I want to fix it. And the only way to do that is to be the most evil living being in this world and the countless worlds out there—strong enough that even karma wouldn't ignore. Killing the avatar of the Sun Goddess... now that is a feat I don't want to miss" Lucivar said, his lips curled into a sadistic smile, one that surprised even the serpent.
Such a twisted mindset was befitting of the Blessed Oracle.
"What a twisted Angel you are..." the serpent comnted.
Just like that, the serpent disappeared once again.
Lucivar still has so questions, such as the person to whom the mories belonged.
But even without asking, he already had a guess in mind.
'Probably an avatar of Loki that lost against Sunna's previous avatar' He thought.
In Lucivar's eyes, the avatar of Loki was pitiful and outright pathetic.
Having Loki's powers, tailored for manipulation, it would take an extraordinarily foolish person to lose to the Sun Goddess. To be outwitted by Sunna's avatar, soone who's likely blessed by the naive ideals—of a hero—was a remarkable failure in itself, a feat of incompetence that defied logic.
A failure is Loki's avatar, that's what he is in Lucivar's view.
'I'll show you how to use Loki's power, senior. Watch from above' Lucivar pondered.
On the other hand, Leandra watches him talk to himself in silence, rubbing her cat pendant.
She suspected him of having an imaginary friend because of this.
Massaging her forehead, she stood up and approached.
Lucivar looked up, he had already recovered from what he had experienced before.
"Are you going to tell what happened? Or are you going to keep in the dark?"
"If I tell you, I'll have to kill you. Do you want that?"
"Just give sothing, anything at all! Like how are there two of you—and why are you like this when you t with that first ranker earlier? Anything! I deserved it, no? I helped you a lot already"
Upon hearing this, Lucivar sighed.
He knew that he was being unfair when Leandra was quite reliable in a sense.
Even though his ploy made her reliable, she did things beyond what Lucivar expected of her.
"Fine, I'll ease your mind a little—what was happening to involves my bloodline"
"Your bloodline? How is your bloodline able to duplicate you and make you react strongly like that to that Hybrid's presence? Is he a Demon Hybrid or sothing? I'm pretty sure he's not"
"Let's leave it at that. I can't say more than that"
Leandra was frustrated, she thought their new relationship ant that they were going to be open to one another but Lucivar was doing the complete opposite. He beca more friendly, yes, but he seed more untrue than before.
At the very least, Lucivar showed his emotions clearly before but now, he didn't.
"Are you going to help go back or not?" Lucivar asked, climbing back to his feet.
Upon hearing this, Leandra exhaled roughly.
It was clear that there was no use pushing Lucivar further than this.
Monts later.
Leandra brought Lucivar back to the Bastion of Blades, their dorm.
Fortunately, the guards didn't say a word when both of them arrived back at the dorm.
Seed like the guards knew where they'd been.
Lucivar went back to his room, taking another leave for today.
Sabrina quickly helped him lie down on the bed when he arrived back.
Knowing what to do, she held Lucivar's hand and let him absorb her ether to heal.
Other than needing to recuperate, he also needed to finish the rest of the Divine Blood, he hadn't absorbed the spheres completely due to how massive they were. The green sphere was almost exhausted but the golden sphere was still robust.
Later that night, Lucivar was being massaged by Sabrina.
He was enjoying the treatnt after a long day.
Most of his wounds were healed but his stamina and ether were still exhausted.
Just then, however, a loud siren rang across the entire dorm.
Lucivar sprawled to his feet with a frown.
He went to the door and stepped outside before an announcent could be heard.
"A Dungeon has been detected! A Dungeon has been detected!"
"Please be advised, first-year academy hunters are required to gather at the lobby"
Upon hearing this, Lucivar's eyebrows were raised, "Oh, my first official dungeon is here..."
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