Mirel's eyelids were opened wide, he stared at Lucivar's eyes with a shaking heart.
He knew that the matter—about the doppelganger was a big one it already threatened to kill Bakar and almost succeeded. In his mind, he wasn't taking this lightly at all. But knowing that he was stronger than Lucivar made him subconsciously do the opposite.
It was now clear that he was underestimating the doppelganger.
On a small part of his mind, he was confident that he wouldn't get killed as he was stronger.
But now that Lucivar rubbed his strength, he realized that he was mistaken.
Lucivar had gotten stronger and if he managed an ambush, Mirel would likely et death.
Just the erald chains that were restraining him alone show that he could be killed.
He could likely break free if he mused more of his power but a second window is usually all it takes for the opponent—to deal a decisive blow. Mirel knew that lesson, he learned that long ago from Master Tobias.
Mirel tilted his head down grimly, 'Lucivar is doing this for my sake, I have to get it together'
Having a flamboyant nature is good but he needs to know when to be serious.
"I understand, you can let go now..." Mirel uttered whisperingly.
Seeing the change in his deanor and voice, Lucivar loosened the grip on Mirel's collar.
"Are you sure you understand?"
"Yes, I'm not going to take it lightly again. If you fail to convince who you are, I'll kill you"
As he said that, Mirel made eye contact with Lucivar, there was no lie behind his gaze.
Seeing this, Lucivar nodded, it seed the words had gotten into Mirel's head.
"Good, that's the resolve I wanted to see," Lucivar nodded firmly.
Later that night.
Just as discussed, Lucivar and Leandra continued their escorting operation.
Currently, the two were escorting a group of six.
A group that consists of two middle-aged n and three middle-aged won.
One of them has a five-year-old son that she brought along.
Even though it exceeded the agreed quota per group, an additional kid wasn't a problem.
For hours on end earlier, Lucivar and Leandra searched for the proselytes, but didn't gain any luck, they were still hiding from sight. None of them showed their faces, not even to Lucivar's group which should be an easy target.
Lucivar walked behind the convoy that was heading to the church,
He looked at the palm of his hand with an evident frown.
'I can feel it, my power is slowly draining because of that doppelganger...'
Seems like aside from barring him from reaching the Acolyte rank, the existence of that evil doppelganger is also draining him of his power slowly, regressing his realm. Tonight Lucivar felt the change, he had gotten slightly weaker.
'Gleipnir's Echo hid my ether so I should look harmless so why haven't they attacked yet?'
'Did they see fight the pastor or perhaps got inford? No, that can't be'
'Maybe they are too wary to strike because the portal was breached'
Raising his gaze to look at the group, Lucivar's eyes squinted, 'I need to encourage them'
Splash!
"Oww~"
"For the love of God, this mud needs to be cleansed!"
A couple who was walking right in front of Lucivar suddenly tripped and fell into the mud.
Both of them got mud on their clothes.
Naturally, the group stopped when the others saw them on the muddy ground.
Lucivar went over to them and placed his hands on their shoulders.
A hum of green energy seeped from his hands into the couple without them noticing.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, we're fine, this is nothing"
"It's okay, don't mind our clumsiness"
Just then, Lucivar pointed at their legs with a slight concern on his face.
"Both of you are bleeding, you're not fine," He said.
In response, the couple shook their heads, tore their clothes and wrapped them around their leg, right above the injury. Once they were done they stood up and showed Lucivar that they were fine before the group continued again.
Reaching the church, the group entered to pray on the nave.
But Lucivar stopped Leandra when she was about to get in.
"What's wrong?"
"Let's give them so personal space"
"You didn't offer that for the others before this. Besides, it's dangerous to leave them alone"
"Can I have a talk with you then? Just a minute"
"Fine, but this can't take long"
Albeit hesitant, Leandra followed Lucivar to the side of the church, behind a big tree.
He never left her sight so she didn't suspect him as the doppelganger.
"What do you want to say to ?" Leandra asked with an eyebrow raised and arms crossed.
Upon hearing this, Lucivar who was still facing away from her, frowned.
'I need to make her stay here for a good mont, but how can I do that...?' He pondered.
Lucivar had already swore he would finish it by tonight and he's going to do it.
Before Lucivar could even say anything, Leandra already continued.
"If you're going to ask if I'm jealous because you're close with that nun, I'm not" She said.
Not expecting her to say this, Lucivar pivoted and looked at her in surprise—but he quickly recovered as he smiled inwardly. He was fretting on how to make her stay here but she did give him a cue instead.
Lucivar was smiling inside as Leandra was very considerate to tell him that.
He decided to play along with her narratives.
"I thought so. Since you're not jealous, I wouldn't hold back. Anyway, we should head back"
"Hold on, what do you an by that? What are you trying to do with her?"
"Her eyes are quite pretty, I like them"
"What...?"
Seeing the anger rising onto Leandra's face, Lucivar waved his hand and chuckled.
"I'm playing around. It's nothing like that. I called you here so that we could be alone"
"Stop talking as if we have sothing between us"
"Don't be like that. Co, sit with "
Lucivar went over to the spot on the ground that had grass and patted the spot beside him.
Not expecting this tonight, Leandra turned away, blushing.
"Why should I sit with you? It's not like I'd want that" She said but she ca and sat anyway.
Both of them sat beside each other in silence.
Lucivar exhaled lightly as he looked at the clear night sky filled with stars.
Despite the situation, the night was beautiful.
At that mont, Leandra couldn't help but look at Lucivar's face from the side, hypnotized by the sharp elegance of his features—in the silvery starlight. The chiseled lines of his jaw along with the quiet unpredictability etched on his expression were a sight so see.
But it was his eyes that held her, glowing golden in the vast darkness above.
Those two eyes reminded her of rare pearls hidden in a midnight sea, hauntingly beautiful.
"Say, are you a psychopath?" She suddenly asked.
"Pfft...!" Lucivar choked and turned towards her. "Where did that co from?"
"I an how could you be innocent like this and snap in the next second in an instant?"
"I just happen to enjoy the shock factor from the 'instant' part and can do it easily"
"Yep, that's what a psychopath would say"
Lucivar chuckled, he was conversing with Leandra calmly, but in his mind, he was waiting for the mont of the night to strike—but it didn't seem to be striking. He needed to wait longer and that required him to occupy Leandra longer.
More minutes passed and Lucivar already ran out of topic.
Leandra was ready to go back but Lucivar knew that he was so close for a reaction.
"Co on, it's going to be bad if we went for too long," She said, standing up.
Upon hearing this, Lucivar intervened, "What's the hurry? They're still praying inside"
"We should protect them, rember?" She replied nonchalantly.
Dusting off her outfit, she walked back to the church.
On the other hand, Lucivar was wracking his brain to try and keep her to stay here.
'I can't... I need to do sothing or else the proselytes wouldn't co out!'
Having no other choice, he also stood up, rushed towards Leandra, and grabbed her hand.
Leandra turned around with an evident frown as she didn't understand why Lucivar was very adamant about staying here but upon turning—her eyes widened completely when she felt a soft and hot thing pressed against her lips.
It stunned her for a second but when she blinked her eyes, she ca back to reality.
But the shock only heightened as she realized Lucivar kissed her!
A jolt of surprise sparks through her.
Reflexively, she raised her hands—ready to push him away but the kiss was unlike anything she'd ever felt. It was consuming, dark, and electric. Her mind wavered, lost in the mont, and her resolve lted as her fingers slid around his neck, pulling him closer.
Her back pressed against the wall, grounding her as the world spun away.
Only Lucivar and the wild rhythm of their shared breath were her senses captured.
She surrendered, drowning in the fire he'd ignited, helpless against the force of it.
In her mind, due to the threat of the doppelganger—becoming real, Lucivar might now realize his feelings and go for it lest he or she would die tonight or in the near future. But that wasn't reality, far from it.
Lucivar opened his sharp eyes slowly and saw Leandra unable to fight back his moves.
He was not surprised, Leandra was already within his grasp after Darwin's death.
It was already a minute since this started, Lucivar counted it on his head.
'Any mont now... it should happen right about, now!'
"Soone help!!"
Upon hearing the scream, the kiss stopped as Lucivar grinned.
Leandra was also pulled back to reality, the scream ca from inside the church.
"Oh, no! Quick, we should he-"
Before she could finish her sentence, her vision darkened when a solid hit struck her nape.
Lucivar knocked her unconscious with a perfect strike, infused with three God strands.
It packed enough force to knock Leandra out when she was caught off guard.
He asked Nolan earlier in the morning for his ether.
Because of that, his strands were restored to full again and ready to be used.
Catching her body before she fell, Lucivar lifted her, put her over his shoulder—and made a relaxed walk, towards the church, 'I made sure to put a small amount inside those people, it should be affecting them now'
Entering the church, Lucivar closed the door behind him and locked it.
He then placed Leandra on the ground before he turned to the center of the nave.
All of the people in the group were dead, and groaning in pain among their corpses were the two figures that Lucivar and his team had been searching for, the proselytes of the dungeon in this city.
Lucivar's eyes glead with a green light as he smirked at the proselytes who were in pain.
"You fucker! What did you do to us?!"
"How is this possible? What happened? What did you do?!"
Seeing the confusion, anger, and terror on their faces made Lucivar smack his lips in delight.
"Settle down. Let's start with—a small introduction, alright?" Lucivar replied, his face devilish. "My na is Lucivar, and I have the bloodline of a God, inside of . And now to answer your question—you absorbed a tiny portion of my bloodline. How does it feel to have the power of a God inside of you?"
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