Nobody uses such a tactic anymore.
All the people knew, that they should keep quiet and tried to exit the premises when a portal was opened. If they are wounded—it is best for them to stay silent, or hide somewhere, until help comes.
Or be a hero and die silently, giving no food for the proselytes to grow stronger.
Shouting and crying for help would only attract the proselytes hiding amongst the sheep.
Because of that, people tend to not shout and scream if they are deserted.
It was also precisely why there were no Hybrids that used a wounded person tactic to attract proselytes to them, the proselytes still retained a thinking mind aside from their feral aptness to support the Crossers and kill anyone against the Crossers.
Doing that would be too obvious, it was akin to advertising that it was a trap.
However, that was not a problem for Lucivar.
Now that he knew a little bit about his constitution, he was going to experiment with it.
Since the dark trail of energy was responding to killing intent, he did not need the proselytes to come to him. All he needs is for the proselytes to see him as a potential prey and he could let the dark trail show him the way.
He didn't need to wait for long as a proselyte took the bait.
"Bloody hell, how in the heck did you manage to get behind me?!" the proselyte shouted.
Lucivar smiled, "I'm a Hybrid and I sensed you here,"
Upon hearing this—the proselyte instinctively leaned back, when he realized Lucivar, turned out to be a Hybrid. Beads of sweat drizzled down the side of his face as a wave of complete nervousness washed over him.
Although he had managed to become a proselyte, he was once a normal Human.
Even the mere mention of a Hybrid terrified him.
He knew all too well how powerful a Hybrid could be, even the weaker ones.
Sensing the proselyte's nervousness, Lucivar raised an eyebrow, "Why are you sweating?"
"Are you hiding something?" He added, but his voice was now whispering.
Fearing that Lucivar might know what he really was, the proselyte shook his head vigorously, trying to steady his trembling voice, "No, I... I'm just afraid and lost but I wanted to help when I heard someone crying for help"
"Oh, I'm trying to lure the proselytes. I could sense killing intent, that's why," Lucivar replied.
Upon hearing this, the proselyte gulped harshly.
His heart pounded faster as Lucivar stepped closer to him in a composed manner.
Leaning in, Lucivar whispered, "Don't bother pretending, I know what you are..."
Slash!
Making an abrupt move—he swung a knife that was used by the woman earlier to stab him, slicing the proselyte's throat but not deep enough to kill. Caught completely off guard—the proselyte leaps back while clutching his bleeding neck, "You sly bastard!" He cursed.
As the pain surged through him, the blue veins resurfaced on his skin.
Prominent around his chest and neck area.
Panic filled his eyes as he realized he was exposed, and there was no escaping this fight.
'Since that woman manipulated me into thinking that she was innocent, I'll pay back what she did to this proselyte. I was trying to kill him with that strike, but he caught on. No matter, I will surely kill him' Lucivar pondered, not hiding his killing intent.
Compared to the woman, he knew that this proselyte was stronger.
But he shouldn't be too strong for Lucivar.
Responding to his killing intent, the dark trail emerged, but it came from his body instead.
It trailed ahead and connected with the proselyte, forming a bond.
Unknown to Lucivar, there was a dangerous flicker flashing in his eyes as he thought that.
It happened quickly, yet it didn't leave the proselyte's eyes, and it terrified him.
Lucivar could see the fear in the proselyte's eyes, and he knew this was the perfect time for him to strike. A deer that becomes scared at the sight of a hunter—its movements would be predictable.
For experienced hunters, sometimes it's better to announce themselves before striking.
Since Lucivar had been a hunter for years, his body instinctively reacted to the sight of fear.
Gripping the knife tightly in his hand, he dashed at the fearful proselyte.
It was all done in his head, before his body moved, but from the proselyte's perspective—he moved with resoluteness and force, closing the gap between them in an instant. A sight that made the proselyte stumbled back in fear.
But as Lucivar was about to end his life, another blow struck from the side.
Crash!
Mirel came in swiftly and punched the proselyte, his fist enhanced with yellow lightning.
At the same time, he blocked Lucivar's swing and stopped it in its tracks.
"Stop!" Mirel suddenly said. "He's the last of the proselytes, you can't kill him yet!"
Upon hearing this, Lucivar raised an eyebrow, confused.
"If you kill him right now—a barrier covering the portal will appear, and Darwin's team will not be able to come out, so we will have to restrain him until they come out," Mirel explained—he almost had his heart dropped to his stomach when he saw Lucivar struck.
Realizing this, Lucivar straightened his posture, "Oh, I didn't know that. I'm sorry,"
"Don't be. We didn't tell you because we thought you wouldn't be this capable" Mirel replied.
Pressing his elbow, against Lucivar's stomach teasingly, he whispered, "Here I thought I need to look over you. Instead of needing my help—you managed to locate, a proselyte! If I did not interfere, you would definitely take him down. How are you able to locate him quickly?"
"Luck, I guess..." Lucivar replied with a wry smile.
Cheerfully, Mirel slapped his back, "Don't be so modest, you're incredible!"
"Even though proselytes aren't that strong, at least those who came from a yellow portal and were still toddlers like the ones here, it's still impressive for you to do this. Master Tobias, will definitely reward you for this feat" He added, laughing aloud.
He didn't expect Lucivar to do this well in his first-ever portal situation.
Upon hearing this, Lucivar was also smiling inwardly, 'This is my second proselyte though...'
Mirel didn't know, but this was his second proselyte.
Had he known about that, he would definitely be shocked to his core.
'If I could sense killing intent, won't I have a natural advantage to find proselytes?' He mused.
Being able to locate proselytes fast is nothing sort of needed throughout the world as finding the Teal Coin is much harder, and more dangerous. Portals should be closed down as quickly as possible. Not only the reason to minimize the damage, but also to stop the irritation of the dimensional fabric in the area.
If the dimensional fabric thins, it would be easier for the Crossers to open another portal.
Let that develop and this area would become a stronghold for them.
Because of that portals needed to be tackled as soon as possible.
Lucivar could capitalize on this, but he still needs to be discreet.
'I don't know if finding proselytes easily is identical to Angel Hybrids...' He thought.
Glancing to the side at the proselyte that got knocked out by Mirel's punch, Lucivar frowned.
Aside from using the earlier method to find the proselytes, he was also using it to gauge the range of his ability. And from the looks of it, the range was quite far as the distance from his spot to the proselyte's spot was about a hundred meters.
Even then, the dark trail appeared from the proselyte and notified Lucivar of his location.
Seems like he would need to experiment more to fully learn his ability.
Moments later—Darwin, and his team, finally left the portal when they heard all three of the proselytes had been captured. Even until the very end, they can not find the supposed Teal Coin and will settle on taking out the proselytes instead.
Despite the portal will not close instantly, it would in twenty-four hours.
Additionally, a barrier would form to block the portal's entrance.
Because of that, they could focus on taking out the remaining dog creatures in the town.
It was already nearing night when they finished clearing the town.
Upon gathering with the others, Lucvar realized he was the only one who sustained wounds.
Since it was a Yellow Portal, the lowest there is, the others were fine.
Lucivar and the others stood in a line before the mansion—their forms were upright as if they were in the military, but their expressions were a mix of anticipation and curiosity. Tobias was standing at the front door, beside him was a pile of glowing crystals around a dozen in total.
Each one pulsing and shimmering with a mesmerizing yellow light.
These were the ether cores harvested from the dog creatures around the town.
Now, Lucivar knew that they were called power crystals.
Until now, Lucivar had been unaware of the name of these crystals, his knowledge of Hybrid matters was still in its infancy. Among the dozen—one crystal in particular, caught his eye. It was glowing with a different color than the others—this one emitted a vibrant blue light, and radiated a noticeably stronger energy.
Obviously, the blue power crystal was a higher version than the rest.
As opposed to whoever finds it getting it, Tobias would be distributing these power crystals.
It would be based on their contributions in handling the portal.
Not wasting words in this distribution, Tobias took all of the power crystals and headed over to them. As Tobias walked past the left-most person—Darwin, he placed three yellow power crystals on Darwin's hand before continuing.
Seeing this, Darwin's expression slightly twitched as he didn't get the blue power crystal.
Even though he was the leader, he didn't gain the most contribution.
Following that, Ravenna and Bob gained two yellow power crystals each.
Despite that their eyes were all fixed on the blue power crystal—each wondering, who would be the one to get it if it was not them. Tobias walked past Leandra, Mirel, Nerissa, and Bakar, without giving the blue power crystal to any of them.
In the end, Tobias stopped in front of Lucivar, holding the blue power crystal in his hand.
Soon, he handed it to Lucivar with a smile, "You did a good job, Lucivar"
Upon seeing this, the others had their eyes widened as they couldn't believe that out of all of them, Lucivar was the one to get the blue power crystal. Curious—Darwin voiced out the one question everyone has in their mind, "Master, what did he do to be rewarded with that?"
"He got two of the proselytes, that's why" Tobias replied leisurely.
On the other hand, the others widened their eyes when they heard this.
All of them knew how sly the proselytes could be to hide their identity, so for an amateur like Lucivar to find two was quite shocking. Everyone looked at Lucivar with the same reaction, it was hard to believe what Tobias said.
But since Tobias was the one who said it then it must be true.
"The last proselyte was found and killed by my wife, so all of you are outshined," He added.
Meanwhile, Lucivar could only put a wry smile at Tobias.
'Come on, is that really necessary? Do you really have to phrase it like that...?' He pondered.
As soon as Tobias said that, he could already feel the unfriendly gazes stabbing him.