Chapter 82

"Another task for the list, which just keeps growing."

Dio said it with a smile.

There's not enough time to come up with many ideas, and the list keeps getting longer, even though Dio doesn't have to sleep.

However, Dio can't do anything about it because there are only twenty-four hours a day, and he is only one person.

"You're doing very well, and your magic energy reserves are growing very rapidly too."

Raven tried to cheer him up.

Before Dio reaches his peak, which will probably be in his mid-twenties, all his powers will continue to increase naturally.

When his abilities were sealed in the beginning, Dio experienced rapid physical growth that became slow.

A few days ago, Raven noticed something Dio hadn't even realized—his magic was growing faster than his physical attributes.

It also increases as he fills his brain with mystical and valuable knowledge.

Of course, the growth in all aspects is not as frightening. It's not like Dio will become as powerful as Superman overnight.

This growth becomes more visible over time, but it's still very encouraging and addictive to feel himself becoming more powerful and see his efforts bear fruit.

"Shall we prepare everything?"

Raven asked.

Since practice isn't going very well right now, it won't hurt to get things started a bit earlier.

"Sure."

Dio said while returning to his body.

Dio opened his eyes on the floor and stood up. Raven is already on her feet.

"I'll take a shower and get my things. We'll meet at the back of the Tower in twenty minutes."

Dio said this and ran to the shower.

Dio enters the shower wearing only a towel around his waist.

He can tell someone is taking a shower from the amount of steam and the sound of water.

Dio went to one of the showers and turned it on. Dio was about to take off his towel when he heard an unexpected voice beside him.

"Have you finished your training, Dio?"

Koriand'r asked.

Dio looked to the side and saw Koriand'r behind the bathroom wall with her long red hair wet.

"Koriand'r, what in the names of the gods are you doing in the men's bathroom?"

Dio asked and managed to stay calm.

The steam in the room is very thick, so he can't see her figure very well, and the wall covers her body up to her neck.

That's the only way Dio can keep calm.

It's not unusual for things like this to happen. This girl always gets into trouble like this in the Tower.

She intended to wash her clothes last week but didn't have any clean ones left, so she stood in the laundry room naked.

She was with Raven, who kept the laundry room locked all day.

"Ohh, I entered the wrong door."

Koriand'r apologized without any shame in her voice.

"Sigh."

With a sigh, Dio turns off the shower.

"I'll be watching from outside. Take your shower in peace."

Dio said to her while walking away.

"Why don't we take a shower together? It's normal among friends at home."

Koriand'r said behind him.

"But not here, at least not among friends!"

Dio shouted while walking faster.

"But you don't have to wait for me."

Koriand'r continued.

'Of course, I have to keep watch. If Wally were to enter the bathroom now, the poor guy would have a heart attack from so much excitement.'

"I'm about to come out. I don't want to be late for my first job either."

Koriand'r said to him when Dio exited the door.

Emily's card became useful. After scheduling a meeting with her, Koriand'r easily got the job.

Now, she's flying to Gotham for her first photo shoot.

Unfortunately, when he asked her again, Emily didn't want to tell him anything about the vampires.

"You're late."

Raven said to him, and she was not happy at all. She hates being late.

"It's not my fault. Koriand'r accidentally entered the men's bathroom."

Dio informs her.

"And?"

Raven asked while raising an eyebrow.

"We took a shower together, of course."

Dio said it shamelessly.

"What!"

"It's an old tradition from Tamaran. It was so relaxing that I lost track of time."

Dio continued.

Raven lowered her head, and their mood became a bit colder.

"How can you take advantage of one of my friends like that?"

Raven asked with a completely different voice, cold and hoarse from her usual.

When she lifted her face, Dio saw her red eyes, and her skin began to change color.

"Of course, that didn't happen."

Dio said to her without feeling threatened by her.

"I was outside guarding the bathroom until she finished."

Dio explains, and the redness in Ravena's eyes fades.

"Why would you believe such a joke?"

Dio asked.

'I didn't think she would react like this.'

"I sensed lust in your emotions."

Raven replied while lowering her head again.

'Ehhh can you blame me?'

"I'm a teenager, and even considering Koriand'r my best friend, she's still a very beautiful woman."

Raven has the power to sense the emotions of those near her. Usually, this means that he never managed to prank; this was the first time.

To change the subject, Dio looks to the back of the Tower, which hasn't changed much since his fight against Roy.

The only difference now is a black carpet spread on the floor with some things on it—the materials for the ritual.

"Let's get started."

Dio said.

Dio went to the carpet and placed his normal backpack on it.

There are several cereal bars, water bottles, and some personal hygiene products inside.

Dio doesn't know how long he'll spend in the underworld but hopes it's a week.

Normally, Dio doesn't feel hungry—he eats for pleasure and out of habit—but he never tries to find out how many days he can live without food or water.

So, Dio was bringing supplies to satisfy his hunger if it happened.

Naturally, Diana had told him once that she had gone nearly a year without food or drink while undergoing intense training on her island, and she didn't have a problem.

Raven took the lead and walked to the middle of the red carpet. She kneels on her knees in front of the small, deep clay bowl and picks up the first thing that is near her.

Dio was confident with spells, but he had never performed a ritual using materials before.

So, Dio asked for her help, as it's not a good idea to start practicing rituals with something of this importance.

Dio stood right next to Raven while watching her every move.

First, she took soil from a cemetery in Greece, which took hours and hours for him to reach by flying.

She puts the soil into the circular and deep clay bowl and then takes a small tube with blood—blood from an underworld being, collected from Diana's sword after a fight against a Greek sea monster.

Since all Greek monsters go to the underworld when they die, they are part of it, which makes this blood not too hard to get.

The blood didn't change anything, so Raven took a clay jar full of fragrant Greek oil used in ancient Greece for different kinds of rituals involving anointing.

The way Dio understood it, it washed the bodies of those who would die.

She poured some oil into the container along with the rest of the items.

This thing was expensive—too expensive for someone like him, who only has a monthly allowance from Diana.

Luckily, Dio knows a great researcher and archaeologist who has a daughter who hates her and doesn't mind giving him a jar from her personal collection at home.

In any case, Dio has to think of a way to make money in the future.

One by one, the materials were placed in the disgusting mix in front of Raven. It didn't seem like a ritual but rather a recipe for someone watching from afar.

However, there is a specific order, form, and exact portion to put the materials in, and Raven is doing this at an amazing speed with great skill.

Raven then extends her open hand to him, and Dio takes two silver coins from his pocket and places them in her hand.

The drachma is a piece of ancient Greek currency.

Julie Kapatelis "donated" another item.

Raven placed the threads between her palms and brought her hands to her chest, as if praying on her knees.

She begins to recite the Greek ritual softly, and her hands start to glow with a strong black light.

A few seconds later, she raises her hands, clasped together, above the clay bowl and opens them.

A silvery, shining liquid then falls onto the black cake mixture, and the entire contents of the bowl begin to mix on their own.

"The last item."

Raven told him without looking.

With a thought, his body is enveloped in a black liquid, and his armor and weapons appear on his body.

Dio drew his black sword and cut the palm of his hand while biting his lips to not show pain.

With his blood flowing, Dio sheathed his sword on his back and picked up the dried pomegranate from the underworld with his bloody hand.

Dio took two steps forward and stood behind Ravena, who was waiting for her signal.

"Now."

Raven said.

Dio raises his hand and opens it over the bowl.

The red pomegranate stained with his blood falls into the center of the swirling mixture, and as it enters, the entire concoction wraps around it like a whirlpool in the bowl.

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