Olivier Akerlund

Olivier Akerlund is a self-trained swordsman from the O’Brien Empire who rejects an offered place under the War God in order to pursue his own path. His pride first expresses itself through challenges and rivalries, but defeats, debts, and family losses gradually turn his independence into a more durable loyalty to Linley Baruch, his homeland, and the family he builds in the Infernal Realm. (Chapters 178, 365, 401, 721–731)

Biography

Prodigy, Rival, and Duelist

Olivier reaches the Saint level at forty-seven and immediately defeats the long-established Stellar Sword Saint Dillon in three blows. He had already refused the War God’s invitation to become a disciple, preferring to develop a path that belonged to him rather than inherit another expert’s system. That choice defines his early reputation: he accepts isolation, travels between empires to challenge established Saints, and treats combat as the test by which his confidence must be justified. (Chapter 178)

His fierce independence coexists with deep responsibility toward his younger brother, Blumer Akerlund, whom Olivier raised after their parents died. When Blumer uses a forbidden technique and claims that Linley tried to kill him, Olivier rebukes his brother for risking permanent harm but still challenges Linley on his behalf. Their exchange reveals comparable speed and two different sides of Olivier’s swordsmanship: the brilliant Lightshadow Sword and the darkness-based obsidian sword. Once Linley proves an equal and reveals an unreleased heavy-sword technique, Olivier abandons the posture of an avenging superior, acknowledges him as a rival, and accepts an end to the fight. (Chapters 236–239)

Olivier immediately redirects that competitive drive toward Haydson, the only expert who had completely defeated him. He has spent six years devising the obsidian sword specifically to overcome Haydson’s defense, and his challenge is therefore an attempt to measure whether defeat has produced real growth. The duel proves both his ingenuity and his remaining limits: his darkness attack can pierce physical defense to wound the soul, and he can combine it with light-style healing and speed, but Haydson adapts to the spiritual assault and answers with Worldbreaker. Olivier’s final light-and-darkness strike wounds Haydson, yet leaves Olivier bodily healed but unconscious with a gravely damaged soul. (Chapters 239, 253–254)

Survival changes the foundation of his cultivation. After months in a coma, Olivier can combine powers that should oppose each other, a condition later identified as a rare soul mutation. He returns to the Arctic Icecap rather than protecting his reputation in public, challenges stronger residents, and accepts repeated defeat as the price of advancing. In the Necropolis of the Gods, Linley Baruch saves him more than once; Olivier dislikes owing those debts, but neither envies Linley’s divine sparks nor denies the difference between them, instead promising to become strong enough to challenge him again. (Chapters 278, 345, 364–365)

Ten years of danger in the Necropolis turn the former celebrity into a more formidable member of the expedition. When Abyssal Blade Demons cut off the group’s retreat, Olivier’s desperate black-and-white sword attack kills four at once, though using it nearly empties his spiritual energy. Beirut’s later assessment confirms that surviving the fusion of light and darkness has given Olivier exceptional potential. His ambition remains intact, but it is now grounded in knowledge of stronger worlds, the assistance he has received, and the cost of forcing his soul beyond ordinary limits. (Chapters 364–365)

Divine Paths and the Higher Planes

Back in the Arctic Icecap, Olivier independently reaches the Demigod level in both the Laws of Light and the Laws of Darkness. He chooses to divide his existence between those two paths rather than preserve an original body for further elements, and his mutated soul lets his divine bodies recombine and use their opposing divine powers together. When Linley and Desri ask for help against outsider Deities slaughtering people on the Yulan continent, Olivier joins without hesitation: the continent is his homeland, Linley has repeatedly saved him, and newly attained power should be tested in its defense rather than hidden in seclusion. (Chapter 401)

That intervention draws him into conflicts beyond what a new Demigod can settle alone. Olivier confronts Beaumont over the massacre of a hundred million people and proves that his fused light-and-darkness attack can threaten an older Demigod. Later fighting at Dragonblood Castle leaves him wounded and makes him the target of Ojwin, whose son dies in the battle. Olivier accepts protection from Linley, Dylin, and Tarosse without pretending the debt does not exist; when safety confines him to the castle, he ultimately chooses the risk of the Infernal Realm over remaining in a familiar plane where stronger powers determine every contest. (Chapters 403–404, 412–417, 443–444)

The Infernal Realm strips away the prestige attached to the title “Prodigy Sword Saint.” Olivier arrives as an unaffiliated Demigod, advances his light clone to the God level, becomes a One Star Fiend, loses companions during a failed mission, and spends decades near the Amethyst Mountains without enough wealth to leave. His reunion with Linley occurs when fellow miners prepare to rob him of a newly found cache of amethysts. He accepts the rescue with gratitude, mourns the death of his friend Bachelor, and joins Linley’s party just before the Fog Wave traps all of them inside the mountains. (Chapters 495, 510–513)

Inside the Amethyst Mountains, Olivier contributes caution and speed but cannot overcome the region’s gravity or soul-affecting wind on his own. He stays with Linley, Delia Leon, and Bebe, trains through the long confinement, and trusts Linley’s claim that a path out has finally been found. The group’s escape and later journey across the Infernal Realm make Olivier less an isolated challenger than a dependable travelling companion; by the time they reach the Bloodridge Continent, shared survival has replaced public rivalry as the basis of his bond with Linley. (Chapters 513–523, 555)

Over the following centuries Olivier becomes a Highgod, marries Diana, and has two sons, Leya and Deia. Bonin’s pursuit destroys that household: Diana is taken from him and Leya is killed, leaving Olivier focused on protecting Deia and obtaining the strength needed for revenge. He fuses a divine spark to accelerate one Highgod path while retaining the future potential of the clone that advanced independently. With Linley’s aid, he frees Diana and uses the Mystic Icesword to destroy Bonin’s most powerful divine clone, avenging Leya even while knowing the act may provoke Bonin’s father. (Chapters 721–725)

The family’s visit to Leya’s grave brings a second retaliatory threat from Molde. Linley again prevents Olivier’s enemies from turning superior status into impunity, after which Olivier, Diana, and Deia agree to conceal the nine soul pearls rather than expose Linley or themselves to Sovereign attention. Olivier later lives at Dragonblood Castle, where his quiet meditation still manifests intertwined black-and-white energy. The setting completes a long change: the swordsman who once defined independence as standing alone now pursues the same dual path while rooted among family, old rivals, and allies whose help he openly recognizes. (Chapters 725–731, 770)

Appearance and personality

Olivier is a handsome swordsman whose appearance changes with his cultivation. When he first arrives in person, he wears plain sackcloth and has hair divided between black and white, replacing the brown-black hair, white clothing, and sharply projected aura associated with his earlier fame. His presence has become restrained after years of combat and meditation, though his gaze and the energy around his swords immediately reveal the intensity beneath that calm exterior. (Chapters 233, 236)

His hair later reflects his two divine paths: silvery white in his divine light body, black in his divine darkness body, and gray when the two combine. By the time he returns to Linley after centuries in the Infernal Realm, distress over his family leaves him pale, disheveled, and unable to sustain his customary composure. Reunion with Diana restores a warmth rarely visible during his youthful duels, while his later gray-robed meditation shows that domestic attachment has not ended his disciplined pursuit of the light-and-darkness path. (Chapters 401, 721, 725, 770)

Olivier is proud, fearless, private, and intensely competitive. He can sound condescending when he has not yet accepted an opponent as an equal, but he corrects his judgment when evidence contradicts it and repays assistance with explicit gratitude. His aversion to debts does not become ingratitude: he remembers every rescue, joins Linley’s defense of their homeland, and accepts shelter when refusing it would endanger others. Family loyalty is the strongest limit on his isolation, first through Blumer and later through Diana, Leya, and Deia. (Chapters 236–239, 345, 401, 413, 721–727)

Abilities and cultivation

Olivier begins as a peak-stage Saint-level swordsman whose speed rivals Linley’s wind techniques. His light-based Phantom Dream Sword and Sword of the Aurora emphasize speed and piercing radiance, while his darkness-based obsidian sword converts spiritual energy into an attack capable of passing through physical defense to wound the soul. He can wield the two swords together, use light power to repair severe bodily injuries, and combine opposed energies in a finishing strike, although Haydson demonstrates that preparation and a stronger soul can resist the early form of that attack. (Chapters 238–239, 253–254)

The damage from Haydson’s Worldbreaker mutates Olivier’s soul instead of destroying it. That mutation permits light and darkness energy to coexist and later lets his two divine bodies fuse their divine powers, multiplying the effectiveness of attacks that would ordinarily remain separate. His strongest early fused strike can kill multiple Abyssal Blade Demons but consumes nearly all his spiritual energy, while his Deity-level version can overpower the ordinary weapon attack of an experienced Demigod. The technique remains costly and does not make him immune to stronger soul pressure or higher-ranked opponents. (Chapters 364–365, 401, 404, 513)

Olivier independently becomes a Deity in both light and darkness, later reaches the God level in light, and ultimately stands as a Highgod with one path accelerated through a fused divine spark. His Soul Mutate status preserves the ability to combine divine powers and leaves further room to fuse profound mysteries. He remains a dedicated swordsman throughout these changes, favoring decisive close-range attacks and continuous meditation over command of troops or political authority. (Chapters 401, 495, 511, 721, 770)

Power progression

Relationships

• Linley Baruch: Olivier begins by treating Linley as a potential rival and soon recognizes him as an equal. Repeated rescues in the Necropolis, Yulan conflicts, Amethyst Mountains, and family crisis turn competition into durable friendship without extinguishing Olivier’s desire to measure his progress against Linley. (Chapters 238–239, 345, 364–365, 401, 512–523, 721–727)
• Blumer Akerlund: Olivier raises his younger brother after their parents’ deaths, teaches him sword techniques, and initially challenges Linley to protect him. He also disciplines Blumer’s recklessness and expects him to uphold the family name rather than depend indefinitely on an elder brother’s reputation. (Chapters 233, 236, 262)
• Diana: Diana becomes Olivier’s wife in the Infernal Realm and the mother of his sons. Her forced separation from him and eventual rescue reveal a patient, domestic side of Olivier that contrasts with his earlier public pride. (Chapters 721–725)
• Deia and Leya: Olivier protects his surviving son Deia and seeks justice for Leya after Bonin’s pursuit kills the older boy. The family’s mourning at Leya’s grave gives his later conflicts a personal purpose beyond advancement for its own sake. (Chapters 721, 724–727)
• Haydson: Haydson’s overwhelming first victory drives Olivier to create the obsidian sword, and their later duel nearly kills him. That defeat is also the crisis through which Olivier’s soul mutates, making Haydson both his harshest early rival and the inadvertent catalyst for his dual-element path. (Chapters 239, 253–254, 401)

Items

• Mystic Icesword: Olivier finds this sword in the freezing pool at the core of his Arctic Icecap refuge. It becomes his principal divine weapon and channels his combined light-and-darkness attacks, including his confrontations with Beaumont and Bonin. (Chapters 401, 403–404, 724)
• Icedream sword and obsidian sword: These paired weapons embody Olivier’s original Saint-level paths. Icedream carries the Lightshadow Sword techniques, while the obsidian sword delivers his darkness-based soul attack; using them together foreshadows the fusion made permanent by his mutated soul. (Chapters 238–239, 253–254)