Chapter 61: Rosé Cyclamen (Part 4)

The divine lightning that burns the flesh of demons falls.

I barely took a step away from Rose, covered my mouth with my sleeve, frowned at the blinding flash, and quietly

caught my breath.

The lightning falls to the ground, making a loud boom sound several times.

Crack, crackle.

A flash that makes my skin tingle just by looking at it.

Behind such a flash, I saw a deeply sunken ground through the dust.

I stuck out my tongue and swallowed, feeling the throbbing skin as if it had been slightly burned.

Certainly, divinity is fatal to demons.

If I were hit directly by that, I wouldn’t even be able to gather my bones.

Vampires are especially weak against holy magic compared to other demons.

Especially, as the legend goes, vampires are weak against garlic, crosses, the sun, or holy things and objects related to

God, so even with the passive ability of regeneration, low-level vampires are treated as small fry.

Well, Charlotte Cyclamen is a special lineage among vampires, so… I don’t like it, but it’s true that the bloodline is

good, like in other novels or animations.

Anyway, if I were hit by that, I would disappear in flames without being able to regenerate.

Should I be thankful that I’m half-human?

Because I’m a Dhampir, the damage I receive from divinity is significantly less than that of a pureblood vampire.

Thinking that, I sighed.

By the way, it’s really surprising every time I see it.

A magician using holy magic, she should be doing something that doesn’t suit her.

In the first place, holy magic that only Saintesses and high-ranking priests can use, a magician who uses it casually.

I’ve never heard of or seen such a magician.

Except for Leticia.

God? I believe in it. The Goddess really exists, so of course, I believe. The goddess of demons also exists, so there’s no

way there isn’t one for humans? What? Didn’t you think I didn’t believe in things like God?

Leticia had said that she was not a rude magician who didn’t believe in God because there were heroes and magic.

And that she had indirectly received help from the Goddess.

It’s not like Leticia is deeply religious like a Saintess, though.

Boom, the sound rang out one more time.

I looked at Leticia, who was firing flames used to burn undead or corpses in addition to the lightning.

Divinity and mana are opposing mysteries.

Magicians who use mana cannot handle divinity, and priests who handle divinity cannot handle magic.

That’s the general concept.

However, Leticia broke that mold as if to show off.

Recalling that it caused a stir in the Empire at one time, I looked at Leticia, who was firing holy magic as if to burn

her soul, with a sullen expression.

It’s not the main body, but an artificially created homunculus.

If it were the main body, she might be fine even if this much holy magic were poured, but since it’s a homunculus,

even if regeneration is possible, she would have suffered considerable damage.

I don’t know how advanced their alchemy is, but since it’s an artificially created life form, there must be some flaws.

‘Creating life is the realm of God. And even if it’s a god, it’s meaningless unless they have the power related to

creation. Even if you make a homunculus with alchemy, the limit is clear.’

Leticia’s divinity would have definitely burned the shell.

Considering that there was no scream, she might be completely dead.

I narrowed my eyes and checked Rose’s appearance, which was covered in dust, and then turned my gaze to Leticia.

She shouldn’t overuse holy magic any more.

I took a step closer to Leticia, grabbed her shoulder, and stopped Leticia.

“Leticia, stop now.”

“…But.”

“It’s enough. It’s true that you handle holy magic well like magic, but don’t use holy magic any more.”

I frowned, looking at Leticia’s hand, which had turned red as if it had been burned.

As I said before, mana and divinity are opposing concepts.

So, from the point of using magic, if you greedily handle divinity, even if you can handle it, there will be some kind of penalty.

Only one divine power can be handled.

It was the rule of the world established by the Goddess in the ancient era.

I firmly added, holding Leticia’s hot hand.

“Don’t use holy magic any more.”

It’s a side effect of alternating between magic and holy magic.

Tsk. Leticia clicked her tongue and pouted at my words, showing a displeased expression, but when I glared at her,

she silently lowered her staff.

I glanced back at the deeply sunken ground, glancing at the place where Rose Cyclamen was standing, where white

smoke was rising.

If it were the main body, she wouldn’t die from this much holy magic, but if it’s a homunculus, it’s different.

Even if the soul survives, the body won’t.

As expected, the appearance of Rose, which appeared as the white smoke cleared, was a state that could not be said to be intact.

The melted right eye and the left arm, which seemed to have stopped regenerating midway, the two legs somehow

regenerated and stood on the ground, but seeing the trembling knees, it seemed that even that was not in a normal

state.

“Phew. A magician using holy magic… It’s not nostalgic, but an interesting magician has appeared again after

thousands of years.”

The expressionless face cracks.

The homunculus, who sneered, smiled strangely with her eyes crushed and dripping due to the holy fire.

The body of the homunculus, whose flesh had almost fallen off, seemed to have reached its limit and gradually

stopped moving, but even in the midst of that, her eyes were clear.

The red eyes, which are also a symbol of vampires, which I felt uncomfortable with from the first time I saw them, as

if they were piercing through my whole body.

The ancestor of vampires, who was born with red eyes from birth, unlike other vampires who turn red when they

need to suck blood.

The ancient vampire who has lived as long as the goddess briefly adds.

“…It seems that God didn’t play a useless game.”

“What?”

It was a small voice, but I definitely heard Rose’s mutter, and I looked at her with an expression that asked what that meant.

Regardless, Rose, who took a deep breath, returned to her expressionless face again and looked back and forth

between me and Leticia, saying.

“Listen carefully, Sage. …And Charlotte. You may already know, but this dungeon is the beginning. It is a war that

God informs you of, and it is the starting point that announces the beginning. The dungeons so far were just a test.”

“….”

“God has drawn his sword. It is the result of judging that the current weak demons and humans are worthless. A war

that cannot be compared to the wars caused by the Demon Kings so far will occur.”

Rose says that many races will be annihilated in this war, just like the war in which many gods who lived since

ancient times lost their lives and were barely counted as one.

“Well… I don’t know about other races, but one of the two races, humans and demons, will surely be erased from history.”

“…It’s grandiose, a war of the gods. So, is that all you want to say?”

“….”

“You don’t intend to tell me any more. Then that’s the end. One of the two races will disappear…”

With those words, magic began to gather in Leticia’s staff, and dozens of shadows wriggled under the floor, and

Rose’s body, which was standing in a dying state, suddenly thud, and fell powerlessly to the floor.

What, did she just say what she wanted to say and leave?

I approached the fallen homunculus with a half-dazed, half-dumbfounded face and poked her head with my finger.

The empty shell didn’t even convulse slightly.

“……It’s more anticlimactic than I thought.”

“She was grandiose with her words. She said what she wanted to say, such as the war of the gods, but it’s not like we

didn’t get any information.”

Leticia said with a hollow laugh, saying that she surprisingly divulged her information, and she trampled on the head

of the homunculus lying on the floor.

…Corpse abuse?

“Homunculus are forbidden alchemy by both humans and demons, but I didn’t expect them to make something like

this. Are they going all out?”

“Since they said that one of the demons and humans would disappear, they must have prepared thoroughly.”

“It’s not just nonsense. Hmm, I’ll have a lot to say to the Emperor and Leo when I get back.”

Besidesㅡ.

Leticia raised the corners of her mouth, glancing at me.

Cold sweat flows from my forehead.

She’s pissed.

She’s smiling, but she’s definitely angry.

Certainly, I had a lot of information I was hiding from her.

I was going to tell her everything when I cleared this dungeon, so I hurriedly made an excuse.

“Leticia.”

“Hmm?”

“I was going to tell you everything when I cleared this dungeon. It was information I had just learned…! So don’t

smile like that. …Please don’t smile.”

“Hmm. Okay, you’ll have to tell me everything, like Rose Cyclamen and Mephistopheles. By the way, I’ll also tell Leo

about this.”

“…That’s right.”

With a half-resigned face, thinking that I would be tormented for a while when I left this dungeon, I sighed as if the

ground would collapse.

[Sub Quest Clear.]

[Rewards will be given, good job.]

……Thank you, really.