Game of Divine Thrones

Chapter 205: Iscariot's Descendants 7

“… the situation has gotten a little troublesome,” Woohyuk muttered as he saw Rosenkreuz unable to control his newly acquired power.

If he had turned into an Awakener, it would have been possible for Woohyuk to subdue Rosenkreuz with the power of Asura, but unfortunately, he maintained his original form.

Staying in his original form meant that this crisis helped him push beyond his limits.

Rosenkreuz wasn’t called a genius in the Holy Pope’s Office for nothing.

“Keu… I don’t feel very good about how things are unfolding.”

Rosenkreuz glared at Woohyuk with his purple-colored eyes.

The fatal injuries from earlier had recovered neatly, and an additional hidden card had arisen.

It was a kind of dimensional distortion ability.

‘It might be possible to reverse the situation with this.’ Rosenkreuz thought to himself.

Considering that he could now free of Woohyuk’s restrictions, he seemed to be free from the limitation in number or times he could use his abilities.

If he could distort the dimension restrictions and bring in all the high-ranking priests of the Holy Pope’s Office, Rosenkreuz would be able to put up a fight.

His combat power and magic stats also increased significantly, so, until reinforcements arrived, it seemed he’d be able to withstand further attacks.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

A storm of golden sparks raged out in their dimensional cocoon, causing spiraling vortices to appear from all sides.

Five Awakeners were attacking with maddened fervor.

They were constantly attacked by the Demon Kings and taking damage, but they weren’t going down.

“Asura, the battle seems to be going longer than expected. How about using the Absorber Trigger? We’ll at least be able to eliminate the Awakeners quickly.”

“Let’s do that.”

Until now, Rosenkreuz was the top priority, so even if the Pronoia members turned into Awakeners, they were left for the Demon Kings to handle.

However, due to the change in plans, it would be better to deal with the Awakeners quickly and focus their attacks on Rosenkreuz.

As Woohyuk didn’t know what new abilities Rosenkreuz gained while pushing through his limits, it was better to reduce the variables in the battlefield as much as possible.

Once Woohyuk presses the red button on the Absorber Trigger,

Chi-Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji-Jick!

A black current was formed along with a spherical boundary.

Rosenkreuz, who saw the appearance of this new boundary, hurriedly attempted dimensional distortion.

‘I can apply the principles of a Dimension Gate.’

His thoughts on using his newly attained ability did not simply create a medium that connects different dimensions, like what a traditional Dimensional Gate would do, but twist the dimension itself to cause an artificial crack.

It was only theoretically possible, but Rosenkreuz actually implemented it like a dimensional ability genius.

Of course, there was one problem.

“Kyaah-Ahhh!”

From the dimensional passage created by Rosenkreuz, ugly monsters poured out.

An unexpected sight.

Rosenkreuz looked startled.

“What is this? I thought I put the coordinates for the Holy Pope’s Office.”

“You must have forgotten that this is my absolute space. I read your poor plans from the beginning.”

In this pitch-black abyss, no one was completely free from Woohyuk’s influence.

So, unless the opponent was overwhelmingly strong, it was possible for him to read his opponent's every movements.

In short, it was like a chess game where one looked ahead and planned a few moves ahead of time.

‘Did he reverse use my abilities to connect this place with the Demonic Territories…’

Rosenkreuz’s attempt was good, but as a result of his actions, only Woohyuk seemed to have benefited.

Rosenkreuz trembled, feeling indescribable loss and a sense of defeat.

Since things continued in this way, he had to go all out before the situation got even worse.

He decided that only Divine Magic could reverse the tides of this battle.

Swahhhh!

As Rosenkreuz lifted his staff, a fierce storm of golden flames struck out once again.

However, Woohyuk lifted Verserios with a bored expression.

“That won’t be enough. A lot of demons have gathered already.”

Due to Black Demolition, the Awakener’s energy was constantly being absorbed in the black sphere floating in the air.

Woohyuk planned to use this collected energy as a finishing move after condensing the collected energy into an ultra-high density on the tip of Verserios.

Go-oh-oh-oh-oh!

Verserios, which had absorbed the black sphere, cried wildly, exhaling wildly spiraling black currents from its spear tip.

After preparing his spear, Woohyuk closed the distance between them. Rosenkreuz ran away with teleportation magic and poured out all his available Divine Magic spells.

Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwak!

The members of Pronoia, who became Awakened, were unable to move due to Black Demolition’s effects.

In addition, the other Demon Kings and their minions were now rushing towards the Awakeners to apply the finishing blow. The Qliphoth Fruit’s effects would soon wear off as well.

If they didn’t somehow make a breakthrough, they were all dead.

However, unlike Rosenkreuz’s wishes, the situation only got worse.

Bam-Bam-Bam!

The Guardian Barrier Rosenkreuz created was destroyed at once by Legius, the two-handed sword swung by Astaroth.

No matter how much Rosenkreuz surpassed his limits and increased his power with the help of Qliphoth’s Fruit, the Demon King Astaroth, ranked 29th, was by no means a pushover.

Finally, finding himself in a situation where even his main abilities were blocked, Rosenkreuz fell into a dire dilemma.

“Kuek…! How did this situation ever arise…”

Rosenkreuz, who had been talking to himself, was suddenly reminded of Aleister.

‘That’s right, he said he was watching this sight!’

From Aleister’s point of view, Rosenkreuz should be an existence that still had enough value for further use.

He was an obvious enemy, but what if he could get him into this battle?

This thought deeply penetrated Rosenkreuz’s mind.

‘I will surely survive with his help, and I’ll also obtain Remegeton and Holy Grail in my hands!’

He had too much regret left in this world to die in this battle.

Since he had no more reason to consider his pride, Rosenkreuz raised his voice and called out for Aleister.

“Oh, my master, Aleister! As Your obedient lamb, I beg of thee to help me overcome this adversity!”

“… The God of Light’s Heretic Inquisitor is requesting support from the Head of Witches. He’s definitely a descendant of Judas Iscariot.”

In an instant, Woohyuk, who was close by, clicked his tongue and swung Verserios.

After seeing this action, Rosenkreuz once again tried to escape with teleport magic…

Slice!

However, he was too late.

The range of Verserios increased dramatically compared to the previous version, so even if he teleported a few meters, he could not avoid the black currents emanating from the spear.

“Kuh-uh-oh!”

Rosenkreuz, who lost his left arm in the blow, was in distress and grabbed his shoulders as the blood gushed out.

This degree of fatal wound couldn’t be recovered even with enhanced Divine Magic.

Of course, he didn’t even have the time to chant the recovery spell at present.

‘… Is this the end?’

He was wondering why he had to die here. Although he had given up all his pride to beg for his life, Aleister didn’t appear.

This meant that, from the beginning, he was not a very important long-term asset.

When the last spark of hope faded, Rosenkreuz finally lost his mind.

“Fuck, damn pagan guys! I should have hung you up and burned your bodies to a crisp!”

“You sure talk high and mighty for someone that just asked his sworn enemy for help.”

Woohyuk flashed his eyes and chased after Rosenkreuz, who was making his last run.

Before long, Verserios penetrated Rosenkreuz’s heart through his back…

Rumble!

Rosenkreuz was further punished by the black flames and currents, prolonging his suffering.

The end of the one who cruelly slaughtered innocents through the guise of religious heresy.

However, still having the effects of Qliphoth’s Fruit applied to him, Rosenkreuz didn’t easily die, so his body was further shredded by the six Demon Kings that followed with their attacks.

Slice!

Slice!

The original shape of his body was hard to recognize.

When the battle was over, Woohyuk used Asura’s power to subjugate the Awakened ones who had been suppressed until now.

“These guys are quite useful. If only I could control them from running away.”

“Or maybe I can use them to self-destruct through remote control. That’d be useful in a large battlefield.”

Dantalion laughed cunningly and tapped the head of one Awakener.

A pretty good idea.

Woohyuk nodded and pulled out Jake’s Airwalker Boots.

It was time to rob the Holy Pope’s Office in earnest.

All their stealth preparations were now over.

***

“How long do I have to be trapped in this dark place?” Roan, disguised as Maria, complained while looking at the wall of the underground passage where a torch was placed.

He was trying to sleep next to Hildegard while waiting for Woohyuk.

“Be patient. There’s nothing we can do yet.”

“Hey, you wear your hair short like a guy but you’re still attractive. How about we enjoy each other’s company a little more privately?”

As he was alone with Hildegard, Roan’s promiscuous tongue reared its ugly head once more.

However, Hildegard didn’t care for his words and just smiled.

“I don’t like kids like you very much. I don’t really intend to live with a man, either.”

“Are you ignoring the fact that I only look young now? I’m a Homunculus that is quite old!”

Although a Homunculus was infertile, one was still able to have a sufficient relationship with women because it had the same body structure as ordinary human man.

When Roan was in full swing to get his groove on,

[Roan, what are you doing right now?]

Suddenly, Woohyuk’s voice echoed in his head.

Roan’s face froze. He covered his mouth with both hands.

[Ro-Roan is not doing anything! Please believe!]

[… Something sounds suspicious… but let’s move on. Anyway, open the secret passageway.]

Woohyuk ordered Aris to set up a micro-location tracking device in Roan’s body before going out. It was so he could easily reach the area where Roan was.

Roan immediately shouted at Hildegard, thinking that any delay might make his master angry.

“Uh, come on, open the passageway door above the stairs! Master is here!”

“It looks like he’s already dealt with Rosenkreuz. Fine.”

As Hildegard took out a crystal ball and followed the memorized technique from watching Rosenkreuz earlier, a rumbling sound was followed by light that began to leak from the upper part of the passageway.

After that, Woohyuk appeared with Helena…

“If you follow this, will we find ourselves at the center of the Castineon Base?”

“Yes, I didn’t check it myself, but that’s what I was told.”

“Okay, then let’s start right away.”

It had now become a battle to obtain loot.

It was safe to say that Castineon possesses a lot of valuable data and items, as it was an official special agency of the Holy Pope’s Office and a sub-organization of Pronoia.

Included among the loot would be the documents that the descendants of Iscariot had long compiled and studied on Rosa Etherna.

“But how did you get in here? The boundaries inside and outside are very strict…”

“With the help of this moderately beautiful Saintess.”

Woohyuk pointed to Helena, who was saying nothing with a sulky expression.

Then Hildegard nodded as if she understood.

“With her looks and stature, the priests would most likely be willing to open up any gate. Of course, there are exceptions.”

“In fact, the beauty system was just a means to keep them off guard. Those with high divine power would have been hard to handle if they weren’t turning an eye towards something else.”

The attack skill Woohyuk used to make quick work of the priests was the Imaginary Lake, the skill of Demon King Andras, the 63rd ranked Demon King.

It was an ability to discover and recreate traumatic memories, show them to the other person, and be able to manipulate them at will to disrupt the other’s mind.

It might not seem like a big deal if one explained it in words, but it was difficult to get out of once it was applied, as it was a technique used by a recognized Demon King in the Demon King’s hierarchy.

That was why Woohyuk saved the Imaginary Lake spell in the Hidden Nocturne of the Crescent Moon.

When Woohyuk was unintentionally boasting of his artifacts, a man’s voice came from behind.

“Why are you here, King Rhine?”

He was Rosenkreuz’s heir, Rachius.