Game of Divine Thrones

Chapter 220: Alice the Queen of Thorns 2

It was a luxuriously decorated interior passageway within a royal palace.

Aleister was walking with Alice the Queen of Thorns.

“He’s probably noticed by now.”

“You mean Asura?”

“Yes. He’s someone who can change everything in this world,” Aleister said with a meaningful smile.

Alice frowned her eyebrows together as if to show her disapproval of his words.

“Aleister, are you hiding something from me?”

“No. Don’t you also feel something special about him?”

“Can we really get rid of him by summoning the ancient demons with the King’s Book?”

“Of course. The ancient demons were angels who went against the Creator long ago. For Asura, the ancient demons will be difficult opponents for him to handle.”

Alice was being used by Aleister.

The reason she was deceived, or allowed herself to be deceived, was because the power of the King’s Book was so powerful.

The King’s Book didn’t only summon two-dimensional beings, but also hypnotized and controlled multiple objects around it.

“So, who are you going to summon? There are many ancient demons.”

“I think Lucifer would be right. However, depending on the situation, the summoned demon may change.”

“Anyway, all that’s left is to collect the Elf Queen’s blood.”

Alice lifted her fingernails which were as sharp as a blade.

After gaining the Queen of Thorns class, she had continued to grow and develop rapidly.

The stronger she became, the Kazak race gained greater opportunity for evolution. If this rapid evolution continued, they could someday become closer to transcendent beings.

They would become a different race from vampires, who sought immortality without changing their appearance.

So, Alice thought that time was on her side.

The reason for summoning the ancient demon by offering the Elf Queen as a sacrifice was also to buy time for the final evolution.

For her, Asura was the person she needed to be the wariest of right now.

“It’s better to sacrifice the Elf Queen last. Her divine blood will bring the greatest impact.”

“… That’s bothersome. Even so, since I had to give up the Enoa Kingdom and came all the way here, I want to at least see that bitch’s face.”

Alice’s heart was completely devastated after her first love, Edward, was murdered.

The reason why she joined hands with Demon King Gremory was because she wanted to save Edward.

However, gradually, other Demon Kings also flocked to their side, eventually forming an alliance.

Later, when she was being pressured by the Holy Aperia Empire, she started taking drastic measures and made extreme decisions.

Aleister smiled and comforted Alice,

“Once Asura is removed, you’ll be able to reclaim any territory at any time. The Holy Aperia Empire is still on the path to its downfall right now.”

“Actually, I don’t really care about territory. I just want to get Edward back.”

“Once you become a transcendent, you will be able to meet him again. So, right now, let’s focus on the King’s Book.”

Aleister opened the bronze door in front of him with force.

Then the chapel, decorated with stained glass and frescoes, appeared.

“Is that bitch who’s hanging on the middle cross the Elf Queen?”

“That’s right. The rest are just appetizers for our enjoyment.”

Inside the chapel, the elves were all tied to various sorts of torture devices.

Alice glanced over the elven girls and lifted her blade-like nail up into the air.

Pu-Wook!

The heart of an elf was pierced by her blade-like nail.

Alice tasted the elven heart and made a dissatisfied expression.

“I hate seeing all these pretty things. We have to kill them all.”

“Haha. You are pursuing a truly wonderful aesthetic. You’re definitely a person chosen by Lilith.”

In the past, Lilith helped Alice when she was in trouble.

Lilith helped just because Alice looked beautiful and was full of vengeance.

Alice trembled as she recalled that fateful scene,

“Edward… Edward…”

“It seems that past memories still bring you tremendous pain. How about enjoying some slaughter and calming your mind?”

“…”

Alice swept her eyes around the chapel.

As her eyes passed over them, the elves who were tied to the torture devices trembled with pale faces.

Ophelia, who couldn’t stay quiet anymore, yelled at Alice,

“Don’t touch these kids! You ugly witch!”

“Witch? Are you saying this because you’re still young and pretty?”

Alice narrowed her eyes and approached Ophelia, who was hanging from a cross.

If one got on Alice’s nerves in her present state, one would surely die.

However, Ophelia looked at Alice confidently and spoke out,

“Aren’t witches those who are trying to sacrifice innocent children to summon the demons? I will not forgive you no matter what!”

“You sure talk a lot for someone who’s naked and incapacitated. Do you know how lewd you look right now?”

Alice glanced at Ophelia’s curvy body.

Then, Aleister stopped her.

“The Elf Queen must be kept alive until the ritual is over. Please don’t take her life.”

“I don’t like her attitude. She’s saying that I’m inferior to her.”

Alice frowned and stared at Ophelia.

Afterwards, she lifted her blade-like nail and stabbed Ophelia’s abdomen.

Pu-Wook!

“Keu-Heuk…!” Ophelia groaned out in pain.

Then the elves around her who were tied to the torture devices mourned aloud and called out her name.

“Queen Ophelia!”

“Queen Ophelia!”

The Elf Queen was a religious entity in their lives.

As the surroundings became loud, Alice whispered, contentedly, into Ophelia’s ear.

“I just injected deadly poison into your body. It’s the same way your elves killed my children.”

“This awful…”

“But you’ll die very slowly. I’ve inflicted you with what I have. In other words, you’ll change like me and eventually die.”

Alice laughed when she thought her idea was clever.

Ophelia cried silently as she saw the maniacally laughing Alice.

‘I just have to hold on a little longer…’

King Rhine said he would come right after defeating the Demon King Alliance.

So, she said that she could buy enough time before he arrived, but in the end, it became like this.

As the unknown epidemic infection spread throughout her people, many people succumbed to death, and some became demonic beings that were controlled through mass hypnotic means.

‘But, it’s too late now…’

Once the infections started, an individual who didn’t die would inevitably transform into the Kazak race.

Of course, she would die at the same time Alice did because of the poison Alice had injected into her body.

So even if someone were to come and defeat these two now, nothing would change.

As Ophelia reached this conclusion and started giving up…

Beep!

The bronze door opened violently, revealing a group of people.

Woohyuk’s party had infiltrated the royal palace to stop Aleister.

Reina, who was tied to a torture device, happily called out his name,

“Woohyuk! You came!”

However, the Elf Queen was already dying.

As Reina’s complexion started getting dark once again,

“It’s been a while, Aleister,” stated Woohyuk.

He summoned Verserios and rushed at Aleister.

Ka-Rang!

A black curtain barrier unfolded, blocking Verserios’ forward movement.

Aleister smiled with a relaxed expression and calmly stated,

“You’ve really become confident after preventing the first catastrophe.”

“Give me the King’s Book!”

“Ah, that’s difficult. It’s something that was hard-earned.”

Aleister was holding the King’s Book in his arms.

As Aleister continued to confront Woohyuk, Alice summoned her minions,

“Kill them all! Everything will be resolved without these obstructors!”

Large Kazak warriors strode toward Woohyuk.

Seeing this, Sieg and Bailey ran and confronted them with their swords.

Slice!

Slice!

Dark, decaying blood sprinkled onto the white marble floor.

When things didn’t go as she expected, Alice stepped forward herself to deal with Woohyuk’s vassals.

“You guys get out of the way!”

Alice’s thorny wings spread out to her sides, creating a fierce crimson swirl around her.

At the same time, a bloody lightning strike struck down from the air!

Sieg and Bailey stepped back for a moment and put up their barrier shields.

“You are Alice the Queen of Thorns? I don’t know what you ate wrong to make you such an uptight bitch, but you’ll die here!”

“I agree. Too many innocent people have died because of you!”

Helena and Maria condemned Alice and chanted divine magic together.

After that, a new white magic circle spread across the messy, blood-filled marble floor, creating a closed isolation barrier.

“Oho… you think you can trap me with a barrier like this?”

Alice laughed out loud and pulled out dozens of scarlet mana spheres from her body.

Afterwards, as the scarlet spheres elongated and spread out in all directions. A strong current flowed through them and shattered the isolation barrier.

“H-How strong are you?”

“Wasn’t it written in your prophetic book?!”

Helena and Maria were thrown into confusion and chanted the holy spell once again.

However, Alice wasn’t planning to leave them alone to do what they wanted.

“There’s no second time, you idiots!”

A crimson sphere quickly stretched towards the two Saintesses!

Seeing this, Ibn Rusud and Roan went forward to protect Helena and Maria.

“She’s much stronger than we thought, no?” Ibn Rusud asked Helena.

“This disgusting girl must have a weakness!” Helena responded angrily.

They had to, in one way or another, deal with Alice themselves.

While they were fighting, Woohyuk faced Aleister.

“Don’t you think that today will be your last?” Woohyuk casually asked.

“I don’t know. There are still various stages that are awaiting my presence,” Aleister responded just as leisurely.

As Aleister lifted up his staff, black blade-like wind blew from all over and rushed toward Woohyuk.

Sa-Ah~!

To prevent the attack, Woohyuk put Verserios on the floor and created a black vortex around him.

Go-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!

The black blade-like wind lost its shape and was extinguished by the black vortex.

When a brief gap emerged, Woohyuk brought out Lemegeton and summoned all the Demon Kings he had sealed inside.

Afterwards, an intense bombardment was aimed at Aleister…

Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwang!

Aleister spread a defensive barrier around him with an amused expression.

“Do you really think you can kill me here? It’s still impossible for you.”

“Well, I won’t know until I try.”

Woohyuk pulled out the Absorber Trigger and started Black Demolition.

Chi-Ji-Ji-Ji!

A black current swirled violently within the sphere-shaped barrier.

However, Aleister reached out with his hand as if he had to deal with something trifling.

“Have you forgotten the fact that I created that artifact?”

“Everyone knows,” Woohyuk replied as he pulled out Lilith’s Unholy Grail.

Aleister, seeing the grail, took a few steps back.

“That’s?”

“It’s an artifact Lilith created to crack the system. I can use this to neutralize your fancy abilities.”

Aleister was part of Lilith’s Cult.

When Woohyuk finished speaking,

Swah~!

Lilith’s Unholy Grail sucked in Woohyuk’s demonic energy and created a pitch-black orb wrapped in a spiral vortex.