Chapter 155: Holy War for Creatures – 1

Chapter 155: Holy War for Creatures – 1

“Are you finally coming to your senses?”

“……Yes. Thank you. And… I’m sorry. For attacking without knowing.”

“…It’s fine. I got a lot of useful stuff thanks to it.”

The Demon King briefly wore a ‘what are you talking about?’ expression at those words, but it didn’t register with me.

…Because the system’s information windows, filling my vision, were appearing and disappearing in a dizzying array.

Well, I did defeat the Demon King, Archlich, and Demon God simultaneously, so it’s understandable that the reward calculation would be difficult.

Especially since it was a system that could give rewards proportional to the achievements and narrative accomplished.

*Notification

-> Many accomplishments achieved in a short period, rewards will be paid individually.

-> You have achieved a partial victory against a god!

=> ‘Opposing Divine Power’ is enhanced to ‘Lucia-style Divine Arts’! Now, you can teach your divine arts to others!

+> Existing ‘Opposing Divine Power’ related abilities have also been transferred to ‘Lucia-style Divine Arts’, and those who can use these divine arts will not be directly interfered with by the god.

=> Failed to extract the god’s ability as a potion. Instead, ‘Salvation Potion’ has been registered in the alchemist’s report as a reward for opposing and defeating a god.

+> Using ‘Salvation Potion’ temporarily nullifies all physical and mental damage inflicted on the user.

=> You chose to protect creatures, not a god. Accordingly, the world has chosen you as the Hero of creatures.

+> As long as you exist, the god can no longer manipulate the world as he wishes.

==> Caution. The god has not disappeared. He has only been temporarily repelled. He will come back for you again at any time.

*

The first rewards given were for repelling the god.

To put it simply, I, who was a Hero (imposter), became a Hero (true), and the god could no longer cause chaos as he wished.

Furthermore, I could also pass on this unique divine power I used to the Saintess or Christie.

By the way, if I become the Hero like this… what about the real Hero, that guy…? Hmm… Well, the Holy Sword will handle it well on its own.

*Notification

-> You have won the battle against the Demon King’s final legion commander, the Archlich, and he has acknowledged you.

=> ‘Lucia-style Divine Arts – Necromancy’ has been granted. While using this divine power, you can summon spirits to assist in battle.

+> This is not resurrection as undead, but temporary assistance, so they can be summoned while retaining all their abilities from life, but it is not permanent.

=> Successfully created a potion from one of the Archlich’s abilities! ‘Immortality Potion’ has been granted!

+> As long as ‘Immortality Potion’ exists, even if the user faces death, the Immortality Potion will disappear instead, and the user will not die.

*

Next were the rewards related to the Archlich.

One was an ability fitting for the Archlich, who constantly summoned undead: the power to summon spirits with divine power to fight.

The other felt like a potion made from one of the characteristics that come to mind when thinking of a lich, a life vessel, though I never had to use it.

……I mean, since it’s something you’re supposed to carefully keep somewhere rather than use, I wonder if it’s really a consumable potion, but anyway.

*Notification

-> You have won against the Demon King and subjugated her!

=> ‘Lucia-style Divine Arts – Ruin’ has been granted. While using divine arts, the power of all attacks you use is greatly increased.

+> This power increase applies to attacks using divine arts, as well as simple attacks using potions or swords.

=> Successfully created a potion from one of the Demon King’s abilities! ‘Annihilation Potion’ has been granted!

+> Using ‘Annihilation Potion’ inflicts massive damage to a desired area or target.

*

The last rewards were related to the Demon King…… and these were simple.

Hit hard. That summed it all up.

However, the fact that the system gives such simple descriptions for potions and abilities means their power is truly extraordinary.

Especially compared to ‘Sanctuary Potion,’ ‘Declaration Potion,’ and ‘Immortality Potion,’ the ‘Annihilation Potion’ only has the simple, brute-force effect of inflicting damage… This, in other words, means it has truly ‘annihilation-like’ power.

*Wow… the Demon King’s Army is really generous. It’s safe to say all ability enhancements are done here.*

‘…Though I almost died, you know? I didn’t expect the god to pop out at the end!’

I pretended to be calm when the god emerged by possessing the Demon King’s body, but in reality, I was scared shitless.

No, even so, he’s a god, isn’t it weird not to be scared?

It was true that fighting a god was scheduled, but I didn’t know it would be now!

……Fortunately, somehow, I felt like I was going to die and my body was disintegrating piece by piece, but I endured the god’s attack.

“Are you done tidying up? You looked busy.”

“…I was actually a bit busy for a moment. More importantly, you… have something to help with.”

“……You’re quite brazen after killing my entire legion.”

“No, I tried to talk, but you ignored me and sent your army at me, and now you’re complaining?”

“…Demon King-nim, even I think that was a bit pathetic.”

As the system-related tidying up finished, the Demon King spoke to me.

…It was infuriating that she was subtly trying to push responsibility onto me, but there was something the Demon King had to do.

We needed to find or create something that would serve as evidence that the Demon God and God were the same being, and that we were merely creatures being used.

That was the original goal, after all…… but the Demon King’s refusal to communicate led to this whole mess.

“Evidence to reveal the god’s true nature… Would the god’s voice be acceptable?”

“…You have something like that?”

“When I was briefly assimilated with the Demon God earlier, I heard things. Reproducing them isn’t that difficult. Even though I look like this, I was always connected to the Demon God.”

Fortunately, the Demon King, after initially implying I was responsible, certainly provided help.

…Perhaps because of the Archlich’s pathetic gaze, her face remained red with embarrassment.

Well, who told her to say such things?

“I’ll help too. There are a few ancient texts that the god personally sealed, and now that the god has temporarily retreated, the seals should be broken.”

“…That’s disgusting. He even put seals on books?”

“It means the god also predicted that if this truth became known, creatures like us would rise up.”

Thanks to the help of the Demon King and the Archlich, the materials to be distributed in the Holy Kingdom were easily created.

The god’s true nature, the god’s real purpose, his treatment of us creatures…… the moment this was spread to the world, the Holy Kingdom would become a sea of fire.

In such a situation, it was the Saintess’s job to rally the people and reaffirm their faith.

I hadn’t originally expected this much… but thanks to the god personally descending and causing chaos, things escalated even further.

“…To tell you one thing, the god was preparing to attack you again someday. That being hasn’t changed.”

Soon…… a bloody battle between the god and creatures might break out.”

“I’ll keep that in mind. And?”

“……When that time comes, I’ll help too. I’ll drag that skeleton head along, so he’ll naturally help too.”

“I’ll gladly accept that help.”

And so… unexpectedly, I gained an ally in the Demon King.

***

“……What the hell did you do to get your body so utterly wrecked?!”

“……”

Now that I’ve arrived at the Holy Kingdom. I’m being scolded by the Saintess.

I came in front of the Saintess’s prison through a potion, but suddenly my body collapsed as if crumbling.

So the surprised Saintess began healing me… and there wasn’t a single part of my body, except my face, that was intact.

……That’s strange. I clearly only felt pain during the fight, but why, when I checked, was I at a level where it was a miracle I was still alive?

“Anyway… did your talk with the Demon King go well?”

“……No. Ah, ultimately, I suppose it went well…?”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?”

As I was wondering how to explain this in words, the Holy Sword said it would show the Saintess what happened directly and told her to hand it over.

I knew the recording function was good, but it seemed to have been updated with a video recording function too, though I don’t know when.

*’Because I was with you through all those battles, I can show you that scene. And you were even using divine power.

Originally, this function was meant to share scenes of victory with people to boost morale…… Well, I guess I’ll have to use it like this now.’*

“…Didn’t you say you were going to talk? The Holy Sword’s words are a bit different.”

“……Uh, it just sort of happened.”

And the Saintess’s expression changed moment by moment as she began watching the scenes shown by the Holy Sword.

First, worry, then surprise, then worry again, and then…… horror.

She probably saw the part where the god’s truth was revealed clearly. Or perhaps she saw the god’s appearance, which had become as ugly as possible.

And when all the videos ended, the Saintess……

“Are you crazy?! You should have been more careful! Where did you get the idea to fight the entire Demon King’s Army alone, and then the Demon King and a god?!?”

She scolded me again.

……What, is this the correct reaction?

And so, I had to receive healing for a long time and listen to the Saintess’s sermon to take better care of my body.