Modern World Warlock-Chapter 202: Vampire Acquaintance

After Dante and Asphodel clashed their Mythical Relics against each other one last time, the two backed away from their advance and made their weapons disappear.

"Is that enough?" Dante asked the vampire.

"Mhmm, I'm satisfied with that… If we keep going, we'll take down half the district with us," Asphodel commented with a smile.

*Sigh* "Finally, we can talk," Dante said, slightly relieved.

"What the hell was that!?" Zac interrupted, walking slowly towards them after being blasted away.

The rest of the vampires also approached their Mother with care, and Irina shared the redhead's curiosity, as they didn't know what those weapons were.

"Really? You are more curious about that dumb weapon than knowing who this woman even is?" Dante asked his friend.

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"Erm… well, I'm curious about both—the weapon looked cool, though," Zac replied, slightly embarrassed at his words.

*Sigh* "First of all, congratulations on becoming a Mother…" Dante said to the vampire, who smiled and thanked him.

"Second, what the hell are you doing here?" he continued.

"Hmm? The same thing you are doing…" Asphodel replied, letting out a smirk.

"Living a nice peaceful life away from the prying eyes of the gods… It's quite nice, isn't it?" The vampire commented.

Dante nodded and silently agreed with the woman, but he explained that he was sent to that world after an accident involving God Zaratross.

"Oh? You'll have to tell me more about that later…" Asphodel said, evidently interested in the information.

"How did you get here, anyway?" Dante asked, prompting the vampire to smile mischievously.

"I stole Wolfram's research notes…" Asphodel replied.

The warlock seemed a bit shocked at her answer, and she explained that while Wolfram was a "magic maniac," his notes were incredibly useful to her.

"It seemed like Wolfram couldn't find a catalyst strong enough to open the convergence, so I used Nicodemus' heart to do it," Asphodel elaborated.

"I see… That was pretty smart," Dante said, praising the vampire as he inquisitively rubbed his chin.

The warlock commented that he wasn't aware that Wolfram had been researching the convergence, as it was never a topic that interested him while living in Terra.

"Guys, can you slow down… Who the hell is Wolfram, and if you are buddies, why the hell was she trying to kill us!?" Zac interjected, still holding the side of his torso.

Dante grabbed a healthstone from his pocket and gently threw it to his friend, who began healing his wounds while listening to Asphodel.

The vampire Mother answered by saying that her clan had been taking on dangerous or illegal jobs for a while and had been recently hired to assassinate Megan.

However, after Asphodel watched the video of Dante repelling Irina at the concert, she had her suspicions that he was the man she knew. Thus, she decided to take the assassination request to lure Dante out and check for herself.

"C-Couldn't you just talk to us?" Zac inquired.

"Eh? Where's the fun in that? If I wanted to kill you kids, I would have done it way before Dante arrived…" Asphodel replied with a slightly arrogant tone.

"No, no—He has a point. You could have used my soul shard instead of making me fly all the way here…" Dante said, agreeing with his friend.

Asphodel ignored the warlock's comments and looked to the side with a guiltless expression, explaining that she had to play it safe as she wasn't sure it was Dante.

"So, now that you know, will you tell us who hired you?" Megan asked, intruding on the conversation.

"Heh, maybe… If Dante were our official ally, then I would gladly share the information," Mother confidently replied, smiling evilly and glaring at the warlock.

"It's not like we were ever enemies or something… But either way, I'm not the one who makes those decisions here," Dante casually replied, scratching the back of his head.

Asphodel chuckled and said that they could talk it over. However, she needed an answer in no more than three days, as they had another request they needed to complete.

"And that second request also has something to do with us?" Dante inquired.

"Heh, perhaps…" replied Asphodel.

After the warlock hesitantly agreed to talk with the rest of the Jade Dragons about making an alliance with the vampires, Asphodel seemed to beam with happiness, exclaiming that it would be "just like the old days."

"Also, congratulations to you too… I see you got rid of that ageless 'curse,'" the vampire Mother commented.

"It wasn't on purpose, but I'm definitely glad it's gone…" replied Dante with a gentle smile.

"Heh… Ahahaha!" Mother broke into laughter.

"That's right, Dante. Do you know what's the most appealing part of this world? The fact that the gods are not meddling with anyone's business!" Asphodel shouted with enthusiasm.

"Even if there's a god in this world, they do not interfere with living beings… This is how it should be!" she continued.

'Man… Everyone in Terra really despises the gods,' Zac thought, reminiscing about the Golden Fox and how she also showed her disdain for them.

The redhead had yet to meet someone who wasn't absolutely repulsed by the gods of Terra and pondered that maybe the god of Earth was the one doing it right.

"I can't disagree with that… Although, I did find a church for the Pantheon of Four in this world," Dante commented, shocking Asphodel.

"Huh, we've found other structures like that as well…" she replied, placing a hand on her chin.

The two groups decided to leave their business for another day, with Dante and Megan promising to give the vampires an answer to their meeting request.

Dante didn't have a problem working with them since he was familiar with the leader. While Asphodel wasn't someone that Dante would call his friend, she wasn't someone he considered his enemy either.

Still, the warlock preferred to work with the vampires, as he knew that if he fought against Asphodel, they could raze half of a district to the ground.

After escorting the teenagers back to their homes, the group returned to the Jade Palace, where Camille was waiting for them to discuss the events.