"How the hell can you absorb my flame stream?!"
Ragnar's voice was filled with astonishment, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.
"Actually, I couldn't at first..." The demoness did not hide it and calmly continued:
"But because you added Sacred power to your flame stream, and then I received the Demon God's Blessing."
"By a strange twist of fate, I became able to~~~"
"Setting that aside, your flame stream really is packed with energy!"
"I've only been absorbing it for a little while, and I've already recovered all my previous losses. Thanks so much."
Ragnar was so furious that he could barely form a coherent sentence, not knowing what to say.
He had thought that using a Sacred-attribute item would suppress the demoness completely.
Yet she claimed that it was precisely because he had infused it with Sacred power that the blood-red vortex could devour everything.
So should he withdraw the Sacred power now?
To preserve that portion of his flame stream?
No!
Ragnar suddenly came to his senses.
There might be a trick to this!
The demoness might have some means of temporarily countering Sacred power.
But things could not possibly be as easy as she had made them sound!
Sacred and demonic power could not coexist; that was a fundamental principle carved into the rules themselves.
Even the Demon Progenitor and Sacred could not change the essential nature of Sacred and demonic powers opposing one another!
This demoness had to be bluffing!
Her goal was to trick Ragnar into withdrawing the Sacred power attached to the flame stream, making it easier to launch whatever follow-up attack she had planned!
He absolutely could not fall for it!
With that thought, Ragnar stopped holding back.
He simply activated another Sacred-attribute item, raising the Sacred power attached to