I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116

It was the moment when the giant anaconda leaning its body against the cave noticed my movement and was about to turn its head this way.

Whoooosh!

Eun-ji, who was far away, spewed giant flames and illuminated the surroundings. The anaconda turned its gaze back in that direction.

Watching Enoch and Diego struggling with another anaconda in the distance, I climbed onto the body of the anaconda that boasted an incredibly thick girth.

The scales were slippery, making it quite difficult to climb up, but since it didn’t make any big movements, I was able to safely reach all the way to its head.

Kneeling on one knee on top of the anaconda’s head, I looked at Enoch and shouted.

“Enoch!! Get away!!”

Enoch, who had been frantically stabbing his sword into the anaconda’s head, finally spotted me. He quickly pulled out his sword and slid down along the anaconda’s scales.

I avoided the head part where Diego was caught and aimed the flare at the body, then pulled the trigger.

Whoosh-! Bang! Boom!

The anaconda’s body that took a direct hit from the burning ammunition was blown apart. It screamed and writhed its body in agony, causing Diego’s clothes caught on its teeth to tear as he fell down below.

Without even having time to check whether Diego was alive or dead, the anaconda beneath my feet moved.

If Jenas is watching us through these anacondas’ eyes-,

If he really is the designer of this island-,

I have to show him.

That whatever you want won’t go according to your plan.

“Fuck this. I have no intention of dying so pathetically.”

I quickly slid down the anaconda’s head toward the front. And the moment it opened its mouth, I hooked my foot on its lower teeth, grabbed the upper teeth with my hands, then aimed the flare into its mouth and pulled the trigger.

Boom!

Kraaaah!

Along with the anaconda’s death cry, its head exploded and I was also blown away by the recoil.

As its head burst, purple gas with a musty smell spread out, and because I reflexively inhaled at that moment, I ended up breathing in that smoke.

However, I was falling toward the floor so I didn’t have the presence of mind to worry about such things.

Someone barely caught me as I squeezed my eyes shut in front of the approaching rough dirt ground. It was Enoch and Kaiden.

The two men spread their arms to catch me and then worriedly checked my condition. My back was a bit sore, but at least I was still alive.

I couldn’t tell what happened to Diego yet, but everyone else seemed to be safe.

‘Thank goodness.’

Of course, it was fortunate for them, but not for me.

The musty smell that had spread with the purple smoke seemed to linger around me. My head was dizzy as if I was going to vomit and I felt nauseous.

I lost consciousness like that in Enoch and Kaiden’s arms.

* * *

When I regained consciousness, it was midday with the sun blazing intensely.

I was lying on soft tree leaves, with the hem of Kaiden’s robe gently wrapped around my shoulders.

My body felt extremely heavy. Did I catch a cold or something? It seemed like I had finally collapsed from layers of accumulated fatigue. My body was heavy like waterlogged cotton, making me not want to get up.

‘My head hurts too much too.’

I felt a tremendous headache and my mind was tangled up, making me feel dizzy. My consciousness was also hazy.

A foul smell was coming from somewhere.

‘What is that smell?’

It was definitely the same smell I had caught right before fainting.

It was exactly like the smell of rotting mold, and I also felt like hazy smoke was filling the air.

I was curious if everyone was okay, but I was more desperate to get rid of this nauseating headache. In the end, I closed my eyes to sleep a little more.

Then, I heard small noises from behind me. It seemed like everyone was gathered sitting behind me.

“Margaret, are you awake?”

“Doesn’t seem like it.”

Kaiden and Enoch’s voices came one after another. Along with rustling sounds, I could also hear the crackling sound of firewood burning.

“What about Diego?”

“He hasn’t regained consciousness yet.”

Luzef answered Enoch’s question. After Diego fell to the floor, we couldn’t confirm his life or death, and it seemed his condition was indeed serious.

I wanted to get up and hear the detailed situation, but my eyelids were heavy and my body felt heavy too. I should just quietly listen to their conversation.

“What on earth happened?”

Enoch calmly explained in response to Luzef’s question.

“While looking around the barrier area with Diego, we encountered a group of anacondas. They looked like they were searching for something. This wasn’t originally their habitat either, but maybe because they evolved, there seemed to be no distinction in habitats.”

Hearing those words, Luzef spoke up.

“I’ve been thinking this for a while, but the magical beasts seem particularly aggressive toward Lady Flone. I sometimes wonder if the magical beasts are gathering because of her. I’m not blaming her, it’s purely a question. Why would that be?”

A long silence fell after Luzef’s question.

Enoch and Kaiden said nothing, and only the crackling sound of burning firewood lingered in the air.

After a while, Kaiden was the first to speak.

“Margaret is suspicious though. I also initially thought she might be a spy wearing Margaret’s mask.”

“That sounds plausible. Lady Flone has certainly changed enough to be called a different person.”

Listening to Luzef and Kaiden’s words, I quietly swallowed my breath.

I naturally expected them to find me suspicious, and that’s why I once tried to run away alone.

But I thought that after spending time together, we would have long passed the stage of such suspicions…

I must have been too careless.

After Luzef finished speaking, Kaiden lowered his voice even more.

Because of that, their voices came and went intermittently. The conversation was so fragmented that it was difficult to grasp the flow, frustratingly so.

“When the time comes… surely Margaret is the key…”

The words I caught glimpses of were very ominous.

“Her free handling of magical tools is also suspicious… Honestly, even the Eastern Continent language…”

“…the most dangerous person might be Margaret…”

My mouth went completely dry from the fragmentary conversation I was hearing.

“…temporarily seal Margaret’s mana…”

“Test her…”

And the flow of the conversation that followed was too bewildering.

I felt like my mind was going blank.

Was this really a conversation from the people I had been watching all this time? Am I dreaming right now?

No. I must have heard this wrong. There’s no way the men who had shown me infinite trust until now would suddenly say they were suspicious of me, test me, and kill me if they didn’t like the results.

I must be hearing things wrong, surely.

“How do we seal the mana…”

However, the continuing conversations only heightened my anxiety. Now I couldn’t even tell clearly who was saying what.

My lips trembled. The rotten, moldy smell continued to linger at the tip of my nose, making my mind hazy.

“The mana auxiliary device that His Highness the Crown Prince gave us…”

“And lure the monsters… after confirming the test is successful, …we can kill her.”

Wait, what?

Am I hearing this correctly right now? Are they talking about luring monsters to kill me?

“…agree with Lord’s words… seal it… Margaret… when she wakes up tomorrow… let’s try it.”

With those words, the conversation ended.

I wanted to dismiss it as just mishearing and ask them what they meant.

But it seemed like a small fire ember that had remained inside me was starting to catch flame.

‘The immutable law of the original story’.

It was the law that no matter how the story twisted, the flow would ultimately proceed according to the original.

Was I perhaps destined to be killed by the male leads in a different way?

‘…No, get a grip.’

Though I was confused, the Kaiden and Enoch I knew wouldn’t do such a thing. Absolutely not.

These were men who had shown me solid faith and trust just until yesterday. Right, there’s no way they would.

‘But if they were driven to extreme circumstances and felt threatened with their lives, couldn’t their judgment momentarily become clouded?’

Such ominous thoughts kept occurring to me.

‘Let me read the atmosphere and ask them directly tomorrow.’

If it’s the Enoch and Kaiden I know, they’ll surely laugh and ask what nonsense I’m talking about. And they might even hug me and tell me not to worry.

Thinking this way made me feel much more at ease. I quietly fell asleep.

* * *

The next morning,

The headache persisted. The foul smell I had detected yesterday continued to linger at the tip of my nose.

I looked around, but I couldn’t find the source of where this smell was coming from.

‘Is it just my imagination?’

I yawned and tilted my head. My senses might have become sensitive because I had restless dreams last night.

‘Right, what I heard yesterday must have all been a dream too.’

I tried to dismiss it that way, but the atmosphere among the group was unusual.

Even setting aside Enoch, who was originally someone whose inner thoughts were difficult to judge from his expression alone, Luzef and Kaiden were definitely suspicious.

Luzef was obviously watching me, and Kaiden was persistently observing me, while Diego still lay with his eyes closed, wrapped in bandages.

It wasn’t the right atmosphere to ask about the conversation I had heard last night.

“Margaret, are you feeling alright?”

Enoch approached me. At that moment, along with a tremendous headache, my vision became hazily blurred.

And suddenly, strange horns sprouted above Enoch’s head as I looked at him. His face twisted savagely, his lips split long and wide into an eerie smile.

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