I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 141

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Chapter 141
“You’re going to take them into your body? That’s dangerous!”
“I can manage. If I cannot handle this much, I am unfit to be an Archbishop. Once we escape the Island, I will extract the Vengeful Spirits separately and place a Seal on them.”
It seemed similar to the method of appeasing the souls of ghosts and resolving their resentments.
“How exactly would you do that? Isn’t it dangerous? You can’t even use Divine Power. And you know that’s not just an ordinary Vengeful Spirit, right? It’s a Mother Body powerful enough to trigger the Evolution of Magical Beasts.”
“All I need is a Seal Stone. A Seal Stone is an object imbued with sacred power in itself, so Divine Power is not necessary.”
A Seal Stone?
“You have that with you right now?”
At my question, Archbishop Luzef nodded and pulled out the Pendant he had tucked beneath his clerical robes.
The end of the Pendant, which bore a circular and ornate pattern like the sun, was shaped like a Key.
“An Archbishop always carries one on their person.”
I furrowed the space between my eyebrows, listened to his words, then shook my head again.
“But even if you take that Magical Beast Mother Body into your body, you don’t know what will happen afterward, do you?”
“There are precedents for this. I learned the theory during my seminary days.”
“You know theory and practice are different, right?”
“Of course. Ah, if I should lose my senses, would you please tell the Lord something for me?”
“What would that be?”
At my question, Archbishop Luzef hesitated for a moment. Soon, with an embarrassed expression, he scratched his cheek and spoke.
“That I am of some use.”
I found myself at a loss for words, facing Archbishop Luzef.
It wasn’t that I thought Archbishop Luzef was useless—Enoch and Kaiden had otherworldly abilities, but that was their nature. He was making efforts in his own way.
Yet he had been carrying such thoughts all this time. Why hadn’t I thought to encourage him with care?
Was there truly no way for me to help Archbishop Luzef in this situation?
“Don’t make that face. It’s not like I’m dying.”
Archbishop Luzef laughed as he spoke, interpreting my expression in his own way.
He unfastened the Pendant around his neck and used the sharp point of the Key to draw a circle on his palm, creating a wound.
[No, this can’t happen! This can’t happen!]
At that moment, as if the Tree had foreseen its own ominous future, it turned its direction toward us.
The Roar the Tree unleashed was so fierce that the entire Cave trembled. My eardrums ached as if they might tear, and I hastily covered my ears.
Eun-ji breathed Fire at the Tree from a distance, but the Tree emitted a brilliant white light and absorbed all of it.
Damn it. Was there really no way but for Archbishop Luzef to become the vessel?
The Tree Branch extending toward us at high speed attacked not Archbishop Luzef but me. The Tree Branch, sharpened like an awl, approached aggressively as if to pierce through me.
[Mana! Now! Give it to me!]
“Margaret!”
“Young Lady!”
I heard the alarmed cries of three men. I calmly retrieved a Flare from my Cross Bag, loaded it, and quickly rolled across the Floor.
I saw the Tree Branch embed itself deeply into the ground where I had been moments before.
I seized that gap and leaped onto it, climbing the Tree Branch to reach the Tree’s main body. The faces clinging densely to the Tree turned rapidly toward me. Their wide-open eyes sent shivers down my spine.
The Tree Branch embedded in the ground came rushing back to attack me. I pulled down the Hammer of the Flare, aimed at the Tree’s main body, and pulled the Trigger.
Boom! Bang!
I had anticipated it when it absorbed Eun-ji’s flames, but as expected, it consumed the Flare’s fireworks entirely as well.
Damn it, I need to think. I can do this.
Standing atop the Tree Branch body that rose four meters high, I racked my brain for the best way to jump down without breaking myself.
I just hoped it would end with a fracture or two.
With that resolve, I was about to leap downward when—
[Kraaaagh!]
Suddenly, a anguished Scream from the vengeful Tree pierced the air. The Tree Branch that had been drawing closer to me recoiled and thrashed wildly.
Turning my head, I saw Archbishop Luzef calmly smiling as he brought his hand down with the Key-shaped Pendant.
[Almost finished!]
The Tree’s resentful voice tore through the Cave, echoing everywhere.
At that moment, Enoch and Kaiden came rushing down the Tree Branch. Enoch immediately scooped me up, and the two men descended the Tree quickly while keeping watch over their surroundings.
Once I reached the Floor, I expressed my gratitude to Kaiden and Enoch before turning my gaze toward Archbishop Luzef. He spoke to the Tree.
“I will bring you peace. You won’t be alone. I am here with you.”
From Archbishop Luzef, who spoke with such a calm and compassionate expression, emanated a truly sacred aura.
Even though he wasn’t using Divine Power.
[No! I don’t want this! It’s unfair!]
The Tree Branch lashed out aggressively toward Archbishop Luzef. In shock, I reached out toward him, but the Tree Branch moved far faster.
The thick Tree Branch wrapped around Archbishop Luzef’s waist and lifted him high into the air.
“Archbishop!”
Despite my panicked cry, Archbishop Luzef showed no disturbance. Unlike the man who always appeared terrified, he remained remarkably composed even as the Magical Beast Mother Body dragged him away.
The Tree’s torso—the Wooden Post holding him aloft—split into two halves. It resembled the gaping maw of a Beast opening wide.
And then it swallowed him.
Swallowed him…?
Wait.
My mind went blank. I couldn’t think at all.
“Archbishop!”
I tried to rush toward the Magical Beast Mother Body, but Enoch and Kaiden held me back from both sides.
The shock of it all left me unable to process anything. That fearful man’s image—how he had found courage and sacrificed himself—was burned into my vision.
‘No. What am I saying right now?’
This isn’t a sacrifice. Archbishop Luzef will be fine. Neither Diego nor Archbishop Luzef are people who would leave us so pathetically.
Could this be part of Archbishop Luzef’s plan? Recalling his composure, it seemed possible.
‘Please let it be so. He has to be alive.’
As I stared at the Magical Beast Mother Body, clinging to both despair and a sliver of hope—
Rumble, rumble— Boom!
A heavy Thunderous Sound echoed from outside the Cave, and the ground trembled.
Tap, tap-tap.
Small stones crumbled down from above along with dust. It looked as though the Cave was collapsing.
Hell, I hadn’t even used the Flare on purpose, and now we might get buried inside the Cave.
“This is dangerous. We should climb up quickly.”
At Kaiden’s murmur, I turned to look at the now-docile Magical Beast Mother Body.
“I can’t just abandon Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim. How did we even get this far? You want us to turn back now? That’s impossible!”
“But we can’t die here either.”
That was true, but I shook my head vigorously. I couldn’t leave Archbishop Luzef and Diego Bastian Vilterheim behind. I trusted Archbishop Luzef.
Kaiden continued trying to persuade me when Enoch suddenly seized both our shoulders.
“Wait.”
He scanned our surroundings as if sensing some other movement.
The Magical Beast Mother Body, which had been writhing and glowing, ceased its movement. Why did it suddenly stop? Was it Archbishop Luzef’s doing?
Then came the sound of the cave wall crumbling, accompanied by what sounded like thunder. And then—
Flash—!
Lightning descended from the ceiling, striking the Magical Beast Mother Body—the pristine white Tree.
Flash—! Flash—!
The lightning didn’t stop at a single strike; it descended multiple times in various patterns.
The sight was strangely beautiful and sacred.
‘With a powerful original force, a vessel possessing holy power, and stormy weather like today, we can appease and seal that mass of vengeful spirits.’
So that’s what Archbishop Luzef meant earlier.
[No—! I won’t—!]
I watched the Tree writhe in agony. A tremendous roar filled the cave, and I could see it beginning to collapse.
Flash!
As the lightning struck once more, the Magical Beast Mother Body, which had been emitting a pure white glow, shattered like broken glass.
[Ahhhhhhh—!]
With that final frenzied roar, the light vanished without a trace, and Diego Bastian Vilterheim and Archbishop Luzef appeared in its place before collapsing to the ground.
“Diego Bastian Vilterheim!”
“Tagari!”
Enoch and Kaiden rushed to gather the two of them. I felt some relief wash over me as I picked up the Backpack that had fallen to the Floor and slung it over my shoulder, gazing up at the crumbling Ceiling.
As Kaiden said, we had to escape this place quickly. Any further delay and we’d be buried alive in the collapsing cave.
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The Prince of Asdal released the Bowstring he’d been holding and exhaled deeply. It was due to the pain in his abdomen.
Yuanna Lucy, who sat beside him on the high Tree Branch, also sighed.
Beneath their feet, Magical Beasts with barely recognizable forms gaped their mouths, waiting for them to fall.
“I wish I could use Divine Power.”
They had encountered strangely evolved Magical Beasts immediately upon arriving at the North Island.
Moreover, faced with an overwhelming number of them, they had eventually given up fighting and resorted to escape.
“Ugh.”
The Prince of Asdal stifled a groan at the pain in his waist, leaning his back against the Wooden Post. Yuanna Lucy looked at him with an unusually worried expression.
“Are you alright?”
He barely nodded, letting his gesture serve as his answer.
As time passed, his condition was gradually improving, but experiencing such pain for the first time was deeply troubling.
How could he—the one called the Golden Key that held the Hestia Kingdom in his grasp—ever endure such suffering?
I recalled hearing that Margaret Rose Flone’s First Aid Kit contained Painkillers. When I meet Margaret Rose Flone, since she possesses Mana, Kaiden’s Magic could heal me as well.
While thinking such thoughts, dark clouds rolled in rapidly, obscuring the midday sun, and a terrifyingly heavy downpour began to fall.
The Prince of Asdal watched the Magical Beasts lingering near the Tree despite the rain, then turned to Yuanna Lucy with a question.
“Doesn’t the saying go that fire catches easily when Magical Beast blood meets water?”
“I know what you’re thinking, but for that to work, those Magical Beasts would need to bleed first. Is that even possible in our current situation?”
At Yuanna Lucy’s skeptical counter-question, the Prince of Asdal exhaled a weary sigh. It was impossible now—they had barely managed to hide from the rain and the Magical Beasts.
Flash!
“Oh, you startled me!”
As they conversed, a savage bolt of lightning tore across the sky with a brilliant shimmer, striking down with ferocious intensity.
Flash! Flash, flash, flash!
Remarkably fierce lightning bolts descended in rapid succession, striking the same location repeatedly.
Rumble! Boom! Boom! Thunderous crash!
The accompanying thunder that followed was equally magnificent—overwhelming in its majesty.
“What is that? I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Yuanna Lucy gazed beyond the low Mountain with an expression of dread, watching as the lightning continued to strike the same spot relentlessly.
It was an eerie and unsettling phenomenon.
“There must be something there.”
At the Prince of Asdal’s murmur, Yuanna Lucy turned to him with a meaningful expression.
“We should investigate.”

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