I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 149

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Chapter 149
I descended to the First Floor and exited through the window behind the Cabin where Yuanna Lucy and I had entered.
Patter. Tap.
A few raindrops began to fall. The front of the Cabin should have been chaotic with battle, yet I heard no sound whatsoever.
Ominous.
Soon the rain fell steadily, soaking the ground.
Cough. Through the curtain of rain, I heard Archbishop Luzef’s coughing. I rushed toward him immediately.
“Archbishop, are you alright?”
I helped him to his feet while continuing to survey my surroundings. The dark, cloud-laden Sky was dim, and the front of the Cabin in the rain looked profoundly eerie and gloomy. It felt exactly like the silence before a Time Bomb detonates.
Gripped by an unsettling sensation, I swallowed hard. My hands trembled with tension that made every hair on my body stand on end.
After coughing a few more times, Archbishop Luzef wiped his rain-soaked face and lifted his head. His gray eyes flickered slightly as our gazes met.
The moment our eyes locked, I felt a strange emotion. It was Luzef, yet it felt as though it wasn’t him. Something about him seemed subtly different.
Whoooosh—
Nothing but silence pervaded the air, save for the sound of falling rain.
The sounds of battle from Jenas and Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s party, which should have been audible from the front of the Cabin, still hadn’t reached my ears. What was happening? Had something gone wrong with everyone? My mouth grew dry with anxiety.
I barely managed to help Archbishop Luzef to his feet and looked around. I needed to find a place to hide. I had to leave this spot and conceal myself quickly.
Whatever was happening, if Jenas found me like this…
“Ah, there you are?”
An unfamiliar yet youthful voice reached me from behind.
My heart plummeted violently to the depths of the earth. My mind went blank white, and my body froze as though shackled to the ground, unable to move.
Without even turning around, I knew who he was.
It was Jenas.
Could it be that everyone had fallen to him?
‘That’s impossible. Did Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden really fall so pathetically?’
I couldn’t believe it.
I had to hold out until Yuanna Lucy could help Anata escape. Could I manage it alone? Against Jenas?
Despair washed over me in the face of this bleak situation.
As I forced myself to swallow the flood of frustration and attempted self-hypnosis to convince myself everything was fine, Jenas called out to me again.
“Meg. What are you doing?”
I barely regained my senses and stared blankly at Archbishop Luzef, who was leaning against me.
I couldn’t fall apart like this. I couldn’t collapse here. I steeled my resolve and slowly turned around.
The first thing that caught my eye was his brilliant Silver Hair. Immediately after, his beautiful face and those chillingly Red Eyes came into view.
Jenas, with the innocent face of a Boy, tilted his head. Then he pointed to himself with his hand and spoke.
“Don’t worry, Meg. I told you. I’m restricted in my Mana just like you all are on This Island.”
I furrowed my brow. That wasn’t what I was curious about.
“The others…”
“Ah. I used some Fog. I only have business with you all.”
The moment Jenas finished speaking, the Fog that had spread from the front courtyard of the Cabin extended toward us. The Fog surrounding the Cabin appeared to be Magic intended for Disruption.
But that was only temporary. The widely spreading Fog hesitated briefly before beginning to fade and grow thin. The Fog was gradually clearing.
Only then did I remember the Barrier that Kaiden had erected around the Cabin using my Mana.
“Hmm. Magic was cast here. I sensed magical power earlier. Our descendant has some skill.”
Jenas watched as the fog cleared away and his expression grew intrigued.
But that interest was fleeting. His attention soon shifted to Archbishop Luzef, whom I was supporting.
“That cleric should show a reaction by now. The rain is falling too—how convenient.”
What reaction?
I raised my eyebrows in confusion, but when I saw him approaching us, I drew out a Flare and aimed it at him. Jenas raised both hands in surrender.
A sharp hiss erupted as Eun-ji, clinging to my shoulder, bared her fangs in warning at Jenas.
Soon Eun-ji breathed fire at Jenas, but thanks to Anata’s magical power surrounding the Cabin, he wasn’t harmed in the slightest.
Damn it. I just need to hold out until Yuanna Lucy gets Anata to safety. I can do this, right?
“Meg, isn’t it a bit much to threaten me with the weapon I gifted you?”
“Shut up.”
“Besides, you won’t kill me until we find a way to escape this Island anyway.”
Jenas laughed mockingly. That damned XX!
But the real problem I faced was something else entirely.
Archbishop Luzef’s body was emitting a faint glow.
Archbishop Luzef’s face contorted in agony.
“Archbishop! Are you alright?”
As I examined Archbishop Luzef’s complexion with worry, Jenas drew close enough to be within arm’s reach.
“Meg, does that Bishop look fine to you? Those things that became Magical Beast Mother Bodies. It must be because of that.”
He gestured toward Archbishop Luzef with a prying expression. I raised the Flare again to signal him not to approach. He immediately raised both hands and straightened his posture.
‘That cleric should show a reaction by now. The rain is falling too—how convenient.’
I recalled Jenas’s words from moments before.
It was ominous. Just how much did he know, and what was he planning?
“Damn it. The sealed power seems to be breaking free….”
Archbishop Luzef cursed and clutched at his front panel.
Sealed power breaking free? Could it be the Magical Beast Mother Body? Of all times, why now? What happens if the seal breaks here?
Yuanna Lucy said the Island’s system might collapse. Or perhaps the Magical Beasts could undergo Evolution again.
Unless the trials were deliberately designed to pile on only the worst-case scenarios, how could this happen to me!
‘…This isn’t the time for this. Get your head together.’
I had to get Archbishop Luzef away from Jenas’s sight and find shelter elsewhere.
I would hide Archbishop Luzef safely among the bushes, then lure Jenas away to a different location. The Forest was right ahead. I just needed to move Archbishop Luzef that far. That would work.
Cough.
But then Archbishop Luzef suddenly coughed up blood. An even brighter light poured from him than before.
Damn it. What in the world is happening?
The ground beneath Archbishop Luzef’s feet began to vibrate. Despite the wet Dirt Ground, the earth cracked open with a sickening sound.
“Archbishop, I think we should move away from here. Can you run?”
I whispered low enough for only Archbishop Luzef to hear. He grimaced in pain, struggled to lift his face, and looked at me before nodding.
Once the fog clears, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s party will arrive, so I just need to hold on a little longer.
Jenas remained composed, as if he anticipated everything we would do. As if nothing we could attempt would affect him in any way.
It was the gaze of someone watching a rat trapped inside a cage.
Seeing that face, our resolve and hope of being able to escape crumbled in a way that was eerie in its devastation.
‘No. I can’t fall apart. I mustn’t.’
I forced myself to compose my emotions and supported Archbishop Luzef. Then I pulled a Flame Bomb from my Cross Bag, extracted the Pin with my teeth, and hurled it toward Jenas.
Boom!
Because I was supporting Archbishop Luzef, I couldn’t get far before the blast sent us both tumbling across the Floor.
Beep—
Damn it. I clutched my ringing ears and quickly regained my senses.
With my exhausted body, I supported Archbishop Luzef and moved again, but we didn’t get far. He collapsed to the Floor, coughing up blood repeatedly.
He seemed to regain some consciousness, and with a trembling voice, he spoke to me with difficulty through the blood.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, Young Lady. I’ve become a burden to you again….”
“No, don’t speak. I understand, so please don’t.”
Just a little bit more. Just a little. I tried to help Archbishop Luzef up again.
Splash—!
If only an intense light hadn’t erupted from his body, I could have done it.
A light so brilliant that it was difficult to even open my eyes consumed my entire Visibility. The light, burning as if squeezing out the very last drop, suddenly vanished like a television monitor being switched off.
And at that same moment, I felt certain Auras bound within me surge and swirl through my interior.
When I opened my eyes again, Archbishop Luzef lay collapsed on the Floor.
“Archbishop!”
His breathing was faint. I desperately shook him to wake him, but he didn’t regain consciousness easily.
“Archbishop, please wake up. Please….”
Helplessness blanked my mind white. Surely Archbishop Luzef wasn’t going to die like this? He couldn’t. He mustn’t.
Wasn’t everything still proceeding according to plan? Jenas wasn’t paying attention to the Cabin.
My hands began to tremble violently. I had to find a place to hide from Jenas and move quickly. Quickly…. Quickly….
I hoisted the unconscious Archbishop Luzef to his feet. But because of his considerable weight, I stumbled and fell, stumbled and fell again after just a few steps.
Then I heard a low sigh from behind me.
“Sigh. Finally, the Mana has been released.”
When I turned my head, the figure of Jenas, now in the form of an adult, came into view at the edge of my Visibility.
Shimmering Silver Hair around his neck, those eerie Red Eyes, a tall frame now clothed in modern attire befitting his size, and a splendid Mage Robe.
The man massaged the back of his neck as if it were stiff, regarding me with a very languid motion. A leisurely smile spread across his lips.
“Long time no see, Margaret Rose Flone.”
‘…Damn it. How did this happen.’
Of course, I had no mind to properly assess the situation.
I watched Jenas reach toward me and draw a Magic Circle, so I quickly aimed a Flare at him and pulled the Trigger.
Whoosh—.
The Fireworks flying toward Jenas were sucked directly into the Magic Circle he had created. Damn it!
Eun-ji, who had been perched on my shoulder and watching cautiously, also breathed Fire Breath toward Jenas, but it was equally useless.
“How disappointing. I didn’t think you’d actually shoot.”
“Did you think I was stupid enough to let a homicidal maniac trying to kill me do as he pleased?”
“Well. That’s not wrong.”
Jenas muttered with a detestable expression, resting his chin in his hand. Though I knew it wouldn’t work, I still kept the Flare trained on him as a warning.
“Stop this madness at once. Tell me how we can leave this Island.”
“That would be difficult. There is no such method.”
“You’re lying….”
“Ah. If it’s our descendant, they might know the way.”
“What are you talking about? Kaiden?”
“Margaret!”
At that moment, I heard Kaiden calling my name with an almost spectral clarity.
After the fog had cleared, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Kaiden came rushing toward me from a distance. Behind them, Yuanna Lucy and Anata emerged from the Cabin.
Everyone was safe. Thank goodness.
Jenas clicked his tongue as he watched them approach. He seemed to have spotted Anata clearly, yet he appeared utterly indifferent to her presence.
Thump!
Jenas suddenly swept me into his arms and leaped from the ground.

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