I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 153

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Chapter 153
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Poison gas blanketed the area around Jenas’s Cabin, and a Barrier was erected. It was Jenas’s doing.
Chaos piled upon chaos. The Prince of Asdal surveyed the devastated surroundings.
Margaret had been kidnapped by Jenas, and Kaiden had suddenly vanished without a trace.
Archbishop Luzef had barely regained consciousness, but upon hearing what had transpired, he fell into panic. He was tormented by self-recrimination, convinced that all of this was his fault.
“Your Highness must focus on recovery now. Self-blame will only hinder your healing—save it for later.”
Yuanna Lucy, speaking with measured composure to keep Archbishop Luzef from falling apart, placed her hand upon his chest.
A pristine white light emanated from her palm, consuming the entire field of vision. The air felt purified. Though she merely stood beside him, the Prince of Asdal felt his very mind cleansed and renewed.
Fortunately, Archbishop Luzef’s complexion improved noticeably. Yuanna wiped away the beads of sweat dotting his forehead and glanced around.
“There don’t appear to be any serious complications. Your Highness needs rest now.”
A woman named Anata helped Yuanna prepare a comfortable place for Archbishop Luzef to rest.
Watching this unfold, the Prince of Asdal collapsed onto the ground in despair.
‘Damn it. My body won’t obey me. That cursed Earring.’
Suddenly, Kaiden’s words from just before he vanished echoed clearly in my mind.
Immediately after Margaret was kidnapped, light had suddenly burst from Kaiden’s Earring. I’d heard it was a Mana Auxiliary Device, but something had gone wrong with it.
After leaving those words, Kaiden had disappeared without a trace.
I had no idea where to even begin. Could they truly escape from This Island?
In my field of vision, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid was attempting to rush into the Barrier thick with Poison Gas, while Diego Bastian Vilterheim barely managed to restrain him.
“It would be better to just destroy it.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid drew his Long Sword. From the blade he held, a yellow light like lightning crackled and danced with savage intensity.
The startled Prince of Asdal rushed forward and grabbed his shoulder.
“Listen, Half-Emperor! Have you lost your mind!”
At the Prince of Asdal’s intervention, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s cold gaze flickered toward him.
“Please, calm yourself!”
“Calm myself? When we don’t even know if Margaret is alive or dead, you’re telling me to stay calm?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid spoke in a low, growling voice. His intensity was so heavy and menacing that the air turned biting in an instant.
Yet the Prince of Asdal did not back down, gripping his shoulder and pointing at the Magic Circle with his finger.
“How many people have died trying to forcefully destroy an active Barrier? And knowing this, you’re about to do the same?”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid let the words pass over him, his eyes fixed on the Magic Circle. I couldn’t know what he was thinking, but it was clear he was not in his right mind.
The Prince of Asdal watched as Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid carved through the Barrier with nothing but his Sword Aura and found himself at a loss for words.
A Sword Aura, wrapping around the cold blade, gradually grew in size, enveloping Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s body.
Soon, a fierce wind whirled around him. Yellow flames crackled savagely in all directions. The overwhelming aura was so intense it seemed as though lightning itself was striking down.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s body was cut and torn by that powerful, sharp force, and wounds opened across his skin.
“Damn it, you’ll die at this rate!”
The Prince of Asdal’s cry fell on deaf ears.
“It’s fine. It’s dangerous, so stay back.”
Fine? I stamped my feet in frustration, but Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid paid no mind and continued generating his Sword Aura. He focused all his attention solely on carving through the Barrier. Moreover, he had no intention of accepting anyone’s help from the start.
Standing helplessly, unable to do anything, was utterly devastating. The Prince of Asdal gazed at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and sank into self-loathing.
It was then that Yuanna Lucy, who had been tending to Archbishop Luzef and only now grasped the situation, spoke to the Prince of Asdal.
“As long as Your Highness draws breath, I will heal him even if it costs me my life. First, let us find a way to enter the Barrier quickly.”
At Yuanna Lucy’s words, the Prince of Asdal bit his lower lip and took a step back from Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid. There was nothing he could do, and merely pacing would only waste his physical strength.
In this situation, the only options seemed to be waiting quietly as Yuanna Lucy suggested and praying that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid and Margaret Rose Flone would return alive.
After spending months on this Island narrowly escaping death, it was clear they had all gone mad together. They all treated their own lives far too lightly.
In truth, the Prince of Asdal himself was no different. He had been thinking that it didn’t necessarily have to be him who escaped from this Island.
The Prince of Asdal desperately tried to hold onto his crumbling composure.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid tore through the Barrier that hung like a blue curtain and the Poison Gas that spread like purple smoke, creating a gap with his sword.
“I will find Margaret.”
With those words, he disappeared into the Barrier before anyone else could step forward. There was no opening for the others to intervene.
Once Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid vanished, the morale of the party plummeted.
‘Sigh….’
The Prince of Asdal rubbed his temples and exhaled deeply, then looked at Anata sitting blankly on the ground.
“Tell us the escape method quickly. Since you brought our party here at such great cost, you should be worth that price, shouldn’t you?”
The Prince of Asdal interrogated Anata with a menacing expression. Yuanna Lucy sighed, but understanding and sympathizing with his intense reaction, she did not try to stop him.
“…There’s a door in the Basement of the Cabin. You just need to open that door while avoiding Jenas’s eyes. With that key, just like you opened the Room of Rest door.”
Anata pointed to the key in Yuanna Lucy’s hand as she spoke. At her words, Yuanna Lucy looked down at the key with a shocked expression.
“…Was it really just about finding the door?”
She muttered in disbelief and deflation. The Prince of Asdal and Diego Bastian Vilterheim felt the same way.
“It’s a door that only opens once every year, and Jenas brought Test Subjects through that door. He definitely said that with just that key, he could open the door without waiting a year.”
Anata shrugged as she added this.
“Don’t blame yourself. Even if you had known that fact earlier, there’s no way you could have opened that door anyway.”
“What do you mean by that?”
The Prince of Asdal furrowed the space between his eyebrows and asked. Anata stared at him for a moment, then turned her gaze toward the distant Cabin.
“There’s always fog surrounding the Cabin. That monster of a Crown Prince managed to enter, but you would have all died before even getting close to the Cabin. Be grateful you were with Lady Flone.”
“What do you mean? Why is Margaret…?”
“She’s a soul that has been to another dimension, so the system of Alea Island doesn’t fully apply to Lady Flone. She was the only one who could use Mana, right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“That’s because she’s a soul that has been to another dimension. That’s why the Island’s system doesn’t recognize her properly and keeps making errors.”
The Prince of Asdal and Diego Bastian Vilterheim didn’t fully understand the meaning of Anata’s words, but Yuanna Lucy, who had memories from before the regression, understood what she meant.
“I’m not sure exactly what Jenas is planning, but Margaret might be the only person who can destroy that plan.”
At Yuanna Lucy’s words, Anata nodded.
Before turning the regression Gate, Anata had held the expectation that Margaret Rose Flone, who had been to another dimension, might become the key to getting everyone off the Island.
And fortunately, that expectation came true. Unlike before the regression, everyone was alive and no one had died, and they had managed to come this far.
In a thousand years, not a single Test Subject had ever attacked Jenas’s Cabin so directly.
“I’m not sure how she’ll catch Jenas in his mistake, but I also desperately hope such a thing happens.”
Anata murmured with a glimmer of hope.
“I’ll get the rest of the people out, so don’t worry. Open the Escape Gate with the key and those who can escape should escape first. You must not hesitate.”
At Anata’s urging, the Prince of Asdal exhaled with his arms crossed.
“I’m grateful for your help, but I’m not cowardly enough to escape alone when my comrades are in danger.”
“I have no intention of leaving alone either.”
Diego Bastian Vilterheim agreed with the Prince of Asdal’s words and added his own thoughts. Yuanna Lucy glanced at Anata as if sharing the same opinion.
As everyone’s attention focused on her, Anata finally let out a sigh.
“Then perhaps we should rescue the Crown Prince and Lady Flone first, and then save our descendant.”
“Why is the Lord last?”
“Jenas is likely occupying his body. That’s why our descendant is included in the Test Subject list.”
“…How could such a thing… how could a person….”
The shocked Prince of Asdal lost his words, his mouth gaping silently. Anata paid no mind and shrugged before laying out the plan.
“First, we need to neutralize the Barrier around the Cabin.”
“How do we neutralize the Barrier around the Cabin?”
Anata answered Yuanna Lucy’s question.
“I’m not strong enough to match Jenas, but I am a Mage nonetheless. Now that I’ve recovered my Mana, I can dismantle a Barrier.”
“Then you should have helped when the Half-Emperor tried to cut through the Barrier earlier.”
“I intended to. But it didn’t seem like much help was needed, did it? I was too startled to even stop him.”
At Anata’s response, the Prince of Asdal closed his mouth. He largely agreed with that assessment.
Eventually, the Prince of Asdal nodded and rose from his seat, fixing Yuanna Lucy with a sharp gaze as he picked up his Crossbow.
“Then, let’s prepare first and begin immediately.”
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Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid steadied his trembling limbs and straightened his Sword. His clothes were reduced to tatters, completely torn, and his body was covered in wounds without a single unmarred spot.
Blood dripped from his forehead, wetting his cheek, but he paid it no mind. He had finally breached the Barrier and entered before Jenas’s Cabin.
“To forcibly tear through an active Magic Circle’s Barrier at the risk of death itself—I must admire such recklessness.”
The figure that emerged from the Cabin door was unmistakably familiar.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid glared at the man with silver hair, red eyes, and an Earring on his right ear.
The man spread both arms wide, drawing in the air, and looked at Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid with a refreshed expression.
“Margaret is the same way—these young ones are brimming with audacity these days. But unfortunately, it’s come to this. You’ve come so far, yet you cannot proceed further.”
That face was unmistakably Kaiden’s.
However, the expression, tone, and gestures were absolutely not the Kaiden that Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid knew.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid briefly assessed the location of the Cabin, Jenas’s position, and the width of the Cabin’s front yard.
According to Margaret and Kaiden’s earlier explanation, the Room of Rest was on the Third Floor of the Cabin. If Jenas had kidnapped Margaret and taken her somewhere, it could only be there.
The moment he gauged the location, he immediately took his stance and pointed his Sword at Jenas.
“Listen here. Will you truly face me? While wearing the body of one of my companions?”
Jenas stroked his chin with amusement and laughed.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stared at Jenas silently. Around the quiet Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, a faint wind suddenly began to blow. His black hair fluttered and swayed, and soon a fierce whirlwind erupted from beneath his feet.
Crackle—!
The sparks that erupted sharply from Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s Sword Blade radiated an overwhelming aura that dominated the opponent in an instant.
Jenas hesitated for a moment, then marveled.
Since this was the culmination of a long Experiment, he had selected only those with the greatest Mana on the Continent and personally approved this plan. Yet facing that power in reality was different.
‘They called him a war hero. Truly astounding.’
Still, even with a complete body and opened Mana, Jenas was not someone he could not handle.
Jenas Warped behind Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid to avoid his charge, immediately launching an attack spell at his back.
Unfortunately, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid nimbly rolled across the Floor, evading the attack. His reflexes were remarkably sharp.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid straightened his posture and immediately drove his sword into the ground. The dirt beneath where Jenas stood split open with a sharp crack. Flames spiraled upward ferociously through the fissure, erupting outward to attack Jenas.
Jenas hastily activated Warp Magic to evade the incoming Sword Aura. Moving in front of Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid, he materialized a Magic Circle beneath his feet to cast a binding spell.
However, since Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid was channeling his Mana to unleash Sword Aura, the flow of power was disrupted, and the binding spell proved ineffective against him.
‘Impressive. I’ll need to take this seriously.’
Jenas steadied himself and gathered his Mana. A colossal sphere of light spiraled above their heads, expanding in size before crashing down directly toward Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid.
Boom!
The ground around where Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid stood sank deeply, accompanied by a violent gust of wind.
Thick dust obscured the visibility completely. The surroundings fell silent.
No movement was detected—it appeared Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid had been rendered unable to continue.
‘Is it over?’
The battle had concluded far too easily, but it had been a decent fight after so long. Jenas clicked his tongue and was about to turn away without hesitation.
Tap-tap-tap—
From within the dust where visibility was zero, something rapidly struck the dirt ground. It then burst through the dust cloud.
Tap-tap-tap— Slash!
Though covered in blood, Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid was remarkably intact. Jenas hastily rolled across the ground to evade.
Crash—!
A sword pierced the spot where he had been standing moments before. Jenas regarded the sight with a mixture of bewilderment and concern.
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid turned to face him, slowly rising to his feet and extracting the sword embedded in the earth.
“What the hell is this thing?”
An attack of that magnitude would kill an ordinary human. This was an extraordinary monster.
‘Perhaps I should just destroy the entire Island. Then I could kill it in one strike.’
But if I did that, a thousand years of Experiments would become meaningless.
Troublesome as it is, I have no choice but to move directly and finish this.
Jenas cast Clone Magic as Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid rushed toward him. In an instant, Jenas’s form multiplied from two to three, then from four to five.
While Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid hesitated momentarily, the real Jenas appeared behind him, generating a sharply condensed bolt of lightning and driving it downward toward him.
This time, there was no way he could evade!
As he launched his confident attack.
“Watch out!”
The Pink-haired Man appeared, pushing Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid aside and taking Jenas’s attack instead.

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