I’m Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 154

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Chapter 154
A sharp bolt of lightning grazed across the Pink-haired Man’s face—the Prince of Asdal’s face. Thanks to the intervention, Jenas’s attack went awry.
Though he barely dodged, the intense heat from the lightning left the Prince of Asdal with severe burns across his face, drawing a pained groan from his lips.
“Ugh!”
Yet he didn’t lose his composure. He leveled his crossbow at Jenas and pulled the trigger.
Whoosh.
‘I can easily evade this…’
Jenas twisted his body to dodge the incoming crossbow bolt.
The problem was that at that critical moment, his body began moving of its own accord. He thought he’d turned left, but his actual movement was to the right.
‘Damn it.’
Kaiden’s body was rebelling against Jenas.
He barely evaded the first arrow, but couldn’t dodge the second one coming at him. Ultimately, Jenas was struck by the Prince of Asdal’s arrow and slammed into the wooden wall of the cabin.
The Prince of Asdal, drenched in blood, exhaled a labored, trembling breath. Blood dripped steadily from a long wound that ran from his forehead down past his eye.
“Listen, Half-Emperor. You need to watch your back.”
The Prince of Asdal reproached Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid with a nonchalant expression, then coughed up blood again.
“Damn it, Asdal!”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid hurriedly checked his condition. The Prince of Asdal, having lost one eye, looked up at him with difficulty.
The Prince of Asdal had heard the commotion in front of the cabin and grasped the gravity of the situation. Ultimately, he’d breached the barrier and entered before Anata could fully neutralize it.
So losing one eye was entirely self-inflicted. Though he had to endure the agony of his entire body being torn to shreds, in the end, he’d managed to help Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid—wasn’t that fortunate?
“What reckless nonsense is this!”
“And what mad foolishness are you committing right now? Is that not dangerous?”
The Prince of Asdal laughed. He even mustered the composure to pat Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid’s shoulder in jest.
“Still, we all survived, didn’t we? We were close friends back at the Academy. Since we’re friends, I help.”
Enoch Aster Klaus Langrid noticed that despite the Prince of Asdal’s composed demeanor, his hand was trembling. He gritted his teeth and helped him to his feet.
Of course, their composure didn’t last long. Jenas emerged from the dust cloud, rubbing his nape as if sore, and walked toward them.
Jenas pulled the arrow embedded in his shoulder and furrowed his brow. He tried to attack the two men again, but once more his body refused to obey his will.
“It won’t listen. Our descendant. You still haven’t let go of your attachment.”
Now that I thought about it, the one who’d initially resisted with every curse had at some point grown docile and surrendered his body to me willingly.
‘That was strange.’
Had I been my usual self, I would have suspected something, but I’d been too absorbed in my conversation with Margaret Rose Flone to notice.
Crash! Boom!
Then, something massive burst through the cabin’s roof and shot high into the sky.
It was the colossal Anaconda. The creature that appeared so dramatically opened its maw wide toward the heavens and unleashed fire. Soon, a fierce pillar of flame swept across the sky, radiating intense heat.
It was a shocking entrance that overwhelmed all living creatures on the ground.
Atop the monster-like Anaconda’s head sat a small figure.
It was none other than Margaret Rose Flone.
“Enoch!”
Margaret Rose Flone waved at them.
At the same moment, the colossal Anaconda crushed the cabin and shattered the barrier surrounding it.
Clang!
The barrier shattered like glass, crumbling without resistance.
The moment the barrier vanished, a blue Magic Circle unfurled around the Cabin. Anata, who had been in the process of neutralizing the barrier with Magic, quickly assessed the situation and altered her Magic Formula accordingly.
Anata cast protective Magic on everyone within her field of vision, with the exception of Jenas.
All of this unfolded in an instant, thanks to Margaret’s unexpected arrival.
Even Jenas stared in bewilderment at the towering Anaconda and Margaret, his mind momentarily blank.
‘What on earth is that woman?’
He couldn’t fathom how she’d escaped the Room of Rest, nor could he comprehend how she’d orchestrated the Evolution of that cursed Magical Beast.
She shattered not only his expectations but the very framework of his reasoning. This was a scenario he’d never once entertained.
Then Diego arrived, drawing his Sword and joining Enoch and the Prince of Asdal to confront Jenas. Jenas clicked his tongue in irritation and turned to face them.
‘How tedious.’
* * *
The battle raged in the distance while Anata and Yuanna Lucy supported Archbishop Luzef and surveyed their surroundings.
“We should keep the Door open to make our escape easier.”
Yuanna Lucy nodded at Anata’s words.
However, the Anaconda’s appearance had caused the Cabin to collapse, blocking the path to the Basement. It was crucial to clear away the Debris and open the passage to the underground.
Anata and Yuanna Lucy rolled up their sleeves and began clearing away the Cabin’s Debris.
“I… I’ll help too.”
Seeing the two women move, Archbishop Luzef gave a slight cough and slowly rose to his feet.
“Your recovery is how you help us, Archbishop. We’re truly fine.”
At Yuanna Lucy’s restraint, Archbishop Luzef’s expression darkened rapidly. He looked at her with a pallid face.
“I’m truly all right. Please, allow me to help.”
With that, he quietly began lifting and moving the heavy Wooden Boards. Anata pushed the substantial pieces of wood with difficulty, taking deep breaths before glancing back at Archbishop Luzef.
“You said you sealed the Magical Beast Mother Body within your body?”
At Anata’s question, Archbishop Luzef flinched in surprise and looked up at her. He glanced cautiously at Yuanna Lucy before responding in a careful tone.
“To be precise, they are vengeful spirits—souls with deep regrets about this Experiment. While I slept, I had many conversations with the vengeful spirits sealed within me. Each carried a tragic tale.”
“Ah… I see.”
At Archbishop Luzef’s response, Anata fell silent, seemingly at a loss for words. She regarded him with an awkward expression before ultimately averting her gaze. Perhaps because she and Jenas were the very source of the tragic circumstances that haunted those vengeful spirits.
Archbishop Luzef quietly observed her retreating figure before asking.
“Why do you help us?”
Yuanna Lucy, too, seemed curious about Anata’s answer, glancing at her briefly.
“Do you know what happens to a person after living for a thousand years?”
At Anata’s question, Yuanna Lucy and Archbishop Luzef shook their heads. She laughed weakly and continued.
“You start to feel as though you’ve become a god. Especially watching the Test Subjects die one after another on this Alea Island, that feeling only deepens.”
Perhaps this was what Jenas had become, Archbishop Luzef thought.
“But it was the first time a descendant of the Rohade Family had ever set foot on this Island.”
“Are you referring to the Lord?”
When Yuanna Lucy asked, Anata nodded.
“Hearing that he was a descendant with my blood mixed in… it felt strange. I found myself wondering what his future would have been if he hadn’t been chosen as a sacrifice.”
Anata murmured with a vacant expression.
“…That’s all. Truly, that’s all…”
“So your conclusion is that only your bloodline matters. How selective of your compassion. We benefit from your help, but what of all those who died in the meantime? What was their crime?”
Archbishop Luzef responded in an uncharacteristically irritable tone. His face showed the strain of suppressing his anger, forcing himself to maintain composure.
Yuanna watched the two of them in silence, and Anata offered no rebuttal to his words.
“…I’m sorry.”
Yet Anata’s apology failed to reach Archbishop Luzef at all.
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Jenas was struggling more than expected against Enoch’s party.
Beyond the annoying protective magic that clung to them, his body refused to obey him at every critical moment of attack.
“I thought you’d surrendered your body willingly, but here you are playing these cute little tricks.”
[Now you understand?]
The one who answered Jenas’s muttering in his mind was none other than Kaiden. Jenas let out a hollow laugh and ran his hand roughly through his hair.
“The seal broke? Nothing ever goes right.”
[If I can’t kill just you alone, then we die together. I have no intention of dying by myself, ever.]
Ha. Jenas exhaled an irritated sigh.
It seemed Kaiden believed that sharing a body with him made it easier to restrict his movements. His strategy was actually working.
Perhaps I should have simply observed the experiment to the end. Direct intervention didn’t seem to be the best approach after all.
‘How tiresome.’
Just then, the massive Anaconda unleashed fire toward Jenas.
Jenas unfurled a Magic Circle and effortlessly absorbed the flames. However, dealing with Enoch’s party launching consecutive attacks was nothing short of bothersome.
“Eun-ji, be careful! It’s Kaiden!”
Margaret cried out from atop the Anaconda’s head.
Upon hearing that cry, Jenas realized he held their weakness in his grasp. Kaiden’s body was important to him, but it seemed equally important to them. A smile crossed Jenas’s lips.
“Ah. Now things are becoming easier. Unless you wish for this body’s master to die, I suggest you all stay put.”
In that instant, Enoch’s party, who had been unleashing attacks upon him, froze.
Jenas watched as even Prince of Asdal and Diego moved to protect Margaret alongside Enoch, then scanned his surroundings once more.
‘But where did Anata go?’
Anata was nowhere to be seen, nor were Yuanna and Archbishop Luzef. The thought came belatedly that they might have gone to search for the Exit.
‘Anata won’t know why I gave the Master Key to the Saint.’
Since he had never explained anything about the Key to her.
‘It hasn’t even been one year since you all came to This Island. What happens when you forcibly open a locked Door before the cycle completes?’
Margaret, who stood before him, was the one who should have heard what Anata and Yuanna needed to know.
As Jenas’s thoughts reached this point, he could no longer suppress the laughter that burst forth.
That’s right. Since Anata had betrayed him, he should have at least one final card to play. There was no need to worry about that. Once all the Test Subjects were dead, he merely needed to seize the amplified Mana.
If he could only gather the Mana of the last Test Subjects before him, he could finally open the dimensional gate.
Almost there. Almost.
Once the dimensional gate opens, he would unseal the Pendant. With that power, he could obtain the perfect strength to dominate and rule across all dimensions.
[You think I’ll just sit quietly and watch you do this?]
Kaiden’s voice echoed in his mind, but Jenas ignored it. Knowing Kaiden wouldn’t remain docile, he intended to finish things as quickly as possible. Then he would devour Kaiden’s consciousness as well.
Jenas lightly rolled his foot across the floor, creating a Magic Circle.
What began as merely a small circle expanded until it completely engulfed the Debris of the shattered Cabin, then continued to swell ever larger.
Seeing this, Enoch’s party rushed forward to stop Jenas. But they were blocked by the barrier he had erected by activating the Magic Circle and couldn’t get close.
Soon, a colossal Magic Circle large enough to engulf the entire Island was completed.
The final Magic Circle, overwhelming in its unprecedented scale and emanating an eerie aura, began to shine and exert its power.
Along with brilliant light, earth and soil surged upward from the ground into the Sky. It was as if the world itself was collapsing. There was nothing anyone could do.
“No!”
Seized by a sense of impending doom that threatened to swallow Enoch’s entire party, Margaret rushed toward Jenas alongside Anaconda.
But Jenas didn’t even blink. He conjured Rope from Magic and bound the charging Anaconda tightly. When Anaconda collapsed, Margaret, who had been perched on its head, fell helplessly to the Floor.
“Damn Jenas!”
Margaret cursed his name in fury. Entertaining to the very end, that woman.
Then, suddenly,
‘Is she saying she’ll kill me now?’
‘You can never adapt to that world without me. Think about it carefully. You need me.’
Her words flashed rapidly through my mind.
It was strange. Even knowing her words didn’t mean what they seemed to, I felt as though I couldn’t exist without her—as if she had brainwashed me.
If she fell from there, Margaret would suffer Instant Death.
Clear terror was etched across Margaret’s face as she fell helplessly like a scattering Flower petal. The moment I saw that expression, my heart plummeted with her.
Just before Margaret collided with the Floor.
Jenas abruptly canceled the massive Magic Formula he had been activating and caught the falling Margaret in his own hands.

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