I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 218

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Chapter 218

 

 

 

 

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Something was wrong.

No, it was horrific.

“What do you think happened here?”

The corridor was completely soaked in blood. Nothing but corpses the entire way.

There was no one alive. No, there wasn’t a single intact corpse.

As if torn apart by a giant monster, the bodies of the corrupted Barbarians were ripped in half.

All of them, without a single exception.

‘How could someone kill like this?’

Justio examined the surreal corpses and declared calmly.

“Give up on finding the Empress.”

“….”

“She either escaped or is dead. It’s one or the other.”

That would be right.

Then, what about Karl?

‘No, if my guess is correct….’

This is Karl Windsor’s doing.

Because this was chaos impossible for a human to create.

‘He definitely used that ability.’

Though I’ve never seen it, he’s hiding a very dangerous power.

Demonic power.

Because part of the Seven-Headed Serpent’s power was within him.

What if Justio realizes this?

“Karl Windsor.”

Dana flinched in surprise. As if reading her thoughts, Justio called out that name.

“He’s the one who locked you in that room, correct?”

“…Yes.”

“He’s also the one who put iron chains on the door and handcuffs on you, correct?”

“That’s right.”

“I sensed demonic power from those.”

“What?”

“Meaning they weren’t ordinary iron chains. No one but me could have broken them.”

Justio resumed walking as he spoke.

“I’ve suspected for a very long time that he might not be human.”

“…Why?”

“When Karl Windsor was a soldier.”

Justio seemed about to say something, but soon changed his mind and closed his lips.

“No. It’s just a digression.”

“….”

Starting to speak then stopping, what an annoying person….

“In any case, I suspect him.”

Suddenly, the words of the Holy Knight who died earlier came to mind.

That a fragment of the Seven-Headed Serpent had crawled up and become obsessed with pretending to be human.

And thus forgot that it was even a demon.

“No matter how beautiful a face it wears, evil is evil. Keep that in mind.”

Dana felt strangely bewildered and walked behind Justio as if entranced.

So what he just said was.

Since he suspects Karl of being a demon, it was tantamount to declaring he would kill him.

“It’s not like that….”

At that moment, her lips moved on their own.

“He just suffered an unfortunate accident.”

What?

What am I babbling about?

“I can vouch for him. He was just tainted by demonic power after an accident in his boyhood. He’s not that kind of….”

Even as she spoke, she was dumbfounded.

Why am I making excuses for that person right now?

“Then all the more reason he cannot be left alive.”

But it was a failed defense.

Rather, it only gave Justio even stronger motivation.

Dana walked behind Justio without another word. With each step, her mind turned a little more.

If the two fought, who would win?

‘Karl would lose.’

As long as Karl has a physical body, there’s nothing he can do.

Just brushing against Justio would kill him.

His whole body would burst into pieces.

He would die.

That person I hate so much would finally die.

‘If Karl dies, I can have the Sacred Relic.’

Then things would become easier.

So maybe it would be better to let Justio kill Karl this time.

No, that would be more beneficial.

Dana made that judgment. But.

But why are my steps slowing down?

It was confusing. Her emotions seemed jumbled together, making her dizzy.

Why do I want to stop right now? Why do I want to grab Justio’s collar and cling to him?

“Dana?”

And finally, when they found him on the deck.

“Is that really you, Dana?”

In that instant, Dana was seized by an indescribable emotion.

“You’re safe.”

The people on the deck were all dead too.

And Karl Windsor’s face, standing tall in the middle of the corpses, was a mess.

Reddened, swollen eyes. Tear tracks across his cheeks.

“Really, I was so worried. I searched everywhere but couldn’t find you….”

And Justio didn’t stop walking. Step by step. He walked straight toward him.

He was going to kill him.

Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

Since when had her heart been beating so loudly? Enough to make her fingertips tingle, Dana was trembling with anxiety.

Right now, Justio was going to kill Karl.

Dana bit her lips hard. Otherwise, she felt like she would shout at Karl to run away immediately.

“I’m so glad you’re safe.”

Foolishly, Karl didn’t run away. Far from it, he spoke without even glancing at Justio, as if he couldn’t see him.

“I was so worried. I thought they might have devoured you….”

“So you tore the torso in half.”

Karl’s words were cut short.

Justio sneered coldly.

“To check what it had eaten.”

Justio drew closer to Karl. Even now, even at this very moment.

“Karl Windsor, you haven’t changed at all, then or now.”

Ten steps— no, nine steps, eight steps.

If he goes further, if he reaches out, he’ll touch him. If he touches him, he’ll die. Shattered to pieces, leaving no trace—

‘So what? Let him die. It’s better to die.’

His chest tightened with a sticky feeling. His vision blurred as if tangled threads were before his eyes. It was confusing. His head felt like it would explode.

Yes, let him die. It’s better to die.

Really, that damn fraud is so tiresome—

“Get away!”

But why again, on his own—

“Get away, Karl Windsor, you idiot!”

Why was his mouth moving on its own?

“Stop it, Justio!”

Dana shouted.

“Stop it!”

But Justio didn’t stop, and Karl didn’t dodge.

What drew her after that, she didn’t know. Dana hurriedly picked up the blood-stained gun that had fallen to the floor. Click, she loaded it.

“Stop!”

He doesn’t stop.

“I said stop!”

Bang!

“…”

A strange groan escaped from Dana’s throat.

She should have… hit him.

The bullet flew accurately toward Justio’s back. But it couldn’t penetrate his body.

The moment it touched his body, it exploded.

The bullet shattered into pieces and scattered as metallic powder. Sparkling… the light powder rippled in the dark void.

‘What is that…’

A chill ran through her.

Justio couldn’t just make people explode. Any material. No, perhaps even things without form.

Nothing had any meaning to him. Nothing. Nothing at all.

Bang! Dana unconsciously fired another shot.

But this time too, the bullet simply vanished.

“…”

Justio slowly turned around and stared at Dana.

His face was expressionless, but there was considerable shock in his eyes. He seemed unable to believe what Dana had done to him.

“What are you doing.”

So that’s why he asked such a pointless question.

Even though he clearly knew what she had done.

“I told you to stop. Why didn’t you stop.”

“So you shoot at me?”

“There’s no reason I can’t.”

Dana stared straight into his blue eyes. Click, she loaded again.

“Don’t move. Your Holiness.”

She knew it was a useless threat.

It was merely an expression of will.

“You must owe me a debt.”

Dana aimed the gun barrel at Justio’s face and spoke clearly.

“If it weren’t for me, Sir Clito would have died like a beast. Wasn’t he an important person to Your Holiness?”

“…”

“Don’t forget. It was me who let Sir Clito die as a human.”

“So.”

Justio tilted his head. His eyes became even more ruthless.

“What do you want from me.”

Killing intent gathered.

His face showed not a trace of mercy— but Dana couldn’t give up.

Surprisingly, she really couldn’t.

She absolutely couldn’t give up…

“Karl Windsor is also important to me.”

Dana paused for a moment, then bit her lips hard.

Damn it.

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

“…He’s an important person.”

But she had no choice but to say it.

As she spoke the words from her heart, her face felt like it would burst from humiliation. It was frustrating and shameful, but.

“Don’t touch him.”

In the end, even this request came crawling out.

Dana spoke, caught in intense feelings of defeat and self-loathing.

“Please overlook it just this once, Your Holiness.”

And at that moment.

‘He’s smiling?’

Dana clearly saw it.

The corners of Karl’s mouth rising behind Justio’s back.

‘Now, he’s smiling?’

Heat flared up.

Smiling? He’s smiling right now?

That bastard. That awful bastard. I really hate him!

Someone is risking their life to protect him. He should have the sense to run away, but he’s smiling like an idiot?

“That man forcibly confined you.”

Justio spoke with considerable irritation in his voice.

“I guarantee Karl Windsor is the type of human who could do that again and again in the future. You still want to save him?”

“If anyone kills him, it’ll be me.”

The moment she spoke, Dana knew.

Yes. This is my true feeling. This is what I want.

Once she was finally certain, she was no longer confused.

“I’ll be the one to kill Karl Windsor.”

Because Karl Windsor, his life belongs to me.

I absolutely won’t allow him to die by someone else’s hand.

“When I want, in the way I want, I’ll kill him. So Your Holiness shouldn’t touch him.”

But that damn bastard really…

For a moment, Dana felt an intense urge to shoot Karl. He was now grinning openly without even trying to hide it.

But Dana said patiently.

“So, Your Holiness. Just this once…”

At that instant, Karl’s smile froze completely.

Dana was so surprised by that rapid change in expression that she stopped speaking.

Why is he suddenly serious? Did he read my thoughts telling him not to smile?

—the moment she thought that.

‘Huh?’

Feeling an ominous presence, she looked down below.

Something rolled out from the hand of the man she thought was a corpse. Thud, it stopped at Dana’s feet.

It was a very small orb.

Pitch black, about the size of a thumbnail….

At that moment, déjà vu struck her like lightning.

‘I’ve seen something similar before.’

Yes, she had definitely seen it before.

It was much larger than this, but it was the exact same type of pitch-black circular orb.

 

[6]

 

Numbers like this were written on the surface.

‘Right, I saw it on the Diana.’

A bomb made by the Demon Worshipper.

 

[5]

 

The one that neither Lumiere nor Karl could handle.

 

[4]

 

So Karl had embraced it and jumped into the sea, that bomb.

 

[3]

 

“Da—”

 

[2]

 

“—na!”

 

[1]

 

One syllable.

Just one syllable. How could the moment Karl spoke her name feel so endlessly long?

Time seemed to flow slowly, as if caught in some enormous hand.

Dana thought blankly.

‘They say time flows slowly before you die….’

Karl was reaching out to her with a horrified expression.

Something poured from his hand, something like a black barrier. It surged toward her at high speed as if trying to protect her, but—

 

[0]

 

KABOOM!

An ear-splitting roar. Pure white light exploded before her eyes. Her body was sent flying by that violent explosion.

Dana realized her body was flying outside the ship and plummeting into the sea.

It felt unreal. Like a dream.

Why did it feel like someone else’s problem?

Right now, her feet and calves being torn to shreds and scattered, her knees, her legs flying in all directions. Even that felt like someone else’s body….

‘No way, is that my body?’

Impossible.

Disgusting.

With that final thought, everything ended.

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