The Return of Lilietta - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59

She aimed directly at the Kraken’s mouth area, half-submerged in water and exposed between its legs. The gun barrel moved rapidly, spitting sparks.

‘One heart, two.’

Fortress walls rose up on her left and right. Silver-white bricks rapidly stacked and grew taller. The Kraken’s legs that had been wrapping around from both sides collided with the translucent walls and stopped.

Despite the violent collision sounds, Rita didn’t look to the side.

Her opponent was a named magical beast. She needed visual assistance for shooting. Trusting her comrade and keeping her gaze fixed only forward, she aimed precisely at the mouth that roared with anger like a cave opening wide.

‘Three.’

She fired a bullet toward the final heart hiding behind the creature’s throat.

Bang.

At the same time, she felt a whooshing wind from above. A shadow fell over her. In the instant she looked up, she heard the sound of something being sliced.

Gid, who had somehow stepped onto the hazy citadel, was sheathing his sword above her. Following the path where he had swung his blade, a trajectory like black flames remained before fading away.

The severed Kraken leg fell into the river water, creating a splash. Blue blood from the magical beast poured from the cut section, forming a waterfall right in front of her nose.

After cutting down the leg that had nearly crushed her head.

Crown Prince Gideon, no, Gid Pascal looked down at her with a disheveled expression. With an indescribable look on his face.

Rita smiled slightly.

“Gid, do you remember?”

The brain, the brains attached to eight legs, three hearts. She had left bullet traces on all of them.

The twelve-shot contract was complete.

She scattered into the air like spreading cards the other twelve bullets she had been clutching in her left hand, created simultaneously with the contract bullets. The golden oath-made bullets didn’t fall downward but remained floating in a semicircle in front of her.

Rita looked at them and spoke as if to herself.

“These are Zamiel’s bullets.”

“…!”

Gid’s eyes widened. He had seen the entire process of her creating that technique, practicing it, and getting frustrated by lack of oath power. Of course he remembered.

Rita flicked open the revolver’s cylinder with her thumb. She snatched six bullets floating in the air and shoved them into the chambers. Though she seemed casual about it, the result was fast and precise. Then she flicked her wrist to close the cylinder.

The Noblewoman of Raskail had loaded the revolver with exactly the same habit as Rita Pascal. The Crown Prince couldn’t take his eyes off that series of movements.

Roooooar.

The Kraken writhed its entire body while screaming. The river water created waves. New legs grew from the severed parts.

Lillieta aimed the gun barrel toward the empty air above her head. Brilliant oath power wrapped around her hands and arms like flags. The gun barrel heated to a golden color.

Bang!

Unlike before, a thunderously loud firing sound erupted as a golden trajectory shot up to the sky. The fired bullet swelled like a cannonball and began swimming through the air. A clearly strange trajectory.

Bang, bang, bang, thunder continued to echo. Rita shot the remaining five bullets into the air as well. It wasn’t rapid fire. About 1 to 2 seconds per shot. She imbued each one with plenty of oath power, shooting them one by one with full force.

The fired bullets swelled enormously like the previous ones, then began painting the sky with various trajectories.

She lowered the gun barrel and opened the cylinder. She inserted the remaining six bullets into the empty chambers. The cylinder closed and spun around.

Again, five more firing sounds rang out at intervals.

Meanwhile, the Kraken roared while forming new legs and swung its remaining legs toward Rita.

However, since Gid was blocking in front of her and cutting them all down, no attacks reached Rita.

After shooting eleven bullets into the air, she aimed the gun barrel forward and said.

“Gid, move aside.”

He immediately stepped aside.

The Kraken was regenerating its severed legs again. Rita pulled the twelfth trigger toward its forehead area and quietly recited.

“Contract fulfilled.”

Boom, the final bullet fired like a cannon. Sparks and light burst forth.

Following the twelfth bullet that flew straight, the eleven bullets that had been floating in the air were now heading toward their target.

Curving and dancing like a demon’s prank, surpassing everything that blocked them, toward the places where the ‘contract’ was carved.

At the twelve places where scratches remained, bullets that had turned golden and grown enormous like artillery shells reached simultaneously, each drawing different trajectories.

Twelve places on the Kraken’s body, larger than a sailing ship, exploded simultaneously. An explosion sound like twelve bombs detonating at once shook heaven and earth.

Golden light pierced through and burst all the skin, muscle, and organs. Blue blood scattered everywhere like fireworks. Black flesh and hide splashed into the blue river covered with white petals.

The massive body with twelve holes slowly crumbled into the river water. The pitch-black poison it released in its final struggle lost meaning since there was no one around.

Thud, the river where the dead Kraken sank created waves that shook the sailing ships and boats.

Gideon let out a low groan.

A technique that processed contract bullets and fulfillment bullets to form pairs that attracted each other like magnets, shot contract bullets to designate targets, then shot fulfillment bullets in various directions while twisting their trajectories, making different bullets hit different targets simultaneously without time difference.

In the past, the nickname that people who saw this devilish technique when fighting the Commander had given to Rita Pascal came to mind.

‘Matan’. The shooter of magic bullets.

It was 7 shots then and 12 shots now, but it couldn’t be anyone else. No matter how different her appearance had become, it didn’t matter. The most certain proof above all else.

He couldn’t breathe. His hands trembled finely. He looked back at Lillieta with bloodshot eyes.

The woman standing on the glass-like ramparts seemed to be floating on the blue sky. Between her blonde hair fluttering freely in the wind, an unfamiliar face looked at him with a familiar smile.

“It’s been a while.”

“….”

“Do you recognize me?”

No words came out. He just stared blankly, and she slowly blinked before muttering like a sigh.

“Ah, twelve shots… are quite difficult.”

Then she swayed and collapsed. Gideon reflexively threw away his sword and caught her. Purple eyes that opened hazily checked him once more before closing as if relieved.

“Let me rest a bit, Gid….”

Gideon hurriedly lifted the body that leaned against him and went limp. He held the unconscious unfamiliar face in his arms and quietly gazed at her.

Only then could he breathe.

A single tear unknowingly flowed from his dried eyes, but he couldn’t realize it. He just pulled her into his embrace with trembling hands.

He found her.

Beyond distant years and countless failures, finally.

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Lillieta opened her eyes feeling a splitting headache. She immediately tried to sit up but her arm gave way and she fell forward.

“Ugh.”

“What are you doing, patient.”

With a low scolding, large hands approached and held her, then carefully laid her back down.

Rita blinked while buried deep in the soft bed. Her vision was still blurry. Seeing that she had no strength in her entire body, she realized she had overexerted herself in various ways.

Why did I overexert myself?

Ah.

“The Kraken.”

Her voice that suddenly came out was cracked. She coughed dryly and spoke again.

“What about the Kraken?”

“Why are you looking for the one you so spectacularly killed again.”

A deflated voice was heard as a water cup touched her lips. After gulping down the water, her mind gradually cleared and her vision became sharp.

She saw the Crown Prince’s face in front of her. He put away the empty water cup and asked.

“Should I give you another cup?”

Rita silently nodded. Gideon got up from his seat and moved somewhere. Only then could she check her surroundings.

It was an unfamiliar room. The bedroom decorated in black and gold had a gorgeous yet magnificent atmosphere.

“Where is this?”

“Onyx Palace.”

“…The Crown Prince’s Palace?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Gideon, who had brought water in a glass cup, sat on the edge of the bed. He adjusted the pillow to help her lean back with her upper body supported, then held the water cup to her lips again. While Rita drank water, he said.

“So now I’m in danger of being hanged.”

“Cough, hack, what?”

“Drink slowly, you’ll choke.”

“No, what did you just say?”

“Duke Raskail wants to hang me because I kidnapped you. Oh, the young Duke has a talent for cursing with polite letters.”

“Wh, what? Kidnapped?”

“I did make excuses in my own way, but in reality it was no different from kidnapping when I brought you here. Sorry, I had no choice. How could I let you go there.”

Gideon contorted his face, which was annoyingly perfect compared to when he was Gid, into a pitiful expression.

“What if I let go and you just disappear? If you do that again, I really can’t live without you, Rita.”

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