Part 2 Chapter 87
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I finally rescued my beloved sister from this crazy house.
“Lady, we need to get out of here as quickly as possible!”
But unfortunately, there was no time to share the joy of our reunion or to explain the situation.
Now, what we need to do is retrace our steps and quickly escape the castle.
It sounds easy, but it’s not.
Kali quickly dealt with the enemies, but the noise must have spread to the lower floors.
“Bania…”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Krista looked at me, and maybe because she felt relief, she didn’t fully realize how urgent the situation was.
She kept touching my hand, checking my face, and hugging me repeatedly.
As if confirming I wasn’t a figment of her imagination.
‘Ugh, I get it!’
I understand, and I feel so sorry for her, but…
“Krista, let’s talk outside. Okay? It’s too dangerous right now. We need to move quickly.”
“Yeah, yeah…”
Holding Krista’s hand, I followed Kali’s lead as we ran.
I’m someone who can escape easily, like eating cold soup, and Krista is a powerful attacker with special abilities.
If the two of us work together, nothing is to be feared.
But…
‘Right now, we’re the most useless!’
We’re in a powerless state.
Most likely, my sharp-eyed father saw Ryan and immediately activated the lockdown.
For that reason, Kali was now moving while protecting two helpless burdens.
We ran.
The 10th floor corridor ended.
As we were about to head down the stairs…
‘Crap, we’re doomed!’
As expected, the commotion had reached the 9th-floor guards, who were now rushing up.
Kali drew her sword again.
The three guns she had brought were already out of ammunition after quickly dealing with the guards on the upper floors.
Kali is strong, but protecting me and Krista while only armed with a sword, facing so many enemies, wouldn’t be easy.
“Lady! What in the world is happening…?”
As Kali drew her sword, a guard who had drawn his own sword saw Krista and asked,
“Mark didn’t let me go!”
Huh?
Krista suddenly stepped forward, angry.
“My father told me to come, but Mark stopped me and attacked! The guards on the upper floor were all in on it too! You too? Did you know Mark would do this?”
Krista yelled in a sharp voice, and the guards were stunned.
They all went pale and waved their hands frantically.
“No! No, that’s not true!”
“We didn’t know! Please believe us!”
“Then get out of the way! I need to go to my father! Before I tear you all apart!”
The guards, unaware that we were powerless, quickly moved aside, splitting to the walls and stair railings.
“You all go upstairs and gather the bodies of those who were keeping me locked up! Don’t think I’ll bury them gently!”
“Yes, yes!”
“We understand!”
Even locking them up on the 10th floor so they couldn’t follow?
Wow.
Krista had gotten so sharp since I last saw her, and she was smart as always, but…
She had gotten really aggressive!
‘Ha, but I actually like it!’
I proudly clung to my powerful sister’s arm and crossed my arms.
Krista smiled at me.
“Hehehe!”
I foolishly smiled back.
Good, good…
“Ah.”
…I jinxed it.
As we reached the 8th floor, still grinning, I froze.
The familiar face of a knight was blocking our way.
The man with a small scar on his left eyebrow was Julien Crechman, the only opponent Kali had back in Basenberg before the regression.
He’s my father’s direct bodyguard.
***
There is a way to survive.
Edgar watched as Ryan went crazy and started forming a strategy in his mind.
Bang!
Bang!
“My lord!”
Ryan’s subordinate shouted.
“You’ll die doing this!”
“Huh?”
Ryan, who had been furiously slamming David’s head, grabbed his hair and yanked it.
When he turned his head, it was so smashed that it was unrecognizable.
And faint breathing.
Just one step away from death.
“No, no!”
Ryan, pale, pulled something from his chest.
A blue liquid-filled vial.
A healing potion.
“Bro… no, please!”
Shaking hands opened the vial, and Ryan poured it into the dying David’s mouth.
The weak throat made a swallowing sound as he barely managed to swallow it.
The wounds healed.
The marks of abuse remained as horrifying bloodstains spread across his now healed face.
“Bro, are you finally awake?”
Edgar, watching, clenched his teeth.
He understood why Ryan was doing this.
After healing his brother, who was almost dead…
“If you think you’re going to die, let me know!”
Bang!!!
Ryan made eye contact with his father and started torturing David again.
Ryan’s crazy eyes made it clear:
If his father didn’t want to see his son die, he should stop the power-blocking.
But that wasn’t an option.
“No matter how useless I am, I’m still my father’s son! Even a beast doesn’t abandon its cubs! Hahaha!”
Why?
When Edgar began to have doubts about Ryan, the day he had been abandoned came to his mind vividly, as if it had happened yesterday.
His once gentle younger brother had gone insane, spitting venom that day.
At first, Edgar had thought it was just anger, frustration, and a twisted, vengeful look…
“Do you regret it? The day you abandoned me?”
Ryan grinned, as if expecting this day to come.
Ryan, who had barged into the meeting room, bringing a few ordinary soldiers and causing chaos…
It had never been a matter of whether he was bluffing or if he had the ability to subdue them all.
From the beginning, it had been clear Ryan had the ability to dominate.
“Father.”
The now-grown Ryan wiped his bloodstained face with the back of his hand and grinned eerily.
“Do you remember the day you abandoned me?”
“….”
“Still not regret it?”
“….”
It was a ridiculous question.
If he died today, that would be the day he’d regret more than anything in his life.
Edgar closed his eyes tightly.
He only needed to hold on a little longer.
Ryan probably held the power of [Instant Death].
It was nearly impossible to complete [Instant Death], and even if it was completed, Ryan wouldn’t need to come here to kill everyone.
So, Ryan had to be at the 3rd level of “Mastery”.
And, there was a weakness.
‘Sight.’
And ‘Timing.’
It was possible to try.
If only Krista came…
Yeah.
There is a way to survive.
Even with a 1% chance.
Why was Julien, my father’s bodyguard, blocking us now?
Damn it.
It’s probably because of me.
“If only the gatekeeper had the key, but it’s possible my father is the only one who has it.”
Because of the countless times I had been locked up before, I had foolishly worried Ryan.
“Couldn’t he have no idea where I was locked up?”
“It’s possible. Even if he finds it, he might not be able to open the door without the key.”
“Hmm…”
Ryan seemed worried.
It’s likely my father’s bodyguard sent Ryan to find Krista “willingly”.
It wasn’t a bad method.
If there had been no key, we would have been stuck, only to welcome Julien’s arrival.
But now, it had turned into a bad move.
Fortunately, the 10th-floor guard had the key, and we had already safely rescued Krista.
‘Things… are really getting complicated.’
There is no escape. The guards upstairs will notice something’s wrong and come down soon.
No exit. Kali cannot escape unless she defeats Julien here.
But Julien is more than capable of handling Kali.
And Kali must fight while protecting not just one, but two burdens.
‘Wow!’
I thought, sweating coldly.
Who caused this mess?
‘I made it all go wrong!!’
Unintentionally, it was me!
