Chapter 64
“Do you want to die?”
Silas roughly grabbed Russo by the collar.
“Ah, the outsider guy? Have you found a lot?”
However, Russo smiled teasingly at Silas.
“If you haven’t found much, looks like I’ll be taking your girlfriend from you soon.”
At that moment, Silas fell silent.
“What? Can’t find anything? You can’t even speak?”
From Katrina’s perspective, Silas wasn’t speechless.
His bright yellow eyes grew more and more vicious. He was on the verge of losing his temper.
Katrina knew Silas well and was familiar with these sudden outbursts.
He had been like this since childhood.
When he was truly angry, he would keep silent for a while, then go wild like a mad dog.
“Stop it, Silas.”
Katrina quickly grabbed him before he did something reckless.
It would be troublesome to cause a scene in a place full of criminals.
“What the hell are you doing? You’re participating, and now you’re causing a ruckus?”
Even if she didn’t follow their words, she had to pretend to be a little cooperative.
People like Russo could be ignored.
If Russo won the game, she could just leave the island before he did whatever he wanted.
At that moment…
“The treasure hunt ends in 10 seconds!”
The countdown began.
The announcer counted down from 10, and when it finally reached 1…
“Now, let’s announce the winner!”
“Katrina, you have three cloths.”
As Katrina went up to the podium to submit her cloths, the announcer announced the number of cloths she had found.
Surprisingly, Katrina’s result was average. It seemed like some people hadn’t found any at all.
Of course, there were people who had found more than enough.
“Eric, six cloths!”
“Sienna, eight cloths!”
“Candion, twelve cloths!”
The cloth counts of others were slowly announced.
And the overwhelming first place winner was…
“Russo, fifteen cloths!”
It was Russo with fifteen cloths.
“Of course, it’s Russo!”
“Looks like Russo is the winner again this year!”
Katrina watched as Russo smiled widely on the podium.
His number of cloths was definitely overwhelming compared to the others.
It seemed like it was impossible for outsiders like them to beat the island’s prisoners.
At that moment, a familiar red-haired man stepped onto the podium.
It was Silas.
“What’s this? How did this happen?”
At that moment…
“Silas has gathered twenty cloths!”
“Silas?”
Katrina stared at the man standing on the podium.
It was Silas, right?
Was he using the alias “Silas?”
And he found twenty cloths?
“Damn it!” Russo’s face twisted in anger.
He looked like he was furious after losing the winner’s seat, and he threw his cloth aside before storming off.
“Silas, do you have a secret to gathering so many cloths?”
The announcer asked curiously.
“Well, if you wish hard enough, the heavens will help you,” Silas briefly shared his thoughts.
“Heavens helping you?”
“Especially today, I think I got a lot of help,” Silas concluded his brief speech.
The crowd erupted in applause.
“What the hell were you thinking, going there?”
When they returned to the tent, Silas yelled angrily.
“Do you even know where that place is?”
Katrina couldn’t help but shout back.
“You brought me to this island! Who are you to talk like that?”
“Well, that’s…”
Silas fell silent as Katrina yelled at him, realizing he had no valid response.
“If you hadn’t brought me here in the first place, none of this would have happened!”
“….”
“Also, the winner of the treasure hunt becomes the king of the party, right? If that’s the case, I have no choice but to participate.”
“What? Who told you that?”
Silas furrowed his brows.
“That’s only for those who participated in the treasure hunt.”
“….”
Katrina realized she had been misled by the women.
They had mixed lies with truth.
“Who said that? Tell me immediately. I’ll make sure they won’t get away with it.”
“Forget it. Stop it. I was a fool to trust criminals…”
Not knowing anything made this situation far more dangerous than she’d imagined.
She was in a terrible position to survive on this island.
“I’ll be leaving in two days anyway.”
“Then, what are you planning to do as the winner over there?”
“….”
As expected, Silas didn’t answer.
She wasn’t expecting him to anymore.
If he didn’t say anything, she’d figure it out herself.
Silas fell asleep.
Since they were sharing the same bed, she could tell by the sound of his breathing.
Katrina watched Silas as he slept soundly.
“I used to have insomnia…”
That’s why he used to wake up often in the past.
But now, it was the opposite.
The insomnia had become hers.
Katrina got out of bed.
Now, she had something to do.
“Let’s check out Silas’s boat.”
The boat had brought many artifacts, so she thought there might be something valuable on board.
With that thought in mind, Katrina moved toward the boat Silas had parked.
“Anything worth stealing?”
“Let’s grab something quickly.”
But then she noticed movement from the boat.
‘Who’s there?’
By the sounds of footsteps, it wasn’t just one or two people.
Silas, you crazy man.
What the hell is he doing, leaving a boat full of artifacts so visible?
She had to go back and wake Silas…
“Ah? The outsider lady?”
Then a voice came from behind.
Damn, was there another person with them?
Katrina quickly turned around.
“Why aren’t you sleeping, and what are you doing here?”
…Was that Russo?
The man who had been the likely winner of the treasure hunt earlier.
Though Silas had beaten him.
“Look! The boat is full of amazing things!”
At that moment, the people who had been on the boat rushed out, and they spotted Katrina too.
An awkward standoff began.
“What are you doing on someone else’s boat?”
Katrina decided to go on the offensive.
She had to push forward now, with all her strength.
“If you’ve stolen anything, put it down and leave. I’ll pretend I didn’t see it.”
She glanced behind her.
‘If it comes to it, I’ll dive into the boat.’
There was one way out.
The boat was full of artifacts Silas had brought.
And she knew firsthand that Silas used those artifacts.
She also knew there were items aboard that would be useful in dealing with these people.
“This is your last warning.”
Katrina was serious.
Though these people were stronger and outnumbered her, if she could get into the boat and grab an artifact…
They’d be finished.
“Hahaha!”
As expected.
“You’re saying some funny things, lady.”
“….”
“You really think you can do anything to us?”
This was when she realized why they were criminals on this island.
They had become so used to crime.
“Fine. I understand.”
Katrina immediately turned her back and ran toward the boat.
“What!? She’s running away! Catch her!”
Russo shouted.
His group rushed to catch her.
She had to grab the artifact without a mistake.
Just as she was about to grab the door to the cabin, she was one step too slow.
The men grabbed Katrina by the shoulder and threw her down.
“Ugh!”
“Haha, trying to run into the boat? Are you stupid? You’re trapping yourself!”
They mocked her.
“Miss, you should stay quiet now. If you make us angry…”
Just as Russo reached out his hand to grab Katrina—
Shk!
A chunk was severed right in front of Katrina’s eyes.
