Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 198
Chapter 198
Translator: Yonnee
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The trajectory of the air shifted abruptly.
“Agh!”
The knights charging toward Dietrich collapsed, vomiting blood from some unknown force.
One of them clutched their throat, mumbling.
“S-Sword aura…”
…Sword aura.
I still remember.
The moment Dietrich first entered the mansion.
He had been flustered, saying he couldn’t summon sword aura.
“Emily!”
At that moment, the lord came up behind me and grabbed my arm.
“Th-they’ll buy us some time. We need to get out of here.”
“……”
Get out of here?
I had spent three years preparing for this day to kill Dietrich.
“Emily! We have to try another plan.”
The lord tugged my arm, pulling me down from the altar.
His firm grip led me toward an exit passageway, away from the underground.
“It’s fortunate we built multiple escape routes for situations like this.”
The lord, gasping for breath, led me up the stairs.
“Once we’re outside, I’ll seal this place and set it ablaze. It was wise of you to station sorcerers outside, just as you advised. Otherwise, this could have ended disastrously.”
“……”
“Are you listening, Emily?”
As we climbed the circular staircase surrounding the underground, the moonlight seeping in from outside became visible.
The lord rushed to the door and threw it open.
“Hurry! Seal off that area! Use the ritual and make sure no one can escape!”
I stood silently behind the lord.
Dozens of sorcerers set fire to the small building and strengthened the ritual with powerful spells. A translucent green barrier enveloped the building.
The roaring flames consumed the structure, but nothing could penetrate the barrier sealed with sorcery.
“Hahaha!”
The lord laughed at the sight.
But for some reason, a sense of unease crept in.
“This is the end, no matter how fiercely he fights!”
Then, it happened.
Within the barrier filled with fiery red flames and black smoke, a surge of violet energy erupted.
“W-What is this…?”
The lord and the sorcerers stared in horror at the mysterious force.
At that moment, a sharp gust sliced through the sorcerers’ barrier.
“Urgh!”
As the ritual shattered, the sorcerers collapsed, vomiting blood.
Through the blazing inferno, a man walked out leisurely.
The man, casually brushing the ash off his clothes, directed his cold gaze toward us.
“Gah!”
The terrified lord collapsed to the ground.
“Sir… Sir Dietrich…”
The lord called out to Dietrich as if pleading for mercy.
“Speak, Your Lordship.”
“I… I… I didn’t mean for this to happen. It was… a misunderstanding…”
At that moment, the lord whipped his head around to look at me.
“It was her! That witch seduced me! I was bewitched by her…! I wasn’t in my right mind for a moment!”
The lord’s finger, pointing at me, trembled pathetically.
Dietrich looked at me with a mocking expression.
It was as if he was ridiculing me for once swearing to never leave the lord’s side.
To see my plan fall apart so miserably.
A hollow emptiness surged within me.
“P-Please, Sir Dietrich… have mercy…”
The lord, groveling, clung to Dietrich’s leg, begging for his life.
Dietrich looked down at the lord with an indifferent gaze.
“I told you, Your Lordship. I’ve come up with a very good plan.”
“This… plan…”
Dietrich smiled coldly as he spoke.
“Your Lordship, let’s say you possess a gem. And I desire that gem. Now, what do you think I should do?”
“A… A gem, you say? If it’s gems you want, I’ll give you every gem in this castle!”
“I’d prefer to take it secretly. I am, after all, a virtuous knight who must set a proper example.”
“Then, I’ll give it to you quietly, without anyone knowing.”
“Without anyone knowing? But Your Lordship, everyone knows of it.”
Dietrich raised his sword, chiding the lord who had given the wrong answer.
The lord’s eyes rolled back.
“Then, what should I…”
“The answer is simple.”
At that moment, Dietrich drove his sword into the lord’s body.
“Gah!”
“Remove the lord and seize the gem.”
Without hesitation, he withdrew the sword that had pierced through the lord.
Dietrich kicked the lifeless body blocking his path and took a calm step forward.
I instinctively bit my lower lip and took a step back.
“Now, it’s just you.”
Under the moonlight, splattered with blood, Dietrich smiled faintly.
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