I'm Stuck on a Remote Island With the Male Leads - Chapter 155

The forceful release of the magic formula caused the magic waves to tangle uncontrollably. Jenas coughed up b black ood.

He was so close to success, that all he had to do was watch them all die trapped in his magic circle.

But–

A millennium of planning had been thwarted in a single moment. Because of Margaret.

I can’t believe I made such a mistake.

I believed I could kill them all with my own hands. As I had always done.

If he could have foreseen it, he would have unsealed the pendant first, to use it to open the dimensional door and take control of the world.

It all started with his arrogance.

“This…… is unbelievable. Margaret, what have you done to me?!” Jenas snarled.

Margaret glared at him angrily. “Cut the crap and let go of me!”

“Damn it……!! What the hell did you do to me!!! How the hell did you……!! How!!!”

Margaret struggled in his arms, bumping her forehead hard with his. He lost her in his arms, but Jenas just stood there, dazed and in shock.

What the hell kind of emotion is this?

He found himself wishing she hadn’t died the moment she fell.

A moment ago, he hadn’t given a damn about her life. She was the one he was going to end up killing anyway.

This can’t be true. I can’t believe this.

[Thanks for sparing Margaret’s life, you idiot].

Kayden’s voice echoed in his head.

At the same time, grains of sand-like powder spread out from his body, scattering in the air before rolling across the floor and coalescing into a human form

With a great tangle of magic, Jenas’ dominance weakened, and Kayden regained control of his body.

Jenas groaned as he rolled across the floor. Kayden, regaining his senses, quickly lunged for him.

-stab.

An intense pain shot through his chest.

Jenas stared blankly at the dagger in his chest.

“Do not interact with the test subjects directly. Because if you psychologically sympathize or assimilate with them, then in that instant it’s all over. Because you won’t be able to kill them.”

Anata’s words hit him like a ton of bricks.

He is different from Anata. A thousand years had not been easy for him.

He was sure of that.

He was fine when he met Yuanna, so why now……

Jenas caught sight of Margaret’s face glaring at him until his blurring vision flickered and went completely dark.

He kept her face in his eyes, and that was the last time he saw her, the woman who had ruined his greatest dream for a thousand years in a single moment.

***

Jenas is dead.

After confirming his death, Kayden turned to me urgently. When our eyes met, there was a hint of tears on his face.

“Margaret! I’m so glad you’re safe. I’m so glad, I’m so glad you…… you……”

He pulled me into a strong hug and buried his face on my shoulder. His whole body was trembling lightly.

That’s what I wanted to say. I’m so glad Kayden’s back safe and sound. I was so worried about him. I could still feel the shock when Jenas took over Kayden’s body.

Tears welled up in my eyes, and I pulled him into a tight embrace and stroked his back. He was sobbing, unable to hold back his tears.

Enoch rushed to me, gasping for breath. He took a moment to check on me, look at Kayden’s messed-up face, and breathe a sigh of relief.

He stroked my hair with his large hand, then turned away wordlessly, confirming once more that Jenas was dead.

Jenas is really dead.

I couldn’t believe that the vile man was really dead. Only when we confirmed once again that he was truly dead and motionless did we all relax.

It’s over. It really is over

Strangely enough, the last image of Jenas’ face as he looked at me stuck with me. Why did he look like he felt betrayed by me?

I picked up the pendant on the floor, sealed with the mana of the Lords of the Magic Towers.

“Cough, cough.”

The fallen Arthdal coughed up blood.

Kayden was hugging me and then passed out like a man who had used up all his energy.

I regained my composure and quickly gathered the group. Diego picked Kayden up from the floor. Arthdal was helped to his feet by Enoch.

They were all in serious condition. They needed to get to Yuanna for help as soon as possible.

Eunji, back to her tiny baby snake form, quickly clung to my arm.

I hurriedly searched for Yuanna and Anata. Arthdal said they’d found a way out and decided to leave the door open.

A way out.

At that moment, I suddenly remembered my conversation with Jenas.

“This island has a door to the Empire of Langridge that opens every year. When it does, Anata and I receive a new offering. You have not yet been on this island for a year. What would happen if you forced open the closed door at the wrong time, when the cycle was not complete?”

“What would happen?”

“The answer to your question ends here.”

What if that door is the one that Yuanna and the others went to find……

No, actually, I think it is. It must be that door.

The only thing that could be called an “escape door” in the cabin was the one in the bunker.

It was only then that I realized why Jenas had given Yuanna the “master key”.

“What the hell is the point of the master key, he wouldn’t have given you that to open all the doors just to open the bunker.”

“Could he have used a trick in case the plan went awry?”

“Then maybe using the key to open ‘something’ is a trap.”

Our predictions were correct. This must have been the real reason Jenas gave Yuanna the master key to open all the doors.

If any of us found the door in the bunker, we could use Yuanna’s key to open it.

When it comes to why Jenas would do this, there’s only one answer. Opening the door is not only related to the destruction of the island, but also to our deaths.

There are many ways to die on this island, and perhaps the key is one of them.

“What would happen if you forced open the closed door?”

His words stuck in my head.

“……we have to hurry! We have to see the Saintess before she opens the door in the bunker!”

I shouted to the group and hurriedly cleared the wreckage of the cabin and headed for the entrance to the bunker.

***

Through the rubble of the collapsed cabin, they finally found the “door” in the bunker.

Yuanna stood in front of the door and turned to Anata. Anata nodded wordlessly, indicating to open the door.

Swallowing hard, Yuanna fished in her pocket for the key. It was the key that had unlocked the chamber where Anata was sealed.

The master key Jenas had given her before her regression.

‘Everything should be fine, right?’

Suddenly, she remembered Margaret’s question before.

“Is she trustworthy?”

Trustworthy, she thought, and that hadn’t changed. Anata had sacrificed herself to be sealed by Jenas.

But still, she hesitated.

“I know you doubt it, but it’s the way out.” Anata sighed, as if she knew what she was thinking.

After a long moment of hesitation, Yuanna slipped the key into the doorknob.

“Saintess!”

Margaret’s voice cut through the rubble of the cabin. Yuanna turned to see her.

“Margaret, I’m so glad you’re safe!”

“Thank you for your concern. Oh, and please hold off on opening the door. Jenas said something and it’s bothering me.”

Margaret, with a smaller-than-usual snake wrapped around her arm, panting from the rush.

“Anata, you said this door opens every year, right?”

“I did.” Anata nodded, confirming Margaret’s question.

“I asked Jenas if there was a way for the Saintess whose soul was bound to the island to escape, and he said it might be possible if we destroyed the island, and he told me how to do it……”

Margaret pointed to the locked door.

“He asked me, ‘What would happen if you forced open a door that opens every year?'”

“What does that mean?” Yuanna narrowed her eyes.

Margaret shrugged and carefully removed the key from the doorknob.

“Saintess, you said this key was given to you by Jenas before you turned back time.”

“Ah, yes…… he did.”

“Why would Jenas give you a master key that could open the escape door?”

“……!”

“I think it’s a trap. If you use the key to force the door open when it’s been less than a year, the island will be destroyed.”

“If the island is destroyed, we can get out of here, so isn’t that a good thing?”

“The problem is that Jenas said that, and the context of the conversation was a little strange. I don’t think it’s just the island being destroyed, Anata. Are you sure you don’t know anything?”

At those words, all eyes turned to Anata, including those of Ruzef and Yuanna, as well as those behind Margaret’s back.

“What……?”

Anata, on the other hand, looked surprised and only blinked her eyes. There was a deep sense of betrayal on her face as Yuanna looked at her like that.

“Anata, you really don’t know anything?”

Anata raised her eyebrows in disbelief. “It’s impossible that Jenas could have tricked me and set me up. It’s impossible……”

She was silent for a moment, lost in thought, then suddenly looked at Yuanna.

“I don’t know why Jenas gave you that key and never took it back. If he did, he was probably hoping for an interesting ‘variable’ or something. He wanted you to open the door in hope, believing it to be a way out. Just like now.”

“……!”

“Of course, it doesn’t matter if you open the door or not…… it was only for his own amusement.”

Yuanna frowned in incomprehension. “If we force open the escape door, the island will be destroyed, and that can’t be good for Jenas.”

“The door is like a cog in the system of the island, and if you force it open, of course the island will be destroyed. It wouldn’t just destroy the island, but also affect the test subjects connected to the system.”

“Ah……”

“You would most likely all be dead except for your mana. The destruction of the island would be a minor blow to Jenas. What matters to him is effectively stealing your mana and divine power and opening a dimensional door.”

With a grim look on her face, Yuanna dropped the key in her hand to the floor.

-thud.

Everyone’s eyes turned to the key on the floor.

That’s when Anata asked, “Wait, but where’s Jenas?”

“He’s dead.”

Anata’s complexion visibly paled at Margaret’s reply.