A World Where You All Are The Villains - Chapter 61.2
The moment I saw the ends of the hair bundles, sharpened like awls, I reflexively squeezed my eyes shut.
“Whoa, that was close.”
“……!”
Fortunately or unfortunately, I didn’t feel the pain of being pierced.
At the playful voice, I snapped my eyes open and saw countless strands of hair stopped right in front of my face.
A chill ran down my spine.
“Ugh…!”
Then I suddenly realized that both my feet were touching the ground.
My body, which had been flung forcefully, was free again.
I immediately turned and shouted.
“Your Highness, have you lost your mind?! What the hell was that?!”
“This is part of our deal too, but you looked like you were slacking, so I thought I’d make use of you. You should’ve told me sooner that they were Awakeners.”
“You crazy…!”
Serge protested as if he were the wronged one.
I trembled with rage.
Because even then, he was letting out small amused chuckles.
He had never been normal to begin with, but for some reason, he seemed far more excited than usual.
Those dilated pupils that clearly looked unhinged.
‘I knew it, this bastard. He definitely got affected by the mist!’
Regardless of the fact that he had blocked every single strand of that disgusting hair, I felt like crying.
‘Am I… going to make it out of here alive?’
Just then.
The man who had been smiling leisurely suddenly stiffened.
“Get down, Ducal Lady!”
With that short shout, he suddenly pulled me into his arms and threw himself over the railing.
“W-Wait…!”
The dizzying sensation of falling lasted only a moment.
And then.
BOOOOOM―!
A tremendous explosion that shook the ground rang out.
At the same time, a heavy impact hit my entire body.
“Ugh!”
“Ahh! Ack! Ah…!”
After landing on the basement floor, Serge rolled several times while holding me tightly.
Thanks to him shielding me with his whole body, I wasn’t injured.
But that didn’t mean there was no impact.
His body felt like solid stone. As we rolled, my face slammed into his shoulder and chest several times, and before I knew it, I was seeing stars.
“Ughhh…”
“Damn it. Get it together, Ducal Lady.”
A rough hand forced my dazed body upright.
At least it had only been the height of one floor.
“W-What… what happened?”
I barely regained my senses and tried to understand the situation while fighting the dizziness.
Crackle, crackle.
Something was burning, and the smell of smoke filled the air.
Fwoooosh…
The dust blocking my vision slowly cleared.
And when the scene was revealed, I couldn’t hide my shock.
The staircase where Serge and I had been standing moments ago had been completely blown apart and collapsed.
“An explosion-type ability user.”
He said through clenched teeth.
“I didn’t like the way he was looking down on us. I should’ve gouged out those insolent eyes first… ugh!”
Even while muttering curses nonstop, he suddenly groaned and grabbed his left side.
“Y-Your Highness!”
Following his gaze downward, I let out a sharp scream.
His side was soaked with blood.
And stuck right in the middle of it was a stiff bundle of hair, like a wire.
Serge narrowed one eye and gave a savage grin.
“Ha. Never thought I’d live to see the day my belly gets pierced by someone’s hair.”
“A-Are you okay?”
But there was no time to check how bad the wound was.
Sssht, sssssht…!
That damn hair broke through the smoke and began attacking again.
As if it didn’t hurt at all, Serge immediately pushed himself to his feet.
“Ducal Lady. I’ll deal with that damn hair first, so you handle the explosion user.”
“M-Me?!”
“It doesn’t look like they can use their ability consecutively.”
As he said, the explosions weren’t happening one after another.
Sometimes, Awakeners whose rank is low compared to their ability have a delay before the next use.
A so-called cooldown.
“It looks like they designate the explosion point with their eyes, so just go stab the eyes and come back. Sounds easy, right?”
It didn’t sound easy at all.
First of all, how was I supposed to climb up the completely collapsed stairs?
But since he had to block countless strands of hair at once, it would be difficult for him to deal with both enemies alone.
‘Fine, I’ll figure something out…!’
If I could just get up to where they were, I could spray the perfume or use purification to knock them out.
With tears in my eyes, I staggered to my feet.
And just as I was about to run toward the collapsed staircase debris.
Boom―!
Another loud blast rang out.
This time, it came from behind.
Fortunately or unfortunately, it wasn’t an explosion.
But.
“Grrrr…”
“Grrr!”
“Kyaaaah!”
The Corrupted, having finished off their prey inside, had finally broken through the door and were coming out.
‘Damn it… am I really getting out of here alive?!’
At that point, I honestly felt like crying.
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