Chapter 99
Chapter 99
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: ?
Chapter Title: A Woman Mad with Love
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With the power of Princess Varna, just as the women of the group were about to scatter in all directions...
"Grab onto the people around you as much as possible!"
Thanks to Lee Gok's quick thinking, the flustered women each latched onto the nearest comrades they could find.
Kwon Sora scooped up the bewildered Clan Head Mina into her arms, while Miran stuck tight to Lime and shot off toward the east and west sides of Yeouido.
"Damn...!"
And Princess Lee Gok ended up alone, too busy looking after the people around her.
Flying toward the northern edge, she used the barrier at the island's end as a springboard to soften the impact, and only then...
"Hoo!"
could she finally land back on solid ground.
"How far did I even fly?"
About ten minutes, give or take.
That ability from moments ago, the one that turned the ground into a trampoline-like spring, launching her opponent unilaterally into the air.
As far as she knew, there was only one woman in this world capable of such a feat.
The First Princess of the Salmagne Clan, another top candidate for heir among the Ten Great Clans just like herself—Princess Varna Salmagne.
This is bad...! That means right now, Yongchan's alone with that freak?!
She hadn't met her many times, but having partied together before...
Lee Gok recalled how, during an upper-level dungeon exploration in the past...
That girl had kept going with a rotor shoved up her pussy, claiming it was for "condition management."
The sight of her fighting while pussy juices dripped everywhere... it was utterly vulgar.
Masturbating when bored was a natural urge for any woman, sure.
But come on.
There was a line to that natural order—you had to keep it discreet, at least!
"I didn't strut around with the horse-cock dildo I'd brought that day, either! Even among women, you have to follow basic masturbation etiquette!"
What good did it do anyone to flash your filthy pussy like that!
A cock, maybe—but not that.
Anyway, that woman was definitely dangerous to men, too.
So, she had to hurry and protect Yongchan...
Tatata.
Princess Lee Gok dashed back toward their original spot.
But her footsteps...
"Varna suddenly bolted out, and I wondered who was around... It's been a while, Gok."
"Eh, Clan Head Emma?!"
She hadn't even run for a full minute before slamming into an immense wall, stopping dead in her tracks.
"I never thought you'd pull something this reckless."
Lustrous black hair whipped in the wind.
A modern coat draped with an elegant cloak—she exuded the aura of royalty at first glance, a true queen.
Sky-blue eyes fixed on her prey.
Crowning it all was a tiara of imperial make, priceless beyond measure.
France's representative among the Ten Great Clans.
Clan Head Emma of the Salmagne Clan.
Someone she'd met as a child alongside her mother—one of the few Clan Heads on friendly terms with her family, and now... an enemy.
Gulp...
"Give it up. That party you've scraped together is no different from an egg smashing against a rock."
Cold sweat beaded on Lee Gok's forehead.
The overwhelming gap hit her just from facing her.
And she was supposed to be one of the top candidates for next Clan Head.
Was this the difference between a current Clan Head and a successor candidate?
'No... in a way, it's only natural.'
In terms of raw strength, this woman was on par with her mother... no, possibly the strongest among the Ten Great Clan Heads in actual combat.
The nation where humanity's first revolution took place.
The only family still hailed as royalty there.
Each of the Ten Great Clans had their defining traits, but the Salmagne Clan stood out as the "executioner lineage," always prioritizing life above all.
Worshipped yet feared—they were traitors and heroes who, during the French Revolution, beheaded other royals and nobles while being royal themselves.
Advice straight from the mouth of that clan's representative.
"Lower your weapon and surrender."
"...!"
"Then I might quietly send you back underground."
She'd spare their lives.
Now that Yongno had taken Seolgi's body and become Clan Head, the other princesses of the Supreme Lee Clan were nothing but thorns in her side.
Better to wash their identities clean as fugitives and live new lives than get devoured by that monster serpent.
With that, Clan Head Emma promised to let Lee Gok and her entire party go unharmed if they surrendered peacefully.
But.
"No."
Lee Gok refused flatly.
Even from someone always praised for her sharp, rational judgments.
"...What?"
Korea had started as the world's most backward nation, scarred by colonial rule and great wars.
She'd dragged that country—worse off than some African slums—into a developed powerhouse, staking her very life on it.
A "genius" like that suddenly turning "idiot" for one reason only.
"Love, is it, In-ee?"
"...! Yes!"
"Haa... Well, even 'family' wouldn't make you do something this stupid."
If it were just about her little sister, she never would've charged headlong into Yeouido, where all the Ten Great Clan Heads had gathered.
That left only "sacrifice" for the one she loved.
"I heard whispers about it. A male hunter infiltrated Yeouido."
"Already... the rumors have spread that far."
"Of course. Every Clan Head from the Ten Great Clans, representing the world's hunters, is gathered here."
An island just 8.48 km² in area.
Inside Yeouido, nearly 10,000 troops from the Ten Great Clans were assembled everywhere.
The status of Yongchan's party members was being shared in real-time on social media, courtesy of the women they kept running into.
"If it's the male hunter you love, then he's already met my daughter, Varna."
"...! So it was none other than Princess Varna who scattered us back then!"
"Yes, that girl might not know much else... but Gok, she can sniff out a man's semen scent from inside his balls, just like she sniffs out talent on your level."
"!!"
Now one-on-one with Varna, that male hunter was done for.
So, before the man she loved got fucked to death by her daughter, then dragged back to France to be bred like livestock...
Clan Head Emma offered one last chance to give up here.
But.
Even so.
Whatever confidence she had...
"Yongchan... no, Yongchan came to this land prepared to do whatever it takes for my little sister."
"That sounds almost like... this whole plan was orchestrated by that man."
"Exactly, Clan Head Emma. The leader of this rescue party for Seolgi is none other than Yongchan!"
If Yongchan was in danger because of Varna, then instead of giving up, she just had to shake off Clan Head Emma here and join him.
...as if declaring that, Princess Lee Gok showed no sign of backing down.
"Blinded by love. Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
"No. I'm going to live."
To Clan Head Emma, she just looked like a childish brat desperate to die.
But Lee Gok's thoughts were entirely different.
"Because we promised to go to the moon together."
"...The moon?"
"I absolutely cannot fall until then!"
Not even if the wall blocking that dream was the strongest Clan Head, Emma herself.
"Ah, Clan Head Emma!"
"Yes, Gok. Have you been well?"
"Hehe, yes!"
Back when she was pushing herself to death for this country.
Even if it was her second mother, the one who'd quietly supported her from behind...
A promise was a promise.
That day on the pirate ship, saved by Yongchan's sacrifice.
She'd sworn to herself in England, drenched in blood, never to create a future she'd regret again.
Click!
"...You're really planning to fight me?"
"Of course."
"Gok, do you truly believe a princess like you can defeat a Clan Head like me?"
"I will win. And even if I lose, I'll make sure it's not before I reach Yongchan."
She knew the next place she'd head if she escaped Clan Head Emma now.
The spot where her daughter Varna had sniffed out Yongchan's semen and charged in.
'Right now, I have to trust Yongchan.'
I'll take down the Clan Head, and Yongchan will take down Princess Varna—then we regroup.
Dreaming of that perfect scenario, Lee Gok braced herself with all her might...
"Haa..."
The next instant.
"!!"
In the blink of an eye, the Clan Head was already upon her.
"That's Princess Varna's technique?!"
Just like that whore princess's move in the dungeon.
Lee Gok was visibly rattled by Clan Head Emma's technique, which turned the ground beneath her feet into a trampoline and propelled her forward like an arrow.
But the real shock was yet to come.
"My daughter can wield one of this world's properties: elasticity. You knew that much, right?"
"Then Clan Head's ability is...?!"
"Yes. I can freely manipulate all the properties of this world."
Close in fast on the opponent. As the flustered foe raises both arms in defense...
"Guh, guaaaah?!"
Sizzle—!
Don't block—dodge.
As if to teach that lesson, her fist, capable of melting anything, dissolved the defense like ice cream in the sun.
And on top of that.
The already-melting arm rotted away from corrosion, dropping like a fallen leaf.
Splat.
Perfect finish.
"...!"
In mere seconds, Lee Gok's raised arms...
Her right one oxidized and corroded down to the bone, which then crumbled away entirely.
She'd lost one arm completely in an instant.
"Gok, surrender now."
"Kuh...!"
"A single arm? The personal physician I brought from Korea on the way here can grow it back in no time."
She didn't have any notable regeneration like Princess Miran.
Nor did her specialty, Blood Dominion, work well against stronger foes.
Did she really have any chance left in this state?
"Hah, hah...!"
"Give up. Come with me and get treated."
The princess who was like a daughter to her, now missing an arm.
Clan Head Emma, unwilling to lose even Gok, extended a gentle hand to the girl she could disarm at any moment, smiling softly.
But.
Smirk.
What came back wasn't surrender.
"Aaah!!"
"...?"
A sinister grin for some ominous reason.
"I wanted to keep this hidden a bit longer, but...!"
Her eyes gleamed with the certainty of victory.
"Watch closely, Clan Head Emma!"
"What?"
"And this is something I'll explain later, so don't tell anyone—!!"