hotmtlnovel Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Kr... Aaaagh!
A scream filled with agony escaped Luke’s lips as he felt an intense pain, so severe it felt like it dimmed his vision.
As Luke’s body went limp, he caught sight of red flames erupting from Scarlett’s body, which were then swiftly sucked away into somewhere.
Sator watched this with an amused smile, patting Luke’s head, and said, “Luke, do you see? Every time you scream, the flames of Number 10 grow stronger with its fury. It seems this method is far better than directly inflicting pain. But it’s still not enough. You can produce flames strong enough to burn down the entire lab, right? You should at least show me something like that.”
At Sator’s words, Luke gazed at Scarlett.
Distinctly powerful flames surged repeatedly from her body.
Could it be that, just like Sator said, the intensity of the flames increases with her anger?
If so, at a more heightened emotional state, she might really go out of control just like she did when the lab burned.
Luke recalled the day the lab was set ablaze, remembering the look Scarlett had in her eyes while engulfed in flames.
Her eyes that cried out for help.
She seemed to be suffering from a power that was hard to control.
He couldn’t let her endure that kind of pain again.
To reassure her without alerting Sator, he slowly formed the words silently with his lips.
It’s okay.
Seeing that Scarlett’s eyes flickered and her lips pressed tightly together, Luke could tell she understood.
I’m fine, so don’t get angry like that.
He wanted to convey that message, but it looked like Sator was about to bring over a rod that seemed to conduct electricity.
“-!! -!”
As excruciating pain coursed through him, Luke bit down hard, suppressing the sounds desperately trying to escape his mouth.
Sator, seeing this, scratched his neck and shouted in annoyance, “If it hurts, don’t just hold it in, scream louder! You should be helping Number 10 gather her strength!”
Luke glanced at Sator, who was yelling.
No matter how he looked at it, this man didn’t resemble the one he used to know.
Although he was filled with a sense of superiority, Luke didn’t think he would act like this.
The situation was bound to lead both of them to a terrible end, so he had to think of a way to keep Sator from laying a finger on Scarlett and spoke up.
“...Sator, you mentioned that the family ordered to halt the plan last time, right? That means there’s no longer any support from them. You must have decided to kidnap us for your own experimentation.”
There was no reply, but Sator’s expression was contorted, which gave Luke a rough idea.
With a taunting smile, he continued, “...If Scarlett dies, it’ll mean you’ve failed.”
That hit the mark, and Sator’s expression twisted.
Although he was the target of Sator’s anger now, it was comforting to realize this.
Sator must be torturing him in front of Scarlett to provoke her rage since he couldn’t experiment on her body as he used to.
With no support from the family, it meant he couldn’t create a new test subject.
If he harmed Scarlett and she died because Luke refused to treat her, that would be curtains for him.
Of course, Luke couldn’t allow her to die, but since Sator was unaware of this, he’d have no choice but to lash out at Luke instead.@@@@
Ultimately, this meant that as long as Luke could bear it, Scarlett would be safe.
As the sleeping gas spread, Luke felt his consciousness fading.
Through his blurred vision, he watched as Sator brought the syringe closer to Scarlett’s neck.
Please, someone stop him.
At that moment,
“Take your hand off my friend right now!”
Beyond his fading eyesight, starlight flickered.
*
Guided by Yoon Si-woo, who had run tirelessly through multiple gateways, they arrived at an isolated building.
“No one’s here!”
“It’s underground!”
As Yoon Si-woo chain-sawed through the locked door, he pointed downwards as he stepped inside the seemingly empty building.
At his words, Sylvia immediately prepared a spell and shot it towards the ground.
-Alf Ad Astra-!!
A massive hole was opened in the floor, and the smoke that had gathered below surged up through the hole as a result of the upheaval.
Realizing it wasn’t ordinary smoke, Yoon Si-woo swiftly switched to the Holy Protector Sword and created a barrier to block it, then jumped down alongside Sylvia.
As the dust and smoke swirled chaotically, Sylvia used her spell to disperse the murky air in the basement.
What lay beyond was a middle-aged man, seemingly tortured and tied to a chair.
And there was Scarlett, slumped over in a cage, with a man in a gas mask holding a syringe to her neck.
Knowing that whatever was in the syringe could be dangerous, Sylvia yelled, “Take your hand off my friend right now!”
At her shout, the masked man’s hand froze mid-motion.
“Well, if it isn’t Miss Sylvia. This complicates things.”
Upon hearing a familiar voice calling her, Sylvia scanned the man’s appearance in confusion.
Silver hair slipping out from under the gas mask, gloves on his hands, and a voice that, though slightly muffled, felt strangely familiar.
Though it seemed unbelievable, everything pointed towards someone she knew, and with a trembling voice, Sylvia whispered, “...Uncle Sator?”
“Yes, it’s me, my dear.”
The man took off his gas mask, revealing a familiar face that left Sylvia speechless.
“Do you know him?”
Suppressing her desire to lunge forward, Yoon Si-woo asked, and Sylvia nodded her head with difficulty.
She was shocked to discover that the one who had kidnapped her friend was a member of her own family, and she bit her lip as she questioned, “......Why did you kidnap my friend?”
Sator smiled as he replied, “Your friend? Oh, are you referring to her?”
Pointing at her most precious friend.
“You probably didn’t know. This is not someone suitable for you to be friends with.”
His answer was, “This girl is a weapon created by Astra, made from the heart of the Angry Witch, the enemy of Astra.”
The overwhelming shock was sufficient to make the previous feeling seem trivial, leaving Sylvia utterly shaken.