Transmigrated into a Female-Oriented Card Game
Transmigrated into a Female-Oriented Card Game Chapter 504

Emilia’s clone remained motionless, her head swiveling rapidly. A faint afterimage flickered through the busy field of vision. Just a moment ago, she could precisely track his position, but now…… did Kelligan’s sword enhance physical abilities as well? Lumen’s speed was beyond her reach.

It wasn’t just that. Following Lumen’s afterimage, cracks began to appear in the air. A thin, blue line widened gradually, eventually becoming a streamlined hole. Inside the rift, a blinding flash of light writhed like a mass.

As the number of growing rifts increased rapidly, the place where the clone stood began to brighten. It felt like the protagonist of a stage performance. The clone, while assessing Lumen’s position, simultaneously tried to deduce the nature of the surrounding holes. Though a fragment of the soul, her main body’s attention was entirely focused on her. She had enough judgment and intellect to understand the situation.

‘It’s not magic. I don’t feel any mana. That’s…… right. It’s distorting the space I created. Is it Kelligan’s power? But the energy inside the hole isn’t unfamiliar. What kind of technique is this?’

She couldn’t afford to be careless. What Lumen drew was none other than Kelligan’s sword—the weapon of the god that had taken her father’s life. The clone infused demonic energy into the sword and lowered her stance.

‘If I can’t track the movement, I’ll just cut away his entire range of action.’

The slender arm tightened, and black demonic energy began to rise over the white skin. The clone stopped pursuing Lumen and focused entirely on the sword. As the amount of demonic energy grew, a dull resonance started to echo from the blade.

As the frequency of the resonance increased, the noise grew louder. The deafening sound of the resonance suddenly vanished. The next moment, Emilia’s clone rotated her body and drew a large circle with the tip of the sword.

Whoooom—

The sword’s afterimage swept across the area. At the same time, a ripping explosion and shockwave ravaged the field. A flawless attack covering a wide area. The clone straightened her stance and slowly looked around, trying to locate the fallen Lumen. However.

“……!”

There was no figure tumbling across the field. Turning quickly in response to the presence, Lumen’s figure appeared, the sword half-drawn and facing away from the clone.

Without hesitation, the clone swung the sword at the human who had confidently appeared, but……

“I think I understand how they were able to kill the Demon King with this sword.”

From the streamlined hole filled with light, countless sword energy began to shoot out. The blue sword energy, drawing straight lines, ruthlessly cut through the air. Like applause pouring onto a bright stage, there was no place to escape. In the end, the clone had to focus on the oncoming sword energy, leaving Lumen behind.

Lumen, with his figure buried in the sword energy in an instant, continued to rub the sword’s hilt. It was an incredibly powerful sword. The divine blessing that soaked his body could be clearly felt, even giving him a holy feeling.

‘But it’s still not enough. To fully master this sword, I need time. Time to get used to the sword and control the overflowing power.’

Gaining strong power didn’t mean the fight would end immediately. Lumen wanted to make the power gained from Kelligan’s sword truly his own.

“……As expected, the power is still lacking.”

The sword energy, greedily forced in to the point where space itself seemed to split, revealed the ground beneath. Amidst the overflowing sword energy, the clone remained steadfast in her position. This was an attack that, just a moment ago, he would not have even dared attempt. Despite launching such an attack, it only bought a brief moment, unable to make the clone kneel even once.

The gap was so severe it felt hopeless, but Lumen did not despair.

“There shall be light beyond death.”

Without even properly contemplating the meaning within those words, he muttered them as if entranced. Lumen quickly checked the decreasing number of sword energy and immediately prepared for the next attack.

He would continue attacking, determined to knock the clone down. With his eyes gleaming coldly, Lumen moved his hand toward the sword sheath. However.

“……!”

An individual who should not have been here appeared before his eyes.

“You……!”

The Demon King. It was not a clone. The clone he had been facing was still buried in the sword energy downpour. Lumen quickly scanned his surroundings to locate the clone’s position and swallowed hard.

‘I need to get out of here.’

The one who appeared before him was the real Demon King. Lumen had not yet fully mastered Kelligan’s sword enough to make the Demon King kneel. If he fought the Demon King here, he would lose without even having made proper use of Kelligan’s sword. Lumen instinctively turned on his heels.

However.

“I won’t let you rampage freely.”

Before Lumen’s foot could even land, the Demon King’s face appeared in his vision, having closed the distance in the blink of an eye. Though he felt the urge to move, he couldn’t. Was it fear? A new spell from the Demon King? Neither of those reasons explained his paralysis.

A heat spread from deep within his body. An unstoppable force that followed, pushing up the bitter liquid through his throat. Reflexively, his blue eyes widened, slowly looking downward. There, exactly where his heart had been pierced, Kelligan’s sword was lodged.

He didn’t even have time to wonder when the sword had been taken and plunged into his heart. Without the chance to think, Emilia twisted her wrist. The sharpness of the sword tearing through his heart was vivid. She looked down at him, her pale face speaking to him.

“I hope your love was as fervent as you claim. I hope Cadel Lytos is buried in such terrible pain that it can never be compared to the suffering I endured.”

So much so that he would beg for death. With that blunt whisper, Lumen’s body tilted sharply.

* * *

「Knight, ‘Lumen Dominic’ has been lost.」

“……What?”

After wandering through the endless corridor for a while, taking a few moments to catch his breath, Cadel uttered a dazed sound while staring at the sudden system window that appeared. Was he seeing things? Rubbing his eyes, he stared at the empty air, then shifted his gaze once more.

But the system window still displayed the same message. The second notification that he had lost Lumen Dominic.

“What’s wrong, Knight Commander? Is something else the matter? I hope it’s not worse than being trapped in the corridor.”

“……”

“……Knight Commander?”

His mind couldn’t process it. It was as if someone had tightly gripped his brain and wouldn’t let go, and his dulled thoughts floated in a haze. How could he have lost Lumen?

Garuel, seeing Cadel staring ahead blankly, approached him. Even while Cadel had been resting, Garuel had continued searching the vicinity, but there were no leads. Had he lost hope in that part? However, Cadel’s condition was too strange to be explained away like that.

Garuel lightly shook Cadel’s stiffened shoulders and furrowed his brow.

“Knight Commander. What’s wrong?”

“……Garuel.”

“Yes?”

“Lumen……”

“Sir Lumen?”

“Lumen…… wouldn’t abandon me, right?”

“Eh……? What…… Of course not. Sir Lumen leaving you is less likely than me being reborn as a human.”

Cadel’s breathing grew progressively faster. As if staring at something invisible, the blurry focus returned, and he looked at Garuel, who was crouching in front of him. His trembling lips, his eyes blinking rapidly, and his perfectly straight eyebrows twisted as Cadel forcefully grabbed Garuel’s arm and muttered.

“Then…… does this mean that…… I’ve lost Lumen……?”

“Why are you like this, Knight Commander? Take a deep breath. There’s no need to worry. We’re in a tough spot now, but we will find our comrades somehow. So……?”

“Lumen is dead……?”

At the wet voice, Garuel instantly shut his mouth. Lumen is dead? What does that even mean? Cadel wasn’t the type of man to joke around with such ominous words, let alone speak like that about his own subordinates.

Garuel slowly began to grasp the seriousness of the situation as he looked at Cadel. Cadel, facing him, exhaled harshly and turned his body.

“That can’t be! Lumen couldn’t be dead!”

“Knight Commander……!”

“It’s getting dangerous. I have to go save him. Right now, I need to help Lumen! Garuel! Where do I go? Where can I find Lumen? What do I need to do?!”

Cadel screamed Lumen’s name like a madman and started smashing open every door he came across. No matter which door he opened, there was just another corridor. Still, he relentlessly pounded on the door until his fists began to break.

Garuel tried to stop him, but with Cadel’s back to him, so filled with agitation, all he could do was reach out a hand. He was unable to do anything.

The system. The messages from the otherworldly god that Cadel had mentioned. If it was the system informing him of Lumen’s death, if Cadel had read that horrifying message……

With anxiety, Garuel’s eyes hardened as the doors, wide open in chaos, swirled around him.

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3 Comments
  1. escapee has spoken 3 months ago

    ain’t no way he’s actually dead, good thing i wasn’t reading this when it was still on going cause the cliffhanger would’ve killed me

    CADEL, YOUR HUSBAND WILL BE FINE, TRUSTT, MY LOVE

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  2. GaruelsSpareEyepatch has spoken 3 months ago

    me and cadel crashing out rn bcs wtf emilia

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  3. elusiveplotter has spoken 3 months ago

    i know hes not dead but that dosnt mean i (and cadel) have to suffer bc if it . guys.

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