20. This was also part of my plan

Where my gaze fell, I could already see that this time, I would not hesitate to drag along the so-called “forced marriage” of the elven loli Adéve, who would undoubtedly think at some point, “I want to stab him,” alongside the king of the Prulist Kingdom, before finding a way to negotiate for the so-called “artifact” that Kephiel had come for.

It was a seemingly plain black robe, propped up by a mold, appearing unremarkable at first glance, but the script had already revealed its significance to me!

【Here lies the artifact of the sleeping wind fairy Magnus!】

This was exactly what Kephiel needed! The upgrade script was right here!

However, because of my involvement, this time Kephiel’s upgrade script in the Prulist Kingdom had not only failed to become a smooth-talking upgrade, but even… the artifact I could already see had become difficult to obtain.

After all, the biggest trouble was right beside it, that background character number thirty-eight, who, surrounded by a throng of elves, stood arrogantly waiting for us! If it were just that, it would be fine; after all, this guy had previously made it clear to me that he was even more cowardly than I was when he was humiliated by Adéve. However, at this moment…

The moment this background character saw me, his attitude shifted bizarrely, as if the script had glitched!

【Background character thirty-eight killed Oujilide!】

Aren’t you the one who trembles just holding a sword!?

But it was useless; the attitude of this guy in the script was resolute.

【Background character thirty-eight killed Oujilide!】

Kephiel was not by my side, so I couldn’t treat this script as a joke!

After an angry and sinister gaze was cast my way, it seemed he felt he had the “upper hand.” This time, background character thirty-eight even faced Adéve without the previous obsequiousness.

“Your Majesty Adéve, this person…”

“Shut your filthy mouth! Who let you come here!?”

Before I could speak, Adéve had already used her usual fierce tone, not directly “selling” me out despite the crowd, but instead interrupting background character thirty-eight’s words with a commanding and straightforward demeanor!

“It seems you don’t even want your position in the Prulist Kingdom and would rather drink tea in prison~ Blocking us from taking the artifact, how… do you really think you can take it yourself?”

Had it been before, Adéve’s words would have likely scared background character thirty-eight into fleeing, especially since even now, the lackeys he brought were already showing signs of retreat due to Adéve’s intimidation.

However, background character thirty-eight was acting out of character, seemingly unafraid of Adéve’s threats, which left her furrowing her brow in confusion!

“Your Majesty Adéve, you casually bring a human back and say you want to marry him; how could we elven nobles just hand him over? This person is clearly a spy sent by the orcs. If you have no intention of this, I can gladly help you kill him!”

【Background character thirty-eight killed Oujilide!】

【Background character thirty-eight used magic to kill Oujilide!】

Seeing this, no matter how tense I felt, I could sense something was off with background character thirty-eight! Could it be that he had been drugged by someone? The coward from a few days ago had suddenly turned into a reckless man; not just me, even Adéve was left bewildered by background character thirty-eight’s attitude!

—

“Stand-in Thirty-Eight! Do you know what you’re doing!?”

“Of course I do~”

Stand-in Thirty-Eight seemed to have bloodshot eyes as he stared at me fiercely. “Eliminate this orc spy for the Kingdom of Pluriss! What are you all waiting for? I said to kill him on sight! Didn’t you hear me !?”

The orders of the lackey took precedence over everything, so even though the other lackeys in the script found Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s behavior strange today, they had no choice but to draw their swords. The rest of the lackeys raised their wands, which could spew fire, wind, or ice at any moment, without a hint of surprise.

In an instant, the atmosphere was thick with crisis, and death scripts appeared frequently! But the next moment, they all vanished in an instant!

【Swish】

With a crisp sound of a blade being drawn, Adéfu unsheathed her sword!

“I, Adéfu, want to see who dares to lay a hand on my people! Whether he’s a spy or a human, even if he’s a pig! You’re not worthy to kill him!”

Her powerful aura made Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s lackeys tremble and lower their weapons. However… despite her imposing words, the “encrypted communication” from Miss Adéfu in my mind left me feeling a bit helpless.

“Ou Qili De, find a chance to slip away.”

“What!?”

Slip away!? Clearly, Your Majesty Adéfu, your stance suggests you’re ready to take on ten of them!?

“Stop babbling. I do have some skills, but they’re limited to the areas covered by those magic stones outside. I really can’t intervene in the noble area. If we don’t count the use of magical technology, my own magic is only at the fourth or fifth tier; I can’t protect you.”

So you’re a backline character, little loli!?

I silently scoffed, but the situation that followed was a bit different from what Adéfu had in mind!

Indeed, Adéfu’s overwhelming presence did intimidate those lackeys, but strangely enough, Stand-in Thirty-Eight over there!

Is he stupid!? Normally, he would have wet his pants at such a threat from Adéfu! Why is he instead getting enraged!?

【Stand-in Thirty-Eight killed Ou Qili De!】

【Adéfu protected Ou Qili De and got injured!】

【Stand-in Thirty-Eight strikes!】

“Adéfu!”

A green light burst forth from the wand in Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s hand! I had never forgotten that when I first encountered this guy and experienced his death script, I realized that Stand-in Thirty-Eight had a bit of magical ability.

Not strong, but certainly enough to kill me! Not to mention that Adéfu had just been in encrypted communication with me and wasn’t paying much attention!

I immediately threw myself at Adéfu, shielding her as I dodged Stand-in Thirty-Eight’s lethal strike! Knowing full well that Adéfu was in the way and still wanting to kill me, this wasn’t just anger; there was something wrong with Stand -in Thirty-Eight, wasn’t there!?

“Ugh, this b*stard has gone mad!?”

“Just treat him like he’s gone mad! Hold on tight to me!”

The elven loli in front of me was the BOSS in the script that had a death script for me, but just because she had drawn her sword to block the lackey’s death script for me, I couldn’t just ignore her!

“Step back! I, Adéfu, will personally take him down!”

I wanted to see you show off, but the script doesn’t allow it!

【Adéfu forcibly clashes with the crazed Stand-in Thirty-Eight and gets injured!】

“No way! You better listen to me!”

“!”

Adele shivered for a moment, staring at me in a daze.

No, come on, at least move a little! Honestly, carrying a sprite while running, even if it’s a loli, isn’t easy!

“So now…”

“Get out, I have something prepared on my side.”

I turned my head to dodge another shot from the background character number thirty-eight, the wind blade cutting across my face like a knife. I didn’t care if I was disfigured; I grabbed Adele’s small hand and slipped out!

Behind us, a background character number thirty-eight was still shouting, “I’m going to kill you!”

【Background character thirty-eight killed Oujili De!】

【Background character thirty-eight used magic to kill Oujili De!】

Alright, I got it! But background character, don’t forget, I’ve been preparing an escape route from the very beginning! The moment Adele sensed danger and sent someone, I already had a “get out of jail free card” on its way!

“Ah!”

The next moment, an accident happened!

Adele stumbled and almost fell! Although I immediately steadied her, I ended up rolling on the ground! Ignoring the background character number thirty-eight who had chased after us like a madman, he raised his staff at us, the death script closing in!

“Idiot! You were supposed to hold me!”

“Shut up, get down!”

Because I had already seen this step in the script, this was clearly my escape route!

With a big shot here, what’s there to panic about!

I confidently faced background character number thirty-eight, watching him laugh maniacally at me.

“Die! Human!”

“You’re the one who’s going to suffer, idiot!”

Counting on the script, I held Kephir tightly, then lowered my head and shouted!

“Kephir, it’s this lunatic in front of us! Kill him!”