My Three Vampire Queens In The Apocalypse-Chapter 17: The Craziest Protagonist [3]

[You have defeated the second Titanoboa.]

[Remaining: 1]

[Time left: 15:34]

After some more struggle and using the same method, we managed to kill another one with sufficient time left. It left us with only one more remaining.

A few other carriages had also managed to hunt a Titanoboa, though there were numerous casualties along the way.

The only ones with two kills now were us and carriage [5]. And we needed to finish the scenario before the [5th] carriage. There was no other way.

But it seemed like fate had other plans. The thing I had been dreading the most and hoped wouldn’t happen happened.

[Carriage [5] has killed 3 Titanoboas. They have completed the first requirement. ]

[They are free to leave the current scenario zone.]

This was the worst thing that could have happened. I won’t lie, we were in trouble now.

"This fast? How is that possible?!"

"Who are from the carriage [5]? I don’t see anyone with that tag!"

"Tch. Lucky bastards!"

Their voices carried clear jealousy. Fools, to say the least. Carriage [5] wasn’t a group of people like others, but a single person.

I turned to Charles. "Run. Right now."

He frowned, still trying to process things. "But we just need to kill one more. Do we really need to run?"

"Yes, you dumbfuck. We’re both going to die if ’she’ catches us."

Shia looked between us, genuinely confused about what we were talking about. "Arin, who is she? And why are you so scared of her?"

Even if I explained it, they wouldn’t understand. She wasn’t just strong.

She was the true protagonist of this world.

All I could hope was that she wasn’t on her [7th Regression] right now, because if she was, this situation would become far more complicated.

And then it happened.

ZAP!

A streak of lightning passed me so fast that my eyes barely caught it. In that next instant, Charles’ body was lifted off the ground as small hands closed tightly around his throat.

There had been no warning. One moment, there was empty space, and the next, she was standing there.

A small girl, no older than nine.

Her long white hair drifted softly behind her, and her blue eyes looked ahead with a calm that didn’t belong in a place like this. There was no emotion in them, no hesitation, as thin arcs of electricity moved around her body like it was something completely natural.

Two small fangs showed slightly as she tilted her head, still holding Charles in the air as if he weighed nothing.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

"He’s from our group, leave him alone!"

"Do you want to get killed?!"

Voices rose from my part members. They were loud and reckless.

I clenched my jaw. These idiots had no idea who they were poking.

But before I could stop them, the girl vanished.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

In the next instant, lightning spread around us, flashing from one point to another so quickly that it was impossible to follow. Each streak appeared and disappeared before the sound could even catch up.

Then everything went still again.

The three people who had spoken before were left standing where they had been. For a brief moment, nothing seemed different... until I noticed what was missing.

Their heads were gone.

A short distance away, the girl stood quietly, holding them in her hands as if they were nothing more than objects.

A cold chill ran down my spine. There was no doubt anymore.

This was her.

The one who had regressed 1,513 times, forced to live through this ruined world again and again.

The loneliest existence in this entire world.

Victoria Veritas Auctor.

And right now, she was angry.

"You, who are you?"

Her gaze slowly turned toward me, calm and steady, as if the Titanoboas around her meant nothing.

My body reacted before my thoughts could catch up, and I activated Character List almost on instinct, trying to suppress the uneasiness crawling up my spine.

[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated.]

[There is too much information about this person.]

[Character List is converted to Character Summary.]

[Character Summary]

Name: Victoria Veritas Auctor

Exclusive Attributes: Regressor (7th turn) (Myth), Vampire Queen (Legendary)

Exclusive Skills: Lightning Dominion Lv. 6, Slumber Lv. 5, Hand to Hand Combat Lv. 6, Combat Mastery Lv. 6, Regression Adaptation Lv. MAX, Lie Detection Lv. 3, Eyes of Truth Lv. 5, Acting Lv. 9...

The list continued far beyond what I could process at once, the lines stacking over each other as more information kept appearing.

[Warning: Some information cannot be accessed.]

I slowly exhaled, but the tension didn’t leave my body.

This wasn’t normal. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

No, this wasn’t something that should even be possible in the early scenarios. Only she could achieve this.

Then her eyes met mine.

It didn’t feel like she was just looking at me. It felt like she was trying to look through me.

For a brief moment, neither of us moved. Then a faint smile formed on her lips.

"You... How are you still alive?"

My body stiffened without me realizing it. At that moment, The answer to this world, the one existence that stood above all variables and outcomes...

...was standing right in front of me.