Transmigrated as Baron, Married with my Lovely Maid-Chapter 80

"Ahahaha...! What’s wrong, Atreus...?! Have you been cornered yet...?!"

Ulrich Aurelius’s shout echoed as Leysha and I became increasingly cornered.

I had even used my time and dimension spell, but Ulrich’s spell was far more powerful and slowly dominated our magical field.

But I wasn’t giving up! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

I focused on my black fire magic, making the black flames burn even brighter on the Black Star in my right palm.

Unfortunately, in a matter of seconds, my black flames dimmed, then extinguished as Ulrich Aurelius’ Special Time and Dimension spell intensified.

"Hah...! Black Star...! How silly I am that I just realized you really are Baron Atreus Vermillion, the last descendant of the Vermillion wizard family who befriends dragons and golems! I admit you’re impressive, able to perform a vow with those bastard dragons, but you won’t be strong enough to fight me, Atreus...!" Ulrich exclaimed disdainfully.

He showed me the golden chain watch pendant hidden under his coat.

And at that moment, I sensed a powerful sealing magic.

It was a familiar sealing magic, as I had seen this kind of sealing magic when I first encountered the Great Wyvern in Thornvale City’s dungeon.

"Sealing magic...? Where did you seal that dragon, bastard...?!" I shouted defiantly.

But Ulrich laughed even harder when he heard my exclamation.

"Hahahaha! You’re aware that I used the sealed dragon’s time and dimension spell...! You ask where...?! Of course it’s here, Atreus...! In this Rainville building! This entire building and its basement are a prison, a special seal to lock away the Dragon of Time and Dimension: Zeraxion!"

THUMP!

My chest felt like it was beating faster when Ulrich said the name ’Zeraxion’ so loudly.

Although it was just a vibration, I could feel it filling my entire body, as if the floor of this building was signaling that Zeraxion was indeed here.

I closed my eyes, and my vision seemed to be thrown into a dimension at the speed of light, transporting me to the figure of Zeraxion, hidden deep in the basement, its chains imprisoning its body.

What caught my attention was that Zeraxion wasn’t a giant dragon like King Bahamut or The Great Wyvern.

Zeraxion resembled a human, but still possessed a dragon’s head, scaly skin, tail, and wings.

With its humanoid form and long coat, I feel that Zeraxion is more a human than actually dragon being held captive by the chains of King Victor Dragomir’s magical seal.

With such convenient seal, no wonder Ulrich felt the upper hand, since he could control Zeraxion’s ability to manipulate time and dimension at will with the pendulum of his watch.

When I opened my eyes, all my visions returned, and I gasped for breath, sweating from exhaustion.

The battle continues, and I now realize this bastard Ulrich are using Zeraxion like a tools.

Gradually, I felt Zeraxion’s time and dimension spell creeping up, causing my waist and then my hands to freeze, frozen in time.

Damn it!

What should I do?!

In the midst of my desperate situation, I heard a sudden, loud noise next to me.

ZZZZTTT...!

A flash of whitish-blue light shone brightly beside me.

If I looked more closely, the bluish-white light was coming from Leysha, or more precisely, from the Angel’s Tear Pendant around Leysha’s neck.

I could feel powerful holy elemental magic emanating, causing the time and dimension spell that had been propagating to be instantly halted by the emerging of bluish-white light.

"W-what...?! That damn maid can activate the Angel’s Tear Pendant...?!"

Ulrich looked incredulous, and so did I.

However, I saw Leysha still concentrating fully on removing the effects of Zeraxion’s Time and Dimension spell that had frozen our bodies.

Although slowly, I began to feel my right hand again.

"Baron... Atreus... be patient... I’ll keep trying... until we can be free...!" Leysha looked overwhelmed because I knew this holy elemental magic was extremely draining compared to other spells she usually used.

And I also just realized that this spell with elemental holly is indeed effective against dragon magic because their properties are completely opposite and mutually destructive.

A few minutes passed, and I began to move my right hand again.

The Black Star in my right palm glowed brightly again with its dense black aura.

I pointed my palm at Ulrich, who was almost 30 meters away, and then I prepared a black lightning spell to pierce his chest.

"Atreus...! How dare you...!" Ulrich shouted angrily at me.

But to hell with his ranting.

A second before I launched my black lightning spell, I caught a glimpse of

Something moved next to Ulrich.

BANG!

"Ahhh...!"

A handgun shot suddenly went off without my realization, and a split second later, I heard a woman’s scream that sent shivers down my spine.

It was Leysha.

Leysha screamed in pain as she fell beside me.

I saw her left shoulder wounded and bleeding from a bullet fired from Ulrich.

"LEYSHA...!"

My concentration was shattered the moment I saw Leysha collapse.

I immediately embraced Leysha, activating my healing magic to close the wound to stop the bleeding.

"Heheheh....."

A woman’s laughter was so manic that it made me want to vomit.

The manic woman who had just shot Leysha, disrupting her holly elemental magic.

And that manic woman was Ela.

"HAHAHAHA.....! "DEATH TO YOU, ATREUS...! I WILL NEVER WANT TO WATCH YOU AND YOUR WOMAN WIN...!" Ela shouted, still brandishing her gun.

This evil bitch was really making me furious.

My anger immediately flared as I saw him laugh while Leysha was holding back her pain.

I knew I was stupid for not realizing Ela wasn’t affected by Ulrich’s time and dimension spell, but that stupidity wouldn’t stop me from retaliating even harder.

"DIE...! BOTH OF YOU...!"

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Ela screamed like a madman, as she fired a barrage of handgun bullets until she ran out of ammo.

And I immediately returned the barrage with my black lightning magic, which instantly pierced through and destroyed each bullet.

BZZTT!

BZZTT!

BZZTT!

BZZTT!

BZZTT!

BZZTT!

CRASSHH....!

"Ahhh....!"

"Ghhhh..!"

Each bullet shattered before it reached me, and at the same time, my black lightning, still strike-through, struck Ulrich’s magical shield, electrocuting Ela and Ulrich simultaneously, sending them both to their knees in pain.

Damn.

My black lightning magic should have been much more powerful, killing them instantly, but it seemed my output was disrupted by my distracted concentration and blocked by the attacks and defenses of those two bastards.

At the same time, I realized that Ulrich’s time and dimension spell was weakening.

I could move my body again, and so could Leysha.

I saw a magical dome surrounding us, protecting us both, preventing us from being frozen like the people in the Rainville building.

From a distance, I saw Ulrich repeatedly gripping the pendulum of his golden clock and pointing it skyward.

The magical power detected in the pendulum strengthened, making the effects of Zeraxion’s time and dimension spell even stronger and wider.

However, the expansion of the time and dimension spell still couldn’t penetrate the elemental holy’s magical dome; a Leysha’s creation.

Damn, I feel like I’m trapped in this complex and intricate maze.

Ulrich and I both seem trapped, unable to launch an attack for the time being.

We both glared at each other, but gradually, Ulrich’s gaze calmed, though his smile was evil and full of deceit.

The worse part, I saw Ela already holding her loaded handgun at the ready.

"Honey...! What are you waiting for...?! I still have a handgun that—"

SLAP!

Ulrich’s hard slap suddenly stunned me, as did Ela.

Ela sat there, her cheeks flushed, helpless, unable to believe what Ulrich had done to her.

"H-honey...why?" Ela asked, holding back her tears.

"You idiot...! This isn’t the kind of gunfight I wanted...! You’re only making this fight harder for us to win...!" Ulrich scolded her loudly.

"I-I’m sorry, honey...! Forgive me—"

SLAP!

SLAP!

SLAP!

Three more slaps from Ulrich, who showed no mercy whatsoever, even to his own wife.

Well, I don’t care about that crazy woman.

In fact, I was happy for Ulrich to slap that crazy woman until Ela lost consciousness.

Ulrich stared coldly at Ela as she collapsed unconscious, tears still streaming down her face.

He slowly turned his attention to me.

"WUUUNNGG.....!"

Suddenly, a magical golden clock appeared behind Ulrich.

"One more hour, Atreus....and after this, we’ll settle this with a death game..." Ulrich said, pointing to the magical golden clock behind him.

"Death game...?"

"Your maid managed to put a pause on this Death Game, Atreus Vermillion....perhaps you should be grateful because with this pause, you can spend some wonderful time together before you both die together in the Death Game."

"What do you mean by Death Game, you bastard....?! I-"

"One more hour! And I’ll challenge you to a Death Game! Haahahahah....!"

Ulrich was no longer visible, as if disappearing into the darkness.

A sudden darkness enveloped me.

CREEKKKKK....!

The sound of gears turning around me was overwhelming, and I felt the floor beneath me descend like an elevator descending into a basement.

Several minutes passed as I descended into the basement, passing through the many magical lights that surrounded me.

I finally arrived at a secret casino filled with numerous gambling tables and machines.

There’s a casino in the basement of the Rainville Building?

I thought the only prison for the dragon Zeraxion was in this basement!

I caught my breath for a moment while carrying the gradually recovering Leysha.

I didn’t see a single other human being here, not even Ulrich.

But the hour was still ticking, and I knew I had to prepare for the Death Game, or whatever Ulrich had told me.

For now, I just wanted to secure Leysha, still on my lap, into the casino’s VVIP lounge.

It was quite a spacious room, complete with a small bar, wine, and a sleek, luxurious red sofa.

I had just placed Leysha on the nearest sofa when she suddenly hugged my neck, breathing heavily.

"Leysha, what’s wrong? Are you thirsty? I can give you—"

"Sex, Baron Atreus... I want sex... with you... now..."

"What...?"