Chapter 337:
Even though the angel Seraph felt humiliated, she had to admit that if she acted rashly and became enemies with Jormungandr now, the only possible outcome would be death. But at this moment, she was extremely confused. Facing “death,” no angel in the past would be afraid, especially Seraph. Instead, they considered it the best ending to fight for the “Lord,” bringing great glory to Valhalla. But now, Seraph was afraid of death, and she couldn’t tell why. Was it because the “Lord” hadn’t returned yet, and dying for no reason was inglorious? Or was it simpler and purer, just the fear of being separated from Adele?
Seraph was in a daze. Suddenly, one of her tail feathers turned completely black. The prelude to her fall had begun. Just because in the face of a powerful enemy, at this moment of life and death, Seraph, because of the girl, chose to live.
Jormungandr suddenly raised her eyebrows. She looked at the petite Seraph, but her gaze clearly saw the phantom behind her, a monster with countless eyes and six wings. That was Seraph’s true form. She saw the feather in Seraph’s phantom body that had turned black because of her fall and smiled contemptuously.
“Interesting.” The next moment, she vanished before Seraph’s eyes. Jormungandr teleported to the last escape room Adele entered, the place where the final chapter of the vampire and vampire hunter story unfolded.
“Linlang! I’m here to save you!” The final chapter took place in an escape room designed as an execution ground. The vampire hunter Adele arrived, holding a silver Desert Eagle. There was no need to explore any new plot at this point.
Tang Linlang was tied to a chair, blindfolded, and looked nervous. This meant that she had received the bad ending in the escape room she experienced alone, being captured by vampire hunters as a vampire and brought here. Hearing Adele’s shout, she replied, “Adele! I’m okay!”
Tang Linlang was certainly okay, but the “Tang Linlang” in the story was in trouble. If Adele failed this level, the “vampire” in the story would be executed. To save her, Adele needed to solve a series of puzzles in the room within a short time to obtain the fragments of the key that unlocked Tang Linlang’s shackles. Finally, by piecing them together, she could unlock the shackles binding the girl and win the game, achieving the first ending.
“Linlang, we finally escaped from there.”
“We’re free.” If the challenge failed, Linlang would be hit by a mithril alchemical bullet the moment the countdown ended, signifying the failure of the escape room and the end of the game. This was undoubtedly a bad ending, an ending Adele absolutely didn’t want.
So she sped up her puzzle-solving process. There were three puzzles in total: Sudoku, a Chinese Rings puzzle, and a Go life-and-death problem. Solving each one would reward her with a key fragment, and then she could get the complete key from the NPC guarding Tang Linlang.
But, who the hell knows how to do these! Although the rules were written on the side, if someone without experience tried them, they would be driven by nervousness and unable to calmly solve the puzzles within the limited time. Adele was the same, but she tried her best to calm down, even using magic.
There were only ten minutes. Adele spent three minutes solving the Sudoku and another four minutes solving the Chinese Rings. As for the Go life-and-death problem, can’t it be Gomoku instead!? Adele didn’t know how to play Go. Just reading the rules took her more than a minute. It was too much to ask her to solve the problem in the remaining two minutes.
So the girl could only hear the ticking of the clock. At the last second, the moment the alchemical bullet was about to be fired and hit Tang Linlang, Adele threw the problem aside.
Screw it! I’m not doing this anymore!
Under everyone’s surprised gazes, Adele rushed towards Tang Linlang and, ignoring the NPC’s attempts to stop her, shielded Tang Linlang with her own body. The bullet was fired automatically. The paintball exploded on Adele’s stomach.
“Ugh…” It actually hurt a little. For Adele, who was afraid of pain, this wasn’t a pleasant experience. And according to the game rules, this was equivalent to Adele dying for Tang Linlang. It was unknown if there was such an ending, or if Adele had created a non-existent third ending. But in any case, if the vampire hunter died and only the vampire Tang Linlang survived, it would still be a tragic story. It was just that in the story, someone was willing to sacrifice for love, making the tragedy touching.
Jormungandr, hidden in the shadows, saw this scene, and for some reason, tears welled up in her eyes.
Adele, now completely immersed in her role, pretended to be fatally wounded by the bullet and fell into Tang Linlang’s arms. Tang Linlang’s tears instantly flowed. She easily broke free from the rope that was supposed to “bind” her and hugged Adele tightly.
“Silly, why are you crying…” Adele trembled and raised her hand. Even though her life was about to end, she still used all her strength to force a smile, comforting the one who would soon be alone in the human world. Sometimes, the living suffered more than the dead. If possible, they would rather die in the dead’s place.
“You look beautiful even when you cry, Linlang, but I still prefer to see you smile.”
“I’m sorry, I promised to be with you forever…but I couldn’t keep my promise.”
“If only there was a next life.”
“In the next life, I’ll be the vampire, and you’ll be the vampire hunter.”
“I’m very clumsy, you’ll easily catch me.”
“At that time, let’s escape to a place where no one can find us and spend the rest of our lives together…” After these words, Adele’s eyes flickered with a bright light, as if she saw that happy scene. Then, the light went out. The girl’s hand, caressing Tang Linlang, fell limply. Adele closed her eyes, her head tilting to the side, and met her end in Tang Linlang’s arms. But her expression was peaceful, a faint smile on her lips. Perhaps because dying in her lover’s arms was also a happy ending for her.
“N-No!” Tang Linlang cried out with all her might, tears streaming down her face. A world without Adele was so cold and lonely. Linlang could have endured this loneliness until she met the light. Is this the fate of a vampire…? Tang Linlang vaguely understood the sorrow of being a vampire, possessing a long lifespan, but only able to watch her loved ones leave her side one after another, unable to stop it.
But perhaps the cruel reality couldn’t be changed. A fictional story, however, had a chance for a happy ending. Tang Linlang suddenly remembered the information she received from the martyred saint on the cross. He told her that a vampire had one chance to resurrect. But perhaps no one would have thought that Tang Linlang would be willing to give this chance to the vampire hunter Adele before her.
Tears falling, the girl used all her strength and softly uttered, “Don’t die.” If someone was willing to exchange a quarter of their life for this power, then Tang Linlang was willing to exchange her entire lifespan for it to happen once.
This was the third ending created by Adele and Tang Linlang together. Adele took the bullet for Tang Linlang, and Tang Linlang used the “one-time immortality” power to resurrect Adele. The two gained hope from despair, welcoming a grand happy ending together!
At this moment, all the staff members came out, applauding and expressing their deep respect for the two. According to them, such an ending only existed in theory before. There had been almost a hundred couples who had experienced this escape room, and the best they achieved was either the first ending, solving the three puzzles and unlocking the lock with the key, or the second tragic ending.
But actually, the tragic ending was also a good ending, because Tang Linlang had the power of one-time immortality. So even if she was hit by the bullet, it wasn’t considered a loss. She could be resurrected and leave with her lover, equivalent to the first good ending. This was actually a clever trick by the designers. Making the participants think they had failed and feel dejected, then pulling this off. After all, the purpose of an escape room was to make customers happy. There was no reason to make them leave disappointed.
Hearing this, Adele and Tang Linlang blushed, but their hands held each other even tighter. Adele playfully asked, “Since we achieved an ending that no one has ever achieved before, can we get a reward~?”
“Of course there’s a reward.” After all, it was the customer’s request, and the owner of this place was very good at business. And so, Adele got a cute vampire doll for free. Except for the white hair, which was different from Adele, the other features, like the pink eyes and the slightly cunning expression, were quite similar to Adele. But Adele actually wanted that silver Desert Eagle. Because it was really cool, meow! However, this doll seemed to be quite to Linlang’s liking, so Adele gave it to her.
After the escape room, both Adele and Tang Linlang were starving after the mental and physical exertion. But they didn’t plan to eat at a restaurant outside. Instead, they returned to where Tang Linlang’s driver was waiting. The two girls got into the car and headed towards Linlang’s home.
“Then I’ll look forward to Linlang’s cooking!”
“And of course, also looking forward to Linlang’s…taste~”. Adele’s words had a double meaning.
Tang Linlang blushed and looked out the window. After a while, she softly replied, “…Mm.”
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