Chapter 11: Escaping the Prologue

Broken stones were everywhere, and the tiles on the stairs were also in tatters.

Remembering the silver cutlery stored in the kitchen on the second floor, Li Ruoxi hurried in that direction.

After dodging a few waves of danger, she now held the silverware she’d found in the kitchen.

Finding such items inside a vampire lair—if Li Ruoxi stopped to think about it, she would definitely be surprised.

Without worrying about anything else, Li Ruoxi quickly observed the situation.

Moyila had actually been chased to the second floor by a werewolf.

The direction Moyila was fleeing just happened to be the kitchen where Li Ruoxi was.

Silver spatula in hand, barefoot, Li Ruoxi shouted at Moyila, “Sister!!!”

In her understanding, Moyila wasn’t a vampire.

A vampire’s body wouldn’t have this kind of body temperature.

The silver spatula spun and flew through the air. Moyila was fast—before the spatula could fly past, she dodged over and grabbed it.

Bang.

With a chop of Moyila’s hand, both ends of the spatula were sliced off, turning it into a sharp point.

Now wielding a silver weapon, Moyila quickly approached Li Ruoxi again.

“Idiot!”

She hugged Li Ruoxi, and with a few flashes, they left their original spot.

Just as they moved away, the werewolf smashed down violently.

A giant crater appeared in the floor, spreading from the center like a honeycomb.

Then, another loud crash.

Another werewolf had chased after them.

The two werewolves bared their beastly maws and howled at the pair, then their beastly figures abruptly vanished before their eyes.

“Take care of yourself. I’ll lure them away.”

Without even catching her breath, Moyila set Li Ruoxi down in a relatively secluded spot in the hall.

As the two werewolves charged, she turned into a black shadow and rushed at them.

Li Ruoxi had already fulfilled her role.

If she stayed here any longer, she would definitely end up dead.

She looked around, carefully watching everything.

Vivian and Mutu had long since disappeared somewhere.

Inside the building, the number of vampires and werewolves had decreased significantly.

The center of the hall was like a tower reaching the sky, with spiral staircases rising on both sides.

Exits on each floor connected to these stairs.

By now, the stairs were broken and impassable.

Scattered wounded vampires and werewolves lay around, some not moving at all.

Blood was splattered like graffiti or spilled ink.

Li Ruoxi took a quick glance, found her direction, and ran outside.

Her feet hurt from stepping on debris, and she had no shoes to wear.

Stumbling, she made her way out of the building.

Outside, there were all sorts of roars and howls.

Li Ruoxi could roughly pinpoint Vivian’s location—probably relying on so-called sixth sense.

The estate was huge, feeling like a small town in a remote part of Europe—green mountains, clear waters, vast fields under a blue sky.

Li Ruoxi staggered.

Her body was too delicate; just running barefoot for a short while made her feet hurt.

Several kilometers already?

She no longer heard the chaotic roars, but she didn’t see anything else either.

It was the same style as inside the estate—not a single low house around, just lush trees and fragrant flowers everywhere.

This road stretched out from within the estate, but Li Ruoxi still hadn’t seen the so-called gate.

‘This damn vampire is so rich!’

It seemed the entire estate was like a small island.

‘This is Half Moon Island…’

Li Ruoxi, who hadn’t done enough homework, suddenly realized that this place—independent of all countries in her story—was Vivian’s personal territory, surrounded by isolated islands.

Thinking of this, Li Ruoxi stopped in frustration.

When she wrote the story, she was terrible at naming things and managing data.

She relied entirely on pre-made documents, flipping through them as she wrote.

Now, trying to recall all those plot points instantly was impossible.

Probably only the ending—the scene where she died in Vivian’s arms—was the clearest.

‘What do I do…’

With Mutu attacking and the estate in chaos, this was definitely the best time to escape.

If she missed this chance, she’d have to wait for the next turning point…

And whatever happened next, Li Ruoxi absolutely did not want to experience firsthand.

‘Why did I write Li Ruoxi’s experiences so miserably back then?’

Li Ruoxi regretted it.

She deeply felt that a writer shouldn’t indulge in creating tragic, abusive plots for their characters.

But it was too late.

Li Ruoxi slowly recalled what came next.

Escaping the estate was part of the story.

But back then, Vivian’s attitude toward her wasn’t this twisted—she didn’t humiliate her and suck her blood for no reason.

“Do I really have to go through that… to unleash my power?”

If she had that kind of power—if she could awaken the power inside her—it would be more than enough to handle these situations.

But in the setting, only when she was overcome with grief and shock from blood loss did the Angel Blood inside her get triggered, along with the Witch Power awakening and passing down.

Now she could feel something strange about her own body.

At least after each Blood Embrace from Vivian, she recovered quickly.

Despite looking frail and sickly, fundamentally… she really was weak.

That recovery ability was just there to sustain the abuse plot.

Li Ruoxi finally understood the despair and sorrow of the character she had written.

It was like knowing the key points in the plot but being unable to change anything.

“No! If I can’t change anything, then I’ll make sure none of it happens!”

Escape from here.

She absolutely had to escape from here.

“I’m the protagonist too… I won’t die… I won’t die.”

A crazy idea slowly formed in her mind.

…

At the cliff’s edge, after walking for a long, long time, Li Ruoxi finally chose to return to the estate.

But she quietly sneaked to the cliff where the werewolf had appeared.

“Maybe this is the turning point of my fate!”

Li Ruoxi firmly believed she had found the right way.

Standing at the edge, she looked down at the jagged rocks and rolling waves crashing against them.

Deep breaths… Inhale… Exhale… Inhale…

She thought of the cold seawater, of hitting the rocks and dying instantly if she jumped at the wrong angle, of sinking straight down or encountering sharks…

“No! No! Don’t think about that! You’re one of the protagonists! You can do it.”

Li Ruoxi shook her head, pushing all negative thoughts away.

“I’m coming!!! New world!!”

With a delicate shout, Li Ruoxi’s calves exploded with immense power, and she leaped!

“???”

In her imagination, the wind would howl and make it hard to breathe.

At a cliff this high—thirty or forty meters—it should take only a dozen seconds to fall.

Then, soon, salty seawater would flood her nose and mouth, and she’d struggle before losing consciousness.

But… but…

Li Ruoxi opened her eyes.

Where is this? Why am I in midair?

No, not midair.

Looking closer, she seemed to be flying?

No, she was being…

Like picking up a chick, Buluke looked at Li Ruoxi with interest.

Legend said that the woman with the blood of the gods flowing inside her was an angel left behind by God on Earth.

“Are you trying to kill yourself?”

Buluke made no move to put her down.

This woman—no, girl—who had made him suffer at Vivian’s hands…

How could he let her off so easily?

If he didn’t torment her properly, how could he justify the injuries he’d sustained?

“Why are you still here?”

Hearing that voice, Li Ruoxi immediately thought of Buluke, who had fought Vivian in the estate yesterday.

“I smelled the scent of my little cutie. How could I not come check it out?”

Buluke said softly.

“You want to taste the seawater? Actually, you don’t need to go through all this trouble. I can help you.”

Behind Buluke, a pair of wings spread out, and he hovered above the ocean.

He loosened his grip on Li Ruoxi.

“Go on, little cutie.”

Li Ruoxi’s face stiffened.

All her previous courage was gone.

Now jumping into the sea?

Damn it!

She wouldn’t survive!

She tried to scream, but the sea wind filled her mouth, making it impossible to breathe.

The blue ocean grew clearer and clearer before her eyes.

Splash—

The water slammed into her body.

Li Ruoxi felt a sharp pain in her skin, as if her internal organs had been dislocated.

She hit the water bottom-first, a very ungraceful posture.

Glug glug glug…

Bubbles and waves rose at the same time.

Buluke thought this inheritor of the special bloodline would be different.

Given the current situation, if he had been a little later…

“Really… an idiot.”

A trace of awkwardness appeared on Buluke’s delicate, handsome face.

His figure dove down rapidly and disappeared.

When he entered the water, only a tiny ripple spread across the surface.

Salty seawater filled Li Ruoxi’s mouth and nose.

Her limbs struggled frantically in the water.

She felt she couldn’t hold on much longer.

‘…Am I really going to die?’

Her strength slowly waned, and her whole body went limp.

She didn’t know how much water she’d swallowed.

She was completely full, yet there was no air for her to breathe.

Her consciousness gradually blurred…

‘Maybe if I die, I can go back?’

If she went back, Li Ruoxi would definitely change the ending and give this identity a few cheats.

‘Vampires are so rich… I’ll probably be rich too in the future… Too bad… I never got to experience being a millionaire… I’ve always been someone’s assistant… No dignity at all…’

If she could start over, she’d choose a better beginning.

These were Li Ruoxi’s thoughts as her consciousness faded.

Just then, she suddenly felt a force pulling her.

The seawater behind her also surged with immense buoyancy.

In her daze, she realized she was floating upward.

Buluke pressed down on her chest heavily, and Li Ruoxi spat out a mouthful of water.

After compressing, Buluke gave her a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation package.

Half-conscious, Li Ruoxi felt a shadow loom over her with her eyes closed.

She opened her eyes at that moment…

“You! What are you doing!!”

Summoning strength from somewhere, Li Ruoxi pushed Buluke away hard.

This guy wanted to take advantage of her?

Kiss her?

Damn it, even Vivian wasn’t this rude…

Well, Vivian was probably more excessive.

“Get away! Don’t come near me!”

Li Ruoxi shouted loudly, quickly sat up, and curled into a ball.