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Chapter 256: A Smile in the Dark · Nov 01, 2026

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251 Chapter 251: About Love 2026-11-01
252 Chapter 252: The Dark Princess Rises 2026-11-01
253 Chapter 253: Shadows Beneath the Throne (1) 2026-11-01
254 Chapter 254: Shadows Beneath the Throne (2) 2026-11-01
255 Chapter 255: A Night with the Gang 2026-11-01
256 Chapter 256: A Smile in the Dark 2026-11-01
257 Chapter 257: A Quiet Night (1) 2026-11-01
258 Chapter 258: A Quiet Night (2) 2026-11-01
259 Chapter 259: Fifteen Days of Darkness 2026-11-01
260 Chapter 260: The Moon Palace Infiltration 2026-11-01
261 Chapter 261: A Step Into the Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
262 Chapter 262: A Step Into the Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
263 Chapter 263: The King’s Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
264 Chapter 264: The King’s Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
265 Chapter 265: Born from Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
266 Chapter 266: Born from Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
267 Chapter 267: Beneath the Mask 2026-11-01
268 Chapter 268: The Devil’s Seed 2026-11-01
269 Chapter 269: The Battle of Moon Castle (1) 2026-11-01
270 Chapter 270: The Battle of Moon Castle (2) 2026-11-01
271 Chapter 271: The Battle of Moon Castle (3) 2026-11-01
272 Chapter 272: The Battle of Moon Castle (4) 2026-11-01
273 Chapter 273: The Battle of Moon Castle (5) 2026-11-01
274 Chapter 274: The Battle of Moon Castle (6) 2026-11-01
275 Chapter 275: The Abyss Within 2026-11-01
276 Chapter 276: A Peace Worth Chasing 2026-11-01
277 Chapter 277: The Turning Point 2026-11-01
278 Chapter 278: The Devil’s Hand 2026-11-01
279 Chapter 279: Emergency Mission 2026-11-01
280 Chapter 280: A Journey into the Unknown (1) 2026-11-01
281 Chapter 281: A Journey into the Unknow (2) 2026-11-01
282 Chapter 282: Far from home (1) 2026-11-01
283 Chapter 283: Far from home (2) 2026-11-01
284 Chapter 284: Far from home (3) 2026-11-01
285 Chapter 285: Light and Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
286 Chapter 286: Light and Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
287 Chapter 287: Unveiling the Path (1) 2026-11-01
288 Chapter 288: Unveiling the Path (2) 2026-11-01
289 Chapter 289: The Lord of Graves (1) 2026-11-01
290 Chapter 290: The Lord of Graves (2) 2026-11-01
291 Chapter 291: From Nightmare to Nightmare 2026-11-01
292 Chapter 292: A Blade in the Blood 2026-11-01
293 Chapter 293: Crownlands (1) 2026-11-01
294 Chapter 294: Crownlands (2) 2026-11-01
295 Chapter 295: Angry (1) 2026-11-01
296 Chapter 296: Angry (2) 2026-11-01
297 Chapter 297: Echoes of a Forgotten Self 2026-11-01
298 Chapter 298: The One Battle You Can’t Win 2026-11-01
299 Chapter 299: Welcome Back, Frey Starlight 2026-11-01
300 Chapter 300: Once More, Into the Nightmare 2026-11-01

Chapter 256: A Smile in the Dark

Far from Belgradeʼs city center, where Frey currently was…

Inside the silent temple, where only streetlamps lit the vacant roads past midnight…

Within the Elite Dormitory, a young maid walked quietly through the corridors where the students slept.

She gently opened one of the doors to check on the person she was assigned to care for.

But the bed was empty.

”My lady?”

She called out, scanning the room.

The place was dark, so she instinctively reached for the light switch… but nothing happened.

It was as if a cocoon of darkness had swallowed every source of light.

”My lady, where are you?”

She asked again, forming a blade of wind aura in her left hand—hidden behind her back.

Eyes wary, she surveyed the surroundings, ready for anything.

But then a chilling laugh echoed through the room.

The sound didnʼt come from one place. It came from everywhere ... all at once.

It wasnʼt the gentle voice of the princess she was used to serving.

It was the laugh of a wicked witch.

That was the terrifying part ... the way it resonated from every corner of the darkness around her. As if dozens of voices were laughing in unison.

The maid tensed, completely thrown off by the eerie situation.

”My lady… please… come back to your senses.”

The maid pleaded with her lady ... and the reply came swiftly, whispered right beside her ear.

”Why?”

Every hair on the maidʼs body stood on end as the battle-hardened servant lashed out toward the voice, only to slice through empty air.

”Wrong! Try again!”

”Over here!”

”Here~!”

In her growing panic, the maid didnʼt realize how completely the darkness had enveloped the room. Every source of light had been smothered.

She began to feel something circling her, the sound of the princessʼs voice echoing from all directions. No matter where she turned, she couldnʼt find her.

A suffocating pressure squeezed her chest ... fear and confusion wrapping around her like chains. Instinct drove her to flee, but it was too late. She was already surrounded.

Then, without warning, the princess screamed:

”Timeʼs up!”

Like a game ending ... or a turn coming to a close.

The maid hadnʼt found the princess… and now it was the princessʼs turn to find her.

With a playful tone, Sansaʼs voice echoed through the darkness.

”My turn~”

In an instant, the maidʼs eyes widened. Something brushed her heart in a flash of unnatural sensation.

She glanced down ... and saw nothing.

But she felt it.

Dozens of jagged, spear-like tendrils erupted from the void and pierced her body, her blood mixing with the shadow, forming a formless, colorless sludge that dissolved into the darkness.

She died instantly, still standing.

And the princess? She had been standing right in front of her the whole time ... wearing her nightdress, a wide smile stretched across her face.

Though in that abyssal darkness, no one could see it.

But one victim wasnʼt enough. She wanted more .. needed more. Fortunately, the Elite Dormitory was full of people to play with.

She was just about to move… when something tore through the darkness and sent her flying backward.

He appeared like a ghost.

His crimson eyes scanned the maidʼs lifeless body, then flicked to the princess.

There was no way to read his expression beneath that mask—but his eyes said enough.

He clenched his daggers and cursed under his breath.

”Why… why did it have to be now of all times?”

Why did she lose control… only when he wasnʼt there to stop it?

”Come play with me~”

Sansa giggled, her presence vanishing as her voice danced through the shadows.

But Oliver Khan stood firm, eyes tracking something darting through the black.

”Come back to your senses, Sansa… this isnʼt you.”

He paused, then corrected himself, adjusting his stance.

”Actually… itʼs best if you donʼt ...Youʼre not ready to bear the weight of taking a life.”

No sooner had he spoken than the same sharp tendrils of shadow surged toward him. But he was already gone ...vanishing, only to reappear behind the princess.

With a clean swing, he tried to end it right then ... but her hardened shadows blocked his blade completely.

”…”

He attacked again. So did the shadows.

Sansa darted like a demon through her veil of black, and they clashed in bursts of speed. Her projectiles were fast—faster than most could react—but they never touched him.

And Oliver… couldnʼt break through her ironclad defense.

”Sheʼs gotten stronger…”

He analyzed the fight coldly.

Though he wasnʼt going all out, it didnʼt change the truth: Sansa had just fended off a fully awakened SS ranked opponent.

An impossible feat under normal circumstances.

But it was happening now.

Those cursed black tendrils closed in, joined by dozens of thorned spikes meant to kill him, just as they had the maid.

Oliver crossed his daggers, his crimson eyes flashing.

Aura surged violently around him ... and in an instant, he moved faster than the eye could follow.

His arms danced like serpents, weaving dozens of explosive blue lines through the air.

One strike ..faster than lightning ,ripped the darkness apart, carving through the veil of shadow and dragging the terrified princess out of her lair.

His dagger left a deep red gash across her chest, and she collapsed unconscious into his arms.

Oliver gritted his teeth, holding Sansaʼs limp body close ... the same girl he had just struck down.

With the darkness gone, the light returned ... revealing the catastrophic destruction left in their wake.

Sansaʼs shadows had cloaked everything—silent, suffocating, absolute.

But when the light returned… the truth was laid bare. The place was devastated.

The wound Oliver had carved into Sansaʼs chest slowly faded, vanishing completely without even leaving a scar.

He had made sure not to strike too deep.

But that kind of recovery ...instantaneous, flawless was not something a human should be capable of.

And yet, that wasnʼt the real problem.

The true issue… was that someone had died tonight.

”Youʼve crossed the line, Oliver Khan.”

A third voice spoke from the darkness, though Oliver had sensed his presence long before.

”I know,” he replied simply ...still holding Sansa in his arms.

Behind him stood the head of the temple.

Ivar Valerion.

He had witnessed everything.

”Her powers are beyond control,” Ivar said coldly.

Oliverʼs reply came firm and immediate.

”Itʼs too early to say that.”

”No. Itʼs not.

Look beneath your feet, at the blood.

Look at the maidʼs corpse lying in front of you. Isnʼt that enough?”

”…”

A long silence followed.

Then Ivar sighed.

”You know what must be done.”

Oliver remained stubborn ... he always was when it came to Sansa.

But this… this wasnʼt a decision he could make alone.

He nodded.

”I know.”

His gaze dropped to the unconscious girl in his arms.

”Thereʼs no place left for her in this temple anymore…”

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