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> > 溺れる者は藁をも掴む。溺れる火口はレムにもすがる。
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返って自分の首を絞めてしまう結果に終わりました。それどころか頼みの綱のレムにさえ破滅への道程を勧められ、それと知らずに「レム、お前頭いいな」などと頓珍漢な賛辞を送ってしまいます。

The context is that 火口 is being led to a trap(he's going to a place where he's
gonna be arrested), unbeknown to him. He then asks his supposed ally Rem for
her opinion and she says he should go.

As for それどころか I don't know what それ is refering to.

In this sentence:

> 私は今回の試験は簡単だろうと思っていたが、それどころか追試を受けることになってしまった。

It's clear that それ is pointing at the previous statement and what follows next
is contradicting/negating that statement. A good translation of それどころか in this
case is "Contrary to that". But I don't think it follows the same pattern for
それどころか頼みの綱のレムにさえ破滅への道程を勧められ
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What is それ in それどころ pointing at in this sentence?
I believe it's saying 火口 dug his own grave, but even worse, he was lead to his
grave by his own comrade.
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> 返って自分の首を絞めてしまう結果に終わりました。 **それどころか**
> 頼みの綱のレムにさえ破滅への道程を勧められ、それと知らずに「レム、お前頭いいな」などと頓珍漢な賛辞を送ってしまいます。

In this context, 「それどころか」 is fairly synonymous to 「そんなものではなく」 or
「そんな生易{なまやさ}しいものではなく」, which means " ** _not as simple as that_** ", etc.

In the pattern:

> 「Statement A。それどころか + Statement B。」

The author thinks Statement A was an understatement or too simplistic a way to
describe what _really_ took place. Therefore, s/he goes ahead and adds a more
descriptive sentence to augment it.

Therefore, you are correct in stating that the 「それどころか」 used in the sentence:

> 私は今回の試験は簡単だろうと思っていたが、 **それどころか** 追試を受けることになってしまった。

is different in meaning. That indeed means " ** _on the contrary_** ".

My own TL (85% literal & 15% free) of the original sentence:

> "Instead, he ended up asking for trouble. It was not even quite as simple as
> that. He was suggested to take the way to destruction by Rem, whom he
> trusted much, and not knowing this, he even paid Rem the highest compliment
> 'Hey, Rem, you're so smart!'"
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