I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 108

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Chapter 108

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Soon after, people appeared in black around the cargo wagon.

While Helios hadn’t seen the previous attack with his own eyes, I had sensed the presence outside.

“My goodness, they brought quite a lot.”

I agree with Sergeant Steven’s words.

How on earth could they deploy so many people in such a remote place?

“So many skilled assassins. The mastermind behind this must be overflowing with money.”

“Must be some rich idler backing them. Originally, wealthy people spend a lot of money on useless things. When they’re bored.”

“I can relate. If they’re going to throw it away anyway, they might as well give it to me.”

“Hehe, is there anywhere to spend money in a prison cell?”

“Why not? I might have something to spend it on when I get out.”

Sergeant Steven didn’t answer anymore. The group in black clothing came pouring toward the party.

Those in the very front row of the charging group fell down in large numbers.

I could see it with my eyes.

‘Thread.’

The thin, transparent thing that tripped their feet.

It was thread made with Kia.

As if waiting for this moment, the ground sank deeply, creating a pit.

A pit I had made. People fell in with a rush, but there were still many left.

“I’ll fill up the ground.”

Those following behind had already lightly avoided it, so I just trapped the ones who had fallen for now.

‘Behind.’

It was good that I kept Helios close by.

I turned around and extended my hand.

“Kraaak!”

One of the two who had just tried to attack Helios collapsed with a groan.

Another one fell, and Helios stared at me while holding his spear.

“Do your best, Disciple.”

I nodded my head.

As if to say, let’s see you fight.

“I’ll leave the rear to you.”

There were people approaching from behind, but their numbers were small. It would be sufficient for Helios’s first real combat.

“Wow. There are disgustingly many of them.”

Sergeant Steven muttered while crossing both arms. Transparent threads extended from the tips of his fingers.

The threads bound those who appeared from close range.

Though the intensity wasn’t strong, the fact that he bound all personnel would be a wondrous ability from someone’s perspective.

‘He’s not someone the Warden assigned for nothing.’

Murmurs erupted among the assassins.

“Ugh, cut it with a sword!”

“Ah, it won’t break! It’s Kia!”

“Damn… it’s not just ordinary Kia!”

“Everyone stay calm!”

As if proving they were no easy group, the assassins’ resistance was fierce.

The Kia Thread was weak in strength in exchange for binding many people.

Those who broke the threads with force rushed forward without delay.

‘As expected, their target was Helios.’

Bang!

Those who approached couldn’t even reach my feet before collapsing.

The pistol in my hand emitted smoke.

Bang. Bang!

Countless discs that rose around me moved here and there, compensating for the insufficient numbers.

Wheeew.

Sergeant Steven whistled.

“Oh, a gun. I never thought I’d see this again.”

Still properly binding those who approached or cut the threads, he glanced at me.

“If there was someone here who knew you, this would be an immediate contract violation.”

“…”

“Decided to go all out, junior?”

Anyway, Helios had already seen the gun, and he didn’t know my true identity.

“There’s no such person here, right?”

It was a judgment that I could freely use the gun without concern.

“Sergeant must be relaxed knowing there’s no one around. You probably also judged that I would handle erasing traces of the gun myself.”

The Sergeant’s eyes curved like a fox’s.

“Caught me?”

His threads didn’t stop at just holding people, but became thin thread blades that dug into flesh.

“Sergeant.”

After confirming that Helios was fighting well, I whispered leisurely.

“You have no intention of leaving any alive. All of them.”

“…”

After a moment of silence, laughter leaked out from beside me.

It could be heard clearly among the screams, groans, and shouts of assassins from all around.

“Haha, right. Was it too obvious?”

The laughter was similar to Brett’s but more unadorned.

“I’ll cooperate.”

Come to think of it, how did Brett use shadows…

Was it like this?

“Kraaaagh!”

“Agh, aagh! P-please spare me…!”

“Kugh!”

The assassins’ shadows burst forth and crushed their bodies. Combined with gravity, they must be feeling tremendous weight.

The disc created a barrier so none of them could escape.

“Let’s erase their memories and send them away.”

When I turned my head, Sergeant Steven was staring at me with his mouth agape in bewilderment.

“If we manipulate them like this and send them away, they’ll chase us in a different direction.”

I have no intention of killing them. But killing them all and perfectly erasing the traces would also be work.

Besides, it would take too much time. I don’t have time for that.

Sergeant Steven was still staring blankly before he suddenly spoke up.

“…Heh, heheh. I don’t know what I’m looking at.”

“…”

The skill levels of these assassins varied greatly.

But those who had fallen back to attack Helios were quite skilled.

So Helios was struggling hard against the numbers that had come from behind, unable to see what was happening in front.

“…I heard that the former King of Prisoners absolutely never uses Mental Abilities.”

“Ah. Did the Warden tell you that too?”

“Well, it’s the same principle of needing to know about the target. Like how guards need to know their assigned prisoners well?”

Steven glanced toward Helios.

“Didn’t the Warden mention that he’s someone who’s learning to be flexible?”

“Heheh, I wouldn’t know about that.”

“…”

“That one must be pretty important, huh?”

Important enough to break principles.

I understood the unspoken words easily enough.

I lowered my eyes and chuckled softly.

“If you know, will you keep it secret?”

Well, I have years of experience as a boss.

Besides, if he’s a sergeant who received information that only the Warden knew, there are limits to deceiving him. It was already a known fact.

As he said, I wanted to protect Helios even if it meant using Mental Realm Kia. So that his path would no longer be obstructed.

“…I’ll take that as your agreement.”

The sergeant nodded and shrugged his shoulders. It was a sign of affirmation.

“Haa, haa…”

Helios’s battle was over.

Helios lay sprawled on the ground in a mess.

“…”

And one assassin who had been clutching his shoulder and looking at us with troubled eyes turned around without hesitation and ran away.

‘Where do you think you’re going.’

I raised my hand without delay. Bang!

The bullet silently pursued the assassin. A hit.

The one who had been fleeing collapsed to the ground.

“Well, well. As expected of a sharpshooter.”

I dismissed the form of the rifle in my hand and reached out.

Gently, the assassin’s body floated up on its own and fell into the barrier the disc had created.

The gunshot wound on his back had long since disappeared.

Not only that, but among those already trapped in the barrier, all who had suffered gunshot wounds would have had their injuries vanish without a trace.

Before long, the group of assassins who had been knocked unconscious opened their eyes and stood up.

They all walked in one direction with dazed gazes, as if entranced.

Toward the east, completely different from where we came and where we were going.

“Ah, if it’s east, it would certainly be easier to deceive them.”

Letting Sergeant Steven’s words pass by, I walked toward Helios.

I tried to crouch down but ended up plopping down instead.

“That was impressive.”

“Impressive, my foot.”

A grumpy voice. Why was he dissatisfied?

After thinking about it, I found the answer. It was probably dissatisfaction about letting one get away.

I thought facing ten assassins of that skill level was already more than enough.

Our disciple is such a greedy one.

“…Where are they going?”

“They’ll keep walking, thinking we went that way. And they won’t even remember what they did.”

“Then won’t they think they were hit by Mental Realm Kia?”

“Even that—making them believe they mistook the traces and followed wrong—that’s Mental Realm Kia.”

“…What a terrifying ability.”

I watched the group of assassins moving away.

“Evil groups deserve divine punishment.”

I heard rough breathing from Helios.

I felt a very slight dizziness for the first time in a while as I gazed at the sky.

Helios had become my exception.

“Unfortunately, this will only be a temporary measure.”

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