I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 119

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Chapter 119

 

Helios looked at the fired gun with surprise for only a moment. He nodded as he watched the smoke rising from the gun.

 

“So this is how it works.”

 

Mint watched this scene intently and muttered with detachment.

 

“This unfair world…”

 

Yes, it was unfair. But what could she do? The world was originally unjust and equality was nothing but a law that didn’t exist.

 

She quickly accepted it.

 

My disciple is an even crazier genius than I thought.

 

Well, there are prisoners who eliminate rifts and then lie bedridden for a month.

 

But here he was, walking around perfectly fine and even learning new weapons. And it was a gun that she thought Helios wouldn’t be able to use, no less.

 

‘Grow up strong and devour everything.’

 

Preferably a bit faster. No, very fast – it would be even better if he climbed to the 100th Floor and became the Boss.

 

Mint wasn’t the type of person to feel inferior or deprived when someone showed overwhelming talent.

 

If anything, she was detached about it.

 

It should be considered fortunate. If Mint had that kind of personality, it would have been difficult to survive in that prison.

 

In any case, even after showing such an incredible feat, Helios muttered with regret.

 

“Aiming is still too much for now, I suppose. How disappointing.”

 

“If you could do that too, Master would have gone on strike.”

 

Helios laughed quietly. His usually prickly expression disappeared and was replaced by shyness.

 

“Did you know Master could be dramatic too?”

 

What was he talking about? Mint was one hundred percent serious.

 

The way Helios used guns was different from the way Mint used them.

 

To begin with, the abilities displayed by Mint, who was in the overpowered position of being able to handle all types of Kia abilities, and Helios, who possessed one or two types of power but had overwhelming talent, were bound to be different.

 

Even when using the same weapon, if Mint held the gun in her hand and fired, Helios floated the gun in the air and fired.

 

This was also a difference in perception.

 

Mint had a strong perception that ‘guns must be held in hand and fired,’ so the more she held it in her hand and took a direct stance, the stronger she became.

 

For Helios, it was a weapon he hadn’t encountered often, and his approach to the weapon’s strength was different.

 

So even floating it in the air and firing worked just fine.

 

Of course, he had only just become capable of firing – for the bullets to have power would require time.

 

‘About a year of training.’

 

If he kept at it consistently for about a year, he would be able to shoot without conscious thought.

 

‘And if he does it for about 3 years…’

 

Well. She couldn’t be certain about this, but he might be able to create the final form of Material Weapon Summoning with guns – an ‘Ego Weapon.’

 

Ego Weapons were weapons that fought on their own. They fought automatically even when the summoning ability user wasn’t conscious of it.

 

Like the broom that Mint used to wield skillfully.

 

Fighting battles while guns automatically fired on their own – he would become the strongest ability user, a nightmare for enemies.

 

However, the process was inefficient.

 

Training guns to the level of Ego Weapons would require far too much effort.

 

Helios, who already handled spears and swords at an expert level, would benefit much more from training with other weapons during that time.

 

‘Come to think of it…’

 

Watching Helios disassemble and assemble the gun, Mint fell into thought for a moment.

 

The closer they got to Niflheim, the more distant the ‘outside’ world they had briefly enjoyed became again.

 

The Warden had told her to make Helios the boss.

 

From the moment Mint accepted the mission until now, she had never once questioned it.

 

Of course, she had briefly thought about it. But her thoughts always stopped without deepening.

 

However, this time was a bit different.

 

“Ahem, Master. If I did well, shouldn’t you at least… give me some praise?”

 

The reason Mint was recalling this now was singular.

 

Because she had come to feel something different for him.

 

She could attach any name to it.

 

The desire to have you.

 

Because she was hiding so much, this feeling that bordered on deception finally drew questions from her.

 

Why does the Warden of the prison cells, the king of the prison who controls the prisoners, want to make the Duke’s son the boss of the prisoners?

 

For what purpose?

 

This was content that didn’t appear in the original story.

 

‘What I can think of is the noble house.’

 

Until now, Warden Ralph hadn’t shown much interest in outside power.

 

He seemed like someone satisfied with living like a king only within the prison cells. Now it was impossible to know.

 

Regardless of his relationship with his father, Helios was still the Duke’s only heir.

 

Moreover, he was the sole bloodline of the overwhelmingly powerful Alpeion Duke’s House.

 

What if he was thinking of using Helios to advance into the outside world?

 

For the Warden, Helios would become a lifeline that must be protected.

 

The boss position had more authority than one might think.

 

‘The Tower.’

 

Wouldn’t he be given control over that massive Kia mass that even the guards couldn’t completely manipulate?

 

Most importantly, Helios was practically innocent but unjustly imprisoned.

 

What if the Warden knew this?

 

‘Helping him get released wouldn’t be difficult either.’

 

The reason Helios escaped in the original story was also because he couldn’t bear his unjust treatment.

 

Perhaps the original Helios had received help from someone who got the same orders as Mint before escaping.

 

‘If the collaborator wasn’t very reliable. It would have taken a very long time to become boss.’

 

He might have judged that prison break was better.

 

Mint’s doubts and thoughts couldn’t continue any further.

 

Because a graceful face had suddenly approached right in front of her.

 

“Oh my. If you’re going to blush like that every time, why do you keep lowering your head?”

 

“…Isn’t it because Master has that expression like you’re not listening to me at all.”

 

Unlike his mysteriously alluring yet somehow sacred face that could captivate anyone, his grumpy voice created a discord.

 

Mint gently patted his head.

 

“Keep working hard. You’re still far from catching up to Master.”

 

“Master was the standard?”

 

Helios muttered his complaint in a low voice.

 

So don’t expect any praise until you die, is that it.

 

Listening to this was quite amusing.

 

When they returned to the prison, the problem she had temporarily postponed would come looking for her.

 

Hades.

 

“When we return to the prison, I might have to be away for a while.”

 

Helios, whose face had unconsciously relaxed at Mint’s patting, hesitated.

 

“There’s the special examination results and other things I need to report.”

 

Mint smoothed things over this way, anticipating that her daily routine would be disrupted by the matter with Hades.

 

“…It’s dawning on me anew that Master is a guard.”

 

“Right. I’m glad you respect that.”

 

“That’s not it, I’m saying I’ve gotten used to being a prisoner. Sometimes I wonder if this suits me better.”

 

Mint was inwardly amazed. Is being a prisoner his natural disposition? Has that been revealed?

 

Helios looked in the direction Mint was gazing.

 

The sound of Sergeant Steven whistling could be heard from some distance away.

 

A peaceful scene, and soon it would be time to leave this behind and become a prisoner again.

 

For some reason, Master still hadn’t undone her facial disguise.

 

To Helios, she still appeared as a woman with black hair.

 

Helios, who had been hesitating for a moment, soon made up his mind.

 

“I have something to confess to Master.”

 

At his voice that sounded almost solemn, Mint tilted her head.

 

They were at a position where Niflheim’s massive wall was beginning to come into view.

 

Was there a topic worth discussing between them before returning to the prison?

 

Mint briefly thought of ‘Hades’ but shook her head inwardly.

 

Helios had been at an angle where he couldn’t see.

 

Moreover, their conversation was being overheard by Sergeant Steven who was nearby.

 

Mint deployed a barrier, thinking to respect Helios’s solemnity.

 

Now only the two of them would be able to hear.

 

Of course, she still had no idea what Helios was trying to say.

 

‘Oh my.’

 

Master has so many things weighing on her mind that she can’t even guess, is that it.

 

Mint erased the idle thought and stared at Helios.

 

Up until this point, Mint didn’t think much of it.

 

After acknowledging her desire to possess Helios, Mint had become quite lenient with him, enough that she could feel it herself.

 

Moreover, seeing how persistently she thought about healing his wounds because they bothered her, it felt almost like an obsession.

 

Even at this moment, she thought the words that were about to come wouldn’t be particularly shocking.

 

Helios opened his mouth.

 

“Actually, right now Master’s hair appears… black to me. Your eyes are the same black color too.”

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