I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

 

Helios had absolutely no information about the high-ranking/1st grade prisoners.

 

If he were to choose someone right away in this state.

 

He might suddenly end up fighting against a top-tier prisoner close to the 100th Floor.

 

In this situation, Helios’s provocation drew everyone’s attention.

 

“Puhaha…”

 

Laughter burst out.

 

All the prisoners thought it was Ramona’s mad laughter. But it wasn’t.

 

The owner of the laughter was none other than Mint.

 

Even Helios, who had spoken up, was surprised and stared at Mint.

 

His master was bursting into hearty laughter in a way he had rarely seen before.

 

“Wow, this is really something… I can’t believe I raised something like this.”

 

“Master?”

 

Helios, who was standing beside her, frowned his handsome face.

 

“Ah. Don’t worry, don’t worry. It’s a compliment.”

 

Mint patted Helios’s shoulder with one hand while leisurely wiping her lips with the back of her hand.

 

Then she stood with a calm expression and tilted her head.

 

“Hey there, Boss. Did you hear? My disciple says he wants to fight first with a shitty bastard like you?”

 

Helios was dumbfounded.

 

“…When did I ever say such a thing?”

 

“What? Don’t you know provocation? You have to do it as coolly and stupidly as possible. You did well, so why are you like that?”

 

“…I don’t know where the stupid part is, but fine. I don’t understand why such words are coming out, but at least you succeeded in making me dumbfounded.”

 

Helios ran his hand through his hair. He had spoken quite solemnly.

 

But with his master’s intervention, all the solemnity had scattered without a trace.

 

“Hey, did you say Boss?”

 

Tsk, Helios clicked his tongue and put on a polite expression.

 

“There was my master’s intervention. Don’t mind it.”

 

However, Helios himself didn’t realize.

 

Despite his polite expression, his posture was crooked.

 

“My master is originally that kind of person.”

 

The way he shamelessly brushed off Mint’s intervention as ‘my master is a bit of a strange person’.

 

The fact that he looked similar to Mint.

 

“My goal is the Master of the 100th Floor. To become the new Boss.”

 

Ramona blinked her upturned eyes several times.

 

Then she collapsed right there, clutching her stomach and rolling around.

 

A woman’s high-pitched laughter echoed for a moment.

 

“Aha… So that rookie over there was a rare, hero-like person?”

 

Ramona grabbed her neck and shook it back and forth. Her eyes narrowed and her already upturned eyes rose even higher.

 

“The type of human I hate the most.”

 

Ramona decided to kill that annoying new prisoner here today.

 

On one hand, she thought it would be easy. Even if he was a prisoner raised by that Boss.

 

After all, wasn’t he just a greenhorn who hadn’t been here long, and hadn’t even awakened Kia that long ago?

 

Special examination? That was something Ramona herself had experienced after being recognized for her specialness.

 

The rumors she heard couldn’t be dismissed as just a greenhorn. But she didn’t think he had the skill to threaten her position yet.

 

Especially not against her current self who could use Tower’s Kia.

 

“Hehe, I’ve changed my mind.”

 

Ramona accepted the deal with the Imperial Court that had come to her secretly.

 

She wanted to be released just as much as Mint did.

 

This prison and tower were interesting, but on the other hand, a bit boring.

 

“I’ll prepare a gift for such an amazing rookie.”

 

Outside there were so many things worth killing, so many interesting and fun things.

 

To conduct the many experiments floating in her head, she needed to go to a place with many ordinary people.

 

Ramona acknowledged Helios’s potential, but judged that he wasn’t at the level to defeat a top-tier prisoner.

 

Even that Mint hadn’t had a smooth journey on this path.

 

No matter how much that Boss bragged about him, his destination would end here. He couldn’t climb any higher.

 

This would be as far as he got.

 

Since he would die today.

 

“If you defeat the person I choose here. I’ll open an easy path toward the Boss as you wish.”

 

Her tone was mocking, as if teasing.

 

It was also a tone that concluded such a thing would never happen.

 

That was all Ramona had to say. The moment of choice had come for Helios.

 

“Want to recommend someone? Who I should fight?”

 

Master’s voice was leisurely as always. He suddenly became curious.

 

Was this because she thought he would win?

 

Or was this composure because she thought that as long as she was there, he at least wouldn’t die even if he lost?

 

“No, I’ll choose myself.”

 

“What if you choose the 99th Floor Master? Our disciple would be meeting a boss mob from the start.”

 

“Wouldn’t that rather be a good thing?”

 

“….”

 

“It was a gateway I’d have to pass through anyway.”

 

As soon as his words ended, a tickling sound was heard.

 

Helios saw Master burst into laughter once again.

 

Of course, her clear laughter made his heart beat even faster.

 

“Well, sure.”

 

She shrugged her shoulders.

 

“The hierarchy from the 91st Floor doesn’t necessarily represent the hierarchy of power. So it shouldn’t matter.”

 

When Mint was the Boss, it was true that from the 91st Floor, each floor up was arranged according to power hierarchy.

 

However, the Floor Masters from the 91st Floor onward are often arranged according to the Boss’s tendencies.

 

Especially those who liked unpredictable people who acted like their own tongue, like Ramona.

 

The hierarchy of the floor didn’t necessarily refer only to the hierarchy of power.

 

Then it would be fine as long as her disciple didn’t choose the real deal in the middle.

 

“I’ll go with that one.”

 

Oh no, her disciple had chosen the ‘real deal’ at a time like this.

 

The response to his choice burst out from Ramona first.

 

“My goodness, what kind of fun is this? Hehehe.”

 

The person Helios had chosen was none other than ‘Deril’.

 

It was certainly a choice that would surprise even Mint.

 

Deril was one of the powerful prisoners.

 

She had been a match for Ramona until Ramona used Tower’s Kia.

 

She wasn’t the leader of the faction opposing Ramona for nothing.

 

However, as soon as Helios made his choice, everything fell into place smoothly.

 

A guard who would serve as referee appeared from somewhere. It seemed like this had been arranged with Ramona beforehand.

 

The guard wasn’t surprised to see Ramona and the other Floor Masters.

 

“Challenger and Floor Master, stand at opposite ends.”

 

Deril and Helios took their designated positions following the guard’s instructions.

 

Those who became spectators, including Mint, took their seats in the spectator stands that appeared as the arena transformed.

 

Ramona left the Floor Masters still bound and tossed to one side, then headed toward Mint who was standing at the edge of the spectator seats.

 

“How about it? I gave that prisoner a fair chance, didn’t I?”

 

“…”

 

“The Floor Master can’t use the floor, right? Guard.”

 

Ramona approached with large strides, smiling as she whispered to Mint. Her voice was full of mockery.

 

Deril was not the master of the 91st Floor.

 

So she couldn’t use the Floor Owner’s Privilege to change this floor’s environment.

 

Certainly, since the Floor Master couldn’t actively utilize the floor, it became a fair match for Helios.

 

But Ramona seemed confident that Helios still wouldn’t be able to win.

 

“Deril is currently the Master of the 95th Floor. Her skills are still intact. Ah, you know this well, don’t you? Hehehe.”

 

Ramona whispered just loud enough for Mint to hear. Calling her ‘Guard’ with feigned respect was also a form of mockery.

 

A mockery that whatever Mint hoped for wouldn’t come to pass.

 

“Begin!”

 

The moment it started, flames burst forth from Deril’s body and around her.

 

Ramona knew.

 

Just as that prisoner called Helios irritated her.

 

Deril would also view him with unfavorable eyes.

 

Someone else other than themselves for Boss.

 

‘Did she call him disciple?’

 

And she seemed to have attachment to him.

 

No matter how great their wrongdoings were, wasn’t this too much considering their past years together?

 

They had accepted the Imperial Court’s deal for their release.

 

Learning Garret’s true identity made Helios even more of a person who absolutely had to be killed.

 

And of all people, he chose ‘Deril’ as his opponent!

 

If he inflicted permanent injuries, Boss might distance herself from Deril. That would be exactly what he wanted.

 

“Both Deril and Ramona have been in this prison for a long time, haven’t you?”

 

Mint spoke without taking her eyes off the fight continuing below.

 

It showed fierce intensity from the very start. Ramona was a little surprised, but that was all.

 

He knew how to use weapons fairly well, but that was about it.

 

Deril was someone Ramona knew best.

 

“They say stagnant water is bound to rot.”

 

“…Hmm?”

 

“It seems you’ve even lost the eye to distinguish gems from stones now. That might have been your only virtue.”

 

Mint, who had turned her head slightly, was smiling.

 

“Shall I make a prediction?”

 

It was her usual dry smile. Even so, Ramona felt her heart sink.

 

“Just 3 minutes.”

 

“…”

 

“It’ll be decided within that time.”

 

The match.

 

And exactly 3 minutes and 30 seconds later, Ramona saw Deril collapse, unable to continue fighting.

 

Her leisurely smile had completely disappeared.

 

Her wavering eyes slowly took in her former boss.

 

Mint was still smiling.

 

Something she had never seen before was rippling in those eyes.

 

“You shouldn’t underestimate the monster I raised.”

 

“…”

 

Something that Ramona and Deril had once wanted to have. Something they had almost possessed, if only briefly.

 

“Watch carefully. You’re going to lose.”

 

It was trust.

 

“More miserably and pathetically.”

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