I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 138

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Chapter 138

 

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Ramona hesitantly stepped back.

 

“Victory! Prisoner, Helios!”

 

The guard announced the match result.

 

It was no longer a story that mattered.

 

It had been a predetermined shout from the moment Deril fell.

 

Helios had eliminated two rifts.

 

What they had constantly praised as genius, as monstrous potential, had finally reached its peak.

 

It wasn’t a surprising result.

 

‘To the point where there’s no need to even mention the hierarchy.’

 

It was just the expected outcome.

 

‘Weak.’

 

Deril had become weaker than when Mint was the boss.

 

It was also a foreseeable development, as she wouldn’t have been able to spend time on personal training with so many things to worry about.

 

Of course, this was only by Mint’s standards; by the standards of top floor prisoners, she was still strong.

 

It’s just that the monster she had raised had overwhelmed Deril.

 

“Hehe, hehehehe.”

 

A quiet laugh came from beside her. A low but obsessive and persistent laugh.

 

It was also a convulsive laugh like that of a madman.

 

The abnormal sound suddenly cut off.

 

“I was quite underestimated by the boss, wasn’t I?”

 

“…”

 

“Just because I lost to the boss, you think I’d lose to that brat too?”

 

Ramona no longer lowered her voice.

 

However, no one was paying attention to their conversation.

 

The other prisoners watching the match result were busy staring at him with shocked eyes.

 

Ramona’s hand firmly gripped Mint’s shoulder.

 

Mint offered her shoulder even though she knew of the approach.

 

Hiss.

 

The green liquid melted her prison uniform.

 

“If you think that, you’re mistaken.”

 

No longer smiling and having abandoned even her composure, her face was roughly occupied by something raw.

 

Gleaming eyes. Full of murderous intent.

 

“Today’s events. I watched very carefully.”

 

Ramona’s voice and the guard’s voice could be heard overlapping.

 

“The Master of the 95th Floor has been defeated!”

 

A voice filled with panic, unbecoming of a guard. They too must have been seeing this for the first time.

 

A new prisoner, still only able to be called by that designation, climbing all the way to the top floor and finally bringing down one of the top floor masters.

 

“Watch carefully. That’ll be the last time.”

 

With this voice as her last words, Ramona separated from her.

 

“That bastard the boss was so fond of is pretty good. How entertaining.”

 

“….”

 

“I wonder what kind of scream she’ll make when she dies? I’m looking forward to it.”

 

She would definitely kill her.

 

Only after she had fallen away did Mint slowly open her hand.

 

‘Oh no.’

 

That was close to being a disaster.

 

…I almost killed the boss with my own hands.

 

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Helios was breathing heavily.

 

Clap clap clap.

 

Someone applauded while jumping down from the upper floor.

 

For a brief moment, his vision blurred due to excessive use of Kia and the relaxation of tension after the battle ended.

 

Resounding applause. It reminded him of his master.

 

When he had broken through the Tower’s first floor, the mad off-beat applause his master had enthusiastically given was still vivid.

 

On one hand, though not much actual time had passed, it now felt like quite a long time ago.

 

“…Eyes.”

 

Helios looked down at the sensation gripping his ankle. The defeated Deril was holding onto his ankle.

 

Her quietly muttering voice was small enough that only Helios could hear it.

 

― If you make eye contact for more than 5 seconds, poison appears under your feet.

 

Soon after, the voice echoing in his head was huskier and quite lower than the average woman’s voice.

 

The voice that finished with just one sentence was heard no more. As if she had finished what she needed to do.

 

With his vision clear again, he could see Ramona, the boss.

 

She seemed to be the one who had applauded, still slowly moving her hands.

 

“Wow. I’ll acknowledge it. That’s impressive.”

 

“….”

 

“As expected of something that ‘boss’ had a hand in. Excellent.”

 

She appeared calm and peaceful, as if her growling at Mint had been a lie.

 

“Welcome to becoming family.”

 

Though one might wonder what kind of family in the world points swords at each other and becomes desperate to drag each other down.

 

Helios knew there were quite a few such families in the world.

 

For instance, wasn’t his own father, who sent him here to die, just like that?

 

“As promised, I’m going to give a gift to the victorious ‘new Master of the 95th Floor.'”

 

Ramona no longer showed the demeanor she had when first welcoming him. She was subtly different.

 

“An easy path to the Boss. Yeah, I was thinking about what that could be… and decided to do this.”

 

Ramona pointed to the Floor Owners who were still tied up on the 2nd Floor, looking down at them.

 

“I’ll hold a tournament.”

 

Her voice was ambiguous. Despite the clear words, Helios couldn’t immediately grasp her intention and slightly furrowed his brow.

 

“Everyone will participate. Oh, of course I’ll join too.”

 

She giggled softly.

 

“That way, there’s no need to fight four times while climbing up.”

 

The numbers didn’t add up. If eleven people held a tournament, excluding byes.

 

At least three times. Or four battles would determine the final winner.

 

In the end, it wouldn’t be different from him becoming the Master of the 95th Floor and then going through the 96th, 97th, 98th, and 99th Floors in order.

 

No, including fighting the Master of the 100th Floor, would it be five times?

 

Thinking about it this way, it was definitely advantageous.

 

“And on top of that. There’s no need to wait long either.”

 

Ramona spread her fingers wide.

 

“Just four people.”

 

Helios noticed that the woman’s pinky finger was more than a joint shorter than normal.

 

“When four people remain, including me, I’ll hold an ‘Arena battle.'”

 

Arena battle. This referred to a method where all competitors gathered in a circular arena to fight.

 

Moreover, a total of five people fighting at once.

 

It would become a free-for-all.

 

‘What’s her scheme?’

 

It was natural for Helios to think this way.

 

These were conditions that wouldn’t help the Boss at all.

 

If she just waited, Helios would steadily drain his strength while climbing to the upper floors.

 

Having climbed without rest, he had no intention of resting now.

 

Even if he got a little tired, he would do it quickly. He would have naturally done so.

 

‘Ah.’

 

Helios read something in Ramona’s eyes.

 

‘Is she looking down on me?’

 

A weakling she could dispose of anytime. That’s how she saw him in the Boss’s eyes.

 

Even though he had just won against the Master of the 95th Floor.

 

Helios noticed mockery and contempt in the Boss’s eyes.

 

Thanks to his father, it was familiar to him, so it wasn’t difficult to recognize.

 

“All those who want to participate, gather and try to win.”

 

Having said this, Ramona soon burst into convulsive giggles.

 

Oh, I already said everyone has to participate by force, didn’t I? Giggle giggle.

 

Even while laughing, Ramona kept her eyes narrowed and didn’t take her gaze off him.

 

Helios quietly counted.

 

‘And now.’

 

Hissssss.

 

Where he lifted his foot, where he had stepped, burned away.

 

“Hmm?”

 

In Helios’s hands were blue-glowing weapons once again.

 

As if ready to fight at any moment.

 

A sword in one hand. A short pistol in the other.

 

Of course, Helios was still inexperienced with handling guns. Yet the reason he drew it.

 

It was a blatant provocation.

 

The moment she saw the pistol, Ramona’s face hardened. Her expression twisted in an instant.

 

But this too was brief, as the Boss smiled coldly and turned away.

 

“The matches start in three days.”

 

The announcing voice was monotone. Even when leaving, Ramona took the tightly bound Floor Master with her.

 

Mint watched Ramona’s retreating figure, then slumped against the 2nd Floor railing.

 

Her shoulders shook with quiet sounds. She was laughing.

 

Hah. Mint sighed and lifted her head.

 

“Ahahaha…”

 

How ridiculous.

 

Mint muttered quietly to herself.

 

Yes. How ridiculous.

 

Helios holding that gun and putting on airs was so lovable it was beyond words.

 

So cute that she wanted to lock him away.

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