I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 205

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Chapter 205

Hades used his ability without hesitation to reassure his faction. He felt no guilt.

After all, if they were to enjoy power under him, wouldn’t that be their reward?

“Yes, to think that Duke Alpeion is the one who gathered us here today. Isn’t this quite interesting?”

Hades grinned wickedly.

He knew it wasn’t the time to laugh, but he couldn’t help himself because this situation was so fascinating.

Most of the nobles attending the Noble Assembly had filled their seats, but a few seats remained empty.

Even those who attended looked haggard, as if they hadn’t been able to sleep.

They had been tormented by the fear that the serial killer might visit their homes.

Some had spent the entire day trembling behind expensive barriers.

‘Still, it seems no one has died yet.’

The Chairman of the Noble Assembly looked around the assembly. Even those absent from their seats weren’t dead.

They were either too ill to attend this meeting or were simply terrible cowards.

The intentions of those who attended here would be the same. They must have judged that attending this meeting today was better than staying alone in their mansions where the serial killer might appear.

The Chairman sighed. He looked just as haggard.

‘I wish Marquis Limnades would just close his eyes and spill everything.’

Of course, the thought that he might die the moment he heard the identity still lingered.

The fact that the situation would remain stagnant unless Pontos made a move frustrated the Chairman.

Perhaps this was revenge against the nobles who had tacitly agreed to send Pontos’s younger sister to Niflheim under false charges over ten years ago.

There was another problem.

‘Where did the Marquis go?!’

Marquis Limnades was nowhere to be seen at today’s meeting…!

‘Surely… he’s not dead, is he?’

Those who only realized Pontos was absent after arriving couldn’t hide their fear.

If Pontos died, the identity and truth about the serial killer would disappear into mystery once again.

‘What is Duke Alpeion trying to say in this situation?’

The one who hosted today’s meeting was not Pontos, but Duke Alpeion, Helios.

It was natural for all eyes to focus on Helios.

He was one of those called the strongest.

Everyone began to nurture a small hope.

Did the Duke have means to break through this situation? That must be it, right?

Meanwhile, Helios was lost in thought even as all eyes focused on him.

His mind was recalling a single memory.

That night a few days ago when he had overheard the conversation between Mint and Seth.

“…Master, you said you would execute the final part of the plan in a few days.”

“That’s right.”

Mint’s plan was concise and simple, just like her personality.

In fact, there were parts that made one wonder if it could really be this concise.

But Helios decided to willingly follow what Mint desired.

As long as she was by his side, what couldn’t he do?

“When it’s over, shall we go on a trip together?”

At Helios’s question, Mint stared at him intently.

Then she smiled mischievously.

“Is that a honeymoon?”

Honeymoon. Excited by the word marriage that naturally came to mind, Helios immediately pounced on Mint.

Master didn’t refuse and naturally accepted him.

That’s why Helios realized that day that he had overlooked something.

That Master hadn’t answered.

Though it was a trivial matter, why did it prick at his nerves and make him sensitive?

However, now was not the time to think only about this. The situation forced him to open his eyes.

…Now was the time to become part of Mint’s plan.

Helios’s eyes fixed on one person.

Crown Prince Deflon, who occupied the seat on the platform today as well.

“Today I have come at the request of Marquis Limnades, to deliver his message in his stead.”

The moment Helios opened his mouth, silence descended like air.

“Everyone, look ahead.”

The Nobles looked bewildered as they gazed in the direction Helios pointed.

Helios wore a cynical smile.

“Would Your Highness also please watch?”

Because the culprit will appear over there.

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Pontos was walking through a dark alley.

It was a place so dark and secluded that even though it was daytime, it felt like pitch-black night.

‘Sigh, does it really have to be such a secluded place?’

Indeed. Pontos briefly wondered if it really had to be such a place.

‘It can’t be helped.’

Even thinking about it again, it was unavoidable. It had to be this kind of place.

Younger Sister had recommended other places.

However, choosing this place among the options was Pontos’s own will.

It was unavoidable.

This place was exactly.

‘Because ordinary people would get involved the least.’

It wasn’t petty righteousness.

It was simply fulfilling his responsibility as someone who once, and even now in heart, protected the safety and security of the Capital Empire’s citizens.

Of course, if Younger Sister had heard this.

‘She might have mocked it as exactly that kind of petty righteousness.’

Younger Sister had a sharp side to her.

She pretended to be detached, but would casually throw cutting remarks with a calm face.

That too must be a remnant created by Niflheim.

Pontos stopped walking.

‘Would this place be better?’

He tapped the ground with the tip of his shoe.

“…Please come out.”

Pontos muttered quietly at the end of the alley. It was an empty space with no one around.

However, that was only how it seemed.

In his arms were bundles of documents.

“What I have in my arms are physical materials. Documents that prove why the culprit is the culprit. You could call them evidence.”

Pontos’s tone was resolute like someone facing a duel, yet unnecessarily polite at the same time. It created an odd atmosphere.

Pontos deliberately pulled out a sheet of paper and dropped it to the ground.

The moment the paper fell to the ground.

Shaaak.

Pontos instinctively stepped back. A sharp dagger whizzed past where he had been standing.

Unable to dodge completely, strands of his cleanly cut hair scattered in the air.

“…!”

The dagger changed trajectory in mid-air.

Insane.

‘Such movement is possible?’

Before Pontos could finish being shocked, a black form rose from his shadow.

Woof! Grrrrowl!

A pitch-black dog opened its mouth wide. Sharp teeth five times larger than a normal dog’s aimed at the opponent.

Clang!

The dagger grazed past, instantly cutting off the dog’s fangs.

Yelp!

Not stopping there, the dagger drew a straight line and the dog was cut in half. It returned to shadow form and melted away smoothly.

‘…Can’t even last dozens of seconds?’

Pontos spat up blood with a retch.

It was the price for his summon being forcibly reverse summoned.

The dog that emerged from the shadows was a mid-level entity among his summons.

To erase such a summon in an instant.

Pontos held his breath tightly.

Indeed, there was a reason they could even kill renowned experts.

Yes, I had faced him directly before.

‘He wasn’t at this level back at the mansion.’

Pontos took a step back.

“Are you that famous Jack?”

“….”

His opponent was about five steps away. He didn’t move from that distance.

At the same time, he even showed the leisure to nod his head at Pontos’s question.

For some reason, the Serial Killer was relaxed. I wasn’t unaware of the reason.

Like a cat playing with a mouse. He only saw him as a toy.

Because he had felt the difference in level with just one exchange.

“Let me ask just one thing.”

Pontos, abandoning politeness, said while wiping away the blood.

“Why did you readily target me?”

A dark alley with no one around, there was no reason to come to this place without cause.

Common sense would dictate thinking of bait or a trap in such a situation.

Nevertheless, the Serial Killer had appeared before him as if he had been waiting.

The ‘Serial Killer’ before his eyes had bandages wrapped around his face and his entire body covered with cloth.

Even with rough movements, the hood of the robe pulled over his head didn’t come off.

He had definitely done some kind of treatment to it.

‘The Serial Killer who appeared before Minte didn’t hide his face, she said.’

But the opponent Pontos saw had his body completely hidden.

The only thing recognizable were his red eyes.

The Serial Killer gently closed his eyes at Pontos’s question.

As if he found it merely amusing.

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