I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

The sound had gotten closer than before.

No one here would be unaware of this fact.

“Um, if we’re going to move locations anyway, c-can’t we take this child with us too?”

“What? What are you talking about? That thing.”

“No, those are artillery shell sounds. I, I know. The city where I grew up was also caught up in w-war… With war breaking out right in front of us, we can’t just l-leave a small child behind.”

Mint looked at Seth saying this with a slightly interested expression.

Seth was someone who lacked assertiveness even among Ged’s Group.

“Hahaha, Seth. What’s with you? Acting all good out of nowhere is a bit much, isn’t it.”

“Huh? Brett, a-acting good? I’m just.”

As if cutting off Seth’s words, Brett spat out what came next.

“The fact that we’re prisoners hasn’t changed. It’s so fake~. This act of trying to uphold morals and ethics now.”

Brett was laughing, but seemed twisted as if something was seriously bothering him.

‘An interesting sign of catastrophe.’

Not one of the Tower’s trials was carelessly made. So that child’s appearance would surely play some role in this trial.

But the party treated the child as merely an incidental existence.

Right now, only Mint knew this fact…

‘No.’

There was one more.

“Let’s do that. Take the child.”

“Haha, Boss? What are you saying? Don’t tell me even Boss really thinks that thing is…”

“I don’t think it’s real.”

Helios replied with a calm expression. Brett shut his mouth.

His twisted squinting eyes gradually returned to normal.

“Did you forget? This floor is a fear-related floor. Besides, we still don’t know what kind of stage this is or what kind of being the boss is.”

Helios was eerily calm even among the party members.

“Since Seth has taken an interest in that child, if we leave it behind, Seth’s mind will waver and our fighting power will decrease. Rather than accepting a penalty when Ged is already missing, it’s better to take it along while staying alert.”

“…”

Perhaps feeling it was an irrefutable statement, Brett said nothing more.

“Haha, if Boss says so, what can we do. We have to follow.”

Brett shrugged and moved away. Haira stared intently at the child before opening her mouth.

“There doesn’t seem to be any Mental Realm Kia, but I’ll keep watch too. Seth, you be careful about rushing in recklessly.”

“Got it, sis…”

Seth nodded timidly while adjusting his hold on the child.

Mint saw the stubbornness that flashed across Seth’s face for just a moment.

Haira frowned slightly.

“But this child seems to resemble someone…”

It was something no one paid much attention to. Even Haira who said it just brushed it off.

With her muttering, the party began to move.

“By the way… without Ged, we don’t know any information about this place, the boss, or how to escape, do we?”

“Hahaha, is this floor hide-and-seek? Find Ged?”

Light conversation popped up even while moving.

The child remained quietly in their arms.

Seth looked down several times before informing the party.

This child seemed unable to speak.

Before long, the party encountered enemies. They were soldiers wearing military uniforms they had never seen before.

“Enemies!”

“Royal Army?”

“Don’t know, surround them first!”

Seven appeared before the party. They were tense since they couldn’t gauge their abilities.

But Helios instinctively felt confident that the party wouldn’t lose.

However.

‘We’re outnumbered, so we need to be careful.’

Ged, who usually served as the tank, taking and blocking all attacks for them, was absent.

They had to be careful that Haira and Seth, who were physically weak and slow, didn’t get attacked.

Of course, besides Ged’s Group, Mint was with them, but at this level, she would probably stay back as usual.

‘As quickly as possible.’

They had to finish them off.

Helios stepped forward to take on Ged’s role instead.

“Haira, Seth. Take your usual positions.”

“Oh, B-Boss. How are you going to do this without Ged…?”

“Brett and I will divide and share the roles.”

“Hahaha, heavy responsibility.”

“No need for that.”

Helios startled as he felt a presence brush past him. A scent like wind blowing from the mountains.

Mint stood before them with her back turned.

“I’ll be the tank. Do as you usually do.”

“What? Master, how can you take Ged’s role?”

“Hey. We don’t have time to talk, do we?”

“Attack!”

Mint’s words and the enemy’s voice rang out simultaneously.

Crackle!

Lightning-Wrapped Arrow.

Mint casually caught the arrow flying toward her with her bare hand.

Sizzle.

“Ah, right.”

She clicked her tongue looking at her burned hand, but that was all.

“It’s been a while since I used Musculoskeletal System.”

Then the ground beneath Mint’s feet suddenly caved in.

Whoosh. Rather than falling backward, Mint pushed forward.

That choice was wise.

“Gasp, when did…!”

Mint grabbed one of the panicked opponents and threw them down. It was a clean Throw Down.

“Khaaaaak!”

At the moment of the throw, she used Musculoskeletal Kia to increase her body weight tenfold.

Because of this, the one slammed into the ground would have felt pain beyond broken bones—completely crushed.

The one who took the hit writhed for a moment, then disappeared like smoke.

“They, they disappeared?”

“Haira!”

As Helios shouted, Haira activated her Kia.

The fight seemed intense, but the superiority was clear.

After directly slamming the first person, Mint didn’t attack at all.

She took or blocked all attacks. Just like Ged usually did.

Thanks to this, the party including Helios all faithfully performed their roles as usual.

“Haah…”

From Helios’s hand, a soldier wearing a military uniform fell and turned into smoke.

This one was the last.

“Phew, that was dangerous…!”

Unlike the party members who could move freely, Seth was holding a child and had to face more crises than others.

‘Being safe…’

Was thanks to his colleagues.

Seth became a little dejected. He knew he had been stubbornly unreasonable.

Even so, they had just let it slide out of consideration for Seth. He felt sorry and grateful.

It had been like this from the beginning.

“Your name is Seth? I’m Ged. You look quite timid and weak, but I’ll make a man out of you. Uhaha.”

After meeting the same floor as Helios, they had banded together with Ged at the forefront.

Even when making drugs in the Alchemist’s Den, everyone ignored Seth.

His weak and timid personality made Seth even more isolated.

When he was decided to go to prison after taking the blame for all the organization’s crimes, everyone laughed saying it served him right.

‘I wonder where Brother Ged is.’

He was worried.

And knowing that those soldiers were disappearing beings, Seth felt self-loathing for protecting the child as if it were real.

‘But I can’t help it. I…’

Mint came into Seth’s view.

She was amazing.

She had effortlessly taken Ged’s place.

Not only that, the shield she created was sturdier than Ged’s.

‘What exactly can’t she do?’

Because Mint had used her abilities in a way that seemed plausible to others’ eyes.

Except for Helios, no one could think that Mint could use three or more types of abilities.

“Haha, the level doesn’t seem that high though? It’s stable because Boss is here.”

“Well… That guy can do anything.”

“Any injuries?”

“None.”

“Haha. I don’t have any either.”

Mint leisurely stretched and glanced at one spot.

“We won’t have time to chat like this.”

Helios followed Mint’s gaze toward the same place.

“This time they’re coming as one unit?”

Indeed, soon the party could feel their presence too. It was a large-scale force.

“Boss, what do we do?”

“…We avoid them and move.”

This battle had been fought successfully, but there were limits to their stamina.

In a situation where they didn’t know how long they’d be in This Place. Moreover, with Ged’s whereabouts unknown, conserving stamina was the priority.

“We go over there.”

The place Helios pointed to was a Half-Destroyed Building that looked like it had been bombed.

“Uaaaah…”

Two hours later.

Seth collapsed right onto the Ground Floor.

They had just arrived at the building Helios had pointed to and entered what seemed like the safest spot.

The path to get here had been really long…!

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