I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

Helios and Ged’s group were already running across Brett’s shadow.

As if such interference was laughable, Ged’s shield reliably blocked the attacks.

Moreover, the arrow that stopped without reaching the bridge was Seth’s handiwork.

Whiiiiing!

The deflected arrow grazed the cheek of Barret, a member of the Red Scorpion team.

He raised his hand to catch the flying arrow. It was his own arrow that Seth had deflected with telekinesis.

‘Not bad?’

Helios’s team had already crossed about one-third of the way.

They just needed time for Brett’s shadow to extend within range.

It was considerable speed.

“Can’t let that happen.”

Barret smiled grimly as he gathered Kia in his hand. A spear made of gathered wind pierced into Brett’s shadow.

Crackle!

Then supporting fire from the Red Scorpion team members followed.

“Now’s the time, move immediately!”

Taking advantage of that gap, other prisoners who had barely defended against or prepared for Barret’s wind ability hurriedly moved.

From Mint’s perspective, even so, they didn’t seem like they would be faster than Helios and Ged’s group.

‘They must have aimed for this by only filling in a few planks.’

The problem was the attacks flying toward the shadow Brett had created.

“Haira, stop those guys!”

“I’m trying. Unfortunately, the distance between bridges is too far!”

“Can’t you awaken again?!”

“If that were as easy as it sounds, would we be struggling like this now? Just focus on blocking!”

Though Seth and Haira were providing support, Ged couldn’t block every attack.

Brett had to focus on the ground, so he wasn’t helping with their combat power.

In this situation, Helios’s movements were outstanding.

“What the hell, that bastard? This is different from what we heard!”

“Damn it, who gave us the intel! They said we just needed to hold back his feet!”

Even the Red Scorpion side, who were the Floor Masters, seemed quite flustered.

And for good reason—if Ged, supported by Haira and Seth, was blocking about 60% of the attacks, then Helios was deflecting all the remaining attacks by himself.

However…

‘It’s not enough.’

The limitations from the difference in numbers and firepower couldn’t be helped.

Eventually, cracks began to show in the ground.

Crack!

“Damn, it’s cracking! Brett, are you okay?”

“Hahaha, I’m doing my best, cough, but…”

This was a completely different method from his usual way of using shadows.

Since he had made the shadows thicker than usual to support human weight, Brett’s burden only grew heavier as time passed.

“This is a plan for you, Brett, to save all of us. Can you do it?”

“….”

“If you can’t, feel free to say so. That’s not strange at all.”

“Right, we, we can just look for another way!”

Brett recalled Helios’s gaze that had been watching him without a single waver.

What was contained in those graceful eyes, beautiful enough to be hard to ignore, was trust.

“Haha… Being the protagonist is difficult.”

Crack!

Despite Brett’s best efforts, the crack in the ground inevitably grew larger.

The fortunate thing was that thanks to Brett’s efforts, which had made his face pale, the party had made it more than halfway.

Bang!

Crumble!

The shadows shattered and returned to Brett.

The limp shadow fragments could no longer support the party’s feet.

“Everyone keep your balance!”

Helios was curious about what Mint was doing at this moment, but it was a question that had to be postponed.

There was no foothold.

Below their feet was the Bottomless Pit with no visible end.

Helios bit his lips tightly.

Whirring. Kia manifested from his fingertips.

‘If I can make weapons, I can make footholds too.’

In an instant, footholds made of Kia by Helios appeared beneath the party’s feet.

But this was only a temporary measure.

Creating the next foothold would require concentration.

But the enemy would never just stand by and watch.

“Now’s the time, everyone attack! Right now!”

The Red Scorpion Team was originally a den of belligerent and deranged lunatics who took pleasure in destroying common sense.

They were now hell-bent on making Helios and Ged’s Group fall.

The pretense and formalities from the beginning were nowhere to be seen.

“Ahahaha! Die! Die, you fucking bastards!”

“Fall! Go to hell!”

Countless attacks poured down amid the flying profanity. It would be impossible to endure.

With attacks flying around like this, holding onto the rope if they stumbled would be too much.

Haira’s foot was the first to slip from the foothold.

“Sis, sister!”

Seth quickly caught her with telekinesis, but unfortunately, Seth couldn’t lift and carry all the members.

Crash! Crackle!

Finally, it was the moment when even the last footholds that Ged and Helios had been holding onto disappeared.

Whoooosh—.

A massive wave of Kia. Between the ropes suspended in mid-air, footholds made of blue light extended endlessly.

Even the ropes were wrapped in light, taking on a blue hue.

Of course, footholds appeared again beneath the party’s feet.

The relentless barrage of attacks was blocked by a translucent barrier.

“Nice. Perfect for training.”

A leisurely voice. When Helios quickly turned his head, Mint was crouched on the tightrope, gripping the rope.

“Helios.”

Despite being quite far away, Mint grinned wickedly.

“I’ll give you exactly 3 seconds.”

“What?”

“In 3 seconds, they’ll disappear. The footholds and the barrier.”

Seth, who had been listening along, was horrified.

“Boss! Wh-what are you planning to do!”

“What do you mean what.”

While speaking, the 3 seconds had already passed.

A leisurely and mischievous smile crossed Mint’s face.

“You’d better do well. Very well.”

As if the footholds that had extended all the way to the end were nothing but false hope, they smoothly disappeared.

The protective barrier that had been blocking attacks was also gradually thinning. The attacks would come pouring down again.

“Everyone stand on the ropes!”

Surprisingly, all of Ged’s group managed to balance and stand on the tightropes where the footholds had disappeared.

It might have been different if attacks were pouring down at that moment. But with the barrier still active and time available, this wasn’t difficult.

From the beginning, they had planned to do this once Brett’s shadows disappeared.

“What, what the hell? Those bastards? They’re standing on the ropes?”

“How is that even difficult!”

“Idiot. Of course it’s difficult, they’re running!”

Even their enemies, the Red Scorpion, were flustered.

Swaying tightropes would be difficult to stand on without extraordinary courage.

Moreover, with the constant shaking, maintaining balance would be far from easy.

“Ha, I knew this would happen.”

“Hahaha…”

What was with that sight of them running on tightropes as if they were on solid ground?

“Aaaaah, this man Ged, whether I die from being beaten or from falling!”

“I-I don’t want to die!”

“Just run!”

Unless they were Musculoskeletal Kia users, what was that ridiculous sense of balance?

In theory, Kia ability users basically possess physical capabilities beyond ordinary people.

‘But not everyone trains their body.’

Among the Red Scorpion, both the leader figure and Barret’s mouths fell open.

Unless you train your body every single day…

“What are you doing, attack right now! Barret, you too!”

However, it was already too late.

Helios and Ged’s Group had long since escaped the attack range of the Red Scorpion behind them, using the brief gap when Mint’s protective barrier disappeared.

“Are we seeing the benefits of running around like crazy from the 31st Floor here…?”

“No time to talk, just run!”

Helios looked at the end. Once they reached that ground, it would be their destination.

He deliberately took charge of the rear, running while watching behind the party.

‘Master will manage to get in on her own.’

Mint would somehow manage to enter the goal point on her own.

There had been a crisis, but everything was going as planned. If they could just arrive like this…

Then.

Someone raised their head. No, turned around.

It was the colleague who had been running right in front of Helios. A smiling face with curved eyes as always.

“Boss. Sorry about this.”

Brett’s pale face, his smiling expression, and from his fingertips sprouted awl-like shadows.

“You shouldn’t trust people so easily.”

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