025. If twisted
did you hear wrong
Kim Woo-jin cleared his ears.
“…what did you just say?”
“You said you would give up all the power you had gained as a hero and voluntarily get out.”
“Suddenly? This is pretty embarrassing.”
“I am too old. In fact, this prison break was the last attempt.”
Prisoner number 1077. After he entered, more than a hundred prisoners entered and exited repeatedly.
Heroes are not common, and warriors who become prisoners are even less common. You can imagine how long he had to endure.
“I am over 600 years old.”
Considering that the average lifespan of a dwarf is around 500, he lived too long. There was no doubt that it was because of his power as a hero.
“It was not long before I died. I’ve already rotted 300 years in this prison. I’m sick of being locked up any longer. So I thought. Let’s try one last time and if we fail, let’s get out of prison without any regrets.”
It’s the best thing to say, but from his point of view, it was the best choice he could make.
However, there was one thing he overlooked.
“I refuse.”
“···what?”
“I said that I refused to release you.”
Exit from purgatory is free at any time. That fact remains unchanged. However, one premise is required. As it is also Kim Woo-jin who manages the release, Kim Woo-jin is free as long as he wants.
“Are you a lamb? It doesn’t make sense to take the lead and turn the prison into a mess and then escape by yourself.”
“I, I chose to be released. I am no longer a sinner.”
“I haven’t let you out yet. So you are still a sinner. And 10 million penalty points for leading the prison break.”
10 million points. Derkain’s mouth dropped open at the number that stifled his breath.
“I will be sentenced to 100 days in 3 punishment rooms. After all the discipline is over, let’s go through the release process.”
“crazy. This is a blast! The fact that it is a penalty point system in the first place makes no sense! Even if you do the same thing, does it make sense that the penalty points are different according to your mood!”
“It makes sense. Because I am the warden.”
Do you know if you twist it?
“I’m going to twist and leave!”
“I can’t twist it.”
“Do not come! Don’t come any closer, you damn bastard!”
Kim Woo-jin walked slowly. Derkain hesitated and stood in awe.
“I don’t want to go this far with someone who is leaving soon, but since he led the prison break, it’s nothing else to do.”
“What can’t be helped! Stop talking nonsense!”
“Well, it’s not like there’s no way at all.”
“…that’s something.”
Derkain took the carrot that Kim Woo-jin slipped out without hesitation.
Since the prison break failed and he was captured, he had no choice in the first place.
If I went to the 3 punishment room for 100 days in my later years, it was obvious that I would become a madman.
“A magic tool that hides mana. Can you make it?”
“It depends on what level you are.”
“We will provide you with the best materials. I give you plenty of time. I’ll cut out all the work.”
“What are you trying to hide?”
“The world tree.”
With Yulia’s help, the world tree was moved to the northern end of the garden, but its thick mana still lingered throughout the garden. Due to the distance, it is weak at the entrance, but it will become thicker as the world tree grows.
There’s no way the convoy members wouldn’t notice it. So another action was needed.
“…it won’t be easy.”
“That’s why I’m asking you, the best craftsman.”
“Did you mean this from the beginning?”
“I do not know.”
“From start to finish, I was in the palm of your hand. Since when did you start drawing like this?”
“It was just Adari.”
“I don’t have a choice, do I?”
“there is. The choice is to make it or go to the 3rd punishment room.”
“Sounds like no. Got it. It’s the last work I make as a warrior, so I’ll do my best. However, I also have one condition.”
“It’s not a situation where you’re going to make a condition.”
“It takes too long for me alone. I need help from other dwarves.”
“If necessary.”
“In return, can’t you give them no punishment room?”
“Exit and discipline are separate things.”
“Am I leaving? Wouldn’t it be better for you to be released voluntarily rather than through death?”
“I’ll think about it if you take them all out of prison.”
“… ok. It’s like a human without blood and tears.”
The future of an old dwarf who dreamed of escaping from prison was decided.
* * *
“Are you here!”
The deputy director greeted Kim Woo-jin with a bright smile. The floating halves following Kim Woo-jin were finely piled up in the lobby on the first floor.
“All restraints are filled, so have the prison guards put them on the 4th floor.”
“Yes.”
“The prison guards?”
“I think most of them can be repaired somehow, but seven spheres are completely broken.”
“What kind of guy is this?”
“All of them were torn in battle with beastmen.”
“Ha ha, these bastards are real.”
Prisoners viciously tore the guards to pieces. In the process, there were seven pieces that were damaged to the point where they could not be reproduced.
“How do I kill these bastards so that rumors spread that I killed them well?”
“Are you going to kill me?”
“That’s what the horse is, the horse.”
Takes heat, but does not kill. That’s what the superiors want but don’t want.
Tuk-tuk, Kim Woo-jin knocked on the desk in the office.
Most of the 3rd floor was destroyed, several prison guards were injured, and some could not be restored at all.
32 people participated in the prison break. Even if Yulia was with him, if the elves came out, it couldn’t be said that there was no link. It was safe to say that everyone except Soji added one hand.
“It is highly likely that number 1176 delivered the horse.”
In order for prisoners confined in solitary cells to move organically, they need a trigger to lead the conversation. Werner must have played that role.
“That much is normal. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the escape story, but I can get over it.”
In the end, I didn’t try to escape and I wasn’t directly involved. Due to the nature of purgatory, where you are not a real prisoner, you can pass that much.
Of course, this does not mean that no action is taken. It is only responding slightly softly by offsetting the achievements so far.
The sound of knocking on the table became more cheerful.
“There are too many things to solve. I need to do some tidying up.”
“There must be a definite punishment for this incident. Jailbreaking is no light sin.”
“That is normal.”
Whether they were real prisoners or not, they were prisoners anyway. The fact that an inmate knocked out prison guards and escaped prison can never go unnoticed.
“Beasts, giants, and dark elves are all thrown into the 3 punishment room.”
“Is it emigration?”
“yes.”
Migration is enough. There may be individual differences, but there is a possibility that the mind will go crazy, so I don’t like it that much. Because it is difficult to manage.
“The problem is the elf.”
“They knocked out the guards and freed the prisoners. played the most pivotal role. Going back to the Botanical Garden does not mean that everything is forgiven.”
“I know, I know…”
They took advantage of Kim Woo-jin’s mercy. That resentment has already gone too far.
But Julia Karsen is caught.
“I knew Albenius.”
“If it’s Albenius, then…?”
“that’s right.”
Kim Woo-jin repeated the familiar name.
Albenius does not carelessly reveal his name to others. Knowing his name means that there are clearly friendly ties.
However, it is unknown whether the string affects Yulia’s current behavior or not.
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Judging from the fact that Albenius’ name was told to him openly, it seems to be the former, but as always, jumping to conclusions is not right.
“To know Albenius’ name is to have met him. However, Yulia is not from Glacc, nor is she a warrior of Glacc.”
“Isn’t it possible that Albenius went to Dimension 1178?”
“Albenius’ condition isn’t that good…”
oh
Realizing something, Kim Woo-jin laughed.
“It has already been 20 years since I started collecting. It’s like being here, the concept of time disappears. I think you’re right.”
Being in a fucking prison feels like my sense of time slows down.
It was a serious injury, but it is possible that it would have fully recovered over the course of several decades.
“For now, let’s decide how to treat the elves after talking to Yulia more.”
“Yes. What about the dwarves?”
“All of them will be put into the production of artifacts. The world tree cannot be completely hidden by simply moving it.”
“A Derkain who receives full support will be able to create works that can fool even the gods. But would you like to make it clean?”
“Not a god, but a manager.”
“Yes, manager.”
“I said that I would be released because I did not want to be disciplined, so I said that if I didn’t make it, I would put it in the disciplinary room first.”
“…you said you would be released from prison?”
“In the first place, they said they planned to escape from prison if they succeed, or get out of prison.”
“That sounds reasonable.”
“The medicine is beggar.”
Anyway, good is good.
“Maybe the other dwarves will also come pouring out. Derkain is like a spiritual pillar to them.”
“There are plenty of possibilities. That’s a good thing.”
“I prevented the worst, but there should be at least one good thing.”
Even so, those who say they don’t go out will go into the 3rd punishment room later. I had to go in originally, so I have no intention of complaining about it.
“What about number 1177?”
“It’s Kang Min-shik. It’s not just one or two suspicious things.”
From the attitude of being unaffected by the 2nd Punishment Room, to the easy erosion of restraints containing the authority of the superiors.
You are hiding something. As if a thorn had been stuck in the throat, it caught on its jaw.
“For now, put them in the 3rd punishment room.”
If you say fire, you won’t burn gently. So, the first step is to check if you can withstand the 3 punishment room.
“Yes.”
“As you leave, call Yulia.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The deputy director went out. Kim Woo-jin stretched out on the sofa. Warm sunlight came through the window.
And I saw a single stem and a leaf coming up along the wall.
“···Oh right.”
Lily.
* * *
“Prisoner number 1177. You will be sentenced to 3 punishment rooms and 14 days in prison.”
kiik-
The door is closed.
Mana fluctuates. Walls pushing up from all sides stimulate claustrophobia.
Kang Min-sik calmly accepted it.
Vision is blocked and vision disappears.
Hearing is lost because sound is blocked.
A black darkness covers him.
‘Kuh…!’
And the stimulation that followed was so terrible that I had never felt it in my life. I couldn’t think of words to express.
However, the pain did not last long.
“···uh?”
The darkness lifted. Before he knew it, he was thrown into the battlefield.
Wow-
The shouts of the soldiers shook my eardrums, and the fishy smell of blood paralyzed my sense of smell.
“Hero! Are you okay?”
The wizard in the blue robe approaches. The familiar face looked down at him with a concerned expression.
“I will treat you.”
“I’m fine…”
“It’s okay, anything is okay! There’s a hole in my stomach!”
“ah.”
It was only then that Kang Min-sik realized that he had been injured by the dizzying pain in his stomach.
“Do not touch. poison is···.”
“Don’t touch me. You are using magic.”
she cast a spell A warm beam of light caressed the wound.
“Jenny…”
The moment I called her name in gratitude, blood splattered.
“···ah?”
Short-haired scream. With a hole in her heart, her body was torn apart. each other’s bodies overlapped. The flowing blood soaked Kang Min-sik red.
“Janey!”
Kang Min-sik widened his eyes. I grabbed her as she cooled down and sobbed for a while.
And soon, I realized
familiar scene. familiar landscape.
this was the past It was a past he regretted over and over again, a past he wanted to fix even at the cost of his life.
The moment he realized that, a soft light came from his body and dispelled the illusion. The invisible darkness greeted him once again.
However, the soft light revealed even the darkness.
“···Leader, you son of a…··!”
Why are the prisoners so reluctant to go to the 3rd punishment room? I found out what it means to stimulate the body and mind together.
Pudeuk, everyone has a thing called yeokrin.
A thing that should never be touched, even the mildest of people can have seizures.
She was like that to Kang Min-shik. He was always weak and hurt, and his lover, who had been treating him for overdoing it, had his head blown off in front of his eyes.
It was a moment she regretted and regretted for the rest of her life, thinking that if she hadn’t been hurt, Janey wouldn’t have died.
“I’m going. I will definitely go out and make sure to fuck you.”
In a way, this was an opportunity. At least the moment they are locked up in the punishment room, the prisoner becomes completely no-mark.
Kang Min-sik intervened in the system of the disciplinary room. The punishment has completely disappeared. But from the outside, it’s probably the same.
He bit his lip and waited for an opportunity.
