## Chapter 313 – 313. God’S Atlantis
“Hey. You flinched when you saw me earlier, didn’t you?”
“Th-that’s…”
The guy swallowed hard, looking at the pig whose knee was shattered. Then, he abruptly knelt on both knees in front of me.
“…I’ll let it slide just this once.”
I pressed on the pressure point of the fallen pig, Sevige, to stop the bleeding. The immediate danger of death was gone, but he still needed treatment.
‘It’d be a problem if he died now. He needs to be alive at least until tomorrow… no, the day after tomorrow. So, I’ll have to use a potion.’
After stopping the bleeding, I raised my head and looked to the side. Beyond the bars, in the opposite cell, there were prisoners staring at us.
“What are you looking at?”
“……”
The prisoners didn’t take their eyes off me even after I spoke. They were watching with great interest. They seemed to think the bars that confined them would protect them.
Clang!
I grabbed one of the iron bars. I gave it all my strength, and the bar bent sideways.
“I’ll give you three seconds. Lower your eyes. Before I go over there and kill you.”
“……!”
The startled prisoners quickly lowered their heads.
I looked around once more. In the chillingly cold atmosphere, no prisoner was looking at me.
I plopped down on the floor.
I raised my left hand. To others, it would seem like there was nothing there, but right now, I had a smartphone in my left hand. I had hidden it transparently with my unique skill, Deception (SS).
I opened my inventory and took out a high-grade potion, throwing it to Renji.
“Use that to heal that pig bastard.”
“H-how did you get this…?”
“Shut up and just do what I tell you.”
“Yes…”
Renji, along with the brothers Gudong and Gujin, began to treat Sevige. I ignored them and was lost in thought for a moment.
‘The guards aren’t as dangerous as I thought. They’re just at the level of soldiers at best. Well, if they had outstanding skills, they wouldn’t be working as guards. If they had power, it would be easier for them to join a reasonably famous legion.’
And the level of the prisoners here is also low.
The heinous criminals who committed murder are summarily executed before entering the prison. The ones in this prison are at most petty thieves, low-level bandits, rapists, assaulters, fraudsters, and those who insulted nobles.
‘The purpose of Baron Austen, who can be said to be the owner of this prison, is to fill the prison with prisoners. It’s easier to manage the weak ones.’
As soon as I arrived at the prison, I had a meeting with the warden. The warden glanced at me and immediately handed me over to a guard, and I ended up in this cell.
‘The warden has the ability to check other people’s status windows. He couldn’t see through my status window manipulated by Deception (SS), so his ability is similar to or worse than Kang Myungjin’s.’
If I hadn’t deceived the warden with Deception (SS), he would have tried to kill me. The reason is because my stats are high. Even though my stats are 80% sealed, I can easily crush a person and bend iron bars.
「Austen Prison’s Steel Shackles
When worn, 80% of your stats are sealed.
The effect only applies within Austen Prison.
Rank: D」
The fact that the rank is only D despite sealing 80% of my stats is because the effect only applies within this prison. Outside the prison, it’s just a steel anklet.
I took out a palm-sized piece of paper from my inventory.
「Weak Nullification Scroll
Temporarily nullifies the effects of items below C-rank. The duration varies depending on the item being nullified.
Can be used on consumables, barriers, and abilities.
Rank: C」
This was also something I received from Elena along with the transformation potion.
I attached the scroll to the steel shackles. The scroll emitted a faint light and then disappeared.
「The Weak Nullification Scroll has nullified Austen Prison’s Steel Shackles.」
「The nullification effect will last for 5 days.」
「Your stats return to normal.」
‘With this, there’s no one in this prison who can stop me.’
But I can’t just go on a rampage. The guards and prisoners are no match for me, but there is a knight order stationed near this Austen Prison. I’m not strong enough to face a knight order alone.
I glanced at Sevige. The knee that had been treated with the potion had a scar instead of a wound. However, the direction of the knee was twisted. They hadn’t aligned the bones properly during the treatment.
‘Well, it’s not my problem.’
He’s the guy who dared to try to rape me. I don’t care if he’s a cripple for the rest of his life. No, I’d rather he just die.
“Did you say your name was Renji?”
“Y-yes, yes…! I’m Renji!”
Renji answered, standing at attention. I looked at him and asked.
“Do you know about a man named Owen?”
Owen.
The mission I received from Elena was to take Owen, who was imprisoned somewhere in Austen Prison, and escape. If not, I had to kill Owen.
To prevent him, a Helten informant, from divulging Helten’s information.
“I-I don’t know. It’s the first time I’ve heard that name. Could it be… did you come to Austen Prison on purpose to find that man?”
“What if I did? Are you going to report me?”
Renji hurriedly shook his head.
“No! No! I was being presumptuous!”
I continued to ask the other prisoners about Owen. The result: no one here knew Owen. They might be lying to me, but the possibility was low.
“Wh-what crime did that man, Owen, commit to be arrested?”
Renji asked me.
“Fraud.”
“…Only men who have committed rape are imprisoned in this building.”
“Is he in another building? Which building is it?”
“This is building 4, and I know that those with fraud charges are serving their sentences in buildings 12 to 16.”
“Is it far?”
“N-no. It’s not as far away as the building where the female inmates are… it’s about a 10-minute walk.”
I was listening to Renji’s words with a blank expression, but I became interested in one word.
“Female inmates?”
“Yes. The west side of the prison is where the female prisoners live. Not only the prisoners but also the guards are women…”
“Oh. Is it possible to meet them?”
“Normally, it’s absolutely impossible to meet them.”
“What about a non-normal way?”
“You can trade with the guards.”
“Where do you guys get money?”
“Sometimes they give us work. And sometimes we’re drafted as soldiers. If you volunteer to participate, you can earn money. Or you can ask your family, friends, or colleagues outside the prison for money.”
“You give money to the guards to sleep with the female inmates?”
“That’s right.”
“They’re no different from prostitutes. The male guards must be taking them whenever they want.”
“Since the female guards are in charge… the male guards can’t act as they please. And conversely, the female guards sometimes try to take us. Of course, if you have money, you can sleep with the female guards too. Hehe.”
Renji grinned lewdly.
A porno was playing in my head. A scene of a seductive female guard in revealing leather clothes whipping a male prisoner while doing that.
‘No. No.’
I shook my head to clear the thoughts and asked Renji.
“What’s the level of the female guards and female inmates? Compared to the prostitutes in the city.”
“…Uh. The level is quite a bit lower.”
“Why?”
“When a pretty female prisoner comes in, the warden sells her to brothels or the nouveau riche for money. And women with beauty would rather become prostitutes than work as guards dealing with criminals. Most of the female guards are ugly farm girls who couldn’t even become prostitutes.”
I realized once again that this prison was not a prison for reforming criminals.
“Baron Austen leaves the warden’s actions alone even though he knows about it?”
“Baron Austen isn’t interested in what goes on inside the prison. The warden is Baron Austen’s younger brother. It seems he just turns a blind eye to most things.”
I shattered my fantasy about female guards and female inmates. I was going to gather the women and have a prison sex party if I had time…
‘I have no intention of mixing bodies with low-level women. What am I lacking?’
I can buy the best prostitute in the city with money, or just follow a hot girl I see and rape her.
‘Let’s focus on work. If that Owen bastard doesn’t want to come along… I’ll just kill him.’
I felt bored. For now, I was just going to pass the time today.
“But how did you end up here? Did you rape someone?”
I asked Renji.
“I kidnapped and imprisoned my fiancée.”
Renji said it matter-of-factly. His voice didn’t show any shame or regret.
“Your fiancée? Why? You can have sex every day after you get married.”
“That bitch was having an affair with a young man in the village. I tried to kill that guy too, but he ran away… I imprisoned her for a week and was reported by the villagers, so I ended up here. My sentence is 20 years, and about 10 years are left.”
“Was she pretty?”
“She wasn’t the most beautiful in the village, but she was in the top tier.”
“I see. That’s enough to kill some time.”
I threw him a coin. It wasn’t just any coin. It was a 10,000 penny coin. The system recognized the value of this coin.
「10,000 Penny Coin
A coin worth 10,000 pennies.
Rank: F」
“H-huh! Thank you! Thank you!”
Renji bowed repeatedly after receiving the coin.
10,000 pennies is about 100,000 won in Korean currency.
It was quite a lot of money to pay for a story, but it didn’t matter.
‘Money can be earned by committing a few robberies in my Heavenly Demon state… it’s better to get these guys’ active cooperation.’
For the smooth execution of the mission.
I asked him, who was much happier than I expected.
“It’s just 10,000 pennies. Is it that good?”
“With this, I can sleep with a female prisoner about three times, and I can get a pack and a half of cigarettes.”
“Cigarettes. You have those too.”
I took out cigarettes from my inventory. Not just one pack, but a whole carton.
“H-huh!”
“Cigarettes! And they’re Earth cigarettes!”
“C-could you give me just one pack?!”
The surroundings became noisy. I frowned and shouted at them, putting mana into my voice.
“Shut up!”
The space became quiet in an instant. I threw a pack of cigarettes to Renji.
“H-huh! Such a precious thing!”
“Just take it when I give it to you.”
I turned my gaze to the side.
“You two bald guys. Why did you come here?”
As soon as I asked the question, they spoke as if they had been waiting for it.
“We’re from a small village called Jegreen.”
“We were both hunters.”
“There was a woman named Julie living next door to us.”
“She’s a woman we’ve been close to since we were kids.”
“And my brother and I both fell in love with Julie.”
“I was going to confess first, but I fought with my brother.”
“The fight lasted for almost three months, but we couldn’t reach a conclusion.”
“So, we changed our minds.”
“We decided to share the woman.”
“My brother became her husband during the day, and I became her husband at night.”
“But as time passed, the boundaries between day and night became blurred. Because the three of us were together.”
“So, we just decided to own Julie.”
“Then, Julie tried to run away, so we imprisoned her.”
“Julie became our dog.”
“Three months later, we were caught by a passing traveler and ended up in prison.”
The two brothers spoke passionately to me. They seemed to be quite greedy for the money and cigarettes I had. I threw each of them 10,000 pennies and a pack of cigarettes.
“Thank you!”
“Thank you!”
“Why didn’t you just fight to the death and kill one of you? Then the one who survived would have had that woman, Julie.”
“No. Even so, that’s a bit…”
“We’re brothers who have lived together for almost 30 years.”
I then looked at Sevige. Sevige was looking at me with an expectant expression.
“What about this bastard?”
“I…”
“Shut up! I didn’t ask you. Renji! You tell me.”
Sevige made a despairing face. I didn’t feel any sympathy. Rather, I felt a murderous intent to smash his head.
Renji looked at me cautiously and opened his mouth.
“Sevige is said to have raped twin siblings. Sevige came in three years ago…”
“Ah, that’s enough. In short, this guy is bisexual. Not interesting.”
I threw a pack of cigarettes to Renji. And I asked about the stories of the guys in the other cells.
“I…”
“I have a somewhat unfair case…”
As I listened to various stories, the door of the building opened, and a guard appeared.
“…Huh? What’s going on, why is it so quiet today? You bastards… did you cause an accident?”
“No, we didn’t!”
“Really? Anyway, don’t cause any trouble. It’s annoying to torture you. Just sleep quietly.”
The guard turned off the lights in the hallway and went outside the building. It was still early for me to sleep, so I talked to the other prisoners. The prisoners who received money and cigarettes were excited and talked to me.
