Into the Creations 314

## Chapter 314 – 314. God’S Atlantis

7 AM.

The guards’ shouts woke me up.

“Get up! How long are you going to sleep?! Do you think this prison is a place for you to relax?!”

Bang! Bang bang bang!

The guard relentlessly banged on the iron bars with an iron rod. The loud noise forced me to get up.

The prisoners quickly got up and began to tidy their bedding.

I leaned against the wall, dozing off. Gu Dong and Gu Jin brothers tidied my bedding for me.

For reference, the four people in this cell besides me didn’t sleep properly. I hate sleeping with women who aren’t beautiful, so I made them sit on one side of the wall and slept comfortably.

They were the type of guys who would even sleep standing up if I gave them an extra pack of cigarettes. I heard that cigarettes are also used as currency here. And of course, I didn’t give any cigarettes to that gay bastard, Sebigay.

“Lenji, when is food coming?”

“Soon… Ah. It’s coming now.”

The iron door at the end of the hallway opened, and men in prison uniforms rushed in. Each of them carried wooden tubs filled with food and water, distributing them into the cells.

“What are those guys?”

“They’re errand boys. The guards pick prisoners they like to do chores like cleaning… There are some benefits.”

Meals are served twice a day, morning and evening.

Lenji and the other prisoners skillfully took out their bowls and received food from the errand boys.

The errand boys shoved dusty bread through the bars and poured soup and drinking water through wooden pipes.

I leaned against the wall, blankly watching.

‘Damn it. I’d normally be sleeping soundly at this time…’

My head was foggy, probably because it was too early in the morning.

“Please, eat first!”

Lenji placed the food in front of me. The other prisoners were watching me. Not just the prisoners in this cell, but also the prisoners in other cells.

I, with my money and power, was the authority here.

‘It doesn’t look appetizing… Hmm.’

Still, I was a little curious. When else would I get a chance to eat prison food?

‘…It’s not rice, though.’

I shook off the dust on the bread and put it in my mouth. It was surprisingly edible. Except for the bland taste and the rock-hard texture.

“Damn it. It’s so tasteless.”

“It’s still edible if you eat it with the soup.”

I took a sip of the soup.

“Ptooey. Did they boil it with weeds from near the prison? Why is it so bitter?”

“How did you know? They make soup with weeds from near the prison every other day. I know because I’ve been an errand boy a few times.”

“Is that for real…? I’m not eating it. You guys eat it.”

I gave my share of food to them and took out a ham and cheese toast from my inventory and ate it. The prisoners looked at me with envy. Especially one pig, who looked at me with pleading eyes, but I ignored him.

In the morning, prisoners with specialized skills or those who had awakened mana went out to work. The rest of the prisoners killed time in their cells. Playing poker or talking.

I was bored, so I went into auto-mode until the afternoon exercise time.

I heard that this afternoon was the weekly exercise and shower day.

•••

2 PM. Exercise time.

I came out of the stuffy prison into the exercise yard.

Meanwhile, the guards habitually glanced at the prisoners’ feet, checking if their shackles were on properly. The reason I didn’t break my shackles yesterday and used a nullification scroll was because of this.

The exercise yard was large. Twice the size of a university campus in the real world. But there were so many prisoners in the yard that it felt cramped.

Few prisoners were exercising in the yard. Most of them were just loitering around or chatting in the sun.

I walked confidently through the exercise yard.

The prisoners from building 4 swaggered around and followed me. They naturally followed me because I had power and money. Complaints? They were the ones who saw Sebigay’s legs get wrecked yesterday.

“Lenji.”

“Yes, Ssex-nim.”

Ssex.

That was the alias I was using in prison.

“Let the guys loose and bring Owen here. I’ll give 100,000 penny to the guy who brings him.”

“Yes. I’ll tell the guys. And… me too…”

“Yeah. You’ll also get 100,000 penny if you bring Owen.”

“Thank you! I’ll bring him within 10 minutes!”

Just as Lenji was about to move, a group of men approached me. There were at least 300 of them, and most of them were burly.

“They’re the guys from building 20…”

Lenji said with a stiff expression.

Through Lenji, I learned that there were factions in this prison. The largest faction among the prisoners was the prisoners from buildings 20 to 25. They were the guys who were imprisoned for assault. There were no murderers who killed people, but they were extremely rough since they were imprisoned for assaulting people.

And the second-largest faction was the prisoners from buildings 4 to 7. They were the prisoners who were imprisoned for rape.

“Lenji. Who’s that guy? I’ve never seen him before, and why are they gathered around him? Is he your new ass-hole? Wow, lucky you. Let me try him out too, huh?”

The leader of the assault prisoners, a guy who looked like a gorilla, approached me, swaggering. A huge, muscular body reaching 2 meters and a head that resembled a gorilla.

“Haa.”

He was picking a fight with me. I understand. I’m a new inmate, and I heard that the assault and rape prisoners don’t get along in this prison, so he probably wants to establish dominance.

If it was to a certain extent, I could just ignore it. I’m on a mission right now, and as long as I haven’t met Owen yet, I have to be mindful of the guards in the exercise yard.

But this gorilla crossed the line.

And he crossed it quite a bit.

“Ssex-nim. The guards are watching. The guards are sensitive to gang fights where many prisoners can die. If you cause trouble here, you could be dragged away by the guards and tortured.”

“…How much will it take?”

The quick-witted Lenji quickly understood my question and looked around, counting the number of guards.

“1.5 million. That should be enough.”

“That’s not much.”

I took out a money pouch containing 1.5 million penny from my inventory and gave it to Lenji. Lenji and a few prisoners ran to the guards with the money pouch.

“Oh, shit. What’s that? A unique trait? I don’t know how you got in here with such a unique trait, but you should hand over everything you have…”

Thwack!

I punched the gorilla in the jaw. His jaw shattered. Blood and teeth flew into the air. I grabbed the head of the falling guy and pulled it. His eyes shook violently and then rolled upwards. He had fainted.

‘Fainting isn’t the end.’

I pressed on the gorilla’s pressure points.

“Cough!”

He coughed and vomited blood, waking up from his faint.

“Why are there so many bastards trying to get into my ass in this world? It’s annoying.”

I grabbed his left shoulder. I didn’t intend to inflict a serious injury like yesterday in a fit of anger. I just planned to break a part of his bone.

Crack!

“Aaaaaaaah!”

Crack!

“Kaaaaaaaah!”

I touched each of his arms and legs. There were loud screams, but the prisoners nearby didn’t rush at me.

Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Force (天魔 Force).

I used the Heavenly Demon Force to seize control of the surrounding atmosphere. Those who were much weaker than me would feel like I was a giant, dinosaur-like monster.

And the bribed guards were desperately pretending not to notice. They would try to stop me if I committed murder, though.

Crack.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

After breaking both his arms and legs, I laid him on the ground and looked around. The prisoners didn’t dare to make eye contact with me.

“You guys.”

“……”

“I’ll give you 10 minutes. Bring a man named Owen to me within 10 minutes. Bring him here unharmed. If you’re late or if Owen has any injuries, I’ll make you like this gorilla bastard.”

“……!”

“What are you doing? Move.”

The prisoners moved. They ran in all directions at full speed.

“Owen! Does anyone know Owen?!”

“Bring Owen here!”

“Hey! Who is Owen?! Huh?! Tell me quickly!”

The exercise yard became noisy with dust rising.

And exactly 2 minutes later, the prisoners brought Owen to me.

“D-do you have any business with me…?”

Owen was a man in his early 30s. He was of a sturdy build and had an average face. He had the kind of face that you might see one of if you turned around while walking down the street.

Owen was very intimidated by me.

“We have something to talk about.”

“Yes? I-I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Let’s just talk.”

“Yes.”

He nodded when I spoke irritably. I took Owen to a corner of the exercise yard. I had the prisoners block others from getting close, and then I spoke to Owen.

“Pineapple Hell.”

The important thing here wasn’t the pineapple, but the hell. Hell means Helten.

“……!”

Owen, who couldn’t even make eye contact with me, raised his head and looked at me. His face contorted with surprise, then quickly turned expressionless.

“…Did you come from hell? To save me? Or… to kill me?”

“If I was going to kill you, I wouldn’t have gone through this trouble. I came to save you.”

“I don’t really trust you, but… well… I’ll listen for now. What are you planning to do?”

“I’m going to break this wall and escape. Once we get out of this area, we’ll escape with a space-time teleportation scroll.”

In Zone 1067, Osten’s prison, scrolls and space-time teleportation abilities cannot be used. To teleport, you had to get out of this area first.

“That’s reckless. Let’s say we break the wall. But the guards and the knights nearby will immediately chase after us and catch us. There’s not much of a chance.”

“You don’t know much about my power. Do you think I came here for no reason? I came because I can definitely save you.”

This was also a kind of test, but there was no reason to explain the details of this to him.

“……I’m sorry, but I can’t leave alone right now.”

“You can’t leave alone? What does that mean?”

“I didn’t come here alone. I deliberately entered this prison with my comrades for a different reason than hell. This is my personal matter, so I didn’t report it to hell… I never thought that hell would come to save me…”

“Are you kidding me?”

I frowned. I didn’t like the guy in front of me. I came to save him, but the person I was supposed to save didn’t need help.

“I’m really sorry. It’s my fault that I didn’t tell hell. I admit that. But I can’t abandon my comrades and leave alone. I’m fine, so escape alone. I’ll escape with my comrades. If everything goes according to plan, we can succeed in escaping in two months.”

“……Then we can just escape now with your comrades. Bring them here.”

“There are four comrades, but one is in solitary confinement. He has a bit of a temper, so he had a conflict with the guards. He’ll be back in the cell tonight.”

“……”

Should I knock him out and take him? Or should I just kill him?

‘…This is Elena’s test. So I want to complete it as perfectly as possible.’

I decided to take a step back for the sake of a perfect mission completion.

“Okay. Then I’ll go to your cell tonight. You and your four comrades, five people in total. I’ll take you all and escape.”

“…I’d be grateful if you did. But are you sure you can escape?”

“Don’t worry, I can do it. Or what? Are you doubting me?”

“Well, you’re from hell, so you’ll probably do well. But who’s the executive who told you to save me? He wouldn’t have acted alone just because he was thinking of me.”

“Mirror.”

“…Mirror? What’s that all of a sudden… Ah. The executive’s codename? You know the executive?”

“You asked me.”

“Usually, someone just brings the orders, they don’t say that an executive ordered it. Did you perhaps meet and talk to the executive named Mirror directly?”

“Yeah. He told me to bring you.”

“……You’re taking me to that executive?”

I nodded.

Owen looked at me as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Meeting an executive… I’ve worked here for 13 years and I’ve never been able to meet one…”

“What is it?”

“I was just impressed. Ordinary members of hell usually never get to meet an executive in their entire lives. You probably don’t know because you seem to have a high position in hell.”

“Yeah. Anyway, I’ll come to you tonight, so stay awake. Which building is your cell in?”

“It’s that building over there. But do you know much about the executive named Mirror? Is he a man? Or a woman? What’s his personality like? Does he have any quirks? What does that executive hate?”

“I don’t know. You’ll meet him directly in a few hours anyway, so check it out yourself.”

“Meeting an executive… I’m so nervous. Tell me.”

“Don’t be annoying.”

I had no intention of chatting with a guy I just met.