chapter 211
211 – Scene 211# Pride
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“I really want it. “I’m doing a good job, but they suddenly tell me to gather together.”
The square was crowded with all the prisoners of Gehenna gathered together.
Marco, a handsome man standing in the middle of it all, brushed off the dirt on the back of his neck.
“Isn’t that right? “Sister.”
“Stand straight in line. Marco.”
Mabel, who was standing next to him, looked at the podium.
Fat Warden Brock and the traitorous prison guards. Even they looked like something you could see every day.
But today, an unfamiliar face was added.
“Wow. A well-grown one is different from the start.”
What Marco was talking about was a man sitting calmly on the podium.
Although he was just sitting, he had a dignified elegance.
From what I vaguely heard from the guards, the reason the prisoners were summoned like this was because of that man who suddenly appeared.
Count Ruelberta, a great nobleman with extensive territory as well as this mine, came in person.
“You seem quite arrogant.”
That was Mabel’s first impression of her.
Even from afar, it was visible that the warden and the chief guards were groveling before Count Ruelberta. That kind of treatment is quite familiar to him.
This is a common case among all nobles.
Since you are a noble from birth, you will see the whole world below you. For nobles, arrogance is a trait that is almost never missing.
But Count Ruelberta was something different.
Should I say that the level of arrogance that he holds in a higher position than his opponents is far too high?
As Mabel looked at the Count for a moment, Marco next to her chuckled.
“This this.” Sister. Do you happen to like a man like that?”
“What?”
“But. I understand. You are a woman too, so it is natural for you to feel that way. If things continue like this, there will really be spider webs in there!”
“Isn’t this crazy dog?”
Mabel’s fist went into Marco’s abdomen.
“Ugh… “It hurts when you hit that hard.”
“Do you hit me because it hurts or not because it hurts? Besides, the guy is complaining because he’s sick?”
“You should try getting hit by your fist. “It won’t end with dragging on.”
“You’re such a big, distracting guy.”
“You’re small, but don’t you think you’re very strong?”
“Aren’t you too weak?”
“Ugh… I’m really crazy. How dare you trust your sister and follow me to such a remote area just to enjoy wealth and fame… “If I had known that I would be treated like this, I would have gone abroad like other kids.”
“Ugh. Are you upset?”
When I saw Marco poking out his mouth, I burst into laughter.
And he spoke in a voice so low that only he could hear.
“Tsk tsk… When we go out, I’ll have to at least introduce you to a girl.”
“Is it really true?!”
“You b*stard… Look how you identify as a woman. Wow. Were there not that many women around you? “Am I not a woman?”
“Eww… Sister… It’s not something. Should I say that it is physiologically unreasonable? I want to meet a woman, not a man pretending to be a woman!? It hurts!”
“I’m not hungry yet. “Then what about that woman?”
“Yes?”
What Mabel pointed to was a woman guarding next to Count Ruelberta.
Dressed in a black uniform, she looked quite beautiful even from afar.
“Hmm… She’s a pretty nice girl, but not my type. After all, women have bigger breasts?! Why, why am I hitting you again!”
“It’s noisy.”
“Woo! It’s unfair! “Didn’t you ask me first?”
Whether Marco was grumbling next to her or not, Mabel couldn’t take her eyes off the woman in the black uniform.
‘What… ?’
It was a strange thing.
From the moment she saw the woman, Mabel was overcome with an inexplicable emotion.
Even when I searched through her memories, it was not a face I recognized. Was it just one of her many relationships that passed her by?
She may be someone you’ve forgotten.
But if you forgot, why…
Why is my heart shaking so much?
“Sister? Why?”
“I’ll go to the front for a moment.”
Mabel tried to get in front of her to get a closer look.
But she will not come true.
“Shut up. “You b*stards.”
With a cold voice, the group of prisoners froze like stone.
“-!!”
What attacked Mabel was an unknown energy. She couldn’t move from the spot, as if she had been electrocuted.
It was the same not only for her but also for other prisoners.
No, she just couldn’t move.
“Ugh?!”
“W-I can’t breathe… ” !”
The prisoners who had been giggling just a moment ago were turning pale and suffering, as if they had taken poison. Among them, there were people who could not stand it and fainted.
“What the hell is this?! Ugh!”
Marco also fell to the floor and groaned. Mabel, who had been holding on, eventually collapsed.
“Tsk…”
Mabel also wanted to know.
What on earth happened?
The identity of this unknown ’emotion’ that is weighing them down.
And Mabel, looking up at the podium, realized where those ‘feelings’ came from.
“That man…”
Count Ruel Berta was looking down on her and her her her her her her her her her her.
What was in those eyes was ‘anger’ that was creepy.
The ‘anger’ was so intense that it made them wonder if they were really the same human being.
The voices of the prisoners who had been chattering without order all at once stopped.
All that remains are moans of pain and pleas for help.
It was different from killing.
It felt as if a huge beast was right in front of his nose. The eerie fear that her life might be lost to an ‘angry’beast was clutching at her heart.
“?!”
At that time, Mabel felt like she made eye contact with Count Ruelberta, who was on the podium.
Immediately after that, the ‘anger’ subsided like a lie.
“Listen carefully. “You b*stards.”
Count Ruelberta spoke to the prisoners in a cold voice.
“I will give you your first and last chance.”
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Without going into detail, there was only one thing I asked of the prisoners.
Anyone who wants to get out of here must prove their worth.
He said that if you think you are not a vessel worthy of mining ore in Gehenna, show your skills accordingly.
And that standard is someone who has the skills to hit my guard knight even once.
“Wow!”
The prisoner who attempted the challenge was hit headfirst on the floor.
“Yes. Next applicant.”
Helga was standing in the middle of the makeshift duel arena in Gehenna Square.
In fact, the name “Duel Ground” May not be accurate. Looking at the current situation, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is not a duel field, but a battle field.
Helga withdrew her finger
It wasn’t her fist that she threw at her prisoner earlier, but the snap of her finger.
Under my instructions to control her strength, Helga did not use magical power and instead dealt with the prisoners using only her physical abilities.
However, seeing as she was already in the ranks of superhumans, she was still overwhelming even when she fought like this.
Thanks to this, the word duel has become meaningless.
“Uh? “Why isn’t the next person coming?”
“Sorry. I can’t…”
Oh my…
The remaining applicants eventually expressed their intention to abstain.
At first, all the prisoners heard me and volunteered, but they were discouraged by Helga’s overwhelming power.
In addition, there were some guys who occasionally looked at Helga with sinister eyes, so I gave them a look filled with ‘anger’ one by one, which also played a part.
The fear spread faster than expected. After just a few minutes, all the prisoners lost their will to fight. But it didn’t matter if they lost their will to fight.
My purpose is not to recruit talented people among the prisoners.
The goal is to find the pirate Mabel who is hiding among over 2,000 prisoners. And a little while ago I confirmed that she was here.
Because when I expressed my ‘anger’ on a group of prisoners, I saw the prisoner who lasted the longest.
He quickly disappeared among the prisoners, but I was confident. That prisoner is the woman I’m looking for.
Besides, she laid her mind to this extent and then didn’t show up.
I thought for a moment why she didn’t take her bait.
First of all, Mabel is a very cautious person.
There is a possibility that he sensed something suspicious about the favor I was giving the prisoners. Also, since she has the power to escape from here on her own, she may not have found my offer that appeals. Also, due to her personality, she may be reluctant to fall under me, who is an aristocrat.
‘I can’t do it… ‘ .’
If they won’t come out easily, I have no choice but to use drastic measures.
“Oh my. Is there really no more? “It’s an opportunity to become the Count’s subordinate.”
“It’s over now.”
“Count?”
“With pleasure. “What is your level?”
He sighed and said to the prisoners.
“I feel like I’m going to die of disappointment.”
“?!”
When I glared at them with contempt, the group of prisoners were shocked.
“It’s disappointing not to be able to hit even one hit, but to not be able to withstand even one hit… It’s my fault for expecting ‘pride’ from b*stards like you.”
The prisoners backed away without realizing it when I scolded them with ‘anger’.
Their body learned through just one ‘anger’.
It’s dangerous if you make me angry.
“They’re such pathetic b*stards that the only thing they can do is dig. “I don’t feel any sense of pride in you guys.”
Mabel is also a female protagonist with a similar personality to Gale. And I know her her her her magic words that can stimulate her. That’s it…
“Did you just say ‘pride’?”
“Nu, sister!”
The effect appeared immediately.
The group of prisoners was shaken by the suddenly bold voice.
“Don’t judge lightly. Every human being has pride. Even slaves like us have pride.”
A prisoner who emerged from a group of sinister prisoners without any chance to stop him.
A female pirate who lived her entire life as a pirate traveling the seas and never lost her ‘pride’ against the empire.
Mabel finally appeared in front of me.