003. Saengjong Jang

This morning was bright.

Kim Woo-jin went through the prisoner’s personal details and schedule.

“Send out 1177 as well. You have to make them think about leaving.”

There are two purposes of going out, which seems difficult and meaningless.

One for Kim Woo-jin’s whim and change of mood, and the other for making him want to get out of this prison because it’s so hard.

After all, Kim Woo-jin’s goal is to get more prisoners out of prison normally.

“Where should I export it?”

“Of course, it’s the environmental preparation team.”

There are three exits.

A gardener who grows and cares for plants.

A barn where animals are raised, managed, and even slaughtered.

And even the environment creation team, which turns the environment over and creates a new one whenever Kim Woo-jin thinks it is necessary.

The most ignorant and difficult is, of course, the environment creation class. It’s easy in its original state as all of them are warriors, but it’s a state where the magic power is controlled and the physical strength is slightly weakened.

“1177 probably won’t take long.”

If the most difficult to reform is the long-lived species such as elves, the easiest to reform is the human who lives a short life.

In particular, it is all the more so for humans who benefited from advanced civilization and then went to a dimension that did not.

If the civilization is nerfed from Earth to a world close to the Middle Ages, all the benefits they enjoyed will disappear. From the great to the trivial.

It is human beings who do not know where they entered but do not know where they left. The sense of deprivation and emptiness they felt was greater and deeper than that of other warriors.

What if you endured that time of patience, solved everything, and finally went back to Earth and thought about all the benefits of civilization, including smartphones?

The desolation and longing are greater than one might think.

What if there are prisoners who haven’t been out for decades next to them? No matter how long a warrior’s lifespan is, a year’s time is by no means short for them. Because their life is short.

“Let’s go out once in a while.”

“Do you really need to see it for yourself?”

“No. It’s just a whim. In a week, time rotting guys will come in, so I want to send even one of them out sooner.”

An unwelcome guest from his point of view who wants to release more prisoners.

“If I don’t want to die of a stomach ache because of those guys, I’ll have to let go of at least one of them before that.”

It was quite an attractive element that the prisoner who arrived at the right time was an earthling.

It was proved that there were no earthlings in this prison except Kang Min-sik, who had just arrived a few days ago.

* * *

Kim Woo-jin put on his hat and went outside.

Lightly jump over the relatively low wall surrounding the prison and head into the forest.

The area to be plowed this time is a forest. It is located to the northeast of the prison and is a place where various animals live under the dense forest.

“Are you here, Warden?”

When we arrived at the forest, we saw prisoners cutting down trees with axes. One of the guards found Kim Woo-jin and saluted him.

“Never mind me and look at things.”

“Yes.”

Kim Woo-jin was half-lying on the sunbed brought by the guards who came with him. I put on my sunglasses and took out my phone.

“Did you watch it?”

Kang Min-sik, who was taken aback, met his eyes. Kang Min-shik quickly averted his gaze. The other prisoners were accustomed to ignoring him.

“What the hell is that bastard doing?”

Kang Min-sik asked Derkain, a dwarf who went out with him.

“I’m telling you to have a mind like yours. Get out of prison if you get mad.”

“It is evil. But why are you logging?”

“I’m thinking of cutting down the forest to create something new.”

“The prisoner is a prisoner. It’s not even a proper sin in the first place. Are you building a building?”

“No, I will just make another forest. We have to do all the digging and planting. It’s damn hard.”

“Why did you do such a meaningless thing?”

“Wouldn’t that make it harder for us? When the body is tired, the mind is also tired, and then it will eventually break.”

“···under.”

Kang Min-sik laughed. To be honest, if I did something like that, it would rather come to me.

“Who doesn’t know who will do what you want?”

“It’s pretty effective. Especially for people like you.”

“Why?”

“Because life is short. Imagine doing this for decades.”

“By becoming a hero, I went beyond the limits of a normal human being.”

“Nevertheless, 10 years is quite a long time for you. right?”

“that’s···.”

I couldn’t deny it.

“It’s because the times we lived in are different. I don’t know exactly how old you are, but I’m guessing less than 40 at most. Can’t the 10 years of those who have lived 40 be the same as the 10 years of those who have lived hundreds of years?”

“…I can’t deny that.”

“However, that is not the end. there is no promise Unless you choose to get out yourself.”

“…”

Kang Min-sik couldn’t deny what Derkain said.

That’s why I have no choice but to cling to jailbreak. otherwise there is no future

“No. 1177. Who told you to chat during the day?”

I raised my head. Kim Woo-jin was still looking at his smartphone, but the voice was clearly directed at him.

“No. 1177. I told you to stop talking, I didn’t tell you to stop throwing the axe.”

“It looks like he’ll be focusing on you. suffer.”

Derkhain clicked his tongue and widened the distance. Kang Min-sik shot Kim Woo-jin once and then focused on throwing the axe.

thud-

It was heavy.

I haven’t done it a few times, but I’m out of breath and sweaty. muscles tremble

Even if magical powers were controlled by restraints and physical strength was also partially limited, it was a body far beyond human.

If it was a normal axe, there was no way it would feel this heavy.

‘Is this on purpose…?’

It is unconditional. To make it harder, he would have made it a heavy guy.

Kang Min-shik gnashed his teeth and squeezed his strength. His gaze steadily scanned the forest and beyond.

To somehow find an escape route.

Without knowing that there is someone watching all of it.

* * *

As usual, Kim Woo-jin fell asleep writing in his diary and woke up feeling depressed.

Today is the day a new prisoner comes in.

Elf.

As a member of the long-lived family, the concept of time is a different race than humans.

All the elves he met in Purgatory were like that and always will be.

Of course, the new elf who came in this time would be the same. damn it

I hope that only human warriors will pour in, no more and no less. Then there would be no wish.

“It’s 10:50, Warden.”

Time, which usually doesn’t go by that fast, went by so quickly for some reason. Kang Min-sik was holding up better than expected, and the day the elf came in came.

I was smoking a cigarette when the convoy arrived at the front door with the prisoner.

“I think this is the first time we’ve met so quickly, Warden.”

The convoy leader bowed his head without any sign of welcome. he held out the woman

The silver-haired woman, whose whole body was bound with chains, blindfolds, gags, and restraints, had pointed ears, as if proving that she was an elf.

“Need an explanation?”

“no. Anything special?”

“There is not.”

“Then just give me the papers and go.”

“Please sign the handover confirmation.”

The guards took over the prisoner. Signed on worn-out paper. It’s the first time I’ve signed again in just two weeks.

“Enough then.”

“It would be nice if you sent prisoners like this every so often, but bring them as humans next time.”

“I remember that the previous prisoner was human.”

“I was wrong. Bring ‘only’ humans.”

“I’m sorry, but the prisoner part is not at my discretion.”

I know that. He wasn’t even asking for an answer. As I waved my hand, the convoy leader lowered his head and disappeared.

Prison guards accustomed her to take her to the counseling room.

The blindfold was removed and the gag removed. The hidden face was revealed. The elf slowly opened his eyes.

The white skin is like white jade, and the lips and nose are clear and sharp. Her silver hair shines perfectly, and her emerald eyes show purity.

Kim Woo-jin flipped through the documents he received from the convoy leader.

“Yulia Karsen, is that right?”

“Yeah.”

“Are you quick to answer?”

Generally, all the warriors who came here deny reality. Actions like Yulia’s were insignificant, but they weren’t common either.

“It is not a difficult question.”

“The race is an elf.”

“It’s wrong.”

“You’re not an elf?”

“It’s a high elf, to be exact.”

“Damn you bastard. Because there is nothing special.”

Kim Woo-jin spat out a curse. High elves generally live twice as long as elves. And to match, it’s more carefree.

I’m assuming there are no prisoners this time. He murmured softly and continued to ask questions.

“Age is?”

“I am 257 years old.”

“You’re young.”

“For a high elf, yes.”

“I’m from the dimension called Arban.”

“Yeah.”

“I saved the Daydram.”

“It was the dimension where Gwangryong went crazy. It was pretty tough.”

Arban? I think I heard it somewhere.

passed unnoticed. It’s not just one or two that have similar dimension names.

“Do you know where this is?”

“It’s a prison.”

“Do you know why you ended up in prison?”

“I guess roughly. Should I say the question was too blatant?”

“You came here knowing that?”

“I didn’t know you would come here.”

It was like that too.

“Then ask again. What is the answer?”

“Wouldn’t coming here be the answer?”

“You said you didn’t know you were coming?”

“Anyway, you came. I want to go out, and I don’t use a bad basket about something wrong.”

Our eyes met. A gaze full of interest. Rather, Kim Woo-jin had the illusion that the other person was observing him.

But I soon gave up on the idea. The peculiarity of the elves was not experienced once or twice. If it was a high elf, of course it would be more special.

“It’s good to think well. There are only two ways to get out of here.”

“One is to accept the offer, and the other is to leave as a corpse.”

she murmured softly.

“You know that and still refuse?”

“Could there be another way?”

“Everyone who came here for the first time thinks the same as you. But how many do you think escaped?”

“That is impossible. But that’s how it is now. you know? High elves have a long time.”

“… Damn elves.”

Kim Woo-jin spat out a curse. Just in case, it was the same.

“I get it. 1178.”

“1178? what is that?”

“Your prisoner number. I’ll call you by that number, so make sure you remember it.”

“Aha, it’s too bad there aren’t any 3s.”

“3?”

“I don’t know about the other elves, but the elves in our dimension considered 3 a lucky number.”

“Right.”

It was something I didn’t want to know or was curious about.

Kim Woo-jin opened the door. I glanced at the guards waiting outside.

“Take him.”

“Yes.”

“Good surveillance. Be careful.”

“Yes.”

···I don’t know.

Kim Woo-jin put a cigarette in his mouth and drew sparks from his fingers.

Whoa-

Thick smoke dispersed.

“I wanted a human, so what kind of high-end long-lived idiot came in?”

It wasn’t that there were too many prisoners I’d seen in 20 years, but I swear it was the first time I’d seen such a hero.

* * *

“…a new prisoner?”

Kang Min-sik found a new prisoner in the room next to him.

Prisoner number 1178. His next number, the most beautiful elf.

But what draws his attention more than her beauty is that she is a new prisoner.

He is not a prisoner who accepts and suffers from a sense of defeat after spending a long time in prison.

“hey. Elf number 1178.”

Late at night, Kang Min-sik, who was looking for an opportunity, quietly whispered through the distribution port. Fortunately, the other party’s ration was also open.

“You mean that? I think you’re in the next room.”

“I ask straight forward. Don’t you want to jailbreak? Surely you don’t want to stay in this dog-like place forever?”

“I don’t know if that is still the case. The facility itself is not bad.”

“You know I’m not saying that, right?”

“Mmm.”

momentary silence.

“Is there a way?”

That it was an affirmative answer could not be denied.