Chapter 371
next day.
I headed to the prison to meet Marco, who is now in custody.
“Hoo. I was wondering what kind of bigwig would come because I had a new visit in just 3 hours. Was it you, Shin Ha-yul?”
Marco, whose hands and feet, as well as his neck and body were completely imprisoned, looked at me and grinned.
“You deserve it. You are the one who caught me.”
Even wearing an iron-clad prison uniform with no freedom other than moving his eyes and mouth, he is smiling at the world’s ease.
“You look comfortable.”
Wearing clothes like that makes me feel uneasy. There was not a hint of anxiety to be found on his face.
“You mean these clothes? okay. I thought it would be inconvenient. It was surprisingly comfortable. how is it. Would you like to try it on too? It will be a good experience.”
“I will decline. I don’t have that inclination.”
“is it? Too bad. I wanted to give you a taste of this feeling too.”
A look of genuine comfort.
The two eyes looking at me are filled with a sense of ridicule.
‘He thinks he’s the top.’
It is certainly.
This guy thinks he’s perfect.
What are you guys going to do with me?
That expression is that of a person thinking that way.
“so. When will I release you?”
One corner of Marco’s mouth rises slowly.
Mouth tilted like a seesaw.
It was an eerie smile full of intentions to make the other person feel bad.
“Who are you releasing?”
“You don’t have to go round and round.”
Marco made a ‘giggle’ sound and smiled meanly.
“I think it’s a ploy to shake me up a little and insert a few more favorable offers to that side. Such nonsense. It doesn’t work for me.”
I’m already standing on top of your head So, get rid of that stupid ploy.
It looked like he was saying that.
“The conditions I presented yesterday are my last concession and compromise. I have no intention of adding anything else to it.”
conditions presented yesterday.
If you release me, I will solve the dragon’s rampage.
So release me.
was it
“Tell me in advance. If you put a ban on me or put a guard on me. I won’t stop the dragon from rampaging. Rather than being used by you, I will choose the path of self-destruction together.”
Marco’s eyes were full of sincere desire to live.
I will die before being used by us.
It was the expression and eyes that showed such a determined will.
“So, don’t make vain suggestions, just set me free. That way, the destruction of the world will be prevented.”
Marco let out another ‘giggle’ sound and let out a mean laugh.
“Think carefully. Dealing with dragons in a state of rampage and dealing with dragons I deal with. which is better.”
Marco was sure.
that we would free ourselves.
I think there is no choice but to release it.
“Is that the end of reciting delusions?”
It was a very laughable certainty.
“If you’re done, can I talk to you now?”
“I would have said. You don’t have to go round and round to talk. You have no choice but to release me anyway… … .”
“Where did you get the dragon soul?”
Marco’s brow furrowed.
His expression as if asking why he was suddenly saying such a nonsensical thing.
“There’s no way third-class villains like you personally found and obtained something as great as a dragon’s soul. Who did you take over from?”
“… … .”
Marco stayed silent.
Maybe I’m silent because I’m offended by the word that I’m a third-class villain.
Or are they silent because they are embarrassed by my words, ‘Who did you take it from?’
I’m not sure yet.
“If it was a transfer, what were the terms? On what condition did the other party hand over the dragon’s soul?”
“… … I don’t know what nonsense you’re talking about.”
Marco laughed.
“The dragon’s soul was found directly while we were exploring the ruins. It was obtained from the remains of a dragon that slept in the underground ruins.”
“Dragon fluid?”
“okay. Even though only bones were left, it was quite majestic.”
“… … .”
It’s a lie.
It doesn’t show on his expression, but it’s certain.
‘There’s no way something like a dragon’s fluid remains.’
The dragons were sealed in dimensional rifts with their souls by the gods.
But you found souls in the remains of a dragon that slept deep underground?
No way.
that’s a fake
He was just saying the most plausible things possible.
‘I’m sure he got the dragon’s soul transferred to someone.’
That was the moment when my hypothesis became truth.
“hmm. okay. All right.”
I wish I knew this.
I slowly got up from my seat.
“The talk ends here. Go back to prison.”
“… … what?”
For the first time, the emotion of bewilderment appeared on Marco’s face.
“Hey, is this the end? What frees me?”
“… … Is that delusion again?”
I sighed and pretended not to know.
“Calm down. There’s no way we’ll let you go.”
Marco frowned with an angry expression.
“If I, if I leave myself alone, I will face 47 dragons running out of control. Are you still going to do it!”
“yes. It will work.”
I cleared my ears with an expression that the world was annoying.
“If you look at it in a runaway state, it would be only degraded items that do not have 10% of their original power, so what’s the problem?”
“… … .”
Marco’s eyelids trembled for a moment.
He desperately pretended to be expressionless, but he couldn’t hide the momentary embarrassment.
“That is an illusion. On what basis are the remaining dragons degraded… … .”
“The dragon you recreated is characterized by its strength varying according to the amount of mana charged.”
Marco’s expression changed noticeably.
“The red dragon I fought in Florence had 30% mana charge. It was 30% of what I got by collecting all the magic stones in Florence and offering all of my subordinates as sacrifices.”
An expressionless expression that began to shatter.
“Of the 47 dragons, how many of them are more than 30% charged?”
‘How do you… … ?’
It seemed that he had given up on hiding his true feelings, and his expression became as if he was saying that.
“At most 10%. Most of them are left uncharged at less than 5%. There are 47 of them, is there any reason to be afraid?”
“… … .”
Even if it’s an earthquake, Nanyang’s eyes tremble.
It was the expression and gaze of a person who was completely desperate.
“I think you understand. There is no reason to release you.”
I put on an expression that seemed too bothersome to say more, and turned my head away.
“If you understand, go back to the prison quietly and prepare your mind. Life from now on is going to be a pretty tough one.”
In my heart, I hope he will react to something.
He spoke in a firm tone as if cutting off the conversation.
“Wait, wait.”
Then Marco shouted.
It was a pretty urgent expression and voice.
“Yes, I want to make you a new proposal!”
“It is a proposal. well. I wonder if there is any value in a proposal from someone who said such nonsense.”
I sneered and answered in a tone of annoyance.
“Hey, listen! You will change your mind when you hear it!”
A mechanical sound echoed from the straitjacket holding Marco’s body in custody.
A piece of cloth creeping up from the straitjacket like tentacles.
It covered Marco’s eyes.
He started preparing to return.
“It’s annoying to hear. Good luck. I will never see you again.”
That’s when Marco’s eyes were completely covered and the remaining cloth moved to cover his mouth as well.
“Hey, Yang!”
Marco exclaimed urgently.
“My, I said I was curious about the person who transferred the dragon soul to me! that information… … Yep!”
His words were cut off in the middle.
A piece of special cloth protruding from the straitjacket completely covered his mouth.
Only the sound of ‘eup-eup’ was heard over and over again from Marco’s mouth.
Just then, when Marco’s body was about to move out of the meeting room.
“for a moment.”
With my words, his body stopped.
To be precise, the movement of the chair carrying him outside had stopped.
“Could you please free your mouth again?”
As if responding to my words, the piece of cloth at the corner of his mouth quickly loosened.
“I thought you would come out like that. Hey, this is what I was curious about!”
Marco, who regained his freedom of speech, exclaimed triumphantly.
“It’s okay, so let’s continue with what we said. What is the person who handed it over to you?”
“Before you talk, make a promise. If I tell you this, he will set me free.”
“Do you think it would be possible to set you free with a piece of trivial information like that?”
“… … .”
Marco kept his mouth shut.
A look full of thoughts.
“I was just asking that question because you were so stupid that I wondered if there was an instigator manipulating you.”
It’s a lie.
I approached with clear intentions and said that.
“The reason I came here today is to make fun of you. The question I asked earlier was just a formal question. It was nothing more and nothing less.”
This is also a lie.
I came today to hear the source of the dragon’s soul from this man.
It is no exaggeration to say that this place was created in order to obtain this information.
“gibberish. There is no reason to ask for information that is not very curious… … .”
“It was information that I wasn’t really curious about, so I listened to it roughly, and then answered it roughly. I didn’t ask for more.”
“that… … .”
Before.
I didn’t reply to Marco’s answer, ‘I got it from a fluid.’
The reason is this.
To pretend not to be interested.
“So stop talking nonsense about asking me to release it in return.”
“… … .”
Marco bit his lip.
It seems to have been hooked up properly.
“The value of that information is to the extent that it is at your convenience. That’s about it.”
“… … .”
Marco was silent.
Now that I know that the weapon I thought was my last hope is useless junk. You will be heartbroken.
“Besides that, if there is a ringleader manipulating you, your guilt might be lessened a little. You will do as the person told you to.”
“… … How much lighter it is when my sins become lighter… … .”
“Well, even if my sentence is commuted, it won’t change the fact that I will rot in prison for the rest of my life… … .”
I put the anxiety in my voice as much as possible, and chanted coldly.
“At least there will be no detention on the sixth floor of a Berlin prison.”
“… … !”
A special prison in Germany.
Berlin prison.
A living hell where criminals can neither live nor die and rot for the rest of their lives.
A place all criminals fear.
rattle.
The moment the name came out, Marco’s lips started to quiver.
“What are you so surprised about? Did you think you wouldn’t end up in a Berlin jail for committing such a crime?”
“that… … .”
“The choice is yours. After holding on to meaningless information until the end, will you regret it while rotting away on the 6th floor of a Berlin prison? Or sell the ringleader behind you and avoid the Berlin prison.”
“I, I… … .”
Marco’s face turned white.
Seeing that expression, I called for joy inwardly.
done.
“Ah, I see. I will give you information about the person who transferred the dragon’s soul to me.”
also.
“I said this. Actually I don’t know either. that man… … He disappeared without even telling me his name.”
“Are you a man?”
“I’m not even sure if I’m a man or a woman.”
“Where do you think that is information?”
I don’t even know if it’s a man or a woman.
Someone whose name I don’t even know.
There is nothing to be said for information.
“If that is all… … .”
I don’t think there’s anything more to say.
The moment I was about to say that.
“There is one piece of information that is certain!”
shouted Marco.
“No, he’s a warlock! A high-ranking black magician with at least 8 circles!”
“Black Mage. It’s not really important information either. Of the criminals in this world, half are warlocks. Is that the end?”
“That, that, that… … .”
Marco bit his lip.
Very desperate.
I will avoid the 6th basement floor of the Berlin Prison at all costs.
It was an expression of such will.
“Looks like none. then… … .”
“ah!”
Then Marco shouted.
“Hey, I remembered. okay. Apparently, the guy who seemed to be his subordinate called him something. I don’t know if it’s a name, a title, or an alias… … .”
Marco said in a trembling voice.
“stole. It’s Mr. Stoll… … !”
“S… … Toll?”
My eyes widened to the size of a lantern.
