Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 61
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Episode 61
The pollen was carried by the wind and scattered in all directions.
Pollen revealed atmospheric flow, and atmospheric flow revealed different directions of gravity.
This allows us to visually see how gravity inside the prison is distorted.
‘Okay, I remembered everything.’
fault!
Youngsoo immediately started running down the twisted prison corridors.
Corridors where even the slightest misstep could send you crashing down.
But Youngsoo skipped down the hallways with such ease that he ran towards Swaus’ cell.
Swaus’ cell number, 43.
A room blocked by a door that is particularly thicker than the other cells.
Yeongsu followed the instructions and entered the room.
Yeongsu frowned as he looked inside the room.
“It’s terrible.”
Inside was an elf, locked up tightly in a barred iron frame.
It felt like looking at a giant iron chrysalis.
But it was even more bizarre than the pupa.
First of all, this elf was hanging from a thick rope that came down from the ceiling.
At the same time, numerous thin lines were randomly inserted into the ankle area.
Why on earth did the Elven Inquisition imprison Swaus in such a bizarre form?
“Human filter… Even now, it’s still a great idea.”
The purpose of the swath was simple.
Mana filter.
It was to purify him by forcibly passing the turbid mana drawn from the twisted prison floor through his body.
The lines connected to Swaus’s ankles were used to push turbid mana into his body, while the lines connecting his crown to the ceiling were used to extract purified mana.
Elves are possessors of incredible vitality, capable of surviving for nearly a thousand years if left alone.
When turbid mana is passed through the bodies of such people, only pure mana with the turbidity filtered out is extracted.
All the pure mana obtained in this way is gathered and condensed in the Great Temple, stored, and later used in various ways.
So what happens to these prisoners who are used as filters?
They suffer day and night from unimaginable pain.
But I can’t die.
This is because the excessive amount of mana flowing into the body forcibly restored the body.
A punishment that forces one to struggle in eternal pain without being able to die.
This punishment is the purification punishment.
It was the worst punishment an elf could ever receive.
but…….
“Execution of sentence is suspended.”
Crunch!
Youngsoo cut off the lines above and below the iron frame.
Swauss just rolled around on the floor.
After that, Youngsoo placed his hand over the joint of the iron frame.
And then he activated the dissolution technique.
Crunch!
The lock was released and the iron frame shattered into several pieces.
From within the dismantled iron frame, an elf of an unspeakable appearance crawled out.
Youngsoo muttered while looking Swaus up and down.
“This is absurd.”
Then he said to Swaus.
“It’s been a while, Swaus.”
The tone of voice was almost like calling a really old friend.
But Swauss responded to this friendly call with an odd behavior.
Shhh!
Swaus picked up a shard of iron frame.
And then he swung it towards Youngsu’s neck.
* * *
Rusty, blunt, irregularly shaped and short in length.
The iron frame fragments were in a very poor condition for use as a knife.
It was especially difficult to recommend it if it was intended for killing an opponent.
But the moment it was caught in Swaus’s hand, the moment it was swung around in his hand, the shard became a terrifying sword.
Shhh!
The trajectory is extremely sharp and accurate.
The tip of the sword came in aimed squarely at the neck.
If the opponent hadn’t been Youngsoo, the fragments would have easily cut off his neck.
But the sword only cut through the air, and Youngsoo smiled as he watched.
‘Your skills are still intact, sir.’
Before entering prison, Swauss’s pastoral career began in the militant chaplaincy.
There, he displayed exceptional talent in swordsmanship and was promoted to swordsmanship instructor 20 years later.
By elven standards, it was a very quick promotion.
After that, he earned merits in various battles and monster subjugation, and used those merits as a stepping stone to quickly rise through the ranks.
From parish priest to high priest, bishop, and archbishop.
Naturally, his swordsmanship skills had to be exceptional.
Even if it had been stuck in an iron frame for years and was leaking fluid.
Kang!
Kagang!
Kang!!
Youngsoo blocked Swaus’ swordsmanship.
Blocking it itself wasn’t difficult.
But each and every one of them was extremely heavy and destructive.
Even though his skin was chapped and his joints creaked, his body remembered his sword clearly.
As Swaus’s swordsmanship became increasingly fierce, a smile spread across Youngsu’s face.
‘Okay, at this level, we can send them straight into battle without a long recovery period.’
Well, this concludes the skill test.
Now it was time for subjugation and negotiation.
Pakang!
For a moment, Youngsoo’s sword seemed to curve like a snake, wrapping itself around Swaus’ fragments and blowing them away.
But Swauss immediately reached out for another piece of debris without a trace of panic.
Of course, Youngsoo didn’t leave him alone.
—-
[Skill] ‘Bloodshot’ activated.
—-
Phew phew!
Yeongsu took a bloodletting shot and instantly subdued Swaus.
Blood that paralyzes the body, demon blood.
Swauss lay paralyzed on the floor.
“Ugh… … .”
“Hey, can you hear me?”
“What are you… … !”
“You were the one who started swinging a piece of metal from the moment we first met.”
“That’s you… you… that… who are you?”
Only then did Swauss realize the strangeness of the being before him.
Pale skin, short ears, dark black hair.
I noticed that there was a race of aliens standing before me that had no resemblance to an elf other than its silhouette.
Youngsoo said.
“I am human, just like you are elves.”
“Humans… … ? Is there such a race… … ?”
Because he was imprisoned before the Great Siege, Swaus had no information about Earth or humans.
“But how did a foreign race enter the elf prison?”
“That’s not what’s important right now. I came in here naked, and I can leave here just as well. That means… … .”
“escape?!”
A flash of light flashed in his eyes, which had been unfocused until then.
Yeongsu said without missing that gaze.
“Okay, I can get you out of here.”
“What do you want? What price?”
“There is no such thing as a price. What matters is whether your goals and mine align.”
“target……?”
“Tell me your goals. If your interests align with mine, I’ll take you out. If not, I’ll just leave you here.”
“target…….”
Swauss chuckled.
Youngsoo said.
“Are you laughing?”
“Come under my feet and I’ll save you, isn’t that something like that?”
“That’s not wrong. But does that mean you won’t go out?”
“… … .”
Swath had virtually no choice.
Finally he opened his mouth.
“…my goal is revenge.”
“plural?”
“I must take revenge on those who framed me for murder.”
“how?”
“First, we will annihilate the leaders of the Great Temple.”
“oh.”
“After that, I will kill the gods.”
“Huh?”
“Since they treated me as a murderer, I intend to become a real murderer. And I will destroy their faith completely. How is that? Is that the answer?”
And we will not hesitate to use any means necessary to achieve that goal.
I’ll even use you.
I am Swaus, the one who rose to the position of Archbishop of the Great Temple.
You are under the illusion that you can command me now… … .
“That’s great. I happen to have similar goals.”
“what?”
Sigh.
Youngsoo took something out of his inventory.
A luminous ore slightly larger than a ping-pong ball.
Swauss knew what it was as soon as he saw it.
“The eyes of the naked Quadrun… …!”
“Correct answer.”
“How could you… … !”
“I don’t have time to explain. The important thing is that I have the power to kill a god, and I have a reason to destroy the leaders of the Great Crusade.”
Those bastards are planning to destroy our world.
“So, I will take you out.”
“Thank you… … .”
“So tell me the cell numbers of your family and friends who are locked up with you.”
“what?”
“I’ll take them all out of prison.”
“… … !”
Swath couldn’t believe it.
There are ten people in total, including myself.
You think you can get all these people out of this prison?
“Speak quickly! There’s no time!”
“Rooms 44 to 52! They are imprisoned on the same floor as me!!”
“Okay, it’s close.”
Now 1 minute and 10 seconds until the ghosts of the ogres return.
Youngsoo opened the door to room 44.
He, too, was in a state of purification like Swaus.
The rest were all in the same situation.
‘These are all people who were falsely accused and arrested under the principle of guilt by association. Naturally, they have a strong hostility towards the elven leadership. It would be right to recruit them all to our side.’
To sum up, Youngsoo had to release all nine iron frames, gather them, and break through the guards’ net together.
And that too in under a minute.
A crazy, physically impossible mission.
However, Youngsoo had an item that could solve this impossible problem in one go.
Yeah-
Youngsoo took out a key-shaped item from his inventory.
An item that Minister of Public Administration and Security Moza Hong once owned.
An item that sacrifices 100 players to the wild.
The key to calling.
The owner of this key could summon those with the key’s mark at any time and any place.
Ignoring the situation and space.
“See you later.”
Youngsoo approached the elf tied to the iron frame.
Youngsoo placed the tip of the key against the bare skin exposed between the frames.
And branded it.
Cheeeeeee!
After finishing the branding in an instant.
Yeongsu used the unlocking technique to enter room 45 next door and quickly stamped the key on the elf inside.
And numbers 46, 47, and 48.
Yeongsu opened the doors one after another and entered, branding the bodies of the prisoners.
The iron frame was not even released.
The stigmatization was over quickly.
It took much less time than trying to break the mold, convince them, and bring them out one by one.
‘After leaving the prison, summon everyone out.’
The time consumed up to this point was approximately 50 seconds.
Youngsoo returned to Swaus’ room and said.
“Let’s go out.”
“Wait a minute, the others… … .”
“Don’t worry, I’ll bring them all out.”
Youngsoo carried Swaus, who was still paralyzed, over his shoulders and went outside.
at that time.
“Ugh… Ugh… … .”
An ominous groan is heard from afar.
It was the sound of the ghosts of the guards gathering.
The guys who had finished patrolling were coming back.
Swaus’ face became ashen as he met the eyes of the ghosts of the ogres.
“Those guys… … !”
“Here he comes now.”
“What are you doing being so relaxed?! If you get caught by those guys, you’ll never get out of this prison!!”
“Didn’t I ever think of that?”
If you get caught by them, you won’t be able to leave prison.
That was right.
The phantoms were numerous, fast, immortal when wounded, and most of all, they knew the twisted prison’s fucking gravity structure and geography inside out.
Of course, it was nearly impossible to shake off the pursuit of these guys and escape from prison.
Get caught, or fall to your death.
There seemed to be no other conclusions than these two.
But Youngsoo had no intention of choosing either.
“I knew this would happen, so I saved the bullets in my Mana Battery.”
What if there was a technology that could simply ignore the twisted gravity structures and complex geography and run?
What if you could run through empty space without being pulled by gravity?
At that moment, the difficulty of escape drops exponentially.
—-
[Skill] ‘Air Step’ activated.
—-
The highest level light skill, Air Step, can only be activated by using an external mana battery.
The saved magic bullets started to run out.
Throw it in!
Yeongsu started running through the air in an empty space.