Episode 113
There wasn’t much time.
Can we evacuate?
If there is only one company, we may be able to somehow evacuate in time.
However, there were also two companies.
It was obvious that the enemy would invade the entrance of the second building before the prisoners of Company 2 could be evacuated.
Still, I had to do it.
If Si-hyeon himself did not release them from their cells, they would inevitably die.
I had to buy time by holding out at the entrance of the building.
Until they were evacuated upstairs.
This would be possible because the inmates on the 6th floor are highly capable.
Sihyeon believed and acted like that.
If I thought there was no chance at all, I would have had no choice but to give up on the second company.
The lives of the staff and prisoners here now depended on whether Sihyeon and his party could stop the enemy.
I couldn’t put everyone in danger with one reckless decision.
Sihyeon pushed open the door to the office and quickly approached the intercom machine.
After designating all of them, they opened the door first and made a broadcast to the confused inmates.
“Come out to the hallway right now. It’s an emergency. It’s not a drill, it’s a real situation. Come out right now.”
After finishing the broadcast, I ran out into the hallway.
The inmates slowly walked out into the hallway, as if they still had no idea what was going on.
There were also prisoners who remained in their cells.
Because it was a building where Si-hyeon did not work, unlike the 6th floor, he did not listen quickly.
It seemed like I would have to use special means to lead them by myself.
Sihyeon took a deep breath and let out the loud roar of a scary jailer.
It was a technology that was absolutely effective for the prisoners.
“Come out to the hallway right now!!”
A loud roar echoed throughout the building.
The prisoners looked surprised.
Meanwhile, my body was moving into the hallway without my knowledge.
It was my body reacting to an irresistible instruction.
After confirming that all the inmates had come out, Sihyeon shouted again.
“Immediately take the stairs to the 5th floor and take refuge there-!! Run quickly-!! If someone blocks you on the stairs, tell them that Chief Si-Hyeon Lee ordered you to do so.”
The reason it wasn’t set at the top, the 6th floor, was because employees were sheltering there.
I was concerned that something unpleasant might happen between the released inmates and the staff.
That’s why they told us to take refuge on the 5th floor.
When they heard Si-hyeon’s shout, the prisoners all ran towards the Sadongmun.
The private door had been secured with a latch when opened earlier, so there was no need to go and open it again.
Sihyeon started running toward the second company.
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“Huh? What is it?”
Baek Dong-il, who was standing near the stairs, cast a questioning look as he saw the prisoners suddenly running from Company 1.
“What are you guys talking about?”
Dong-il asked.
“Chief Lee Si-hyeon gave instructions. Evacuate to the 5th floor….”
“Chief Sihyeon Lee?”
Dong-il was immediately convinced by that one word and quietly moved out of the way at the entrance to the stairs to make way for him.
Then he shouted towards the top of the stairs.
“Hey, be careful out there. People are climbing up.”
“Okay.”
Passing by Dongil, prisoners from Company 1 rushed up the stairs.
Dongil blinked and said.
“Anyway, what about the manager?”
“It looks like they are moving to evacuate the prisoners on the first floor.”
Kim Cheol-hyung, who is quick-witted, understood the situation and answered.
“Huh? W-what are you talking about? Those pigs are coming here right now and what are you going to do if the manager isn’t there?”
Dong-il said in a puzzled voice.
The fire wall’s flames were extinguished and the Orcs were approaching the Sadong building with a bloody force.
Instead of rushing in at random like before, they formed a line and even moved forward in a steady, steady manner.
It felt like seeing a well-trained army.
Looking at the orcs’ smiling faces, they looked like they had been treated harshly earlier.
“well….”
Cheolhyung looked at the orcs with thoughtful eyes and muttered.
“Well, instead of saying ‘well,’ try saying something real. They say you’re the one who got the wrong idea.”
Dongil urged Cheolhyung.
“Well… I think we should block it at the entrance first.”
“The entrance? Not the stairs?”
“If you block the stairs, how will the manager on the first floor get up?”
“Is that so?”
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“That’s right.”
Kim Cheol-hyung approached the entrance.
“Wizard.”
“Ah yes.”
A white-skinned inmate holding a cane answered.
“I think I need to use some magic before they get close to me.”
“That’s the manager’s instructions….”
“Because the Chief ordered us to fight the Orcs. Wouldn’t that be an action that follows instructions?”
“…All right.”
The wizard held the staff with both hands and prepared to cast a spell.
Looking at this, the archer also quietly put an arrow on his bow.
“Wouldn’t it be better to fight outside?”
Kang Moo-jik, an A-class hunter with Cheol-hyung, said while holding the spear tightly as if he wanted to run away.
Cheolhyung answered right away as if he didn’t have to think about it.
“The manager chose a narrow place.”
“It did.”
Mujik nodded and agreed.
“My unemployed brother and I will stop it from the front. That would be best.”
“Sure.”
“Can you two stop it?”
Dongil asked from behind.
The entrance to the private building was wider than the stairs.
It might have been difficult for the two of them to stop the orcs.
And if they were pushed back, the orcs would come flooding in like a flood.
“I just have to stop it until the manager comes. I can do it.”
“No problem at all.”
Cheolhyeong and Mujik responded with no worries at all.
Wedge!
At that time, there was the sound of an arrow leaving the bowstring.
Pow!
“Keeek!”
The arrow went straight through the neck of the orc in the front row and lodged in the chest of the orc standing behind him.
“Cruk! Crunch!”
The orcs’ advance accelerated.
At the same time, the Orcs with shields raised their shields high.
“Ice Burst!”
The wizard who finished casting used magic.
The ice sphere quickly flew towards the orcs.
The wizard’s target was the floor, not the orc’s body.
The moment it hit the floor, an ice burst exploded.
Quang!
A strong explosion occurred in a fairly wide area, and the bodies of the orcs caught in the explosion were torn apart like rags.
And their bodies froze in an instant.
So much so that it’s difficult to even walk properly.
“Crrrrrrrrr!”
The Orcs in the back row mercilessly pushed their compatriots aside, knocked them down, and continued to advance.
The severely wounded compatriots were just a burden in battle.
The orc’s speed increased further.
Shoo!
Once again the arrow flew with a sharp sound.
It flew straight towards the orc who was not holding a shield, but this time the orc raised his sword to block the arrow.
thud! thud! thud!
Before the wizard could prepare another big spell, the ranks of orcs had almost reached the entrance to Sadong.
Cheolhyeong pulled out his longsword.
It was a rare grade longsword that Sihyeon continued to use.
It was specially lent to this fight so that Cheolhyung, an A-class hunter, could demonstrate even a little more strength.
“Unemployed brother, let’s go.”
“okay.”
The fight to secure the entrance began in earnest.
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“Director, when will the rescue team arrive? 30 minutes…? Director, the situation here is desperate. We need to be rescued as quickly as possible. This is truly devastating news to deliver, but the main gate has been breached. Yes… Yes… It is truly an emergency. “Right now, the staff… are blocking the situation, but the situation is not good. I think you need to hurry as much as possible. Yes, yes, then we will contact you again if something happens. We will wait with hope for quick rescue.”
The security manager hung up the phone.
The security manager’s expression was extremely dark.
His facial expression spoke of his current grim situation.
“Uuuuuu….”
One injured employee groaned and endured the pain.
That wasn’t the only employee injured.
Employees who were injured and bleeding were seen here and there.
There were some injuries from the orcs, but there were also many injuries from the sudden crowding of people into a narrow space.
The facial expressions of the employees were no different from those of the security manager.
It was that of a person facing a realistic risk of death.
There were also employees who were crying or shaking with fear.
One staff member went into the prisoner’s cell, closed the door, and stood against the wall, shaking.
As if staying in there would make one feel safe.
The sight of a prison guard putting himself in a cell that only inmates were in was ridiculous and pitiful, but no one said anything.
“…Hold on a little longer. The rescue team will come.”
The head of the security department opened his mouth heavily.
In a situation like this, it was important to have a little bit of hope to cling to.
Otherwise, it was an untenable situation.
“When did you arrive?”
“about 30 minutes.”
The security manager spoke frankly.
There were also employees who heard the call just now.
If they lied about the time to give false hope, there would be chaos.
“30 minutes? Oh my God! They crawled like slugs? How can I hold on until then….”
The employee was furious.
Other employees also did not look good when they heard that it was 30 minutes.
“Don’t give up hope. You can hold on. Right now, Chief Lee Si-hyeon and… the inmates are fighting below to protect this place.”
When I spoke to the warden on the phone, I could not bring myself to report that inmates, not employees, were fighting to protect this place.
I tried to speak, but for some reason, nothing came out.
It was definitely normal to be thankful.
No matter how serious it is, I am fighting and risking my life for my employees.
However, even in this situation, it felt so absurd and strange that the prison guards were protected by the inmates.
I felt like my self-esteem was falling.
It may be an emotional movement that one cannot help but feel as a prison guard.
That’s how I convinced myself.
“The inmates are also going out to fight, so what on earth are the employees doing? Didn’t the head of the security department give orders? The employees who are hunters are to defend this building.”
An employee with a torn forehead and red blood dripping from underneath the cloth said in an irritated voice.
Normally, I wouldn’t have been able to say something like this out loud.
But now the employee was on edge.
“Then you get out!”
Someone shouted in an angry voice.
“I’m a wounded man! And I’m not a hunter! Are you telling me to go out and just die?”
“f*ck, are you saying Hunter should just go out and do it?”
“Who told you to die? To protect this place! Didn’t you hear the security manager’s instructions?”
“You idiot without conscience! You’re just saying it’s not worth your life.”
“The inmates are going out and fighting, so don’t you feel embarrassed for the employees? They really have a big face.”
“What? You arrogant bastard?”
In an already bad atmosphere, an argument broke out between employees.
The head of the security department just looked at him and did not try to stop him.
The same was true for other employees.
It seemed like he didn’t even have the energy to do that.
“Stop it! Stop it!”
Then someone shouted.
The employees’ eyes turned to that direction.
It was the security chief.
He was a man who did not usually raise his voice loudly.
That’s what he screamed.
“What are we doing in this situation? Meanwhile, Chief Lee Si-hyeon and the inmates are risking their lives and fighting for us.”
The security chief spoke with strong eyes.
“If an emergency situation occurs at a special detention center, who should step in? Isn’t it Hunter guards? Isn’t it written that way in the law? Why did the country specifically hire Hunters as prison guards? Aren’t they hired to take responsibility when something like this happens? “I usually just take money, and when things like this happen, is it okay to just say you don’t know me? Don’t you all know that this is behavior that will result in discipline later?”
“Even if I get disciplined, I can’t go out. I don’t want to risk my life for someone like that who values other people’s lives.”
“You may make excuses for others, but in the end, isn’t your own life the most important thing?”
“What? You’re such a despicable guy who only cares about his own life!”
It seemed like the argument would not end easily.
It was then.
“I’m leaving!”
One employee stood up, raised his hands and shouted loudly.
It was strong.
Most of the employees looked at him as if they were looking at a strange person.
“The prisoners who have no responsibility or obligation to protect the detention center are also going out and fighting, and the guards cannot sit still here. Of course, the more important reason is that we have to help my brother. Is there anyone who can go out with us?”
The employees avoided Kang Baek’s gaze.
“Nothing. Then I’ll go alone.”
Kang Baek walked towards the stairs with a calm pace that made it hard to believe that he was a person heading to a dangerous place.
The employees did not look at his back and turned away.
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