The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All Chapter 2

Episode 2 Escape (2)

The guard’s clothes were not taken away and worn, because they were third-class guard uniforms.

If you want to escape as planned, you need a level 2 guard uniform or higher. This guy is not one of them.

First, Kang-hoo picked up the longsword that the dead guard was holding.

It was a weapon item of level 8 in the Hunter’s item system, which is classified into a total of 9 levels.

【Goblin Warrior’s Longsword】

【Rating: 8th grade】

【Strength +10】

‘It’s simple.’

There are no special effects.

Of course, the 10 degrees of strength were worth it.

Especially for Kang-hoo, whose body is barely above that of an ordinary person.

Kang-hoo’s current strength is 5.

If you get a 10 here, you can have a body that is at least as good as someone who has been doing weight training consistently for several months.

【Would you like to register the Goblin Warrior’s Longsword in the ‘Weapon’ tab?】

I just finished registering.

Because of the Hunter system structure, if you don’t register items in this way, the stat effects won’t be applied.

Since you can only register one weapon, having many doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the full effect.

‘You have to go to the main gate.’

Kang-hoo’s gaze was directed towards the main gate, which was quite heavily guarded.

If you go that way, you can choose the shortest route for easy escape.

It is also the escape route that Shin Kang-hoo chooses in the original work.

It’s a set model answer.

It is also a reasonable choice, as there are not many permanent guards at the Qingming Detention Center.

This is because hunters with combat abilities mostly participate in dungeon raids rather than camp management.

‘That side is a trap.’

I saw Mt. Cheongmyeong in the northwest.

At first glance, it looks like a safe escape route because it is dark, the path is complicated, and there are no security facilities.

Snares and traps were basic, and there were even places where deep-down tunnels were dug, making it the most dangerous.

It was a trap intentionally set by Eclipse. If you go that way, you will definitely die.

‘I need to attract some attention.’

Kang-hoo strode past the 18th building of the concentration camp, holding a long sword, and began walking in a different direction.

It was a nearby executive-only residence.

The straight-line distance to Camp 18 is about 50 meters.

Perhaps because of the time, everyone was asleep except for one guard on guard duty.

Since the siren would sound anyway in case of an emergency, it was inefficient to keep multiple guards on duty.

The moment when I try to hold my breath and close the distance with the guard who is nodding off.

“hmm······?”

The guard opened his eyes wide as he felt a slight movement.

Since the guards were all hunters, their keen senses could not be ignored.

It’s what Kang-hoo expected.

Since Kang-hoo had permanently gained the power of a dimension robber, there was no way he wouldn’t be able to resolve this situation.

Pfft!

It was a long distance of over 10m, but Kang-hoo used his jumping skill to close the physical distance in an instant.

It wasn’t like flying through the air for a long time, but more like rapid teleportation.

Kang-hoo’s position changed in an instant, as if he had disappeared from sight and then reappeared.

Crunch!

He cleanly cut off the head of the guard who was on guard duty with the longsword he had taken from the guard he had killed earlier.

No matter how high-quality the reinforcement equipment you wear, it is difficult to protect your neck, which is the most vulnerable part.

Fight!

The head fell down without any strength.

Both eyes looked at Kang-hoo with a bewildered expression, but Kang-hoo did not even meet their eyes and kicked the guard’s head with his foot.

And then he took off the clothes he was wearing.

Now we are going to start the real escape. If we want to buy some time, camouflage is essential.

Even if the main gate is a shortcut, you can’t wear prison uniforms or other inmate-specific clothing, right?

I changed my clothes in the blink of an eye.

There was blood here and there on the clothes, but it wasn’t a big problem.

Because if you say it’s blood that splashed out while taking care of a foolish inmate, that’s the end of it.

Such things happen as often as eating in the Qingming concentration camp.

Meanwhile, I quickly changed into the shoes that were the easiest to take off.

Grade 9 item shoes.

These are shoes that increase the agility stat by 5, so you can expect a main attack increase effect of around 10%.

Since Kang-hoo has a ‘fairly excellent main force’ as his unique talent, the synergy will be good.

Gulp! Gulp!

Kang-hoo brought an oil can from near Gansu-dong and started pouring it all over the area.

Since it was early spring, it was still cold, so oil had been prepared along with firewood to light fires here and there.

After emptying the oil drum cleanly, he lit it with a lighter taken from the dead guard’s pocket.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Then, flames rose up over the oil slick that had formed along the outskirts of Gansu-dong.

It was the beginning of an escape plan.

* * *

As time goes by.

As the flames grew larger and came into view, along with their distinctive burning smell, the guards who had been on guard duty in other wings or had just woken up began to realize the situation.

“What is it? Is there a fire?”

“It’s in front of Building 18! Who did this? Shouldn’t the corpse be cremated in the crematorium, not the guardhouse?”

“Call the fire department!”

Fires were a common occurrence, so no guards panicked.

Since it was a crime scene that exploited the inmates who were originally hunters, they were prepared for emergencies and were even ready to go into battle in the event of an emergency.

We need to be able to quickly subdue the inmates so that we can fully utilize their manpower in the magic stone mines.

Meanwhile, at that time.

Kang-hoo was walking confidently towards the main gate.

Anyone can tell that it is the footsteps of a guard.

【The guards had no idea that Shin Kang-hoo, who confidently came to the main gate, was an inmate who would attempt to escape.

The gaze and bright lights were a great pressure, but the more it was, the more confidently Shin Kang-hoo walked.

It was a step faithful to the original content.

Kang-hoo did not run in a hurry, nor did he look around anxiously.

Right then.

“stop!”

Crunch!

The sound of lights going up at the same time was heard from the guard posts on both sides of the main gate, and the lights shone on Kang-hoo.

Since the guards work in rotation, they don’t all know each other’s faces.

Unless you look at their faces up close, it would be difficult to tell if they are fellow guards or inmates.

Kang-hoo shouted calmly.

“Hey, it’s me! Building 18! There’s a fire in our building 18, and the fire is bigger than I thought. I think we’re going to need some support!”

Given the circumstances, I acted even more slyly.

At the same time, he raised both arms and pointed behind his back with the tips of his thumbs, and the gaze that had been focused on Kang-hoo also turned to the back.

“Hey, F*ck. Is that a fire?”

“Which kid smokes?”

The attention was appropriately focused.

Soon the lights went out, and interest in Kang-hoo also died down.

Meanwhile, Kang-hoo quickened his steps toward a car that came into view.

The car was just about to depart.

There were already two guards in the driver’s seat and the passenger’s seat.

Because it was an open-top military jeep, you could see what kind of guard was inside.

Three skulls. Third-class guards.

The guard whose clothes Gang-hu had taken was a second-class guard, a superior to them.

As Kang-hoo approached, opened the door without hesitation, and sat in the back seat, the driver tilted his head and asked.

“What’s going on?”

“There’s an escapee. He escaped through the barbed wire northwest of Building 18. We’re trying to find a way for him to escape.”

Kang-hoo answered calmly.

These were things he could not have been unaware of since it was a world he had created.

Since it was an answer I had thought about from the beginning, there was not even a moment of hesitation or stuttering.

“······You must have an assigned car.”

The guard in the passenger seat glanced at Kang-hoo, but couldn’t say anything more because he was his superior.

“Are you going to waste your energy here talking like this? Or do you want me to get off and walk?”

“No, I’m sorry. Then I’ll take you to your desired location first.”

The driver scratched the back of his head and stepped on the accelerator at Kang-hoo’s reprimand.

Kang-hoo waited for time to pass, looking as relaxed as possible with his arms crossed.

Soon the two guys in front will sense something fishy. They definitely don’t look like guards.

Moreover, if you start to look closely at the blood stains, you may notice something strange.

The very act of trying to cover up or hide something can actually be viewed as suspicious.

Of course, the later you notice it by even a few seconds, the further away you are from the main gate.

Kang-hoo decided to buy more time.

“You little inmates. Those who don’t listen are more comfortable being killed than being put in solitary confinement.”

The driver struck the gong.

“Honestly, they are losers who are hunters in name only and can’t even take care of themselves. We are rehabilitating them.”

That was Eclipse’s slogan.

【Turning useless human trash into useful workers.】

The reason Kang-hoo was kidnapped to the Qingming concentration camp was also because of such an absurd excuse.

The government and public power that operates within Seoul.

The rest of the country was in a state of complete anarchy.

– Pass!

Meanwhile, the final checkpoint outside the main gate was completed, and the jeep entered the road leading out of the camp in earnest.

After a period of silence, when the distance from the checkpoint had increased to over 300 meters.

The guard in the passenger seat, who had been looking behind me with an unpleasant expression from the beginning, asked with narrowed eyes.

“Second Class Warden.”

“uh?”

“When did you come to Building 18?”

“I came the day before yesterday.”

“I see you worked in Group 9.”

“yes.”

Up to this part, Kang-hoo also knew the material, so it was easy to answer.

Also because I know who killed him.

But the problem came next.

“What was your password today?”

A password that only the guards know.

Since it wasn’t mentioned in the original work, there’s no way I’d remember it even if I died and woke up.

Kang-hoo didn’t try to think of any other answer.

A result that was expected from the beginning.

There was only one answer.

WHAT! BUSH!

Like lightning, he picked up the longsword he had placed next to him and struck the two guards’ heads in sequence.

I didn’t forget to load the sword with as much mana as possible.

Although it does not manifest in the form of a buff or skill, it has the effect of strengthening the anticipation a bit more when mana is charged.

“Ugh······.”

“Crash······.”

The two guards’ reactions were so quick that if they had hesitated for even a second, no, even a half second, they would have been turned around.

The driver, who was dying with his eyes rolled back, had already had a magic skill cast on his left hand.

The guard in the passenger seat stretched out his right arm and was aiming a dagger at Kang-hoo’s shoulder.

Kuung!

“Ugh.”

A jeep without a driver crashed into a dirt wall on a mountain road and came to a halt.

It was a collision that could have easily thrown him out if Kang-hoo had not been holding on to the handle.

ping······!

At that moment, Kang-hoo’s vision turned around as if the world had rotated 360 degrees.

“f*cking mana hypersensitivity.”

I bit my lip hard.

I just used up all my mana to power up that attack, so my body seems to have become overloaded right away.

Boooow!

I can hear the accelerator being stepped on from the direction of the checkpoint.

Looking at the direction the headlights were pointing from afar, I can tell they must have started this way.

‘It’s the final hurdle.’

Kang-hoo shook his head repeatedly and came to his senses.

The escape isn’t over yet.

There needs to be a period.