Weapon seller in the world of magic-Chapter 807: Earth 1712: Sungjun in the Prison (Part-8)

Once he picked the place, right outside the elevator, and named it level-7, the system chime rang in his head, giving him the confirmation.

[Slot 2 is selected: Level-7]

"Good, now I need to wait again for the Invisibility skill to reset its cooldown." The cooldown for all of its skills is basically 24 hours, after a one-time use.

Hours passed. The robotic patrols outside drifted in perfect intervals, scanning corridors as usual.

At 11:57 p.m., the dim blue lights in the cell flickered once as Sungjun stood up with the Invisibility skill available to use again.

He turned invisible, and once he did, instead of going outside the cell, he activated the Teleportation Portal.

Ding!

[Activating Teleportation Portal...]

His body was wrapped in faint energy strands as a spiraling blue vortex materialized in front of him, resisting the Anti-Mana tech around.

He walked into the portal and emerged to the right front of the elevator. Surprisingly, unlike before, no alarm sounds were heard on the 7th level.

But on Level-6....

[ALERT: Inmate 73812 escaped.]

[ALERT: Unauthorized spatial distortion detected on Level-6.]

The alarms erupted above him. Robots scrambled across Level-6’s corridors once again, unaware their target had slipped into the floor below.

Meanwhile, Sungjun mumbled, "Even though I wasn’t detected here, I still have to return quickly. The robot guards must have already rushed into my cell, again..."

Taking a deep breath, he started walking forward, but after a few steps, his Mana Sense spread out, probing the vast expanse ahead. Since this is Level-7, Sungjun can guess that there will be only a few people and most cells would be empty, but his senses picked up only one faint pulse.

"One human?" he whispered under his breath. "Just one?"

His pupils narrowed. "Is it Seongha’s father?"

He moved swiftly, using mana to power up his legs. In under 100 seconds, he reached the end of the corridor—where a massive, seamless metallic door stood. The faint hum of runic locks vibrated through the walls.

He extended a hand, fingers brushing the door’s cold surface... "So, this is where he..."

"Who is it?" A calm voice echoed from the other sidelines, alerting him. "I smell a human."

Sungjun froze mid-motion, his instincts screaming caution. He immediately looked at the holographic timer hovering beside him—

[Invisibility: 00:14 remaining]

"Damn it," he hissed under his breath, spotting the time.

His eyes wandered around. The robots aren’t seen anywhere. But he didn’t take any action. Instead, he removed Slot 2 again and replaced it with his current position, although using the same name: level-7.

[Slot 2 Saved: Level-7]

Just before the invisibility faded completely, he backed away slowly and used Teleportation back to level-6, putting both Level-7 and level-6, the Slots 2 and 3, under a cooldown timer of 24 hours.

However, the next second, after Sungjun materialized right where he had started — his cell, he found himself face to face with three robotic guards scanning the room with glowing, rotating sensors. Their mechanical voices echoed coldly in unison, with slightly different words from the previous incident:

"Target located. Inmate 73812 found. Proceeding for immobilization."

The lead robot’s arm morphed into a wide-mouthed emitter and released a violent electric discharge that crackled across the cell like blue lightning.

Sungjun’s body convulsed under the surge of voltage. Sparks danced across his clothes, the electrical discharge trying to pierce his body. But inside, his mana circulated calmly, nullifying every effect. It didn’t affect him a bit.

However, needing to put up an act, Sungjun fell flat to the ground, spasming and twitching, pretending to be overwhelmed. His voice trembled theatrically, "A-ahhh... STOP! What are you... doing to me? You fucing metal chunks..."

The lead robot scanned his vitals, sensors clicking. "Target neutralized. Neural activity subdued. Returning to standby mode."

The guards turned to leave, their heavy metallic feet clicking rhythmically against the reinforced floor.

Then...

"Where the hell are you going?"

Sungjun sprang upright, still shivering convincingly. His eyes blazed with mock outrage. He looked deeply enraged, like a person who experienced heavy injustice.

With the sound spell deactivated due to the presence of robots, he roared at their faces. "You dare to intrude into my cell and just randomly decided to torture me? I demand that to contact the Human Rights Commission! Who is in charge? Where is Captain Nova? I want to complain right now!"

The robots froze for 0.3 seconds — the typical delay in their response subroutine. Then they turned away in mechanical unison, apparently deeming him non-threatening.

That was his cue.

In an instant, Sungjun surged forward, pouring his mana into his bones. His fist slammed into the back of one robot like a steel hammer. The impact detonated through the air —

BOOM!

The robot flew across the cell, crashing into the bars and sparking violently.

The other two reacted, eyes switching from calm blue to combat red right away.

"Target turned violent. Initiate suppression protocols."

Both robots deployed defensive mechanisms. One launched tear gas in thick white clouds; the other vented sleep gas, a pinkish mist swirling fast to fill the space.

Sungjun didn’t slow down, though. He charged straight through the haze while his system displayed alerts across his vision:

[Tear Gas Detected: Resistance Active]

[Sleeping Agent Detected: Body Resistance 97.8% Effective]

He ignored them, thrusting his knee into the chest of one robot, followed by a brutal elbow strike that crushed its cranial sensor.

But just as the second robot staggered back, his system flashed another alert — this time not about gas or combat:

Ding!

[Warning: Weekly Mission Not Completed.]

[Workout Progress: 22,953 / 40,000 Calories Burned.]

Sungjun blinked mid-fight, caught off guard. "Wait— what?!"

A system failure penalty flashed ominously in red text.

Punishment: Compulsory Physical Trial: Active]

Status: Time-Suspended Instance Realm

Objective: Defeat the Designated Guardian Beast to Return

Remaining Lives: 9

Optional Reward Upon Completion: +1 Skill Point

The world around Sungjun suddenly shattered into fragments of light. His vision flickered, and when he opened his eyes again, everything was white.

A freezing gust howled across an endless icy wasteland, biting at his skin. The ground beneath him was thick with frost, stretching infinitely, while a storm of snow and ice whirled through the air.

Sungjun clenched his teeth, his breath visible in the frigid air. "Dammit, I forgot about this weekly mission at all... It was great when it was a daily mission. Ugh... It’s cold though... these system dimensions are getting more and more realistic..."

He rubbed his hands together, summoning faint traces of mana to resist the chill.

Meanwhile, a distant rumble echoed through the storm. The snow shifted, and from the fog, a colossal shadow began to take shape—twenty feet tall, humanoid, and covered in silver-white armor.

The Ice Knight stood like a moving glacier with a titanic axe gripped in one hand.

Sungjun sighed and muttered to himself, "I got careless again. Ever since that damned daily mission turned weekly two months ago, I’ve been slacking..."

He raised his hands, mana beginning to coil around his body. "Let’s finish this quickly. If I stay here too long, who knows what those robots will do to my body?"

The Ice Knight raised its axe high, and the blizzard around them intensified, wind slicing like blades.

Sungjun didn’t wait. He charged. His mana surged violently, forming a double-edged sword in his hands. The air exploded behind him as he sprinted forward, snow scattering like a fog.

The Ice Knight swung its axe downward as it reached its range. But Sungjun slipped through the gap, sliding low between its legs. Its Axe splits the frozen field in two.

Meanwhile, his blade flashed as he swung it horizontally, releasing an arc of energy.

SHHK!

The Ice Knight’s legs received a clean cut at the knees, drawing the gush of toxic blood out while the towering giant collapsed to its front, shaking the ground as ice shards flew everywhere.

Sungjun didn’t pause, though. Reaching behind, he leaped into the air, channeling every ounce of mana left in his body to condense a glowing mana sphere and hurled it downward toward the creature’s neck.

"Die!"

But right then, the Ice Knight’s core pulsed blue, and its voice boomed through the wasteland:

"FREEZE."

A sudden wave of freezing energy erupted from the knight’s armor. The air itself solidified. Sungjun also froze mid-air with his body encased in ice while the glowing sphere was trapped inches away from the target.

The Ice Knight then turned its head to look at Sungjun. Twisting its upper body slightly, it raised its massive axe again and swung straight toward the frozen Sungjun.

The blow came down like a falling mountain.

Ding!

[You died]

[You resurrected.]

Sungjun gasped awake, his vision flickering as the frozen wasteland reformed around him once again. And the same colossal Ice Knight loomed in the distance.

Ding!

[System Notification: Life Count – 8/9 Remaining.]

[Penalty Trial Restarting in 10 seconds.]