This world is a damn prison

”Be careful with that stupid box, or else Ill turn you into an E-rank! ” Doctor Erl said with a stern shout. His finger pointed towards a young man wearing an orange anti exposure suit.

The mans face was calm, but his hands trembled. He brought the box into the carriage.

”This should do it. ” the man exclaimed as he put the black box onto a triangle symbol with an eye inside of it. Soon, the carriage started moving.

”Clear out of the place. ” Doctor Erl ordered the rest of personnel and took a sip of a weird red drink within the flask.

”No time for break? ” a playful voice echoed in Doctor Erls head.

Doctor Erl frowned as he recognized the voice. This meant only one thing: more work for him to finish later.

”James, don tell me theres another one of those things. ”

”Oh, no. Today, you can take the rest off. ” James replied telepathically.

Doctor Erl sighed in relief. He looked around and watched many low rank personnel dressed in leather clothing using magic spells to burn down a seemingly normal looking house.

”Then what do you want, James. ” Erl asked.

Erl watched with sorrow in his eyes, as he noticed the house included survivors. Which meant that the personnel would execute them to avoid spreading the news of the experiment.

One of the leather wearing soldiers dragged a young woman down before pulling out the gun.

”No! Please! ”

”Sorry. ” A man said with a blank stair and shot her in the back of her head. The blood splashed all over his clothes.

The scene disgusted Erl, but he knew it was necessary for the worlds safety. He stared at the dead woman lying on the floor until a voice startled him awake.

”Erl? Erl! ” James called.

”What. ” Erl said with a whimper.

”Tomorrow a bunch of new E-ranks will arrive here! You
e appointed to train them. ” James voice was serious as he explained the situation. ”Bunch of lowlifes, don worry about that. ”

”I understood. ” Erl replied.

E-ranks are expendable personnel. They are humans who are reduced to either a test subject or whenever a threat shows up meat shields by an organization Erl worked for.

Erl continued watching as the house burned, and one man came up to him.

”We
e finished. We secured the place. ” a man told him.

”Good job. ” Erl said and took one last glance at the dead girl and walked toward his carriage.

Inside the carriage, he found his right-hand man, Darvin, who wrote something in a notepad.

”Hey. ” Erl said as he climbed into the carriage and sat down beside Darvin.

”Is it done? ” Darvin asked without taking his eyes off the notebook. ”Any survivors? ”

”Sadly. ” Erl sighed.

Darvins mood became gloomy, as he knew they executed the survivors. However, he continued writing.

”Is this a report about the magic relic? ” Erl asked while trying to take a peek into Darvins notes.

”No. James assigned me to write the names of the E-ranks we are getting tomorrow. ” Darvin replied and pointed at one name. ”Eric Jayson. This one was brutal. ”

”Eh? ” Erl looked at Darvin with curiosity.

”During his sisters wedding celebration, Eric killed everyone who attended it. Mutilated everyone there. ” Darvin paused before adding. ”Including his own wife. ”

”Disgusting. Was he an adventurer? ” Erl asked.

”Thats the weird part. No. He is a regular human. ” Darvin scratched at the back of his head. ”We found a magical weapon in there. A sword which enhances the strength of a wielder. ”

”Cursed object? ” Erl raised his brows in disbelief. He could not understand how the organization missed a cursed object like this.

”No. Regular strength enhancer. ” Darvin sighed. ”Which means he knew exactly what he was doing. ”

Erl bit his lower lip. He remembered how he had to execute his own family during a zombie virus created by an anomaly that came from a magical rift. He still remembered the pain he felt as he had to kill his own daughter and could not believe someone would do this on their own accord.

”Lets feed the guy to a dragon tomorrow. ” Erl frowned as watched Darvin stop writing and closing his eyes for a nap.

They reached an enormous wall in about an hour, and the carriage stopped moving.

”We
e here. ” Erl pushed Darvins shoulder, waking him up.

”Finally, I need to finish up my report. ” Darvin yawned.

The two left the carriage, and when they came closer to the wall, Erl pulled out a medallion with a triangle symbol engraved on it.

*Crack* *Crack*

Suddenly, the wall started making cracking noises and slowly splitting apart, creating a pathway inside.

”Lets go. ” Erl said.

The moment he took a step inside the wall, the scenery changed. Now they were within an enormous building, with metallic walls and triangle symbols all around it. The people within were wearing either soldiers leather armors or scientists wearing lab coats.

The two of them walked as they heard sirens. They knew exactly