The Author's POV

"Quickly change this to code black!"

Hurriedly shouting orders, Thomas disappeared from where he was standing.

"...Ah, goddammit! this is more serious than I had expected"

Quickly teleporting back into the black market, Thomas quickly pressed the emergency button causing the whole facility to turn red as alarms started ringing

-Daaaang!

-Daaaang!

-Daaaang!

Taking out his phone he quickly dialed a number

-Ring! -Ring! -Ring!

"...Hello?"

From the other side of the phone, a cold emotionless voice entered Thomas's ears.

"Boss we have a situation"

"...Explain"

"Dungeon gate 756, Code black, possible dungeon desync"

Pausing slightly, the cold voice said

"...I understand, you will be granted full authority regarding this matter"

-Tak!

Right after saying that, the person on the other side of the phone hung up, leaving Thomas standing there speechlessly.

"Goddamit! Why do I always have to do the dirty work!"

Cursing out loud and stomping his feet in anger, Thomas quickly dialed another number.

-Ring! -Ring! -Ring!

"Yes?"

Shortly after dialing the number, a male voice entered Thomas's ears. Hearing the voice, Thomas quickly shouted orders.

"Call in all alpha units with a rank F or below"

"...sorry?"

"Do it now! it's an order!"

"Y-yes!"

Suddenly being ordered by Thomas the person on the other side of the phone was left momentarily confused, but as soon as he noticed the urgency in Thomas's voice he immediately did as he was instructed.

-Tak!

Hanging up the phone, Thomas looked around. The whole facility was in a state of lockdown, and the whole place was dyed red as alarms constantly rang through the surroundings.

Pinching the middle of his brows, Thomas sighed.

"...I seriously hope the situation is not as dire as I think it is"

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Deep gashes started appearing all over my body as the Demon traced his finger around my body. It felt as if I was being cut by a cold metal knife.

I wanted to move, but I couldn't. It felt as if a massive boulder was weighing down on me, preventing me from moving.

Although the Baron of Everblood was not using his main body, the presence exerted by him wasn't something I could handle.

Baron of Everblood had killed countless experts throughout his whole life. He rose from being e regular demon to against all odds becoming a Baron ranked demon.

Countless sacrifices were made in his journey to the top―He had shed lots of blood throughout his journey to the top. He had also backstabbed demons whom he had once called friends just to be able to reach the point that he was now...

Just now, all that the baron of Everblood needed to do was release the killing intent that he had acquired through countless killings, to completely paralyze me.

Knowing this, I needed to buy myself time to adapt to the killing intent―it's just that it was much easier being said than done...It felt like a looming threat that was similar to a longsword that hung in my heart, ready to pierce it and kill me at a moment's notice causing my body to paralyze in fear.

Very soon, as I felt death coming closer to me, an idea came into my mind as I started speaking

"Aren't you curious as to why I know what you're doing?"

Halting, Baron of Everblood stopped tracing his finger on my body and looked at me

"...Speak"

"huuu, the only reason you haven't killed me yet is because you want to know how I knew you were trying to create a dungeon overload right?..khk"

Tracing his sharp black finger on my neck, a red line appeared. Blood slowly dripped down from the cut, falling onto the cold ground.

"...Get to the point"

"kh...not only do I know that you're trying to create a dungeon overload, but I also know that this isn't the only dungeon you're planning to overload"

Altough I knew that spilling what I knew was stupid, I had no choice. It was either this or death.

I had to buy time...

At least enough to figure out how to get out of this situation.

Moreover, me revealing what I knew to Baron of Everblood wasn't actually that significant of a matter.

mattered to

was Baron ranked demon, I knew that he

I told him to the higher-ranked demons, unless

matter if I spilled what I knew. There was a high chance that the case would not

mattered to me the most was my life...As long as I bought time, I

"!"

-Thud!

finished speaking, the pressure that enveloped me magnified. My legs, which couldn't withstand the pressure finally gave out, and I knelt on the cold

of Everblood lifted my body up. My face was only a few

skin on my face―turning it red. Facing Baron of Everblood's hot breath, my face winced

"...Speak!"

on my neck even harder, Baron

you're planning in advance for when the mana in the atmosphere becomes dense enough for the monsters

of the small gap that was created by the Baron of Everblood as he was distracted by my

stared in my direction. His already blood red-eyes

someone has not

"Huff...huff..."

my neck, I heavily gulped for

-Click!

"...huh?"

into the air as Baron of Everblood stood there

react

sheathed my

"...damm this!"

alone used most of my

...

seekers, mission control

working together as they exchanged data. A large screen was at the front of the room, displaying rows upon rows

the side, on the walls, there was a multitude of clocks – displaying everything from the current time to the time every entrant has been inside of a dungeon. This was so that they could monitor if someone stayed inside of the dungeon more than the designated

with his hands leaning on the table, an individual who had a headset and microphone on his

Alpha units have entered dungeon 756 [Red

the monitor in front of him where

for a status

"Roger!"

...

sky enveloped the environment. Only the sound of the wind rustling through twisted,

silence was disrupted as white-clad individuals materialized

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

do

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

teams confirmed―Alpha mission operation captain turn on your

-Click!

ring on his arm spoke "Camera

-khhhhh

continuous static sound coming from his receiver, the captain

"Unresponsive"

order all Alpha teams

"Alpha teams, move!"

forward in an organized pattern all the white-clad

...

-shua!

Pfffff

line materialized in front of the Baron of Everblood and black blood slowly fell on the floor. Gripping my sword tightly, I applied more pressure on the handle of my sword that stabbed his body. In the

can actually hurt

stabbed his body, Baron of Everblood cruelly

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

nonchalant behavior as if a sword stabbing his body was

-Pam!

had enough time to retrieve my sword back, I felt a massive force on my stomach forcing me to bend over in

Baaarf!

were engulfed in a bitter and sour taste as green liquid splurted from my

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

actually thought you had a chance

ground. Each time I heard

was nothing. My only chance at

with a wide grin plastered on his face, seemingly

happens when you piss off

...

"...What's this?"

-Alp―khhh st―s rep...t

fact that the radio signal was getting disrupted, all of the alpha teams members stood rooted where they were

approached them. It felt as if an avalanche was approaching them in a

Soon it enveloped them.

suffocating cloud that reduced the

-khhhhhhh

from the raging sound of the wind, only the static sound of the radio could be

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

was bent at a weird angle, I screamed in pain. It felt as if

only just beginning, don't

he looked down on

take enormous pleasure at my

I was attacking him, I wasn't just blindly attacking him. I knew since the beginning that his body was immortal. That was because his body was actually fake. It

I was

the world had a weakness, the demon king wasn't an exception. This was just the law of the world. Unless you were a god, no

main body, his main weakness was a core that was used to operate his

but it was to no

of my reach, I lost all hope in

shall we

..Hm?

midst of despair, like a shining ray of hope. I saw a small cut