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.

to

Baron ranked demon, I knew that

reported what I told him to the higher-ranked demons, unless he brought proof, his

if I spilled what I knew. There was a high

me the most was my life...As long

"!"

-Thud!

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

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

close that I could feel his breath on my face. The demon's breath was like hot steam. It slowly burned the skin on my face―turning it red. Facing Baron of Everblood's hot breath,

"...Speak!"

even harder, Baron

for when the mana in the atmosphere becomes dense

advantage of the small gap that was created by

now empty hand, Baron of Everblood stared in my direction. His already blood red-eyes turned a shade darker as he spat out his next

It seems like someone has

"Huff...huff..."

heavily gulped for air and glared at

-Click!

"...huh?"

Baron

couldn't react in

standing up, I sheathed my sword back

"...damm this!"

my mana...I needed

...

mission control

large enclosed room, twenty large tables, all with several computer displays, were filled with people tirelessly working together as they exchanged data.

walls, there was a multitude of clocks – displaying everything from the current time to the time every entrant has been inside

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

units have entered dungeon

arms crossed, looked at the monitor in

for a

"Roger!"

...

of a desolate world where a deep red sky enveloped the environment. Only the sound of the wind rustling through twisted, shrubby

the silence was disrupted as white-clad individuals materialized

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

teams, do

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

turn on your

-Click!

ring on his arm spoke "Camera activated, taking measurements―trying to gain contact with dungeon guardians who had entered

-khhhhh

a continuous static sound coming from his receiver, the

"Unresponsive"

order all Alpha

"Alpha teams, move!"

all the white-clad individuals

...

-shua!

Pfffff

of Everblood and black blood slowly fell on the floor. Gripping my sword tightly, I applied

can actually hurt

his body, Baron of Everblood cruelly smiled as he slowly pulled

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

nonchalant behavior as if a sword stabbing his body was nothing, my heart

-Pam!

felt a massive force on my stomach forcing

Baaarf!

force was so strong that my taste buds were engulfed in a bitter and sour taste as green liquid

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

you actually thought you had a

I could hear the sound of metal hitting the ground. Each time I heard the sound of my sword clattering on the ground parts of my

I was nothing. My only

Everblood who was slowly approaching me with a wide grin plastered on his face, seemingly relishing my expression of

you what happens when you piss

...

"...What's this?"

-Alp―khhh st―s rep...t

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

of sand slowly approached them. It felt as if an

Soon it enveloped them.

high winds lifted the sand particles into the air, unleashing a turbulent, suffocating cloud that reduced the visibility of everyone inside of it to almost nothing in a

-khhhhhhh

sound of the wind, only the static sound of the

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

which was bent at a weird angle, I screamed in pain. It felt as if a wave of electricity has coursed through my

only just beginning, don't disappear on

evilly, Baron of Everblood licked his lips as he looked down on my body which

his expression that seemed to take enormous pleasure

beginning that his body was immortal. That was because his body was actually fake. It was merely a part of his

I was looking for his

in 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

that was used to operate his body. I knew exactly

multiple places, but it was to

sword was out of my reach, I lost all hope

we

..Hm?

was in the midst of despair, like a shining ray of hope. I saw a small cut on the demon's