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 the

Baron ranked demon, I knew that he

were that even if he reported what I told him to the higher-ranked demons, unless he brought

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

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

"!"

-Thud!

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

body up. My face was only a few centimeters away

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

"...Speak!"

Baron of Everblood fiercely

advance for when the mana in the atmosphere becomes dense

the small gap that was created by the

of Everblood stared in my direction. His already blood red-eyes turned a shade darker as he spat out his next words in pure

like someone has

"Huff...huff..."

my neck, I heavily gulped for air and

-Click!

"...huh?"

arm flew into the air as Baron of Everblood stood there rooted in his

react in

my sword

"...damm this!"

move alone used most of my

...

seekers, mission

data. A large screen was

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

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

entered dungeon 756

at the monitor in front of him where multiple camera views

a

"Roger!"

...

a deep red sky enveloped the environment. Only the sound of the wind rustling through twisted, shrubby trees, could

the silence was disrupted as white-clad individuals materialized in the

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

teams, do

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

mission operation captain turn on

-Click!

on the camera that rested above his peck, a white-clad individual with a golden ring on his arm spoke "Camera activated, taking measurements―trying to gain

-khhhhh

from his receiver, the

"Unresponsive"

order all Alpha teams

"Alpha teams, move!"

pattern all the white-clad individuals followed the captain

...

-shua!

Pfffff

fell on the floor. Gripping my sword tightly, I applied more pressure on the handle of my sword that

this can

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

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

his nonchalant behavior as if a sword stabbing his body was

-Pam!

to retrieve my sword back, I felt a

Baaarf!

taste buds were engulfed in a bitter

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

thought you had a chance against

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

My only chance at fighting back

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

what happens when you

...

"...What's this?"

-Alp―khhh st―s rep...t

bothered in the slightest by the fact that the radio signal was getting disrupted, all of the alpha teams members stood rooted where they were as

view, a massive wall of sand slowly approached them. It felt

Soon it enveloped them.

sand particles into the air, unleashing a turbulent, suffocating cloud that reduced the visibility of everyone inside

-khhhhhhh

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

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

a weird angle, I screamed in pain. It

just

evilly, Baron of Everblood licked his lips as he looked

expression that seemed to take enormous pleasure at my suffering,

because his body was actually fake. It was merely a part of his real body that could endlessly regenerate. Had he not done that, then he would've never been able to enter

him, I was

world had a weakness. Even the strongest being in the world had a weakness, the demon king wasn't

Everblood's main body, his main weakness was a core that was used to operate his body. I knew exactly what his weakness was, yet I faced a new problem, I didn't know where

stabbing his body in multiple places, but it was to no avail as

my reach, I lost all hope in defeating

shall we break

..Hm?

was in the midst of despair, like a shining ray of hope. I saw a small