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 the

the fact that he was Baron ranked demon, I knew that he didn't actually hold that

if I escaped from this ordeal, chances were that even if he reported what I told him to

There was a high chance

me the most was my life...As long as I bought time, I could definitely figure something

"!"

-Thud!

My legs, which couldn't withstand the

body up. My face was only a few

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

"...Speak!"

neck even harder, Baron of Everblood fiercely stared

the mana in the atmosphere becomes dense enough for the monsters to be able to

tighter, I took advantage of the small gap that was created by the

blood red-eyes turned a shade darker as he spat out his

like someone has not

"Huff...huff..."

neck, I heavily gulped for air and glared at

-Click!

"...huh?"

as Baron of Everblood stood there rooted

couldn't react in

up, I sheathed my sword

"...damm this!"

used most of my mana...I needed to think of

...

seekers, mission control

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

the time every entrant has been inside of a dungeon. This was so that they could monitor if

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

entered dungeon

his arms crossed, looked at the monitor in front of him where multiple

for a status

"Roger!"

...

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

as white-clad individuals materialized in the desolate

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

do

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

confirmed―Alpha mission operation captain turn on your camera

-Click!

rested above his peck, a white-clad individual with a golden ring on his arm spoke "Camera

-khhhhh

coming from his receiver, the captain shook

"Unresponsive"

all Alpha teams to

"Alpha teams, move!"

in an organized pattern all the white-clad

...

-shua!

Pfffff

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

can

Everblood cruelly smiled

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

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

-Pam!

to retrieve my sword back, I felt a massive force on my stomach forcing

Baaarf!

that my taste buds were engulfed in a bitter and sour taste

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

think you actually thought you had a chance against

I could hear the sound of metal hitting the ground. Each time I

nothing. My only

me with a wide grin plastered on his face, seemingly relishing my

teach you what happens

...

"...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

sand slowly approached them. It felt as if an avalanche was

Soon it enveloped them.

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 matter

-khhhhhhh

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

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

screamed in pain. It

now, we are only just beginning, don't disappear

his lips as he looked

pleasure at my suffering, I hatefully glared in his

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 was merely a part of his real body that could endlessly regenerate. Had he not done that, then he would've never

him, I was looking for his weakness, the

in the world had a weakness. Even the strongest being in the world had a weakness, the demon king wasn't an exception. This was just

his body. I knew exactly what his weakness was, yet I faced a new problem, I didn't

stabbing his body in multiple places, but it was

my sword was out of my reach, I lost all

we break

..Hm?

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