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

demon, I knew that he didn't actually hold that much

were that even if he reported what I told him to the higher-ranked

spilled what I knew. There was a high

my life...As long as I bought

"!"

-Thud!

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

Everblood lifted my body up. My face was only

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, my face winced in pain.

"...Speak!"

even harder, Baron of Everblood fiercely stared at

in the atmosphere becomes dense enough for the monsters

that was created by the Baron of

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

seems like someone has not suffered

"Huff...huff..."

neck, I heavily gulped for air and

-Click!

"...huh?"

into the air as Baron of Everblood stood there rooted

react

I sheathed my

"...damm this!"

used most of my

...

seekers, mission control

were filled with people tirelessly working together as they exchanged data. A

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

an individual who had

entered dungeon 756 [Red

arms crossed, looked at the monitor in front

a

"Roger!"

...

a deep red sky enveloped the environment. Only the

white-clad individuals materialized

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

do a status

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

on your

-Click!

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

-khhhhh

static sound coming from his receiver, the captain shook

"Unresponsive"

all Alpha teams

"Alpha teams, move!"

pattern all the white-clad individuals followed the captain deep

...

-shua!

Pfffff

slowly fell on the floor. Gripping my sword tightly,

think this can actually

of Everblood cruelly smiled

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

a sword stabbing his

-Pam!

I even had enough time to retrieve my sword back, I felt a massive

Baaarf!

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

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

you actually thought you had

the ground. Each time I heard the sound of my

nothing. My only chance at

with a wide

happens when you

...

"...What's this?"

-Alp―khhh st―s rep...t

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

a massive wall of sand slowly approached them. It felt

Soon it enveloped them.

the air, unleashing a turbulent, suffocating cloud that reduced

-khhhhhhh

sound of the wind, only the static sound of the

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

weird angle, I screamed in pain. It

are only just beginning, don't disappear on me

of Everblood licked his lips as he looked down on my body which was sprawled on

to take enormous pleasure at my

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

I was looking

Even the strongest being 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,

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

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

of my reach, I lost all hope in defeating Baron

we

..Hm?

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