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

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

I escaped from this ordeal, chances were that even if he reported what I told him to the higher-ranked demons, unless he brought proof, his

it didn't matter if I spilled what I knew. There was a high chance that the

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

"!"

-Thud!

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

Everblood lifted my body up. My face was only a

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. Turning my head

"...Speak!"

harder, Baron of Everblood

atmosphere becomes dense

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

his 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

someone

"Huff...huff..."

heavily gulped for air and

-Click!

"...huh?"

thick black arm flew into the air as Baron

couldn't react

I sheathed my sword back into

"...damm this!"

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

...

mission control

with people tirelessly working together as they exchanged data. A large screen was

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

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

units have entered dungeon 756 [Red

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

for a status

"Roger!"

...

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

was disrupted as white-clad individuals materialized in

-Voom! -Voom! -Voom!

teams, do

"Alpha unit 70154, Check"

"Alpha unit 62584, Check"

"Alpha unit 75894, Check"

"Alpha unit 48334, Check"

"..."

"..."

operation captain turn on your camera

-Click!

above his peck, a white-clad individual with a golden ring on his arm spoke "Camera activated, taking measurements―trying to gain contact with dungeon guardians

-khhhhh

from his receiver, the

"Unresponsive"

all Alpha

"Alpha teams, move!"

all the white-clad individuals followed the captain deep into

...

-shua!

Pfffff

Gripping my sword tightly, I

think this can actually

sword that stabbed his body, Baron of Everblood cruelly smiled

'Tch...you immortal bastard'

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

-Pam!

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

Baaarf!

taste buds were engulfed in a bitter and sour taste as

"kaaahhh..."

-Clank!

think you actually thought you

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

was nothing. My only chance at fighting back was

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

you what happens

...

"...What's this?"

-Alp―khhh st―s rep...t

the fact that the radio signal was getting disrupted, all of

It felt as if an avalanche was approaching them in

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

-khhhhhhh

only the static sound of the radio could be

...

"Ahhhhhhh!"

a weird angle, I screamed in pain. It felt as

only just beginning, don't disappear on

as he looked down on my body which was sprawled on the

take enormous pleasure at my

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

was attacking him, I was looking

the demon king wasn't

that was used to operate his body. I knew exactly what his weakness was, yet I

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

that my sword was out of my reach,

we break

..Hm?

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