The Author's POV

"Huuuu…"

Inhaling deeply, I focused my attention on my muscles. Like a calm well, I immersed myself in my own mind as everything around me disappeared.

It was important for me to take note of the different nerves used throughout my body as I felt every twitch and movement.

"To harden my body completely, I must break the microfibres within my muscles and replace them with stronger ones."

It was just like building muscles.

A person's muscles become stronger and more durable by breaking the microfibers inside of them through exercise and building them again through recovery.

As for me, I intentionally destroyed the micro-givers according to Han Yufei's instructions in order to build them back up, stronger and more durable than before.

By carefully snapping a selected few micro fibers, one would find their body rapidly hardening.

This method had only one drawback, and that was that it required a high level of concentration.

I was fortunate to have a high level of concentration after all of my experiences.

"Huuu"

Taking another deep breath, I slowly opened my eyes.

"This is enough for now."

As I carefully helped myself up with the wall, I ignored the twitching happening all over my body. It was annoying, but at the same time, bearable.

"How long has it been?"

I murmured to myself as I glanced around the room. As there was no clock here, I estimated that about one week had passed since I arrived.

It may have been less or may have been more...I wasn't sure.

My brows knit at this realization.

"What's taking Kevin so long?"

Honestly, Kevin should have already figured out I was with Jin. As he was able to teleport to us, he should have already appeared in front of us by now.

While he may not know that I knew this, I was very aware of his stalking feature.

It was something that was within my memories. Yes, I knew not to trust my memories, but I realized that he had gained them after he managed to somehow find me when I was on a date with Amanda.

It was fairly obvious if I had to be honest. In any case, with that ability, he should've already gotten an idea of where Jin and I were.

I furrowed my brows even more.

"…What if he is hesitating thinking that his sudden appearance might put us in danger?"

Upon reflection, this made sense. Kevin might end up endangering me and himself if he showed up in a delicate situation.

If this was the case, his caution was understandable.

Aside from that, there were two other scenarios that I thought of as I pondered over Kevin's possible delay.

One, he was simply too far away from us and he didn't know about our current circumstances and judged us to be safe, or two, he was looking for the others that have also appeared on the planet.

But...

"I really hope this isn't the case."

The mere thought made my heart skip a beat

I could only fear for the lives of the others if they were also brought into this world. In contrast to Kevin, Jin, and me, the majority of them were unprepared for this world.

If they weren't ready, they could find themselves dying at any moment.

Especially Smallsnake and Ryan...I was really worried about the two.

"Fuck."

A curse escaped from my lips as I clenched my teeth.

'I need to get out of here faster!'

"Hm?"

Kriiiii—

My mind was jolted out of my thoughts when a grinding sound echoed out and the room's doors slowly opened. My eyes quickly closed as I noticed light spilling through the small gap in the door.

prepared this time

caught me

'What's going on?'

My heart grew tense.

out of nowhere, there was

***

A little bit before.

one of the demons responsible for overseeing the rooms gazed at the black doors,

across his face

expression caught Impedius' attention, and

"Why are you smiling?"

"Ke ke."

escaped from Exilion's face as he pointed toward the distance. Toward the

"He's about to die."

"What?"

the door that Exilion was examining, Impedius examined it carefully with a surprised expression. His fingers touched the door for a while

"You're right."

then turned to face

Should we let him

"No."

smile on Exilion's face widened as he shook his

was puzzled by his reaction, so

we do with him?" It's obvious that he's on the verge of death. Approximately two

who appeared to be lifeless

He was practically useless.

individual was not worth

plans for

"I do."

to

away from the

"What is our goal?"

of the individuals and make them work for us so that the mana compressor

"Correct."

to gaze

how we usually do things. We break the minds of the prisoners and make them work

turned to point at two

the people that are imprisoned

do anything possible in order to help each other. Especially when one of them is on the verge

the sentence as he suddenly understood what Exilion was

mouth with his hand,

"Haha."

as the smile on his face became

you saying that we should use this human in order

"That's exactly it."

the eyes of

"Doesn't this sound fun?"

does, it

to the nearest cell, Impedius

"Let's start then."

"I like your attitude."

another room, Exilion placed his hand over the door and a rock grinding sound

Kriii—!

Kriii—!

the doors started

***

"What's going on?"

eyes once or

so many times that it had become second nature to

"Hm?"

of rooms that seemed

often, and when he did, he didn't show it, but as he called out their names, his face

the world

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

is

as she covered her eyes with

"You're also here?"

"Jin?"

with his hand, Nevertheless, he still had

to the sudden shift in lighting like Jin was able

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

voice echoed in Jin's ears as his gaze snapped to the

of course

didn't show it on the outside, Jin suddenly felt a sense of superiority as

that training ended up

voice, is that