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 as I also

the sudden situation caught me off guard as I thought to

'What's going on?'

My heart grew tense.

to suddenly open out of

***

A little bit before.

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

across his face as he stared

Impedius'

"Why are you smiling?"

"Ke ke."

he pointed toward the distance. Toward the

"He's about to die."

"What?"

examining, Impedius examined it carefully with a

"You're right."

then turned

we do? Should

"No."

widened as he

was puzzled by his reaction, so he

obvious that he's on the verge of death. Approximately two hours from now,

spotted the individual who appeared to be lifeless lying on the

He was practically useless.

Impediuas, such an individual

plans for him

"I do."

walking next to

his hand away from

"What is our goal?"

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

"Correct."

while he turned to gaze in

the minds of the prisoners and make them work for us,

pause, he turned to point

people that are imprisoned

to help each other. Especially when one of them is on the verge of

sentence as he suddenly understood what Exilion was

with his hand, Impedius's back

"Haha."

chuckle soon escaped from his lips as the smile on

this human in order to motivate the

"That's exactly it."

the eyes

"Doesn't this sound fun?"

does, it

the nearest cell, Impedius placed his

"Let's start then."

"I like your attitude."

Exilion placed his hand over the door and a

Kriii—!

Kriii—!

doors started to

***

"What's going on?"

the room, he simply blinked his eyes once

had done this so many times that it

"Hm?"

he noticed two familiar figures walking out of

did, he didn't show it, but as

what in the world is

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

is that

called out as she covered her

"You're also here?"

"Jin?"

face with his hand, Nevertheless, he still had

adjust to

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

echoed in Jin's ears as his gaze snapped to the distance, where

eyes were of course also

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

guess all that training ended

familiar voice, is that