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.

of my previous experience, I was prepared this time

the sudden situation caught me off guard as I thought to

'What's going on?'

My heart grew tense.

open out

***

A little bit before.

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

his face as he stared at

Impedius' attention, and

"Why are you smiling?"

"Ke ke."

pointed toward the distance. Toward the door, he was previously

"He's about to die."

"What?"

toward the door that Exilion was examining, Impedius examined it carefully with a

"You're right."

then turned

we do? Should we let him

"No."

smile on Exilion's face widened

by his reaction, so he curiously

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

peek inside, Impedius spotted the individual who appeared to be lifeless lying on the ground. Besides

He was practically useless.

such an individual was

you have any plans

"I do."

next to him and carefully touching the

from the door, he

"What is our goal?"

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

"Correct."

turned to gaze

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

turned to

that are

help each other. Especially when

suddenly understood what Exilion was trying to get

with his

"Haha."

soon escaped from his lips as

you saying that we should use this human in order

"That's exactly it."

eyes of the two

"Doesn't this sound fun?"

it really

to the nearest cell, Impedius

"Let's start then."

"I like your attitude."

placed his hand over the door and a rock

Kriii—!

Kriii—!

the doors started to

***

"What's going on?"

Jin left the room, he simply blinked his eyes

this so many times that

"Hm?"

out of rooms that seemed

to get surprised often, and when he did, he didn't show it, but as he called out their

in the world

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

is

covered her eyes with her

"You're also here?"

"Jin?"

Yufei didn't cover his face with his hand, Nevertheless, he still had his eyes

was clear that they weren't able to adjust to the sudden shift in lighting like Jin was able

"Emma? Han Yufei?"

snapped to

eyes were of course also closed at the

it on the outside, Jin suddenly felt a sense of superiority as he gazed at

that training

voice, is that you