The Author's POV

"Hurry up Kevin, don't waste any more time."

The firm voice of Amanda echoed throughout the surrounding area as Melissa and Kevin stared at her, baffled.

'When was she ever like this?'

Simultaneously, they thought.

Ignoring their looks, Amanda urged.

"So?"

"Eh...ehm..."

In a state of shock, Kevin had no idea how to respond to Amanda's abrupt attitude shift.

He really had no idea...

"No."

When Kevin was about to say anything, Melissa covered her forehead with her hand and extended her other hand to cover his mouth.

In the distance, she glanced at the large pyramid and sighed.

"Going now would do more harm than good."

"What do you mean?"

Kevin and Amanda simultaneously looked at Melissa. They were both wondering what her words meant.

A second sigh escaped Melissa's lips as she stared at them both.

Bringing her arms towards the leaves and pulling them away, she glanced at the pyramid in the distance and asked.

"Kevin, you said that Ren and the others are currently inside of the mana compressor, right?"

"That's right."

Kevin nodded his head.

Bringing his arm out to push some leaves away, he also gazed at the nearby pyramid.

Beside him, Amanda leaned forward a bit to get a better look. In the meantime, Melissa continued to speak.

"Currently, my best guess is that Ren and the others are inside the building not because they infiltrated it, but rather because they are imprisoned there."

"But if it's Re—"

"Shut up."

Melissa extended her hand and stopped Kevin from interrupting her. Her glare and her stern voice were enough to stop Kevin from speaking as he nodded his head.

Massaging her chin, Melissa pondered for a bit before continuing.

"…Let me finish before you say some of your usual nonsense."

She brushed the side of her hair behind her ear.

"According to how mana compressors work, especially ones of this size, I would guess they are currently somewhere beneath the pyramid, trying to fuel the device."

As with any large machine, it consumed a lot of fuel when it was running, and Melissa estimated that the pyramid in the distance consumed a lot of energy.

Large enough that it needed a lot of cores and ores in order to fuel.

Her conclusion was that if Ren and the others were truly in the compressor, they would have gone into labor to fuel the compressor.

"We would not only bring trouble to ourselves, but we would also bring trouble to them if we left now."

Melissa shook her head, letting go of the leaves that soon returned to their usual position, blocking her view of the pyramid.

"I was only half joking when I previously said that they should be sacrificed. I mean, Emma and Jin are pretty important people. Their death would bring me quite a lot of trouble…"

Biting her nail, Melissa looked at Kevin and Amanda.

"In any case, you two have heard my analysis. You should now know better than to act rashly and teleport yourselves there."

and Kevin to nod their heads

"Good."

patted her hands in satisfaction. Her face was adorned with

Rustle—! Rustle—!

rustling sound was heard at that moment, and

"What are you doing?"

"The obvious."

replied, prompting a frown to appear on

"Sounds annoying."

"It's the only way."

then disappeared from Kevin's and Melissa's

staring in Amanda's direction, Kevin turned to look at Melissa and

"…Where is she going?"

"To get some information."

replied while she crossed

around to look at Kevin,

building's infrastructure and Ren's and the others'

took a simple glance from Melissa to understand Amanda's next set

long ago, now that she had calmed down, she understood exactly what she needed to

was happy with

than two idiots at the same

"Alright."

point, Kevin turned back to look

keep watch of the pyramid while Amanda takes care of the information gathering. This is so that I can

"Alright."

Melissa took out a set of equipment from his dimensional space and carefully

hands together, she

continue what we were

***

"Earth?"

the large black miasmic pyramid in the distance. He could feel the thick demonic energy

on top of a peak overlooking the distance, he caught a glimpse

"Demons…"

the horns on their heads, Liam was able

"Where am I?"

had previously thought that he was on earth, but as he stared at the demons and structure in the

he perhaps still in the demon world? But how

leaving

"How strange."

as the

appear to be

couple of times, a frown

Marquis ranked demons inside..a Duke too, but his aura

lethargic in his eyes. Perhaps the demon was

but from what he was seeing, it looked

"How troublesome…how troublesome…"

his hand, a sword sheath

now would truly be a

in his eyes and lightning cracked

Crack—! Crackle—!

he stepped forward, his body zoomed all the way to the

"Who's there!?"

"Intruder!"

appearance startled the two demons

there's no need to be this

he muttered. However, his words did

Liam saw this, his eyes

I didn't warn

Click—!

subtle clicking sound resounded as the heads of the two demons

Thud. Thud.

he kicked the head to the side and strolled into the gates of the building where a long and dark

not the same, this will do

through the corridor and his bright

of tweaks, and might be different from

figure soon disappeared

***

dense foliage,

was being too