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

"Good."

her hands in satisfaction. Her face was adorned with a half

Rustle—! Rustle—!

and Melissa noticed Amanda let go

"What are you doing?"

"The obvious."

frown to appear

"Sounds annoying."

"It's the only way."

from Kevin's

Amanda's direction, Kevin turned to look at Melissa

"…Where is she going?"

"To get some information."

replied while she crossed her arms and

look at Kevin,

to gain a better understanding of the building's infrastructure and Ren's and the others' conditions,

Melissa to understand Amanda's

had let emotions get the best of her not too long ago, now that

happy

more than two idiots

"Alright."

back to look at the structure

the pyramid while Amanda takes care of the information gathering. This is so that I can react if anything outside my

"Alright."

equipment from his dimensional space and carefully placed them in front

hands together,

what we

***

"Earth?"

head, he looked at the large black miasmic pyramid in the distance. He could feel the thick demonic energy emanating from the large light above

a peak overlooking the distance, he caught a

"Demons…"

heads, Liam was able to instantly guess what the creatures were. They

"Where am I?"

that he was on earth, but as he stared at

in the demon

leaving with

"How strange."

yellow hue as the world around him zoomed, and the world around

door appear to

couple of times, a frown emerged on Liam's

of a couple of Marquis

rather lethargic in his eyes. Perhaps the demon was

exactly tell, but from what he

"How troublesome…how troublesome…"

face with his hand, a sword sheath materialized in

now would truly be a stupid idea…a very stupid

in his eyes and lightning

Crack—! Crackle—!

forward, his body zoomed all the way to the pyramid's

"Who's there!?"

"Intruder!"

appearance startled the two

there's no need to

both hands in the air as he muttered. However, his words did not seem to reach the demons' ears as demonic energy

Liam saw this, his eyes

I didn't

Click—!

sound resounded as the heads of the two demons fell to the ground without him

Thud. Thud.

and strolled into the gates of the building where a long and dark corridor met

the same,

as he walked through the corridor and his bright yellow pupils shined

might be different from what he showed me, but it'll get there

figure soon

***

the dense foliage,

was being too