The Author's POV

[Pillar of Greed]

It was dark and damp. A musty smell of damp earth and rocks filled Ryan's nostrils as his eyes slowly opened up.

Blinking a couple of times, he noticed that he couldn't quite see very far. The dim lighting around him made it difficult to see beyond a few meters. When he reached out with his hand, he felt a rough and uneven surface.

'A cave?'

That was the first thought that crossed his mind as he felt the sides of the walls.

Drip. Drip.

The sound of dripping water echoed in all directions in the space he was in, further reaffirming his original assumption.

"Hm?"

Right when he tried to move, he noticed that his feet were bound to something and that the little mana inside of his body had been completely sealed.

"Shit."

Letting out a curse, he squinted his eyes and noticed a small bracelet on his ankles.

They were firmly clamped at his ankles and were rather thick. About the size of his forearms and made it impossible for him to move properly.

'This is bad.'

He knew instantly that the situation was not good.

It was also at that moment that he recalled what had led to his sudden appearance over here, and his expression changed.

"Leopold?"

He called out, hoping to receive some sort of answer, but it was much to his dismay that he realized that he was the only person inside the cave.

"Crap."

Ryan started to worry a little.

Although Leopold was stronger than him, he didn't know what was currently happening and was understandably worried.

That being said…

"Huu."

All it took was a single breath for Ryan to calm himself down. He had been on many dangerous missions in the past, and this wasn't any different.

After calming himself down, Ryan closed his eyes and started to ponder over his options.

While he wasn't like Ren and didn't have a chip inside of his brain, he was still a genius in his own right.

Several different scenarios popped up in his mind, and it wasn't long before a plan formulated inside of his mind.

'Hmm, I guess that could work.'

He opened his eyes. Unlike before, his gaze was calm, and no longer was he nervous like a few moments prior.

"Now then…"

Fiddling his tongue around his teeth, his tongue settled over the furthest tooth on his bottom right side, and his expression cringed a little.

Cr… Crack!

came undone and fell directly onto the ground.

stare at the tooth in front of him, Ryan moved his body forward

have to use this? It's good that I

he had installed a mechanism within the tooth that enabled

Tik! Tik!

tiny black box. Tapping onto it with

Ren's nagging wasn't

others. He never would've thought he'd need to use it, but as luck

was taken and he was stripped of all his possessions, he wasn't necessarily as hopeless as he would've

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

his dimensional space and

"That was nerve-wracking."

was, he had been nervous

and everything would go up in the air. Since he valued his life, during the process he found

out,

he pressed his hands

how they

Rayn started to study it. He understood that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next course of action, and so

Is this the one that connects to the mana disruptor, or

couple of hours just staring blankly at

circuit within his mind, and he forced himself to understand everything that was going

"Hmmm "

he took out a small artifact from his dimensional space. It was the same shotgun like

may not have

mattered since

waste of

space, he placed it

on

"This will do."

was a given that he had to use a core to

make use of

'This way.'

mana restored, he could now see better within the darkness, and that was when he noticed a small opening

it carefully, Ryan peaked through the small gap above, and that was when he caught sight of

'They look rather strong.'

but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as

'That's good.'

the situation

while sticking his tongue out and bent over to place a small device over the top of it. The device's eight legs appeared to be clamping down on the metallic door in a manner that was eerily reminiscent of a

Cl..Click!

the buttons and trying to make the least sound possible, the gadget

base, and this light began to

small red circle formed on the iron door shortly after, and once the legs

they haven't

Ryan was able to create a small

a light knock, it would fall, and an

the two guards from the opening above, and he knocked at the

Tok!

"Hu?"

the attention of the two demons who were standing guard. Both of their heads snapped around to

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

Ryan whose eyes

is this possible? Did the band