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!

directly onto the ground. The

of him, Ryan moved his body forward a little, and he

to use this? It's good that I came

his mana was sealed, he had installed a mechanism within the tooth

Tik! Tik!

and within that time, the tooth had completely changed into a tiny black box. Tapping onto it with

Ren's

never would've thought he'd need to use it, but as luck would have it, he indeed found himself in a situation where he needed

main dimensional space was taken and he was stripped of all his

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

of the items in his dimensional space and making

"That was nerve-wracking."

he had been

up in the air. Since he valued his life, during the process he

out, and nothing

what mattered the most, and he pressed his hands

they designed the

Rayn started to study it. He understood that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important

does? Is this the one that connects

though time was tight, Ryan spent the next couple of hours just staring blankly

he forced himself to

"Hmmm "

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

may not have

mattered since he had

what a waste

small core from his dimensional space, he placed it over the artifact and

formed on the artifact in his

"This will do."

Leopold, it was a given that he had to use a core to supplement the use

use of the artifact if it weren't for

'This way.'

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

and that

'They look rather strong.'

were certainly stronger than him. Not as strong

'That's good.'

they been stronger than him, then the situation would've been

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

Cl..Click!

least sound possible, the gadget activated, and the eight legs clamped harder on the

a minuscule red light from its base, and this light began to revolve around the

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

like they

Ryan was able to create a small opening on the

it a light knock, it would fall,

two guards from the opening above, and he knocked at the door once. He didn't bother ducking down and just stared at them from the

Tok!

"Hu?"

to immediately draw the attention of the two demons who

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

notice of Ryan whose eyes were

can move? How is this possible? Did