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!

fell directly onto the ground. The process was rather quick, but it still

Ryan moved

have to use this? It's good that I came

was sealed, he had installed a mechanism within the tooth that enabled him to

Tik! Tik!

the tooth had completely changed into a tiny black box. Tapping onto it with his tongue, Ryan was able to

Ren's

he had also made one for himself and the others. He never would've thought he'd need to use it, but as luck would have it, he indeed found himself

was stripped of

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

ankle using one of the items in his dimensional space and making sure that it

"That was nerve-wracking."

he was, he had been nervous

his life, during the process he found himself sweating more than he had ever done during an intense

out,

the most, and he pressed his hands against the

how they designed the

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

though time was tight, Ryan spent the next couple of

forced himself

"Hmmm "

stretching his body, he took out a small artifact from his dimensional space. It

may or may not have stolen

since he had several spare

a waste of

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

gentle glow formed on the artifact in his

"This will do."

in strength between him and Leopold, it was a given that

make use of

'This way.'

and that was when he noticed a

it carefully, Ryan peaked through the small gap above, and that was

'They look rather strong.'

exactly tell, but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as strong as Leopold, though. He could at least

'That's good.'

than him, then the situation would've been a

place a small device over the top of it. The device's eight legs appeared to be clamping down on

Cl..Click!

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

from its base, and this light began to revolve around the device in a clockwise

door shortly after, and once the

they haven't

and unnoticeable, Ryan was able to create a small opening on the door without being

long as he gave it a light knock, it would fall, and

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

Tok!

"Hu?"

the two demons who were

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

took notice of Ryan whose

is this possible? Did the