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!

sound, his tooth came undone and fell directly onto the

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

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

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

Tik! Tik!

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

guess Ren's nagging

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

space was taken and he was stripped of all his

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

using one of the items in his dimensional space

"That was nerve-wracking."

as he was, he had been nervous

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

everything worked out,

what mattered the most, and he pressed his hands against the ground, helping

they

the bracelet out, Rayn started to study it. He understood that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely

does? Is this the one that connects to

spent the next couple of hours just staring blankly at the bracelet in

himself to understand everything

"Hmmm "

took out a small artifact from his dimensional space. It

may not have stolen it from

it mattered since

what a waste of a

he placed it over the artifact

gentle glow formed on the artifact

"This will do."

the disparity in strength between him and Leopold, it was a given that he had to use a

of the

'This way.'

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

above, and that was when he caught sight

'They look rather strong.'

stronger than him. Not as strong as Leopold, though.

'That's good.'

him, then the

top of it. The device's eight legs appeared

Cl..Click!

least sound possible, the gadget activated, and the eight

of the legs emitted a minuscule red light from its base, and

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

they

be extremely quiet and unnoticeable, Ryan was able to create a small opening

knock, it would fall, and an opening would

from the opening above, and he knocked at the door once. He didn't bother

Tok!

"Hu?"

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

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

whose eyes were fixed on the two

is this possible? Did