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!

onto the ground. The process was rather quick,

the tooth in front of him, Ryan moved his body forward a little,

have to use

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

Tik! Tik!

a tiny black box. Tapping onto

guess Ren's nagging wasn't

he had also made one for himself and the others. He never would've thought he'd need to

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

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

on his ankle using one of the items in his dimensional space and

"That was nerve-wracking."

as he was, he had been nervous the

everything would go up in the air. Since he valued his life, during the process he found himself sweating more than he had ever

out, and

and he pressed his hands against

wonder how they

out, Rayn started to study it. He understood that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next

one that connects

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

forced himself to understand everything that was going

"Hmmm "

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

or may not have stolen it from

that it mattered since he had several

what a waste of

dimensional space, he placed it

formed on the artifact in

"This will do."

that he had to use a core to

never be able to make use of the artifact if it weren't for the

'This way.'

and that was when he noticed a small

the small gap above, and that was when he caught

'They look rather strong.'

exactly tell, but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as

'That's good.'

than him, then the situation would've been a lot

the top of it. The device's

Cl..Click!

sound possible, the gadget

of the legs emitted 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

like they

was able to create a small

it a light knock,

and he knocked at the door once. He didn't bother ducking down and just

Tok!

"Hu?"

a soft knock, it was enough to immediately draw the attention of the two demons who were standing guard. Both

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

took notice of Ryan whose eyes were fixed on the

How is this possible? Did