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!

a low snapping sound, his tooth came undone and fell directly onto the ground.

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

thought I'd have to use this?

tooth

Tik! Tik!

the tooth had completely changed into a tiny black box. Tapping onto it

Ren's nagging

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

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

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

was on his ankle using one of the items in his dimensional space and making sure that it didn't trigger the alarm, Ryan finally let out a sigh of

"That was nerve-wracking."

as he was, he had been nervous the

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

everything worked out, and nothing

most, and he pressed his hands

wonder how they designed

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

this circuit does? Is this the one

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

imprinted every circuit within his mind, and he forced himself to understand everything that was going on inside of the

"Hmmm "

artifact from his dimensional space. It was the same shotgun like artifact that belonged

not have stolen

since

a waste

core from his dimensional space, he placed it over the

gentle glow formed on the artifact

"This will do."

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

make use of the artifact if it weren't for the

'This way.'

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

small gap above, and that was when

'They look rather strong.'

him. Not as strong as Leopold, though. He could at least say this

'That's good.'

him, then the situation would've been a

to place a small device over the top of

Cl..Click!

possible, the gadget activated,

the legs emitted a minuscule red light from its base, and this light began to

formed on the iron door shortly after, and once the legs rotated twice,

they haven't

was able to create a small opening on the door without being

he gave it a light knock, it would fall, and an opening

and he knocked at the

Tok!

"Hu?"

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

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

whose eyes were fixed on the two

How is this possible? Did the band