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!

and fell directly onto the ground. The process was rather

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

would've thought I'd have to use this?

installed a mechanism within the tooth that enabled him

Tik! Tik!

tiny black box. Tapping onto it with his tongue, Ryan was able to catch a glimpse of

Ren's

and the others. He never would've thought he'd need to

he was stripped of all his possessions,

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

his dimensional space and making sure that it didn't trigger the alarm, Ryan finally let out a sigh of

"That was nerve-wracking."

was, he had been nervous the entire

everything would go up in the air. Since he valued his life, during

out, and nothing

he pressed his hands

they designed the

mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next course

wonder what this circuit does? Is this the one

the next couple of hours just staring blankly

and he forced himself to understand everything that was going on

"Hmmm "

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

not have

mattered since he had

waste of

space, he placed it over the artifact and activated

glow formed on the artifact

"This will do."

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

of the artifact

'This way.'

that was when he noticed a small opening that was sealed by an

carefully, Ryan peaked through the small gap above, and that was when he caught sight

'They look rather strong.'

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

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

Cl..Click!

and trying to make the least sound possible, the gadget activated, and the eight legs clamped

light from its base, and this light began to

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

they

able to create a small opening

it a light knock,

and he knocked at the door once.

Tok!

"Hu?"

the two demons

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

of Ryan whose eyes were fixed on the two

can move? How is this possible? Did