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!

undone and fell directly onto the ground.

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

thought I'd have to use this?

within the tooth that enabled him to access the

Tik! Tik!

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

Ren's

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

taken and he was stripped of

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

using one of the items in his dimensional space and making

"That was nerve-wracking."

composed as he was, he

air. Since he valued his life, during the process he found himself

everything worked out, and

pressed his hands against the

how they designed

bracelet out, Rayn started to study it. He understood that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next course of action, and so he spared no second to study

what this circuit does? Is this the one

spent the next couple of hours just staring blankly at the

he forced himself to understand everything

"Hmmm "

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

or may not have

that it mattered since

a waste of

from his dimensional space, he placed it over

glow formed on the

"This will do."

was a given that he had to

of the artifact if

'This way.'

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

small gap above, and that was when he caught sight of

'They look rather strong.'

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

'That's good.'

than him, then the situation would've been a

the top of it. The device's eight legs appeared to be clamping down on the metallic door in a manner

Cl..Click!

sound possible, the gadget

and this light began to revolve around the device in

red circle formed on the iron door shortly after, and once the legs rotated twice, Ryan put

like they

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

knock, it would fall,

toward the two guards from the opening above, and he knocked at the door once. He didn't bother ducking down and just stared at

Tok!

"Hu?"

though it was a soft knock, it was enough to immediately draw the attention of the two demons who were

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

whose

is this possible? Did