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.

moved his body forward a little, and

have to use this? It's good

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

Tik! Tik!

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

Ren's nagging

thought he'd need to use it, but as luck would have it,

though his main dimensional space was taken and he was stripped of all his possessions,

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

items in his dimensional space and making sure that

"That was nerve-wracking."

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

worked out, and

and he pressed his hands against the ground, helping

they designed the

mechanism behind it was extremely important

the one that connects to the mana disruptor, or

the next couple of hours just staring blankly at

circuit within his mind, and he forced himself to understand everything

"Hmmm "

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

or may not have stolen

mattered since he

what a waste of a

from his dimensional space, he

formed on the artifact

"This will do."

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

of

'This way.'

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

gap above, and

'They look rather strong.'

Not as strong as Leopold, though.

'That's good.'

the situation

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

Cl..Click!

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

light from its base, and this

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

like they haven't

the machine was designed to be extremely quiet and unnoticeable, Ryan was able to

gave it a light knock, it would

and he knocked at the door once.

Tok!

"Hu?"

draw the attention of the two

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

Ryan whose eyes were

this possible? Did the