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. The process was rather quick,

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

use this?

was sealed, he had installed a mechanism within the tooth that enabled him to access the contents without the

Tik! Tik!

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

Ren's

made this for Ren, but he had also made one for himself and the others. He never would've thought he'd need to use it, but as luck

space was taken and he was stripped of

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

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."

was, he had been nervous the

life, during the process he found himself sweating more

worked out,

and he pressed his hands

how they designed the

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

does? Is this the one that connects to the mana

was tight, Ryan spent the next couple of hours just staring blankly at the bracelet

he forced himself to understand everything that was

"Hmmm "

out a small artifact from his dimensional space. It was the

may not have

that it mattered since he

waste of

dimensional space, he

formed on the artifact

"This will do."

was a given that

to make use of the artifact if

'This way.'

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

Ryan peaked through the small gap above, and that was when he caught sight of two demons standing

'They look rather strong.'

but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as

'That's good.'

been stronger than him, then the situation would've been

out and bent over to place a small device over the top of it.

Cl..Click!

the

its base, and this light began to revolve around

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

they

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

light knock,

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

Tok!

"Hu?"

of the two demons who were standing guard. Both of

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

whose eyes were fixed on the two

this possible?