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

have to use this?

a mechanism within the tooth that enabled him to access the contents without the need to

Tik! Tik!

a tiny black box. Tapping onto it with

guess Ren's

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

main dimensional space was taken and he was stripped of

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

dimensional space and making sure that

"That was nerve-wracking."

composed as he was, he

move, and 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

pressed his hands

they designed the

it was extremely important

wonder what this circuit does? Is this the one that connects to

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

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

"Hmmm "

a small artifact from his

may not have stolen it

it mattered since he had several

a waste of a

core from his dimensional space, he placed it over the

formed on the artifact in his

"This will do."

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

make use of the artifact if

'This way.'

the darkness, and that was when he noticed a small opening that was sealed by an

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

'They look rather strong.'

Not as strong as Leopold, though. He could at least

'That's good.'

they been stronger than him, then the situation

device over the top of it. The device's eight legs

Cl..Click!

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

emitted a minuscule red light from its base, and this light began to revolve around the device in a

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

they haven't

extremely quiet and unnoticeable, Ryan was able to create a small opening on the door without being noticed by the

a light knock, it would fall,

he looked toward the two guards from the opening above, and he knocked at the door once.

Tok!

"Hu?"

the two demons

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

of Ryan whose eyes were fixed

move? How is this