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!

his tooth came undone and fell directly onto the ground. The process

moved his

use this? It's

tooth that enabled him to access the

Tik! Tik!

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

guess Ren's nagging

for Ren, but he had also made one for himself and the others. He never would've thought he'd

of

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

in his dimensional space and making

"That was nerve-wracking."

as he was, he had been nervous

he valued his life, during the process he found

everything worked out,

the most, and he pressed his hands against the ground, helping himself

they designed the

that knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next course of action, and

Is this the one that connects to the mana disruptor, or

was tight, Ryan spent the next couple of hours just

and he forced himself to understand everything that was going on

"Hmmm "

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

not

since he had

waste of

he placed it

gentle glow formed on the artifact

"This will do."

in strength between him and Leopold, it was a given that he had

use of the artifact

'This way.'

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

above, and that was when he caught sight of two

'They look rather strong.'

couldn't exactly tell, but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as

'That's good.'

then the situation would've been a lot

sticking his tongue out and bent over to place a small device over the top of it. The device's eight legs appeared to be clamping down on the metallic door

Cl..Click!

buttons and trying to make the least sound possible, the gadget activated, and

from its base, and this light began to revolve

on the iron door shortly after, and once the

they haven't

the machine was designed to be extremely quiet and unnoticeable, Ryan was able to create a small opening on the door without

light knock, it would fall, and an

at the door once. He didn't bother

Tok!

"Hu?"

the attention of the two demons who were standing guard. Both of their heads snapped around to look

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

of Ryan whose eyes were

this possible? Did