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 was rather quick,

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

I'd have to use this? It's good that I came

the tooth

Tik! Tik!

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

guess Ren's nagging

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

his main dimensional space was taken and he was stripped of all his possessions, he wasn't

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

his ankle using one of the items in his dimensional space and

"That was nerve-wracking."

he was, he had

up in the air. Since he valued his life, during the process he found himself sweating more than he had ever done during an

worked out,

the most, and he pressed his hands against

they

knowing the mechanism behind it was extremely important for his next course of

does? Is this the one that connects

the next couple of hours just

forced himself to understand

"Hmmm "

stretching his body, he took out a small artifact from his dimensional space. It was the

may or may not have stolen

it mattered since he had several

waste of a

a small core from his dimensional space, he placed it over the artifact and

formed on the artifact

"This will do."

was a given that he had

never be able to make use of the

'This way.'

the darkness, and that was when he noticed

Ryan peaked through the small gap above, and

'They look rather strong.'

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

'That's good.'

the situation would've been a

focus to the iron door while 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

Cl..Click!

possible, the gadget activated, and the eight legs clamped harder on

legs emitted a minuscule red light from its base, and this light

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

they

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

a 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

Tok!

"Hu?"

the attention of the two demons

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

of Ryan whose

How is this possible? Did