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 quick, but it still

moved his body forward a little, and he picked the tooth with

use this?

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

Tik! Tik!

took him about twenty seconds, and within that time, the tooth had completely changed into a tiny black box. Tapping onto it with his tongue,

Ren's nagging wasn't

had originally 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 would have it,

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

Click!

"Easier than I thought."

one of the items in his dimensional space and making sure that it didn't trigger the alarm,

"That was nerve-wracking."

as he was, he

would go up in the air. Since he valued his life, during the process he found himself sweating more than he

worked out,

mattered the most, and he pressed his hands

how they designed

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

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

Ryan spent the next couple of hours just staring blankly at the bracelet in his

mind, and he forced himself to understand everything that was going on inside of the

"Hmmm "

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

not

that it mattered since he

waste

his dimensional space, he placed it over the artifact

glow formed on the artifact

"This will do."

Leopold, it was a given that

never be able to make use of the

'This way.'

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

above, and

'They look rather strong.'

exactly tell, but they were certainly stronger than him. Not as strong as Leopold, though. He could at

'That's good.'

they been stronger than him, then the situation would've been a lot more

over to place a small device over the top of it. The device's eight legs appeared to

Cl..Click!

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

red light from its base, and this light

iron door shortly after, and once the

like they

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

it a light knock, it would fall, and an

he knocked at the door once. He didn't bother ducking down and just

Tok!

"Hu?"

enough to immediately draw the attention of the two demons who were standing guard. Both of

"What was that?"

"Hey, look."

whose eyes were

can move? How is this possible? Did the band