The Author's POV

The internal structure of the underground cavern was massive. Ryan couldn't count the handful of times he had taken the wrong path and headed toward a dead end.

It was starting to get to him.

"Not this one either."

Staring at probably what seemed to be like the tenth dead end, Ryan sighed in frustration and glanced at his phone.

There was a single red dot displayed on the screen, and that was where Ryan was currently headed to.

That was where Leopold was being held, and while he knew the exact direction of where he was, finding him was starting to prove to be a more difficult task than he had anticipated.

In a maze, just knowing where someone was, wasn't enough.

'If only he was somewhere more open.'

The fact that he was inside a massive underground network made it hard for Ryan to find the correct path, but he wasn't completely hopeless.

When he reached a new one, his phone would trace his steps so that he could see exactly where he was going and the places he had been in the past. Although he did run into a lot of dead ends, this helped him stay on track and stopped him from going to the same places twice.

He was steadily making progress, but still...

"Ugh."

Ryan groaned out loud.

'This is so frustrating.'

Time was of the essence, and he was wasting a lot of time finding the right path.

When he looked at his body, the demonic energy that had been encircling him had practically disappeared, and he no longer felt like a demon.

If he were to meet a demon, he'd instantly be found out.

'How annoying.'

The situation was anything but pleasant.

Despite that, Ryan could only grit his teeth and take out another demon core. This one belonged to the second demon he killed.

Crack!

Crushing it in the palm of his hand, he repeated the process from before and once again trekked on.

'No point in complaining… If I don't hurry up, things might turn for the worst. I need to hurry up.'

*

'Bingo.'

Ryan didn't know for how long he had walked, but after a couple more dead ends, he finally found the correct route, and he was shortly exposed to a large opening that was filled with thousands of metallic doors.

He was still quite a distance away from it, but he was able to see everything properly with the aid of a certain device.

'Well… shit…'

fell the moment he

with thousands of different demons patrolling the area. They all emitted intimidating auras, and Ryan knew

to be caught by

could only shudder

fine… It's fine… I can

his calculations. Scanning around, his eyes paused on a

ripe yet and remained where he was for the next couple of

on the

a better idea of how the system over

knew that none of them were going to be kept

heard was rather useless, but that didn't concern him as he had

prepared to

have some demonic energy covering me, so I should

confirming that the demonic energy that surrounded his body was still stable, he nodded his

He was ready.

Tap.

countless

to move toward where Leopold was being held.

seems to

there for

on the spot. When he turned his head, he almost fell to his knees. Towering over

overwhelming, and Ryan had a hard time keeping

with just any regular demon but someone that seemed

"Y,yes?"

his composure

are you doing

One which Ryan already

to meet one of the 'sources' that we've recently

up while listening

he wasn't sure of what they meant, he knew that the term referred

"Which one?"

scrutinizing gaze of the demon, Ryan could only lower his head and point

that's where a human resides.

nodded his head, trying not to

where I

"Hmm, okay then."

was quick to agree and stepped to

work to do, I won't disturb you any further. When you go there, you can just tell them the reason why

"Thank you."

smoothly. Things would've been troublesome if the demon

Thankfully, he didn't.

'Okay, this is good.'

gaze over the door where Leopold resided, Ryan took a deep breath and proceeded

he touched his wrist and tapped

***

him; don't make

The commander said expressionlessly.

gaze fixed

the moment that he appeared, he knew that

in such a location, the fact that the demonic energy that covered its body was rather faint

and there was because he wanted

Their goal.