The Author's POV

Everything was going smoothly. Going in and out of the cells, Ryan managed to help as many prisoners as possible. Furthermore, with Leopold backing him up from behind, he was able to move rather freely.

Not only that, but the prisoners that he had rescued proved to also be a big help, as they instantly spread chaos within the cave system.

"Did you really have to take all my potions as well?"

Rushing toward another cell, Ryan overheard Leopold's grumble.

If he could, he would've rolled his eyes at him.

"You think I have a choice? I've already used all of mine."

Boom—! Boom—!

The muffled sound of explosions rang everywhere, and just as Ryan opened up another cell to free another prisoner, he was surprised to see a familiar figure.

"You're Emma."

He recognized her in an instant. It wasn't very hard.

There weren't many people out there that were as pretty as her, and furthermore, with her being one of the few people that were close to Ren, he naturally did some research on her.

Currently, she was lying down on the ground with a pale expression. Her lips seemed to be quivering, and her gaze seemed to be fixed on him.

She didn't look to be in the best of conditions, but at least, her mind seemed clear. Judging from her expression, she seemed to have recognized him too.

Bang—!

"Ryan, hurry up!"

It was Leopold's voice that broke him out of his thoughts, and Ryan snapped out of it and got to work.

"Ah, right, sorry!"

Bending over, he looked at the bracelet that was on her ankle and made quick work of it.

Click!

Removing it wasn't hard. He already had a general understanding of how the mechanism worked thanks to the hours he had put in before escaping, and he was thus able to remove it rather quickly.

"Here, drink this."

He handed Emma one of his potions, and she quietly took it. Moments after ingesting the potions, Emma's complexion cleared up, and she was soon able to stand up without a problem.

"Thank you."

"Don't worry about it."

Ryan waved his hand at her and looked back at Leopold.

Bang—! Bang—!

He was currently shooting one demon after another as sweat trickled down the side of his face. He was just barely holding on at the moment.

"Do you have any spare weapons?"

Right at that moment, he heard Emma's words, and when he turned his head to look at her, his eyes lit up.

'That's right, she's with us right now!'

Unlike the two of them, Emma was a bonafide ranker. If there was anyone who could fight the demons outside, it'd be her!

Ryan looked through his dimensional space and retrieved a

as he knew she used short

have

"A sword?"

sword and casually swung it

Swoosh! Swoosh!

the air

just pack all the weapons I

again, but… no one really knew what lay

"This'll do I guess."

with the sword, Emma shifted her attention toward the demons that were attacking Leopold, and her figure soon disappeared

after, she appeared before the demons and slashed her sword

Thump!

rolling down, and everything ended in a matter

"Not bad."

ground, causing the blood that had been coating it to splatter all over

his gaze between his firearm and her sword, he

too old for

to overhear their mutterings, and he

do

"I'm not too sure."

Ryan answered Emma.

the two of them could

strong… extremely

for their safety as much as before, and could take things a

if we don't take things

as the incident he had caused may have attracted the attention of demons

a doubt had attracted the attention

that they

really can't think of anything we can do

settled on a couple of demons not so far from where they were, and an idea popped into his

'That might work...'

turned to look

you paralyze them and bring them to this room? If we want to have a better idea

"You're right."

pointed at and disappeared from the spot. She returned shortly after and threw them

Thump! Thump!

"…"

thrown to the ground like rag dolls, but he kept his

you want to live, give us a map of

"…"

no response, but

"Where exactly are we?"

"…"

"Where is the exit?"

"…"

are you demons planning? Why are you capturing so many

a time, but they never responded to any of them. They were adamant about maintaining their silence

"Ryan."

"What is it?"

at the door of the room,

"Alright."

over his knees, Ryan slowly sat up and let out

easier if the two of you had answered our questions, but I guess I should've seen

in his hand, and he handed them to Emma, and

seal your mana.

Click! Click!