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!

wasting a single second, Ryan looked through his dimensional

wasn't exactly her weapon of choice, as he knew she used short swords, but that was all

have a

"A sword?"

and casually swung it in the

Swoosh! Swoosh!

air would tear apart, and

pack

dimensional space again, but… no one really knew what lay ahead in the future, so it was best

"This'll do I guess."

the sword, Emma shifted her attention toward the demons that were attacking Leopold,

after, she appeared before the

Thump!

came rolling down, and everything ended in

"Not bad."

Emma's mutterings as she slashed her sword to the ground, causing the blood that had

mouth wide open. Alternating his gaze between his firearm and her sword, he lowered his firearm and tossed a few gums in his

too old for

to overhear their mutterings, and

do we

"I'm not too sure."

Ryan answered Emma.

them

was strong…

as much as before,

it's best if we

possible, as the incident he had

incident without a doubt had attracted the

that they

can't think of anything we can do at

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

'That might work...'

to look at

this room? If we want to have a better idea

"You're right."

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

Thump! Thump!

"…"

like rag dolls, but he kept his thoughts to

live, give us a

"…"

no response, but Ryan didn't care

"Where exactly are we?"

"…"

"Where is the exit?"

"…"

you demons planning? Why

demons with questions, one at a time, but they never responded to any of them. They were adamant about maintaining their silence the entire

"Ryan."

"What is it?"

saw Emma looking at the door of the room, and he understood what she was

"Alright."

himself with his hands over his knees, Ryan slowly sat up and let

you had answered our questions, but

in his hand, and he handed them to

this for now and seal your mana. I've

Click! Click!