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

exactly her weapon of choice, as he knew she used short swords, but

I have a

"A sword?"

took the sword and casually swung

Swoosh! Swoosh!

were quick, and with each swing, the air would tear apart, and a

pack all

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

"This'll do I guess."

the demons that were attacking Leopold, and her figure soon disappeared from the

the demons and slashed

Thump!

and everything ended in a

"Not bad."

as she slashed her sword to the ground, causing the blood that had been coating

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

old for this

overhear their mutterings, and

what do we

"I'm not too sure."

Ryan answered Emma.

much chaos as possible so that the two of them could escape, however, now that Emma was with them, he was no longer as worried

was strong…

for their safety as

perhaps it's best if we don't take

was best to be as cautious as possible, as the incident he had

incident without a doubt had attracted

crucial that they be

think of anything we can do at

gaze eventually settled on a couple of demons not so far from where

'That might work...'

to

this room? If we want to have a

"You're right."

agreement, Emma's gaze turned toward the demons that Ryan pointed at and

Thump! Thump!

"…"

seeing the demons thrown to the ground like rag dolls, but he kept his thoughts to himself and bent down to face the

you want to live, give us a map of the cave

"…"

was met with no response, but Ryan didn't care

"Where exactly are we?"

"…"

"Where is the exit?"

"…"

planning? Why are you capturing

at a time, but they never responded to any of them. They were

"Ryan."

"What is it?"

called, Ryan raised his head. When he did, he saw Emma looking at the door of the room, and

"Alright."

Ryan slowly sat up and let out

could've been so much easier if the two of you had answered our questions, but I guess I

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

seal your mana. I've got a better

Click! Click!