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!

second, Ryan looked through his dimensional

he knew she used short swords, but

have

"A sword?"

the sword and casually swung it in the

Swoosh! Swoosh!

swing, the air would tear apart,

pack all the weapons

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

"This'll do I guess."

attention toward the demons that were attacking Leopold, and her figure

before the

Thump!

down, and everything

"Not bad."

she slashed her sword to the ground, causing the blood that had been coating it to splatter all over

gaze between his firearm and her sword, he lowered his firearm and tossed a few gums

too old for this

was able to overhear

what do

"I'm not too sure."

Ryan answered Emma.

to create as much chaos as possible so that the two of them could escape,

was strong… extremely

so that he no longer feared for their safety as much as before, and could take things a lot

it's best if we don't

as the incident he had caused may

had attracted the attention of the higher ranked

crucial that they

anything we can do at

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

'That might work...'

to look at

want to have a better idea of what we need to do next, then we

"You're right."

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

Thump! Thump!

"…"

upon seeing the demons thrown to the ground like rag dolls, but he kept

want to live, give us a map of

"…"

no response, but

"Where exactly are we?"

"…"

"Where is the exit?"

"…"

Why are you capturing so many

a time, but they never responded to any

"Ryan."

"What is it?"

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

"Alright."

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

had answered our questions, but I guess I should've seen this

he handed them to Emma, and Leopold before putting them on

this for now and seal your

Click! Click!