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!

his dimensional space and retrieved a sword

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

have a

"A sword?"

sword and casually

Swoosh! Swoosh!

swing, the air

time, I should just pack

space again, but… no one really knew what

"This'll do I guess."

demons that were

before the demons and

Thump!

and everything ended in a matter of

"Not bad."

to the ground, causing the blood that had been coating

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

old for

was able to overhear their mutterings, and he shook his

what do we do

"I'm not too sure."

Ryan answered Emma.

that the two of them could

was strong… extremely

safety as much as before, and could take things a lot

perhaps it's best if

be as cautious as possible, as the incident he

the incident without a doubt had attracted the attention of the higher

crucial that

I really can't think of anything we can do at the

of demons not so far from where they were, and an

'That might work...'

to

bring them to this room? If we want to have a better idea of what we need

"You're right."

at and

Thump! Thump!

"…"

to the ground like rag dolls, but

live, give us a map of the

"…"

no response, but Ryan didn't care and continued

"Where exactly are we?"

"…"

"Where is the exit?"

"…"

planning? Why are you capturing so

kept peppering the demons with questions, one at a time, but they never responded to

"Ryan."

"What is it?"

his head. When he did, he saw Emma looking at the door of the room, and he understood what she was

"Alright."

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

could've been so much easier if the two of you had answered our

his hand, and he handed them

your mana. I've got a better

Click! Click!