The Author's POV

330 Inferno 1

Inside of a dark room, a loud slap echoed.

-Smack!

"Oy, wake up."

With a bald head, a white beard that was so long it felt like it hadn't been cut in months,and bluish-purple skin, a creature resembling a dwarf spoke in a hoarse tone.

"If yer don't wake up within a minute's time, I'll make you feel something worse than the previous smack."

A vicious aura revolved around the blue-colored dwarf as he looked in front of him. A frail old dwarf sat there.

Bald head, braided hair, and wrinkling face;the dwarf was none other than Jomnuk.

The only dwarf that knew the access code of the security system. At the moment, he had both eyes closed shut and his hands were strapped on top of a large metallic chair. He wore a one-piece grey clothing and all of his beard hair was unbraided.

Since artifacts were hard to identify, they decided to strip Jomnuk of everything.

Although his mana was sealed because of the poison, it was still best to remove all of the items that he was wearing.

-Smack!

The blue dwarf once again smacked Jomnuk in the head.

"Yer finally coming to your senses?"

This time, the blue dwarf finally managed to get a reaction. Jomnuk's eyes twitched slightly.

It wasn't long before he finally opened his eyes.

Upon opening his eyes and staring at the blue dwarf in front of him, a frightened and bewildered look appeared on Jomnuk's face.

"Huh? Where am I? What is going on?"

Moving his body, Jomnuk found that he was bound to the chair he seated.

"What the-?!'

"Haha, you finally came to your senses."

Taking pleasure in Jomnuk's struggle, The blue dwarf flashed a sadistic smile.

Hearing the blue dwarf's words, Jomnuk finally came to his senses. He looked at the duergar and asked in a worried tone, "W-Who are you?"

"Hehe, let me introduce myself..."

Plack! Plack!

Tapping onto something, the dark room was instantly lit up by bright white lights.

Once the lights turned on, Jomnuk was finally able to see his surroundings.

But upon witnessing what was inside of the room, a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

Because the whole room was one massive device connected to a helmet.

"Y-you're insane!"

Bam-!

Smacking onto the metal armrest of the chair,the blue dwarf leaned closer.

"My name is Karl Kullam and as you can probably tell, I am a Duergar."

Walking towards the back of the room and taking the helmet, Karl flashed an evil smile.

"Although I'm not exactly famous among you dwarves, amongst us Duergars, I'm extremely well known."

Walking back towards Jomnuk, he dangled the helmet in his face.

"If you want to die peacefully, tell us how we can access the main defensive systems. If you refuse to do so..."

-Spurt.

sprayed all over the room as Karl stabbed Jomnuk in

"Huh?"

expectations, in what should've been a pained and desperate scream, Karl was met with two

chill ran down his

Karl, Jomnuk took note of

in a voice completely lacking an ounce

Pui-!

Jomnuk spat towards the

"Oh?"

and shrugged

looks like you still got some grit in

hair, Karl lifted his head

hand

say that again while looking at your face. Where are your tough words from before?

"..."

at Karl, Jomnuk did not

his hand. Raising his hand

on your head is my own creation,

Clank-!

locked the helmet

extract the memories in your head. Although it is still in the development stages,

Karl couldn't

of his latest inventions and had the ability

he heard that Jomnuk had been successfully

was because he knew that they would task him with the

prospect of looking through the memories of one of the greatest

the war nor for the information to disable the defensive system, all he cared

his hands together, Karl could no longer contain his excitement and pressed on the top button of the

-Ding!

the top

extract

just about be done

"Huh?"

and horror,a thin white hue enveloped Jomnuk's

mana was

took a step back. Fear and

Jomnuk, the dwarf that they were supposed to have captured, started

supposed to last at least

Something was terribly wrong.

direction. His speed was unbefitting that of

"Khh.."

Jomnuk's grip was far too strong. It wasn't long before Karl's already blue face

Jomnuk's grip was far too strong. He couldn't speak

his eyes turned white

from Karl, Jomnuk clicked his

I've got to make

Jomnuk grabbed at it and pulled forcefully. In a fluid motion, Jomnuk's face ripped apart. Underneath, was a youth with black hair

other than Ren, who was considerably

order to disguise himself as Jomnuk he took a potion that decreased his

"Huuu..."

loud, Ren didn't waste time.Taking out his

Karl's face. What followed after was a subtle blue glow

"Done."

a while, Ren retracted

his face, Ren did not channel his mana quite yet. He was currently low

Clank-!

chair, Ren put the helmet on his face and turned to face the right side

standing not so far from

her complexion was pale, she stood in the corner of the room with her finger pressed on a small device that stood at the top left corner of the

"You done?"

"Yes."

she took her finger away from the small device in the

little warmer might not hurt, you know. I know I annoyed you, but still!' Ren cursed internally. Still, he had to give credit where it

"Good," He smiled.

Ren smiled, one could see a

not for the fact that Ren had been slapped in the face, one might think that Karl was the one responsible for the missing tooth. But, in fact, the one responsible for it was

everything he had, he knew that he couldn't