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.

fountain of blood sprayed all over the room as Karl stabbed Jomnuk in

"Huh?"

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

ran down his

of Karl,

staring at Karl, he muttered in a voice completely lacking an ounce of

Pui-!

spat towards

"Oh?"

shook his head and shrugged off the cowardice

you still got some grit in

Jomnuk and grabbing him by the hair, Karl lifted his head up

right hand was the

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

"..."

looking at Karl, Jomnuk did

Karl turned his attention towards the helmet-like device in his hand. Raising his hand and shoving the device

your head is my own creation, and

Clank-!

helmet on

it is still in the development stages, I should be able to extract some information regarding the

Karl couldn't contain his

latest inventions and had the ability

heard that Jomnuk had been successfully kidnapped, he couldn't hold his

task

of one of the greatest

care about the war nor for the information to disable the

his excitement and pressed

-Ding!

he pressed onto the top button,the helmet lit

wait to extract all of those juicy

about be

"Huh?"

and horror,a thin white hue enveloped

Your mana was

his hand toward Jomnuk's direction, Karl took a step back. Fear and disbelief dyed his

were supposed to have captured, started emitting mana from

to last

Something was terribly wrong.

free from his restraints and took off the helmet from his head. Then, without wasting any time, he explosively shot towards Karl's direction. His speed was unbefitting that of a dwarf as he reappeared

"Khh.."

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

beg. But, Jomnuk's grip

eyes turned white and he

from Karl, Jomnuk clicked his

I've got to

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

Ren, who was considerably shorter than his

order to disguise himself as Jomnuk he took a

"Huuu..."

loud, Ren didn't waste time.Taking out his clothes, he quickly replaced them

followed after was a subtle blue glow that

"Done."

while, Ren retracted his

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

Clank-!

into the chair, Ren put the helmet on his face and turned

not so far from Ren,

with her finger pressed on a small device that stood at the

"You done?"

"Yes."

coldly replied back as she took her finger away from the small device in

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

"Good," He smiled.

moment Ren

Karl was the one responsible for the missing tooth. But, in fact, the

would strip him of everything he had, he knew that he couldn't have Angelica turn