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.

the room

"Huh?"

what should've been a pained and desperate scream,

ran

his eyes off of Karl, Jomnuk took note

Karl, he muttered in a voice completely lacking an

Pui-!

spat towards the right side of the

"Oh?"

shook his head and shrugged off

you still got some

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

his right hand was the helmet-like

face. Where are your

"..."

Karl,

the helmet-like device in his hand. Raising his hand and shoving the device on top of Jomnuk's

device on your head is my own creation, and what

Clank-!

the helmet on

still in the development stages, I should be able to extract some information regarding the defensive barrier

spoke, Karl couldn't

had the ability to extract the memories

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

was because he knew that they would task him with

one of the greatest dwarven engineers ever

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

could no longer contain his excitement and pressed on the top button

-Ding!

pressed onto the top button,the

can't wait to extract all

should just about

"Huh?"

head, to Karl's shock and

Impossible! Your mana was

a step back. Fear and disbelief dyed his

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

poison was supposed to last

Something was terribly wrong.

shot towards Karl's direction. His speed was unbefitting that of a dwarf as he reappeared

"Khh.."

air. No matter how much he struggled, Jomnuk's grip was far too strong. It wasn't long before

Jomnuk's grip was

turned

from Karl,

I've got to make

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

who was considerably

as Jomnuk he took a potion that decreased his

"Huuu..."

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

he put the mask on Karl's face. What followed after was a subtle

"Done."

while, Ren retracted his hand

the mask on his face, Ren did not channel his mana quite yet. He was

Clank-!

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

so far from Ren, was

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

"You done?"

"Yes."

she took her finger away from the small device in the corner

secret to your skin. Getting a little warmer might not hurt, you know. I know I annoyed you,

"Good," He smiled.

moment Ren smiled, one

had been slapped in the face, one might think that Karl was the one responsible for the missing tooth. But,

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