The Author's POV

Chapter 339

339 Setting the pieces in motion (3]

"...That took way too long."

I muttered wearily, taking my eyes away from the panel in front of me.

It has been about a week ever since I infiltrated the place, and so far, everything was progressing smoothly.

Well, sort of.

The deactivation of the second beacon took a lot longer than my initial expectations.

Compared to the first beacon, the process was a lot different.

The whole process was coded in a completely different manner compared to the first beacon, making it almost impossible for me to complete it quickly.

Any wrong step and I would end up locking the whole system.

Furthermore, the panel I was currently using was less advanced than the one I previously used when deactivating the first beacon.

With those factors added together, the whole process took a lot longer than originally anticipated.

Fortunately, using the excuse that Jomnuk's memories were too jumbled up and that I needed to reorganize them properly, I managed to placate some of the impatient elders.

It wasn't easy, but given my previous performance, they let it slide.

It had to be noted that they were all individuals whose minds were corrupted by demonic energy, so the fact that I managed to calm them down was a miracle in itself.

"Are you done?"

A cold voice reached my ears. It was Angelica.

"Yeah, I'm pretty much done."

Before I knew it, Angelica was standing next to me, looking at the panel in confusion.

Seeing the confusion on her face as she looked at the panel, I shook my head at her.

"Don't bother trying to understand it, even I don't know what I did. I won't be able to explain even if you asked."

I only did what the instructions told me to do.

I had no real idea of what I was doing.

Had I known what I was doing, then perhaps I would've completed it at a much faster pace.

"I see..."

Relaxing her brows, Angelica proceeded to move towards where Tomnuk was.

Standing next to him, she put her hand on the helmet and asked, "What should we do with him?"

"Him?… Good question."

Turning around and staring at Karl, I frowned.

"Also, don't touch that. I don't know what that thing does."

It was a fact that I couldn't kill him.

If he died, then everyone would know that I wasn't the real Karl. After all, the demon that he was contracted with would definitely report back.

That was part of why I didn't want Angelica to touch the helmet. If something happened to Karl, then everything would come crashing down.

"Okay."

Fortunately, Angelica understood that. She removed her hand from the helmet.

"Thanks."

Thanking Angelica, I turned my attention back towards Karl.

'Could I use him to my advantage?" I pondered.

So far, the plan that I set up was perfect. At least, that's how it seemed to me.

But I knew better than anyone else that no plan was ever perfect.

Even if there were no apparent flaws in a plan, anything could ruin it at any time. There were too many unknown variables to account for, especially in my situation.

due to some external factor, or even a minor miscalculation, the whole plan could crumble at any time.

plan B, it wouldn't hurt to come up with a

middle of my brow, I spoke up after a

figure something out while I'm

"...Okay."

"Good."

back towards the panel, I double-checked the values

'Everything looks correct.'

values

the

checked and made sure that there were

Di. Ding-

"Haa…. Done."

deactivation of the second beacon, leaning back on my chair, I closed my eyes

Just how much damage will the second beacon's loss do to the city

first beacon's deactivation weakened

beacon would have a similar effect,

then proceeded to tap

long, video images appeared in front of me and

***

same time, in Henolur's outer

second beacon is

echoed the hymn of despair in the hearts

in the

and witnessed the scene firsthand had horrified looks on their faces as they vividly watched the barrier once again lose

"It's the second beacon!"

almighty, what in the world

Crack! Crack! Crack-

like things couldn't get any worse, enormous cracks

started expanding all over the

BANG-! BANG-!

cracks formed continuously, on the other side of the barrier, the demons attacked with greater ferocity. As they

BANG-！

earth shook and the blasts were no longer getting

"Over here."

of the barrier, Hein glanced behind him

crack forming over here! Quickly report

"Got it."

took out a communication device

they had asked her and the others to report to them whenever they saw a crack

turning her head right, towards Newton, she ordered, "Newton, go check if there are any

*Twiit*

wings and flew in the

seconds, it was already high up in the air,

"Good boy."

quickly sent a message

that I'm currently in. So far, the crack looks small. but it appears as though it is increasing

Click-

off the communication

Let's

"Okay."

Hein left the area

***

damage with

its beacons not working, it seemed

plan had to be

this type of weakening from the fourth beacon's deactivation,

damaged this much by just losing two beacons, something had

I now needed

"This is fucking annoying."

was of course annoyed by the development. I couldn't

"What happened?"

asked from

I scratched the back of my head

looks like we have less time than

do you

asked, narrowing her

in an exasperated tone, "I mean

didn't you say that you

right, but things have

just the right time

device, I sat back on my chair and texted Waylan

dampener removed, I could

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