The Author's POV

343 Beginning of the assault [17]

In a remote location of Henolur, four individuals walked through a long, narrow dark tunnel.

It had been about a day since they decided to accomplish their mission, and for that long period of time, they had been stuck going through the unending dark corridors.

For how long they walked, it seemed as though the number of tunnels was endless. Just when the group thought they were close, they would suddenly find themselves in front of a dead end.

It was then that the group of four realized they had taken things too lightly. Even though 876 had entered the city and managed to get away from their sight, there was no way he would just stay in the city without finding a proper hiding spot.

Di. Dang—

A dull metallic ring rang out.

"The signal disappeared again."

One of the four individuals spoke up, his voice echoing through the tunnels.

"Odd…"

Another one muttered. Holding onto a small, dimly lit lamp, the features of the individuals became slightly discernible. Long, silver coloured hair, a feminine-looking face, and a fairly skinny body. If not for the adam's apple protruding from his throat, someone could've easily mistaken the man for a woman.

Squinting, the silver-haired male scanned the surroundings.

"The same thing happened a day ago. He suddenly disappeared for a couple of hours."

Lowering his head and staring at the detector in his hand, the silver-haired male tapped the back of the device.

"…Or could it be that this thing is broken?"

Ever since arriving at Henolur, the group had kept constant watch over the tracking device. Oddly enough, at times, the tracker's signal would suddenly disappear, leaving them wondering whether something had gone wrong with the device.

"The more plausible conclusion is that 876 entered some sort of restricted area that blocks all forms of signals."

Another one of the members said.

"That's true…" The silver-haired male replied.

Moving the small lamp towards his right, the features of the individual who had just spoken were highlighted due to the light.

He had a tall and muscular stature, his biceps the size of a football. With short hair fashioned into a buzz cut, a large scar traced half of his face. Added with his sharp gaze, he looked extremely intimidating.

With his brows knit, the muscular man thought out loud.

"If he's in an area where the signal is constantly disrupted or shut off, we can assume that the place is extremely well-protected."

He turned to face the silver haired individual.

"…I suggest we wait for the signal to come back before deciding to ambush him."

"I agree, but we should first get an idea of where he is. Let's assess the situation after we know of the exact location he is hiding in. If we can handle it, we proceed as planned."

"Yes."

The muscular man nodded.

Di. Ding—

But it was then that the tracker rang again.

"The signal is back!"

The silver haired male shouted. Lowering his face to get a closer look at the device, his eyes jumped up in delight.

"We're close! We're almost at the location where that little rat is hiding."

Clenching onto the sides of the device, the silver haired individual smirked before picking up his pace.

"Quickly, follow me. We should soon be able to see that little bastard that has caused us so many problems."

pace and headed deeper into the

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time, not far

couple of meters away from them was Douglas, whose face contained

so far from where he was, waving his

of Monolith, Douglas threw a small device on the

Tick—

Douglas threw the device on the ground, the mana in the air suddenly twisted wildly. If anyone was present to witness the scene, they'd see several small tornadoes appear in the

tornadoes formed, all converging towards the device in

Ci- Clank—

the device opened up and a small portal started to form. Because of the barrier, Douglas had formed, the residual mana that lingered in the air from the portal's activation did not leak

Vooom—!

before a large portal appeared

wrist, Douglas looked at the display of his

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his hand, he took out a

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"You're done setting up?"

across the expansive

what I heard, we shouldn't be too far from the Inferno headquarters. Just in case, I double-checked with the coordinates that Ren sent me, and

the communication

get everyone

—Good luck.

"You too."

Tick- Tock—

he did, he was met with thousands of stares directed solely

they stared at Waylan who was standing opposite them with a calm smile on his

it's

device away, Waylan raised his

I would like a moment of your attention,

moment his words faded, everyone simultaneously stopped

are a lot more obedient than I had

as he looked at

you all already know, I have mentioned a way to end the war. Most of you here are probably confused by my words. After all, how can a human they have never seen before

Waylan spoke, no one interrupted him. There were some that did try to complain, but they were promptly stopped by

Waylan put the device in his hand down. He then

of you already know, this over

his body and activating it, the mana in the air slowly started to converge towards the box. Multiple different colored tornados

in

was forming, looking at all of the individuals in the hall, Waylan mysteriously

you want to know, all you have to do is step into this

flash by the faces

a calm smile, he decided to assuage their

some unknown location to trap you, fret not. If you check the contract that I signed, one of the terms there states, 'If I, in any way, try to scheme or work against the dwarves' benefit, I

his chest,

need to worry about me

suddenly noticed that the

the watch on his wrist and taking a step to the side, Waylan pointed at the

I've said enough. Who wants to

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have

as much as she

are ye

moment I took a step out of the room, the same guard came to greet

a small break,

"You can say so."

an indifferent response and continued to head towards the

up next to me and

I may ask, where

corner of my eyes, I pretended to

have a break. Your constant yapping is

"I apologize."