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."

his words, everyone increased their pace and

***

far from the

meters away from them was Douglas,

members of the Monolith not so far from where he was,

hidden from the members of Monolith, Douglas

Tick—

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 air, where the

passed, more and more tornadoes formed, all converging

Ci- Clank—

that lingered in the air from

Vooom—!

long before a large portal appeared in

Douglas looked at the display

: 32M

finished checking the watch, lowering his hand, he took out a

***

"You're done setting up?"

echoed across the

to what I heard, we shouldn't be too far from the Inferno headquarters. Just in case, I double-checked

voice echoed outside of the communication device

perfect. I'll get

—Good luck.

"You too."

Tick- Tock—

of stares directed solely at him, each belonging to either the dwarven

at Waylan who was standing opposite them with a calm

I guess it's

Waylan raised his hand to get everyone to

like a moment of your

exact moment his words

they are a lot more

as he looked at everyone in the

to end the war. Most of you here are probably

that did try to complain, but they

device in his hand

this over here

the air slowly started to converge towards the

a portal started materializing in

of the individuals

to know how to stop the war? If you want

looks flash by the faces of some of those

a calm smile, he decided

contract that I signed, one of the terms there states, 'If I, in any way, try to scheme or work against the dwarves' benefit,

his chest,

to worry about me doing anything

suddenly noticed that the portal was

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

think I've said enough.

55M

***

should have

of my room, with the mask on my face and Angelica stuck in-between my teeth, as much as she hated it, I walked towards the room that the guard

are ye

a step out of the room, the same guard came to greet me with a smile

small break,

"You can say so."

indifferent response

to my dismissive attitude, the guard walked up next to

may ask, where are

corner of my eyes, I pretended to be

I'm trying to have a break. Your constant yapping

"I apologize."