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."

their pace and headed deeper

***

same time, not far from the

from them was Douglas, whose face contained

the members of the Monolith not so far from where he was, waving his hand, a transparent shield enveloped the area Douglas

from the members of Monolith, Douglas threw a small device

Tick—

ground, the mana in the air suddenly twisted wildly. If anyone was present to witness the scene, they'd

time passed, more and more tornadoes formed, all converging towards the

Ci- Clank—

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 outside. Therefore, the members of Monolith were completely oblivious

Vooom—!

large portal appeared in front

looked at the display of

: 32M

he took out a communication device

***

"You're done setting up?"

voice echoed across

According to 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

of the communication

I'll get everyone

—Good luck.

"You too."

Tick- Tock—

device, Waylan turned to face the hall. The moment he did, he was met with thousands of stares directed solely at him, each belonging

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

I guess it's

device away, Waylan raised his hand to get everyone to

would like a moment of your

words faded, everyone

are a lot more obedient than I had

looked at everyone

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 suddenly say such an absurd thing, especially when many of

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

the scene in amusement, Waylan put the device in his

you already know, this

the air slowly started to converge towards the box. Multiple different colored tornados swirled around the teleportation

portal started materializing in

forming, looking at all of the

know how to stop the war? If you want to know, all

Waylan saw worried looks flash by the faces

he decided to assuage

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, his smile

to worry about me doing anything sketchy against

that

taking a step to the side, Waylan pointed at the

enough. Who wants to

: 55M

***

have

as much as she hated it, I walked towards the room that the guard had shown me

Karl, are ye going

moment I took a step out of the room,

break, are

"You can say so."

questions, I gave an indifferent response and continued to

attitude, the guard walked up

ask, where

from the corner of my eyes,

a break. Your constant yapping is getting

"I apologize."