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Chapter 348

348 Planting the seeds of chaos [2]

BANG— BANG—

A loud metallic sound rang as an energy blast shot towards a large metal door.

The sound rang in the air for a brief moment before it disappeared completely. What followed after was the cacophonous sound of several alarms ringing, completely drowning out the banging sounds that ensued after repetitive attacks towards the metallic door.

"Step to the side."

Seeing that the attacks were not working, a duergar stepped up.

Holding onto a large metallic barrel in-between his armpits, the duergar channeled his mana towards it. Soon, spherical orbs of mana agglomerated towards the center of the barrel, forming a concentrated ball of energy.

The threatening energy expanded in the hall as it steadily increased in size.

Before long, once the ball reached a certain size, the duergar firmly planted both of his feet on the ground and discharged the energy.

BOOOM—!

What followed after was a terrifying blast that shot towards the massive metal door. A colorful trail of mana traced behind the attack.

Once the attack connected with the door, a thunderous sound rang out, and smoke diffused in the air.

"Did it work?"

The duergar who shot the attack wondered out loud as he tried to see through the large cloud of smoke.

"It's no use. The door is designed to withstand the impacts of ranked individuals. All you're doing is wasting mana."

Before the duergar could get a proper look, a cold and apathetic voice spoke from behind.

Turning to the direction where the voice came from, the duergar's face paled considerably.

"L-Lord!"

"Stay put."

Scanning the metal door, the mood of the duergar elder sank.

"Damn it."

Placing his palm on the door, the elder circulated the mana inside of his body towards the palm of his hand and closed his eyes. He was trying to gauge what was going on inside the room.

While the elder was busy, the duergars behind him stood silently with their backs straight, not daring to mouth a single word.

After a while, opening his eyes, the elder's face relaxed a little.

"He's still alive…"

After having scanned the internal structure of the room, although he wasn't able to tell what exactly was going on inside, he could tell that there were two people alive.

Out of the two, one was a demon and the other was Karl.

Recognizing Karl's mana signature, the elder was able to tell that he was still alive. At this revelation, he felt a lot more relaxed. As long as he was alive, all was good.

"Hm?"

However, apart from those two energies, he felt no other energy. This meant only one thing.

Every single researcher inside had been killed.

'Why did a demon betray us?'

The elder wondered as his brows tightly knit in consternation.

For the perpetrator to be a demon, no wonder the Duergars assigned to Karl had failed to protect him. Nobody would have seen it coming.

—How is the situation going on your side?

It was then that a voice suddenly entered the elder's ears.

Completely unfazed by the voice, the elder tapped on his ear and responded in a calm tone, "Karl is still alive. However, he is currently being held hostage inside of the room with a demon."

—A demon?

The voice sounded a bit surprised. It quickly followed up with a question.

—So you're saying that the one responsible for this is a demon?

"That is correct."

The elder darkly replied.

the situation on your side? What

testing room, the elder had naturally heard a

to pursue his role, which

attack?"

a brief moment of

compromised. We're currently under siege by those bastards. We've called for reinforcements, and have set up the

the elder's

breached? That's impossible! Our dampening system has made it impossible for

he turned his attention back towards the

—Unless what?

in the elder's

moment before replying with a

that exposed our

—…That's impossible.

after a brief moment of

even more deeply than some of us present in the council. How can it be him? Furthermore, he is also responsible for taking down two beacons.

"…You might be right."

soon realized the validity of the

he hated dwarves with a passion, the probability of him being

had proposed in the past. Each dwelling in the neurological field

for them, he would've long

remember the deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when

He was there.

witnessed the

was a testament to his possible innocence… That was, of

for so long...the elder didn't want

massaged his forehead as he tried to think of

could it

decoding the beacons? Since the dampening system was turned off in that specific area,

room.' The elder shook

already have

by that? Why

head in surprise,

just got a live feed of what happened prior

The elder could feel a tone

human bastards that asked for us to let them enter

elder's brows knit at

it related

—Yes.

the

the attackers towards our location. Moments

don't

elder's face sank

the elder

think that those incompetent bastards would scheme

—…BANG!

loud explosion rang in the

"What is going on?"

elder instantly

currently under attack. The

finish, the signal cut off, and the elder

trying to say that someone has infiltrated the

to make out the last words that the voice in his ear was trying to say. But, before he could even

WIIIIIING—

hesitating, the elder raised his

Clang—

out. What followed after was a circular, pressurised wind that

"Khhh…who!?"

stabilized his body and lifted

had attacked him,

"Human…"

eyes narrowed

"Guess that didn't work."

his broadsword and once

the body of the blade. What followed after was a terrifying attack that shot out from the

WIIIIIING—

not panic in the slightest. Raising

thin transparent shield materialised in

BANG—

attack arrived right as the shield formed. Connecting with the shield, ripples formed around its surface as it completely absorbed the energy of Waylan's attack.

raising his head, the elder did not waste any time. Extending his

on the handle of the

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