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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.

your side?

testing room, the elder had naturally heard a large explosion that seemed to have come from outside

still chose to pursue his role, which

attack?" The

moment of silence, the

base has been compromised. We're currently under siege by those bastards.

words, the

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

the elder as he turned his

—Unless what?

voice in the elder's ear

for a moment before replying with a deep

the one that exposed our

—…That's impossible.

a brief moment of

dwarves. His hatred runs even more deeply than some of us present

"…You might be right."

the matter, the elder soon realized the

hated dwarves with a

the past. Each dwelling in the neurological field

not for them, he would've

hatred he saw in Karl when

He was there.

witnessed the whole

fact that he also took down two beacons was a testament to his possible innocence… That was, of course,

have been faking it for so long...the elder didn't want to believe

door, the elder massaged his forehead as he

could

be a spy entered Karl's room while he was decoding the beacons? Since the dampening system was turned off

The elder shook his head

we already have an

that? Why are you

in surprise,

I just got a

could feel

that asked for us to let them

elder's brows knit at those

related

—Yes.

in the

were the ones that led the attackers towards our location. Moments after they appeared, we were suddenly attacked.

I don't

face sank

elder

incompetent bastards would scheme

—…BANG!

rang in the

"What is going on?"

instantly became

I'm currently under attack. The dwarves

the signal cut off, and the elder was left panicked, wondering

say that someone has infiltrated the

in his ear was trying to say. But, before he could even

WIIIIIING—

elder

Clang—

was a circular, pressurised wind that expanded

"Khhh…who!?"

steps back, the elder stabilized his body

getting a closer look at who had attacked him, the elder immediately identified

"Human…"

narrowed

"Guess that didn't work."

his broadsword and once again slashed down.

blade. What followed after was a terrifying

WIIIIIING—

the incoming attack, the elder did not panic in the slightest. Raising his hand,

towards the bracer, a thin transparent shield materialised in front of

BANG—

its surface as it completely absorbed the energy of Waylan's

attack, raising his head, the elder did not waste any time. Extending his hand towards the right, a large hammer appeared in

the

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