The Author's POV

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.

on your side? What exactly is

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

still chose to pursue his role, which was

attack?" The

of silence, the voice

under siege by

those words, the elder's

dampening system has made it impossible for those

struck the elder as he turned

—Unless what?

the elder's ear

a moment before replying

one that exposed

—…That's impossible.

a

us present in the council. How can it be him? Furthermore, he is also responsible for taking down two

"…You might be right."

the elder soon realized the validity of the words presented to

Karl's background, and the fact that he hated dwarves with a

in the past. Each dwelling in the neurological field and memory extraction area. Something that was considered taboo to the dwarves. As such he was treated as an outcast that

them, he would've long died

remember the deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when he

He was there.

had witnessed the whole

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

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

elder massaged his

could it

he was decoding the beacons? Since the dampening system was

No one except Karl ever entered that room.' The elder shook his head in confusion. He couldn't make heads or tails of the

we already have

by that? Why are you telling me

surprise,

got a live feed

elder could feel a tone of malice emerge

those human bastards that asked for us to let them enter

brows knit

it related to

—Yes.

the elder's ears

towards our location. Moments after they

I don't think

face sank

the elder trembled with uncontrollable

those incompetent bastards would scheme against

—…BANG!

loud explosion rang in the elder's

"What is going on?"

elder instantly became

currently under attack. The dwarves have

off, and the

he trying to say that someone

make out the last words that the voice in his ear was trying to say. But, before he could even think properly, the hair at the back of his neck

WIIIIIING—

elder

Clang—

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

"Khhh…who!?"

back, the elder stabilized his body and lifted his

had attacked him,

"Human…"

narrowed

"Guess that didn't work."

his broadsword and once again slashed down. Not wasting

a thin coating of mana enveloped the body of the blade. What followed after was a

WIIIIIING—

in the slightest. Raising his hand, a thin arm bracer appeared

towards the bracer, a thin transparent

BANG—

shield formed. Connecting with the shield, ripples formed around its surface

any time. Extending his hand towards the right, a large hammer appeared

the hammer, the elder

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255