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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.

is the situation on your

heard a large explosion that seemed to

to pursue his role, which

we under attack?" The

a brief moment of

The location of our base has been compromised. We're currently under siege by those bastards. We've called for reinforcements, and have set up the

the elder's

system has made it impossible for those bastards to find the

thought struck the elder as he

—Unless what?

the

a moment before

exposed our location is

—…That's impossible.

voice spoke after a brief moment of

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

"…You might be right."

the matter, the elder soon realized the validity

the fact that he hated dwarves with

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 was left out

not for them, he

the deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when he signed the mana contract

He was there.

had witnessed the whole

that he also took down two beacons was a testament to his possible

been faking it for

the elder massaged his forehead as he

who could it

the beacons? Since the dampening system was

that either. No one except Karl ever entered that room.' The elder shook his

we already

you mean by that? Why are you

his head in surprise, the

a live

a moment. The elder could feel a tone of malice emerge

for us to let them enter

brows knit

related to

—Yes.

voice in the elder's

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

I don't

elder's face sank

his fists, the elder trembled

incompetent bastards

—…BANG!

a loud explosion rang in the

"What is going on?"

instantly

I'm currently under attack.

and the elder was left panicked,

trying to say that someone

last words that the voice in his ear was trying to say. But,

WIIIIIING—

elder raised

Clang—

a circular, pressurised wind that expanded from the point

"Khhh…who!?"

elder stabilized his body and lifted his head

at who had attacked him, the elder immediately identified the perpetrator of

"Human…"

narrowed into thin

"Guess that didn't work."

and once

blade. What followed after was a terrifying attack that shot out

WIIIIIING—

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

transparent shield materialised in front of the duergan

BANG—

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

elder did not waste any time. Extending his hand towards

handle of the hammer,

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