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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? What exactly

heard a large explosion that seemed to have come

which was to find out what was going on with the artifact

we under attack?" The

brief moment of silence,

siege by those bastards.

the

made it impossible for those bastards to

as he turned his attention back towards the Rhimestone

—Unless what?

voice in the elder's ear

thought for a moment before replying with a deep

exposed

—…That's impossible.

a

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

"…You might be right."

matter, the elder soon realized the validity of

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

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

them, he would've long

could vividly remember the deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when he signed the mana contract with

He was there.

witnessed the whole

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

for so

a skeptical look to the door, the elder massaged his forehead as he tried

who could

was decoding the beacons? Since the dampening system was

ever entered that room.' The elder shook his

already have

do you mean by that? Why are you telling

surprise, the elder

now because I just got a live

The elder could feel a tone

that asked for us to let them enter

brows knit

related

—Yes.

voice in the

our location. Moments after they appeared,

don't think

face sank

fists, the elder trembled with uncontrollable

those incompetent bastards would scheme

—…BANG!

loud explosion rang

"What is going on?"

elder instantly

attack. The

signal cut off, and the elder was left panicked,

trying to say that someone has infiltrated

tried to make out the last words that the voice in his ear was

WIIIIIING—

elder raised

Clang—

a circular, pressurised

"Khhh…who!?"

steps back, the elder stabilized his body and lifted

lifting his head and getting a closer look at who had attacked him, the elder immediately identified the perpetrator of the

"Human…"

eyes narrowed into

"Guess that didn't work."

Duergan elder, Waylan raised his broadsword and once again slashed down. Not wasting a single

thin coating of mana enveloped the body of the blade. What followed after was a terrifying attack that shot out

WIIIIIING—

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

thin transparent

BANG—

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

any time. Extending

on the handle of the hammer, the

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