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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.

on your side? What exactly is going

elder had naturally heard a

pursue his role, which was to find out what was going on with the

under attack?" The

of

under siege by those bastards. We've called for reinforcements, and have set

words, the

has made it impossible for those bastards to

he turned his attention back towards the Rhimestone

—Unless what?

voice in the elder's ear

the elder thought for a moment

the one that exposed our

—…That's impossible.

a

than some of us present in the council. How can it be him? Furthermore,

"…You might be right."

the matter, the elder soon realized the

background, and the fact that he hated dwarves with a passion,

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

not for them, he would've long

deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when he

He was there.

witnessed the

he also took down two beacons was a testament to his

for so long...the elder

door, the elder massaged his forehead

who could

decoding the beacons? Since the dampening

it can't be that either. No one except Karl ever entered that room.' The elder shook his head in confusion. He couldn't make heads or

we already

that? Why are you

in surprise,

because I just got a live feed of what happened prior to the

voice paused for a moment. The elder could feel a tone of malice emerge from

human bastards that asked for

elder's brows knit

it related

—Yes.

in the

were the ones that led the attackers towards our location. Moments after

I don't

face

fists, the elder

incompetent bastards would scheme against

—…BANG!

loud explosion rang

"What is going on?"

elder instantly became

currently under attack.

sentence could finish, the signal cut off, and the elder was left panicked, wondering what

he trying to say that someone has

the voice in his ear was trying to say. But, before he could even think properly, the hair at the

WIIIIIING—

the elder raised his

Clang—

after was a circular, pressurised wind that expanded from the point of contact

"Khhh…who!?"

several steps back, the elder stabilized his body and lifted his

had

"Human…"

eyes narrowed into

"Guess that didn't work."

opposite the Duergan elder, Waylan raised his broadsword and once again slashed down. Not wasting

coating of mana enveloped the body of the blade. What followed after was a terrifying attack that shot out from the broadsword, headed straight for

WIIIIIING—

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

a thin transparent

BANG—

arrived right as the shield formed. Connecting with the shield, ripples formed around its

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

the handle of the hammer, the

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