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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.

the situation on your side? What exactly is going

the elder had naturally heard a large explosion

role, which was to find

under attack?" The

moment of

siege by those

those words, the elder's

impossible! Our dampening system has made it impossible for those bastards to find the coordinates of our

struck the elder as he turned his

—Unless what?

the

moment before replying

that exposed

—…That's impossible.

a

full well just how much Karl hates the dwarves. His hatred runs even more deeply than some of us present in the council. How can it be him? Furthermore, he is also responsible for taking down two beacons.

"…You might be right."

soon realized the validity

he hated dwarves with a passion,

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

he would've long died

remember the deep seethed hatred he saw in Karl when he signed

He was there.

witnessed the

was a testament to his possible innocence… That was, of course, unless he was

been faking it for so long...the

elder massaged his forehead as he tried to think of other

who could

was decoding the beacons? Since the dampening system was turned off in that specific

that room.' The elder shook his head in confusion. He couldn't make heads or tails of

we already

Why are you

his head in surprise, the

telling you now because I just got a

elder could feel a tone of malice

those human bastards that asked for us

elder's brows knit at

it related to

—Yes.

the

towards our

I don't think

face sank

elder

those incompetent

—…BANG!

a loud explosion rang in the elder's

"What is going on?"

instantly

attack. The

signal cut off, and the elder

trying to say that someone has infiltrated the

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

WIIIIIING—

elder raised

Clang—

rang out. What followed after was a circular, pressurised wind that expanded from the point of contact between the

"Khhh…who!?"

stabilized his

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

"Human…"

narrowed into

"Guess that didn't work."

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

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

WIIIIIING—

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

his mana towards the bracer, a thin transparent shield materialised

BANG—

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

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

on the handle of the

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