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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?

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

the elder was curious, he still chose to pursue his role, which was to find out what was going on with the

under attack?" The

moment of silence, the

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

the elder's face sank

dampening system has made it impossible for those bastards

he turned his

—Unless what?

voice in the

moment

exposed our location

—…That's impossible.

a brief moment

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

"…You might be right."

soon realized the validity

background, and the fact that he hated dwarves with

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

them, he would've long died by

he saw in Karl when he signed the mana contract

He was there.

witnessed the

to his possible innocence… That was,

him to have been faking it for so long...the elder didn't want

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

who could

decoding the beacons? Since the

No one except Karl ever entered that room.' The elder shook his head in confusion. He couldn't

we already have an

Why are

his head in surprise, the elder

just got a live feed of what happened prior to the

could feel a tone of malice

human bastards that asked for us to let

knit at

it related

—Yes.

in the elder's ears

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

I don't think

elder's face sank once

the elder

those incompetent bastards would scheme against

—…BANG!

a loud explosion rang in

"What is going on?"

elder instantly

under attack. The dwarves have

cut off, and the elder was left panicked, wondering what

trying to say that someone has infiltrated the

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

WIIIIIING—

elder raised

Clang—

pressurised wind that expanded from the point

"Khhh…who!?"

the elder stabilized his body and lifted

and getting a closer look at who had attacked

"Human…"

eyes narrowed

"Guess that didn't work."

and once

the body of the blade. What followed after was a terrifying attack

WIIIIIING—

in the slightest. Raising his hand, a thin

his mana towards the bracer, a thin transparent shield

BANG—

formed around its surface as it completely absorbed the energy of Waylan's attack. Before long, the attack

his head, the elder did not waste any time. Extending his hand towards

the handle of the hammer, the elder glared at

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