The Author's POV

Chapter 360

"Hey Ren, hold up."

Waylan's frustrated voice rang throughout the long and narrow corridor of the Inferno headquarters.

Usually, there would've been many duergars present patrolling the area, but now, it was completely deserted.

They were either fighting against the large army outside or most likely gathering towards the spot Ren and the others were previously in.

The enormous commotion they had caused definitely did not go unnoticed by them as they most likely sent reinforcements.

"Ren, I still haven't recovered from my injuries."

Frustratingly said Waylan as he hurried his pace.

Following from behind him was Angelica. Unlike him, she still seemed fine. Having recovered some of her demonic energy from Ren, she was in a much better shape than Waylan.

"We don't need to be in optimal condition for this part of the plan. Our roles are already over. All we have to do is show up in the locatio—"

Ren coldly muttered before picking up his pace.

But just as he walked a couple of steps further, his legs buckled slightly and he stumbled slightly.

***

"Ukhhh..."

Holding onto the side of the wall, the effects of Monarch's indifference quickly wore off.

In order to cope with the throbbing pain that was coursing through my head, I had activated Monarch's indifference. Now that the pain was over, Monarch's indifference naturally wore off.

Instantly, my head cooled a little.

"Haaaaa..."

"Ren?"

Turning my head, and staring at Waylan whose complexion seemed too pale for his own good, I massaged my forehead.

"Ugh, I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Has your head cooled down a little?"

"Yeah...." I replied, taking a deep breath.

Even though Angelica had warned me beforehand about the side effects of signing a contract with her, I didn't know they would be this severe.

Not only did it feel as though my head was being split into two, but even under the effects of Monarch's indifference, I could barely stop myself from formulating dark thoughts.

"I'm glad you're feeling better," Waylan replied in relief.

"Me too,"

I replied back.

Had I continued to roam in that state, I wasn't sure how things would've gone. Perpahs, everything would've crumbled.

Glancing around the corridor, Waylan suddenly asked.

"You've already warned Douglas, right? Should we proceed with the last step of the plan?"

"Yeah, they should already be done taking down the surveillance system."

Still supporting my body with the side of the wall, I slid down on the ground to recover some energy.

Before taking out the communication device from my dimensional space, I looked at Waylan and bitterly smile.

"He's not going to kill us after everything is done, right?"

Scratching the back of his head, Waylan wrily smiled.

"That, I don't know. He'll probably be pretty pissed..."

"Ugh.."

Letting out a groan and taking out my communication device from my dimensional, I quickly got in contact with the other group.

The one with Gervis and the others were in.

Di— Di—

a familiar voice rang out from the speaker of the

***

a dark room filled with smoke and multiple impressive auras, the communication device of one of the people standing

Di— Di—

"Hello?"

Gervis, the metropolis keeper

surveillance system, everyone present in the room was waiting for the next

long as Gervis's communication system

you guys accomplished your

—We have.

the speakers of the

next?" Gervis asked, nodding

the dark

revealed a single thing to

on purpose? Gervis

elders of Inferno are located. Reinforcements are quickly in the way so you guys should obstruct their path so that they don't

had enabled the speaker function everyone in the room could hear what Waylan was

be at a numerical disadvantage, with your skills, you should be able to hold

air around the room

Gervis said with a

of minutes? Nothing longer

them back until the

the

from time to

most we can do is a couple of minutes. I can try to waste as much time as possible but I can't

less than two minutes. Some of the spies must've already alerted the higher-ups of Inferno, so we need to

"So be it."

Gervis said.

the seriousness

coming in, the elders would without a doubt either flee or

escape from there, but that would be even better since they would gain access to all of inferno's resources. Enough for them to compensate for their losses and contribute

likely scenario, however. If they escaped their headquarters and the dwarves gathered all of their resources, their chance to rise once

an option

was a favorable situation for

do as you've

reinforcing

send you the coordinates soon.

"We'll leave now."

—Good luck.

Gervis looked at the others

didn't you? Let's

communication device away, Gervis headed

you guys

words faded, Gervis stepped out of the room and took a look

his lips as he saw that everyone was

the next part of the mission is. We will

intertwined with an ever-so-faint ring, reminiscent of a cup of tea mixed with a little bit of

her, Randur didn't say anything and just nodded his head to express

had the support of

"That's good. Let's go."

he left the room and rushed towards

*

"Is this the place?"

the coordinates sent by Waylan, Gervis, Aris, and Randur stopped in front

by the side of the door, the door gave an ancient and mighty feeling to those standing behind

ended, the door most likely was the door that led to the Inferno

"We should be careful."

deserted, and if not for the fact that he could feel a couple of powerful auras lingering by

a powerful barrier using a large chunk of

handle, the door opened effortlessly and a loud ear-piercing creek sounded from its hinges, slowly

"Get ready..."

he walked forward carefully pulling the door all the way open as another deafening

Rumble—

fully opening the door, Gervis and

in their seats, were eight duergan

relaxed, they all directed their attention

attitude gave Gervis an unsettling almost ominous

been a while

gruff voice entered Gervis's

'This voice...'

Gervis who immediately snapped his

moment Gervis's eyes paused on the duergar that had spoken, the very air inside of the room chilled as Gervis coldly

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