The Author's POV

[Outside of Inferno headquarters.]

As powerful blasts shook the air, spreading a powerful gust of wind throughout the expansive battle. Thick residuals threads of mana lingered in the air, carrying themselves in the form of color smoke.

Suddenly, a subtle chime rang amidst the fierce battlefield.

Di Ding—!

"We've got a message!"

Bang—!

Raising his hand and pointing his gun towards one of the duergars in the distance, Leopold pulled the trigger and a powerful energy blast shot towards the duergar killing it instantly.

Without paying much mind to it, turning his head and looking towards the others, Leopold flashed his communication device.

"It's time to get a move on. Looks like its finally our turn."

Clang—!

"G...got it!"

Blocking an incoming energy blast, Hein replied with a low grunt. Taking a step back, he looked towards Ava who calmly dealt with the duergars with her pets.

But, there was a big difference to how she fought compared to her previous fights up above. During the demon waves.

Tootle too~

"Khrrr." "Khrrr." "Khrrr."

The movements of her pets were a lot more fluent and Ava was able to keep blowing onto the flute for a lot longer than before.

'Looks like Malvil has done a good job at fixing the flute.'

Hein thought to himself as he stared at Ava.

Had it not been for Malvil who had repaired a small part of the flute, Ava would've had a lot more trouble fighting against the duergars at the moment.

With her now utilizing less mana with each use of the flute, she could now fight for a prolonged period of time.

—I'm done setting up the portal.

A voice suddenly sounded in Hein's ear.

The moment the voice reached his ears, Hein's eyes instantly became sharp as he looked at Leopold and Ava who also looked back at him.

"Let's go."

Without wasting a single second, he twisted the heel of his foot and smashed his shield against one of the duergars behind him, opening up a path for him and the others to go through.

***

Ohm— Ohm—

Slowly exiting the portals, Douglas alongside a few other members carefully scanned their surroundings.

The walls of the room they were teleported in were coated by a tough metallic alloy. Plastered by the sides of the walls were all sorts of different holographic devices displaying all sorts of geometric shapes and patterns that morphed continuously.

They were a total of seven members present at the moment. For obvious reasons, they couldn't bring all the members in. If they did, not only would the elders upstairs realize they were in, but the situation outside would crumble within a short second.

In fact, their very presence at the moment was a risk in itself.

Ohm—

The last one to step out of the portal was Alga who curiously looked around.

"Where exactly are we?"

She asked, joining up with the group.

"Inside of Inferno."

a calm rippleless

the other present, his voice was nothing but calm as it powerfully

you

just say that we're

you playing

disbelief and shock echoed throughout the room as everyone had a hard time understanding just what was going on. Raising his hand to calm the people down,

waste discussing whether I'm

his head and staring at the communication device in his hands, Douglas once again

already gotten the coordinates of where we need to go. Follow me, and I'll prove to you

the ground, he walked towards the door of

where the location of the duergan elder council

the others looked at each other

for nothing. In matters

***

"Wait here."

I extended my

he looked at the door at the end of the

far, about a couple of hundred meters away, but with our vision, we could

because I didn't want to run

staring at Waylan who was gazing at the

going on, judging from how the door was half-opened, I could tell that Gevir and

planning on waiting for the

asked from the

head and starting at the communication

Realistically speaking, if we go in now, we'll be nothing

"You're right."

with a bitter smile on his face,

mana recovery potion, I

but we also have to give them time to sort everything

"Which side?"

"Both."

mysteriously said as I glanced towards his left. A smile soon crept up on

like they're already

words started to fade, coming from the other side of the hall were the figures of multiple people headed our way. At their lead was Douglas who calmly led them through the dark corridors

any trouble on

asked, walking

in Waylan's direction, Douglas's steps came to a halt as he

wiped them out. With the communications and surveillance system down, the elders are probably unaware

knit for a brief second as he scrutinized Waylan

happened to you?

severely depleted

"Okay..."

Douglas looked at the others

only the elders and I can put up a fight against us at

"Right..."

as he stared at

all currently suppressing their auras in order to not attract the attention of the elders

of the door in the distance, Douglas raised his

presume that's the place we need to go right? Should we get going? The more time we waste here, the

had taken a large chunk of the elite from the battle

solemness, Douglas along with the others

"Alright, let's go."

his

his head to face

"Let's go."

give me

a quick message through my communication device, I took a deep breath

according to the plan, everything

***

Thud—

stabbed deeply into his back, Gervis fell onto the cold hard floor with a

gazed at Randur who was standing on top of his body

should've thought better about your previous decisions. This

uttered with a look filled

dagger that was stabbed Gervis's back, Randur stared