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."

replied with a

voice was nothing but calm as it powerfully rang inside of

you just

say that

you playing

time understanding just what was going on. Raising

have time to waste discussing whether I'm

communication device in his hands, Douglas once again opened his mouth

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

foot onto the ground, he walked towards the door of the room and

hands, the communication device where the location of the

back from behind, the others looked at each other before deciding to follow

they weren't elites for nothing. In matters of seconds, they

***

"Wait here."

a familiar door in the distance, I extended my hand and stopped Waylan from taking a

he looked at the

still quite far, about a couple of hundred meters away, but with our

why I decided to stop right here was because I didn't want to run

I muttered, staring at Waylan who was gazing at the door with

a fight was going on, judging from

you planning on

asked from the

the communication device

if we go in now,

"You're right."

replied with a bitter smile on his face, signifying that he too agreed

chugging a mana recovery potion,

also have to give them time to sort everything

"Which side?"

"Both."

left. A

like they're already

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

guys encounter any trouble

walking up

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

a few duergars on our way here, but we cleanly wiped them out. With the communications

a brief second as he scrutinized Waylan

happened to you?

mana is severely depleted

"Okay..."

head Douglas looked at the others

put up a fight against us at

"Right..."

agreement as he stared at

suppressing their auras in order to not attract the attention of the elders in the distance, the pressure

a glimpse of the door in the distance, Douglas raised his hand and

go right? Should we get going? The more time we waste here, the more people

chunk of the elite from the battle

with unprecedented solemness, Douglas along with the others quietly headed

"Alright, let's go."

nodded his

head to face me,

"Let's go."

give me a

I took a deep breath before following Waylan

goes according to the plan, everything should end in the next

***

Thud—

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

gazed at Randur who was standing on top of his body with a cold look on

better about your previous decisions. This is

a look filled with

dagger that was stabbed Gervis's back, Randur stared at the blood that dripped from the