The Author's POV

Chapter 362 - Everything coming together [1]

"Gervis…"

Staring at Gervis's lifeless corpse, Douglas shuddered slightly, his voice strained.

What followed his words was an intense chill that shrouded the entire hall.

It didn't take a genius to understand what had happened, especially with Randur standing not so far from Gervis with a dagger in his hands, dripping with blood.

Lifting his head, Douglas's eyes paused on Randur.

"Why have you decided to betray us?" Douglas asked in a tone bereft of emotion.

His voice was calm and composed, but everyone in the room could feel the anger hidden within. The air around him trembled.

"Why did you do that…Randur?"

"…"

Silence.

Douglas was only met with silence. Randur just kept staring at him in the eyes.

After a while, raising his small, bulky hand, Randur pointed it at Waylan who was standing next to Ren.

"This is all your fault, human. If not for you, I would've never been forced into such a situation." Randur mouthed as he turned his head to face Douglas.

"If not for your companions' negligence, Jomnuk would've never have found himself in such a situation!"

His voice thunderously rang throughout the whole hall.

It contained all sorts of different emotions, with pain and agony being the primary ones as Randur mourned for the kidnapping of his friend.

Lowering his head and staring at Gervis's dead body, Randur's expression turned to that of disgust.

"And him… Despite the fact that Jomnuk had been kidnapped, one of the most important members of the city, he failed to punish the human responsible for the blunder and instead give him the power to take control of the operation because of some flowery words he spoke through the use of a mana contract?"

Walking up to him, Randur kicked his lifeless body.

Thump—

"Bullshit, I say! In the first place, the war could've been won with Jomnuk's barrier alone." Randur shouted as he glared at each and every person present in the room.

"The barrier could've lasted for at least six more months. If Jomnuk was with us, we could've figured out a way of extending it for even longer…yet you chose to give up on him and even supported the one responsible for his loss!"

Spit flew from Randur's mouth as his face turned red the more he spoke.

Everyone could feel the deep-rooted anger he had within him from just his voice alone.

"You call me a traitor? What bullshit?! The only traitors here are those who gave up on Jomnuk and chose to follow this human who has made nothing but mistakes…"

No one disrupted him as he spoke. A deafening silence enveloped the hall.

Everyone quietly listened to everything he said.

Some of the dwarven elders lowered their heads in shame as they heard Randur's words. They knew just how close he was with Jomnuk. They understood where he came from.

They felt a little bit of sympathy for him.

But whether they agreed with him or not, that was a different argument.

himself when he said that they would've been able to win the war with Jomnuk. It was

"Haaa…haaa…"

Randur panting heavily resounded across the hall as he poured all of his resentment

Randur calmed down and looked at everyone present in

about me from now on. I've already said what I wanted to say. Call me a traitor for all I care. At the end of the day,

the others, he calmly halted his steps

table and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself

standing opposite him, Orion pointed at the people standing behind. More specifically, at the forces

locked in another room, and the portal needs a few seconds to

and staring at Douglas and

much time do you

be told what he needed to do. He understood exactly what Orion wanted

that Randur had perfectly understood his intentions, Orion

portal doesn't take too long to function. We should be able to bring you to Jomnuk within a couple of

took a bit longer than that to set up a portal since they were currently trying to

attackers came. Therefore, the time they needed to waste was a lot

smile wiped away from

waiting for

his fingers, he solemnly said, "One minute. All I want you

was asking for nothing difficult, but that would only be applicable

but given the current circumstances where both sides had extremely powerful individuals ready to fight at any moment, a

It

"Okay."

behind

axe from his dimensional space, a powerful energy burst out from his

help you guys buy time while we

Orion suddenly burst

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

subtle laugh that quietly

everyone's eyes paused on a human standing at the end

at him, the youth, Ren, realized his

me. I'm just doing my thing. You guys keep doing your thing. I was just thinking of something

his words, no one took

very air

Ren's direction, Orion's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish,

"You…You're…"

pretended be Karl if that's what

finished Orion's sentence for

was no point in keeping it a secret, and he was also wearing a skin mask, so even if they

direction,

to him, the other duergan elders did the same as they all glared in Ren's direction, with undisguised

they had not understood how the whole situation had

But now they did.

all

thinking

disguised himself as Karl and created this whole

mere thought caused the blood of some of the elders present to

strongest dwarven elder

but they were also forced to retreat from the war because of what had

pleased by the development

only were they unable to conquer the city, but they also suffered

Their rage was understandable.

of the duergan elders

couldn't control himself and