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

"Haaa…haaa…"

panting heavily resounded across the hall as he poured all

while, taking a deep breath, Randur calmed down and looked at everyone present in

wanted to say. Call me a traitor for all I care. At the end of the day, to me, you're

the others, he calmly halted his steps

hand on the table and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough? I've killed Gervis already. You better

Randur who was standing opposite him, Orion pointed at the people standing behind. More

bit difficult right now. He's locked in another room, and

and staring at Douglas and the others, Randur faced Orion

time

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

understood

portal doesn't take too long to function. We should be

set up a portal since they were currently trying to set up a

setting it up before the attackers came. Therefore, the time they needed to waste was a

frowned, the smile wiped away from his

much time here waiting for you

and lifting one of his fingers, he solemnly said, "One minute. All I want you

nothing difficult, but that would only be applicable under

had extremely powerful individuals ready to fight at any moment, a minute was an incredible amount of

that short minute, anything could happen. It sounded simple, yet

"Okay."

walking behind Orion

space,

guys buy time while we wait for the

his words, Orion

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

subtle laugh that quietly sounded throughout the

everyone's eyes paused on a human standing at the

his head and staring at everyone who was looking at him, the

thing. You guys keep doing your thing. I was just thinking of something

no one took away

very air chilled even

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

"You…You're…"

guy who pretended be Karl if that's what you're

Orion's

so even if they did try to look for him later, all they'd have on him would be an image of his fake

direction, Orion slowly stood

did the same as they all glared in Ren's direction, with undisguised

time, they had not understood how the whole situation had happened. The situation that led to the current

But now they did.

was all that

it not been for him tricking the elders into thinking that he was one of them, none of this

to them had disguised himself as Karl and

of

strongest dwarven elder in the city, they had

elders, but they were also forced to retreat from the

the development

but they

Their rage was understandable.

up, all of the

Orion, who couldn't control himself and