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.

merely deceiving himself when he said that they would've been able to win the war

"Haaa…haaa…"

resounded across the hall as he poured all of

taking a deep breath, Randur calmed down and

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

walking towards Orion and the others, he calmly halted

he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough? I've killed Gervis already. You better let me see

Orion pointed at the people standing behind. More

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

Douglas and the others, Randur faced Orion once

much time do you

do. He

that Randur had perfectly understood

should be able to bring you to Jomnuk within

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

been setting it up before the attackers came.

frowned, the smile wiped away

already wasted too much time here waiting for you to get

I want you to

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

would've been nothing, but given the current circumstances where both sides had extremely powerful

happen. It sounded simple, yet

"Okay."

nodded before walking behind Orion and

dimensional space, a powerful

guys buy time while we wait for

his words, Orion suddenly burst out

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

mid-sentence was the sound of a subtle

everyone's eyes paused on a human standing at the

him, the

don't mind me. I'm just doing my thing. You guys keep doing your

despite his words, no one

air

it in Ren's direction, Orion's mouth opened and

"You…You're…"

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

Orion's

a secret, and he was also wearing a skin mask, so even if they did try to look for him later, all they'd have on him would be an image

in his direction,

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

had not understood

But now they did.

all that human's

been for him tricking the elders into thinking that he was one

opposite to them had disguised himself

of some of the elders present

Gervis, the strongest dwarven elder in the

did they lose several important elders, but they were also forced to retreat from the

the development at all. In fact, they were

they also

Their rage was understandable.

stood up, all of the

couldn't control