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.

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

"Haaa…haaa…"

sound of Randur panting heavily resounded across the hall

a deep breath, Randur calmed down

wanted to say. Call me a traitor for all I care. At

he calmly halted

hand on the table and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough?

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

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

Douglas and the others, Randur faced Orion once

much time do you

be told what he needed to do. He

understood his intentions, Orion

A portal doesn't take too long to function. We should be able to bring you

were currently trying to set up a portal that could teleport more

attackers came. Therefore, the time they needed

the smile

already wasted too much time here waiting for you

lifting one of his fingers, he solemnly said, "One minute. All I want you to do is help me stall them for one

it sound like he was asking for nothing

the current circumstances where both sides had extremely powerful individuals ready to fight at any moment, a minute was an

anything could happen. It sounded

"Okay."

walking behind

space, a powerful energy burst out

you guys buy time while we wait for the portal

Orion suddenly burst out

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

mid-sentence was the sound of a subtle laugh that

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

him, the youth, Ren, realized his mistake and quickly shook his

I'm just doing my thing. You guys keep doing

his words, no one took away

air chilled even

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

"You…You're…"

guy who pretended be Karl if that's what

finished Orion's sentence

in keeping it 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 of

direction, Orion

the same as

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

But now they did.

all that

thinking that he was one of them, none of

human opposite to them had disguised himself as Karl and created this whole

of the elders present

strongest dwarven elder

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

by the development at all. In

city, but they also suffered tremendous losses without

Their rage was understandable.

all of the duergan

couldn't control himself