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 far from the

"Haaa…haaa…"

the hall as he poured all of his resentment on

Randur calmed down and looked at everyone

you guys thinking about me from now on. I've already said what I wanted to

others, he calmly halted

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

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

right now. He's locked in another room, and the portal needs

Douglas and the

time

he needed to do.

perfectly understood his intentions,

should be able to bring you to Jomnuk within a couple

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

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

frowned, the smile wiped away

too much time here waiting for you to

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

question made it sound like he was asking for nothing difficult, but that would only

circumstances where both sides had extremely

minute, anything could happen. It sounded simple, yet it

"Okay."

walking behind Orion and

from his dimensional space,

buy time while

Orion suddenly burst

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

hall and cutting Orion mid-sentence was the sound of a subtle laugh that quietly sounded throughout the whole hall, catching the attention of everyone

from, everyone's eyes paused on a human

who was looking at him, the youth, Ren, realized his mistake and

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

despite his words, no one took away their attention

very air chilled even

Orion's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish, struggling

"You…You're…"

Karl if that's what you're

finished Orion's sentence

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

his direction, Orion slowly

same as they all

they had been in the room the whole time, they had not understood

But now they did.

was all that

for him tricking the elders into thinking that he was one of them, none of

opposite to them had disguised himself as Karl and

blood of some of the elders present

managed to kill Gervis, the strongest dwarven elder in the city, they had still

were also forced to retreat from the

demons were not pleased by the development

were they unable to conquer the city, but they also suffered tremendous losses without even being

Their rage was understandable.

of the duergan elders focused

Orion, who couldn't control himself and muttered