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

"Haaa…haaa…"

Randur panting heavily resounded across the hall as he poured

taking a deep breath, Randur calmed down and looked at

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

walking towards Orion and the others, he calmly

the table and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I

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

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

staring at Douglas and the others, Randur faced

much time do you

to be told what he needed to do. He

had perfectly understood his intentions, Orion

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

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

already been setting it up before the attackers came. Therefore,

frowned, the smile wiped away from his

already wasted too much time here waiting for you to get rid

All I want you to do is help

for nothing difficult, but that would only be applicable under normal

sides had extremely powerful individuals

It sounded simple,

"Okay."

nodded before walking behind Orion and the other

space, a powerful energy burst

you guys buy time while we wait for the

his words, Orion suddenly

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

and cutting Orion mid-sentence was the sound of a subtle laugh that quietly sounded

everyone's eyes paused on a human

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

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

his words, no one took away their attention from

very air

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

"You…You're…"

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

Orion's sentence for

a skin mask, so even if they

his direction, Orion slowly

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

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

disguised himself as Karl and created this

the blood of some of the elders present to boil as their jaws

dwarven elder in the city, they had

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

by the development

they unable to conquer the city, but they also suffered

Their rage was understandable.

the duergan elders focused

couldn't control