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

"Haaa…haaa…"

of Randur panting heavily resounded across the hall as he poured all of his resentment

breath, Randur calmed down and looked at everyone present

now on. I've already said what I wanted to say. Call me a traitor

and the others, he calmly halted

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

him, Orion pointed at

He's locked in another room, and the portal needs a few

at Douglas and

time do you

be told what he needed to do. He

perfectly understood his intentions,

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

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

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

suddenly frowned, the smile wiped

too much time here waiting for you to get

said, "One minute. All I want you to do

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

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

happen. It sounded simple, yet it was

"Okay."

before walking behind Orion and the other

space,

buy time while we wait for

Orion

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

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

sound came from, everyone's eyes paused on

him, the youth, Ren,

doing my thing. You guys keep doing your thing. I was just thinking

words, no one took

very air chilled even

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

"You…You're…"

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

Orion's

mask, so even if they did try

in his direction, Orion slowly

to him, the other duergan elders did the same as they all glared in Ren's

in the room the whole time, they had not understood how the whole situation had

But now they did.

was all that human's

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

to them had disguised himself as

blood of some of the elders present to

dwarven elder

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

by the development

conquer the city, but they also suffered

Their rage was understandable.

the duergan elders focused

Orion, who couldn't control himself