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.

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

"Haaa…haaa…"

Randur panting heavily resounded across the hall as he poured

deep breath, Randur calmed down and looked at

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

the others, he calmly halted his steps in

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

at Randur who was standing opposite him, Orion pointed at the people

locked in another room, and the portal needs a few

and the

time do

what he needed to do.

that Randur had perfectly understood his

should be able to bring you to Jomnuk within a

portal since they were currently

before the attackers came. Therefore, the time they

suddenly frowned, the smile wiped

too much time here waiting for you

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

was asking for nothing difficult, but that

where both sides had extremely powerful

minute, anything could happen. It sounded

"Okay."

before walking behind Orion

from his dimensional space, a powerful energy burst out

help you guys buy time while

Orion

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

sound of a subtle laugh that quietly sounded throughout the whole hall, catching the attention of

from, everyone's eyes paused on a human standing at the

and staring at everyone who was looking at him,

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

no

air

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

"You…You're…"

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

finished Orion's sentence

and he was also wearing a skin mask, so even if

in his direction, Orion slowly stood

the same as they all glared in

time, they had not understood how the whole situation had happened. The situation that led

But now they did.

all that human's

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

disguised himself as Karl

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

though they had managed to kill Gervis, the strongest dwarven

but they were also forced

were not pleased by the development at all. In fact, they

they unable to conquer the city, but they

Their rage was understandable.

up, all of the duergan elders focused their attention on

Orion, who couldn't control himself and muttered out