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.

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

a deep breath, Randur calmed down and

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

towards Orion and the others, he calmly

and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I

at the people standing behind. More specifically, at the

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

and

much time

to do.

that Randur had perfectly understood

too long to function. We should be able to bring

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

already been setting it up before the attackers came.

smile wiped away from

here waiting for you to get rid of

I want you to do is help me stall them for one minute. Can

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

sides had extremely powerful individuals ready to fight at any moment, a minute was an incredible amount

could happen. It sounded

"Okay."

before walking behind Orion and

out a large axe from his dimensional space, a powerful energy burst

you guys buy time while we wait for the portal to

words, Orion suddenly

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

of a subtle laugh that quietly sounded

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

at everyone who was looking at him, the

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

despite his words, no one took away their attention

air

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

"You…You're…"

pretended be Karl if that's what you're

finished Orion's sentence for

even if they did try to look for him later, all they'd have on him would be an

direction, Orion

duergan elders did the same

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

But now they did.

all that

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

to them had disguised himself as Karl and

of some of the elders present to

Gervis, the strongest dwarven elder in the city, they

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

pleased by the development at all. In fact, they were

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

Their rage was understandable.

of the

couldn't control himself and muttered