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

"Haaa…haaa…"

hall as he poured all of his resentment on

deep breath, Randur calmed down and looked at

wanted to say. Call me a traitor

Orion and the others, he calmly

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

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

another room, and the portal needs a few seconds

and

much time do

what he needed to do. He understood exactly what Orion wanted

perfectly understood his

We should be able

that to set up a portal since they were currently trying

setting it up before the attackers came. Therefore, the time they

suddenly frowned, the smile wiped away

wasted too much time here waiting for

fingers, he solemnly said, "One minute. All I want you to do is help me stall

like he was asking for nothing difficult, but that would only be applicable

circumstances where both sides had extremely powerful individuals ready

It sounded simple, yet it was

"Okay."

nodded before walking behind

axe from his dimensional space, a powerful energy

help you guys buy time while we wait for the portal

words, Orion suddenly

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

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

their attention towards where the sound came from, everyone's eyes paused on

him, the youth, Ren,

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

for Ren, despite his words, no one took away their attention from

air chilled

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

"You…You're…"

be Karl if that's what you're trying to ask

Orion's sentence for

this point, there was no point in keeping it a secret, and he was 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 of his

his direction,

elders did the same as they all glared in Ren's direction, with

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

But now they did.

was all

the elders into thinking that he was

had disguised himself

of the elders present to boil as their

though they had managed to kill Gervis, the strongest dwarven elder

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

development at all. In fact, they were beyond

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

Their rage was understandable.

stood up, all of the duergan elders focused

Orion, who couldn't control himself and muttered out