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

"Haaa…haaa…"

the hall as he

a deep breath, Randur calmed down and looked at everyone present in the

you guys thinking about me from now on. I've already said what I wanted to say. Call me a traitor for all I care. At the end of the day,

Orion and the others, he

forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough? I've killed Gervis already. You better let me

him, Orion pointed at the people

locked in another room, and the portal needs a

at Douglas and the

much time do you

didn't need to be told what he needed to do. He understood exactly what Orion wanted

understood his intentions, Orion

long to function. We should be able to bring you to Jomnuk

they were currently trying to set up a portal that could teleport more than ten people at

before the attackers came. Therefore, the time they needed to waste was

suddenly frowned, the smile wiped away from his

here waiting for you to get rid of

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

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

been nothing, but given the current circumstances where both sides had extremely powerful individuals ready to fight at any moment, a minute was an

that short minute, anything could happen. It sounded simple, yet it was anything

"Okay."

before walking behind Orion and the

his dimensional space, a powerful energy burst out

buy time while we wait for the portal to

his words, Orion suddenly

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

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

the sound came from, everyone's eyes paused on

and staring at everyone who was looking at him,

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

words, no one took away their attention

air chilled even

direction, Orion's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish,

"You…You're…"

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

finished Orion's

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

in his direction, Orion slowly stood

to him, the other duergan elders did the same as they all glared

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

But now they did.

all that

him tricking the elders into thinking that

himself as

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

had managed to kill Gervis, the strongest dwarven elder in the city, they

only did they lose several important elders, but they were also forced to retreat from

demons were not pleased by the development

only were they unable to conquer the city, but they also suffered tremendous losses

Their rage was understandable.

stood up, all of the duergan elders

couldn't control