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.

Randur was merely deceiving himself when he said that they would've been able to win

"Haaa…haaa…"

across the hall

breath, Randur calmed down

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, to

towards Orion and the others, he calmly halted

forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough? I've killed

at Randur who was standing opposite him, Orion pointed at the people standing behind. More specifically, at the

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

his head and staring at Douglas and the others, Randur faced Orion

much time do you

be told what he needed to do.

had perfectly understood his intentions, Orion suddenly

We should be able to

currently trying to set up a portal that could teleport more than ten

had already been setting it up before the attackers came. Therefore, the time they needed

the smile wiped

too much time here waiting

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

asking for nothing difficult, but that would

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

happen. It sounded simple, yet it was anything

"Okay."

before walking behind

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

while we wait for

his words, Orion suddenly burst

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

was the sound of a subtle laugh that quietly sounded throughout

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

head and staring at everyone who was looking at him, the youth,

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

despite his words, no one took away their attention

very air chilled even

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

"You…You're…"

Karl if that's what you're

finished Orion's sentence

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, Orion slowly stood

other duergan elders did the same as they all glared in

had not understood how

But now they did.

was all

elders into thinking that he was one

had disguised himself

caused the blood of some of the elders present to boil as their

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

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

pleased by the development at all.

but they also suffered tremendous losses without even

Their rage was understandable.

all of the

couldn't control himself and muttered out