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 to

"Haaa…haaa…"

the hall as he poured all of his resentment on

calmed down and

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

towards Orion and the others, he calmly halted his steps

the palm of his hand on the table and leaning forward, he muttered, "Have I proven myself enough? I've killed Gervis already. You better let me see

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

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

staring at Douglas and the others, Randur

much time do you

needed to do. He

understood his intentions,

portal doesn't take too long to function. We should be able to bring you to Jomnuk within a couple of

since they were currently

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

frowned, the smile wiped away from his

too much time here waiting for you to get rid of

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

was asking for nothing

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

could happen. It sounded simple, yet it was anything

"Okay."

walking behind Orion and the other

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

time while we wait for

his words, Orion suddenly burst out

"Hahah, That's all I—

"Pfttt…"

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

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

was looking at him, the youth, Ren, realized his mistake and quickly shook his

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

no one took

very air chilled even

in Ren's direction, Orion's mouth

"You…You're…"

be Karl

finished Orion's sentence for

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 direction, Orion

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

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

But now they did.

was all that

the elders into thinking

to them had disguised himself as

the mere thought caused the blood of some of the elders

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

they were also forced to retreat from the war because of what had

the development at all. In

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

Their rage was understandable.

all of the duergan elders focused

who couldn't control himself and muttered