The moment I stepped into the hall, a bright light invaded my eyes, prompting me to cover them with a hand.
Taking a few seconds to adjust to the light, lowering my hand, the first thing I saw was an enormous table that stretched all the way to the other side of the hall.
Seated along the table were the representatives of each race as well as the dwarven elders.
They were all mixed together, and there were no particular seating arrangements. It brought for a nice atmosphere, as all races mingled together.
The moment we entered the hall, all eyes were on us.
As Douglas smiled kindly at the others, Waylan, who was next to me, whispered in a soft voice, "Looks like we are the last to come."
"Yeah."
The fact that there were only three empty seats did not go unnoticed by us. We realised that our group was the last to come.
"Humans, you are finally here."
But fortunately, the others didn't seem to mind this, as Gervis stood up and warmly welcomed us to the hall.
He pointed at the seats close to him.
"Come, come, I've reserved seats just for you."
"Thank you."
Lowering his head, Douglas did not stand on ceremony and walked toward the seats that Gervis had pointed at.
Naturally, I followed behind him.
As we were walking toward our seats, from the corner of my eyes, I caught sight of a familiar figure.
'Isn't that Malvil?'
Sitting next to his disciple, Malvil was taking a sip of his drink.
Seeing me looking at his side, he raised his cup slightly before turning his attention back to his drink.
Smiling back at him, we soon arrived at our seats.
Right after, standing up, Gervis warmly greeted us.
"I'd like to thank you humans for coming."
"It is our honor," Douglas politely replied. His reply caused Gervis to laugh out loud as he patted him on the back.
Well, he tried, but he ended up patting his thigh.
"Hahaha, there is no need to be so polite. Your people have made great contributions alongside Jomnuk, and…"
Pausing, Gervis squinted his eyes before looking towards a not-so-far-away seat, his voice turning into a quiet whisper.
"…and that guy."
His voice contained hints of anger and bitterness.
The guy he was referring to was none other than Randur, who helplessly shook his head.
It was clear that he was still not over what had happened a while ago, back at Inferno.
seat so that we
to sit as he
we did, Gervis looked at
everyone's attention for
silence enveloped
stopped talking when he spoke, Gervis was highly
"Thank you."
enveloped
everyone once more, after a brief moment of silence, Gervis
all of you, at the very beginning of the war, I
was soft, but each word that came out of his mouth reached the ears of
our current capabilities, we won't be able to defeat the demons. We
letting his words
hall. At that moment, it felt like he was reminiscing about
lowering his head slightly, he
dwarves, or whatever other race you are, the moment we fought together, such things no longer mattered, and all I can say is that we, the dwarves of Henolur, are extremely
soon as his words faded, I
Clap— Clap—
"Huh…?"
my head up, I
clapping is a
reminder
die of embarrassment here, but fortunately, my skin
grabbing the drink in front of me,
head to face Gervis, I raised my cup and
"It's good stuff."
wasn't. It was almost as bad as the ale in the tavern,
a brief
others, he once
also like to especially thank
pointed
probably already know, the only reason why we were able to win this war was because of the contributions of certain individuals who are seated among us. Of the individuals, I would like to thank these three humans over
his head, Gervis's eyes paused on
headquarters of Inferno and created an opportunity for us to end the war.
words did not cause any stir
prospect of receiving a reward, but I did not show it
to reward Jomnuk and Randur by granting them the highest level of authority, only second to
room
opinions, Gervis raised his hand and cut them
reward. If you feel that that is unfair, do something of their
to voice out
direction. He then extended his hand
what you want. Since I don't know what you guys want
Gervis looked
towards his right where Waylan sat. Staring at each other for
of my age and level, there aren't many rewards
Gervis muttered upon hearing his
understood that once someone reached a certain level, not many things
us look ungrateful if we don't give you anything for all the help that you have given
a slight nod, Douglas
you to consider the possibility of
hall was enshrouded with silence. Gervis's brows knit in
Tap. Tap. Tap.
table with his finger, his deep voice responded
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