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.
that
as he himself sat down. Out of respect, we
example, we all sat down on our seats. Once we did, Gervis looked
I have everyone's attention
his words, silence enveloped the
from how everyone stopped talking when
"Thank you."
enveloped the hall, Gervis
at everyone once more, after a brief moment
at the
came out of his mouth
our current capabilities, we won't be able to defeat the demons. We also had
paused, letting his
the hall. At that moment, it felt like he
lowering his head slightly, he thanked
able to win the war. Be it 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 started clapping my
Clap— Clap—
"Huh…?"
the middle of clapping, lifting my head up, I noticed
is
only after Waylan's reminder that I
could die of embarrassment here, but fortunately, my
and grabbing the drink in front
I raised my cup and gave
"It's good stuff."
almost as bad as the ale in the tavern, but I was somehow able to keep
me for a brief
his attention towards the others, he once again
also like to especially thank a
then pointed in
the contributions of certain
eyes
of Inferno and created an opportunity
not cause any stir as
of receiving
it for a long time, I decided to reward Jomnuk and Randur by granting them the highest level of authority, only
dwarves in the room opened their
voice out their opinions, Gervis raised his hand and
enough contributions to earn their current reward. If you feel
dwarves that had previously tried to voice out their opposition stopped
direction. He then extended his hand to bring the
personally giving you a reward, I'd rather ask you for what you want. Since I don't know
words, Gervis looked at Douglas
his right where Waylan sat. Staring at each other for a brief moment, they both nodded in agreement before Douglas opened his mouth to
someone of my age and level, there
muttered upon
both powerful figures, they understood that once someone reached a certain level, not many
us. It would make us look ungrateful if we don't give you anything for
Douglas worded
for you to consider the possibility of working together
moment his words faded, the hall was enshrouded with silence. Gervis's brows knit in
Tap. Tap. Tap.
finger, his deep
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