The Author's POV

Within a tranquil region of the human domain.

The grass swayed in response to the passage of a light breeze, with its movement consistent with the direction in which the wind was blowing. At this very instant, the air abruptly began to warp, and a number of little footprints appeared on top of the grass.

"So this is the human domain?"

A rough and groggy voice sounded.

Randur, who was looking at the enormous metropolis in the distance, was the one who spoke. Night had fallen on Ashton city, and the bright city lights were visible from where he suddenly appeared, making it all the prettier.

"It doesn't look too bad."

Another voice sounded from behind him.

"...Although it looks more beautiful than efficient. From just a glance, you can tell that the defensive system is filled with flaws."

"You're right, Jomnuk."

Randur caressed his beard.

He took a minute to etch the scene of the city in the distance, and then he materialized a small round object from thin air.

see. We should be in the right

away from the item

perhaps late? Weren't we supposed

brow furrowed a

matter of fact, his patience was notoriously short,

ago, back when Ren was in the dwarven domain, he was successful in deceiving the majority of elders in the congress due, in no small part, to the fact that he

that I owe him one and that he promised to show me something interesting,

angrily by crossing his arms and

who were standing behind him were not the least bit taken aback by his antics. When they found out that the guy who was scheduled to receive them was running late, they had more or less anticipated that he would

"I'm sorry I'm late."

that Randur was about to throw another tantrum, a hushed voice echoed from some distance, and a man dressed in black with

was none other than

from afar, Randur's eyes furrowed. Meanwhile, Kevin continued to head in their direction with a friendly smile on his

The only reason why I

sweeping his eyes toward the other dwarves,

exactly are you

had been on Ren's orders that he was instructed to come here on the fourth day that he left for Immora to pick up several people, among them there were a handful of prominent figures from the dwarven domain. Jomnuk and Randur. Despite the fact that he wasn't quite clear on