The Author's POV

"We will be taking our leave, human."

Randur spoke out while Jomnuk stood by his side as they both stood behind the mana chamber.

It had been almost twenty days since the two of them had arrived on this planet, and unfortunately for them, it was now time for them to depart.

This news did not make them happy.

They would have remained on the planet had it not been for the situation in Henlour. However, their high positions made it impossible for them to stay, which was regrettable.

"Jomnuk and I will be the only individuals departing. As promised, the other dwarves will be staying here with you, and as previously mentioned, we will deactivate the portal and only reactivate it when we return."

"This is just a little precaution that we will take in order to ensure that the planet remains hidden. Of course, if you want to open it again, you can simply ask Ryan as he has the key to activate the portal."

Even though the dwarves who had come here were people whom both of them had put their full faith in, it was never a bad idea to be on the side of caution. It was always the person that you trusted the most that betrayed you.

As a result, Jomnuk and Randur arrived at the realization that it would be wise to close the portal upon coming out of the portal.

"In any case, even without Ryan, you did mention that you had another way out, so I won't say anything further."

Randur tapped on the large metallic door that separated him from Ren, who was still inside.

"I wish you luck with your breakthrough."

"Thank you."

Ren's voice could finally be heard from the other side of the door.

Randur returned a smile.

"Don't mention it."

He turned around after that.

Jomnuk followed him close from behind.

"We'll come back in at most a month...human time, which is around a year here? Ten months?"

Randur's brows furrowed, and he murmured to himself.

"Well, it shouldn't be a war that lasts too long. In any case, by the time we get back, everything should have been taken care of. Hopefully, the foundation of the city will already be built by then."

"...I honestly doubt Ren will need any more than half a year to completely finish the demons."

Jomnuk commented from the side.

He, too, was engaged in serious reflection regarding the issue with the demons. Due to the fact that this planet presented the dwarves with a wealth of opportunities, he was understandably anxious about the matter.

"Don't worry about it. If he manages to break through, the war should be a breeze."

"I guess you have a point."

Jomnuk finally nodded his head.

as strong as Randur and he wasn't a specialist in combat, he had certain artifacts that could help him gauge just how strong Ren was, and after briefly using them to measure Ren's strength, he knew that

That being said…

bit more complicated than

his artifact picked up a powerful fluctuation coming from a distance;

his words, Randur's expression changed to one of

are you

"Not very."

a rough rundown of what he

see, that makes

what should we

is up to the human to figure out what the next step in the process is. We have finished our

"Well, alright..."

and then

point. It ought not to be too much for him to handle. Especially considering the large number of fresh faces he had brought in. Their strength wasn't half bad, that's for

"Yes."

Jomnuk followed him quietly from behind. It wasn't long

***

I can feel

eyes and began walking off into the distance. As he rose from his seat, he wore an expression of unparalleled

before in his life felt the same level of dread as he did at the moment. Not even

distinct impression that death itself was drawing nearer to him in the

would only leave desolation

"Are you ready?"

beside him

him a

"No."

He shook his head.

shared his viewpoint on the matter with Omgolung, who at the time had

day. We are at that much of a disadvantage in this war. Excluding the food supplies,

Omgolung as he turned

about the human, can't he

with the human

on Omgolung as he cut him

end of the day, based on what he observed, he was stronger than him, but not significantly stronger

and display a great deal of strength during

not be significantly more powerful than Ren...but that was irrelevant to the discussion at hand. What difference would it make if he were the strongest individual

"Get ready for battle."

direction of the horizon, Silug turned around and entered the

to enter, he didn't forget to say a few

war...but we should at least make it count. Don't die

presence gradually faded away into the background of

***

"Ukh..."

felt a

harder than I originally

a harder task than I had originally anticipated. Despite the plentiful mana that was around me, for some unknown reason, my body refused to rank

be this weird tingling feeling running through my body when I felt that I was about to break through. At least, the natural

their rank. In any case, I currently didn't feel anything

the sensation not too

Ten minutes...