The Author's POV

"What the fuck are you guys even thinking!?"

An enraged shout echoed inside of simple office space. Following this, pounding violently on a wooden desk, Monica glared towards the person sitting behind the desk.

"Daphne, just what went through your heads when you decided to sacrifice the person thas singlehandedly saved me, Amon, and the others!"

Monica once again shouted. She was beyond incensed.

Upon being notified by Donna about the bounty on Ren's head, Monica flew into a fit of rage and immediately went towards Daphne's office to get an explanation from her.

"Tell me so that I can understand!"

"Calm down Monica."

Daphne helplessly raised her hand to calm Monica down.

"Calm down my ass. How can I be calm in this situation?"

"Just listen to what I have to say."

Daphne pleaded.

"..."

Without saying anything, Monica stared at Daphne's eyes for a couple of seconds.

"Fine." Crossing her arms, Monica sat down on the seat opposite Daphne and gestured for her to explain. "I really want to know what crossed your minds when you made that decision."

Finally managing to calm Monica down, Daphne breathed a sigh of relief, before leaning back on her chair.

"Where should I begin."

Pondering for a moment, Daphne decided to relay to Monica about everything that went through that meeting. From how they decided to sign a truce, to how they decided to sacrifice 876 for the truce in order to give her and Amon enough time to recuperate.

The more Monica listened to Daphne, the tighter her brows knit.

"This is bullshit!" Eventually, after a while, she stood up and once again smacked the table. "Do you guys not realize that you've wasted a golden opportunity?"

"A golden opportunity?"

"Yes!" Monica cried out."Since they are the ones that proposed the truce, it obviously means that whatever the explosion did, they suffered major losses. If there is a perfect chance to fight back, it is now! Deal a devastating blow to both those demon bastards and the Monolith."

Though Monica wasn't able to fully witness the core explode as she had already left by the time it exploded, what she did witness was the pure destructive power that emanated from the core itself.

It was frightening.

There was no way that they came unscathed from that attack.

Listening to Monica's words, Daphne shook her head.

"If only it was that easy Monica."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you think we don't know about what you've said? We've also thought about attacking them, but there are a couple of problems."

"What problems?"

Monica's face showed obvious signs of distrust.

Not minding this, Daphne explained.

"For one, we don't actually know the extent of the injuries from the Monolith's side. For all we know, the truce could be a trap proposed by them to make us think that they are severely weakened. If it truly was that way and we attack, we'd suffer massive losses."

For the Monolith to be the first one to step back, the Union heads were not naive enough to believe that the Monolith was just openly displaying their weakness.

There was a high chance that they were trying to instigate the Union into attacking them.

"If that is also not enough of a reason, Malik Alshayatin alone is enough..."

Deep apprehension flashed across Daphne's eyes.

Recalling him back at the meeting, although she knew that it was just his clone there, his presence was no joke. He was in his own league.

"Malik Alshayatin? The head of the Monolith."

Listening to Daphne's words, Monica's brows knit.

"Mhm, him."

"What about him?"

Shaking her head, Daphne sighed.

"Haa, you weren't there Monica, but the moment he stepped into the room, all of us could tell one thing." Lifting her head and looking at Monica straight in the eyes, Daphne took a deep breath before continuing. "It was that he was on another level."

"Hm? Another level?"

With deep apprehension in her eyes, Daphne explained.

"Yes. After the meeting ended, Octavious himself confirmed it. He was weaker than him."

"Tsss..."

breath of cold

as Octavios to say such a thing, it meant that

"Are you serious?"

the demons behind them, the war would only end up being

"But—"

Daphne cut Monica off.

is done. Even though I have voted against the decision, the other heads all unanimously voted for 876 to be eliminated. In the end, he wasn't worth the

show them enough promise to make them go to war

unrivaled talent or a high ranker, they may have done something, but in the end, 876

that was not worth mentioning by the likes of them. ranked

no, no, it's because I know who 876 is that I'm

to Daphne, Monica cried

that if he really held a grudge against them, things wouldn't really

him to, then the Monolith would be the last thing the Union should

don't escalate to that

Monica inwardly prayed inside of

things went that way, Monica wasn't

***

and turbid grey eyes sat crossed legs. The air around

—Shua!

out of thin air, was an elegant

up, the

"Leader, you have returned."

"Mhm."

Malik AlShayatin casually swept the room with

couple of seconds, a cold and indifferent voice that seemed to come from the deepest parts of hell rang

Have

replied Malik AlShayatin. "The

[A pity.]

be felt from the voice behind

his body slightly, Malik AlShayatin

there anything you would like for

Make sure you don't get into any conflicts for at least

be felt from the words of the individual whom Malik AlShayatin referred

who were in the same room could feel this, as the void before them

slightly, Malik

apologize for

good that you understand. For now, do as I said

"Understood."

I hope you don't disappoint

voice slowly drifted in the room before completely

disappeared and the void before them shrank, after a brief moment of silence,

do we do

the place where the black void

as the demons have

incident where multiple ranks and

a sign of weakness and have them

not bite the

"A pity."

shook his head in disappointment. Glancing towards Mo Jinhao next to

how are your

"My injuries?"

"Mhm."

a bit,

already taken a couple of high-leveled potions, they are not that severe right now. If the Union had gone and attacked us, we could've done a quick work

lucky in deciding to agree to the truce. Had

could've easily have been able

truly a

"I see.."

and left. Staring at his expressionless face from behind, Mo Jinhao had no

***

2 P.M.

Caissa headquarters.

some files. After a while, I

how much money do we have

his eyes off of the papers in front of him,

"Around 10 million, why?"

million? Since when did we have

honestly surprised

had originally thought that there would've been

"Let's exclude Angelica who did pretty much all of the major tasks, but I've been using the information that you had given to

"Information?"

my

one you told me regarding where to invest

"Ah, that."

finally dawned on

a list of companies that would rise in stock in the future, but

the fact that I no longer relied on

were changing, I stopped relying

my arms, I tapped on my bracelet and threw something in Smallsnake's direction.

both hands, Smallsnake looked at

advanced potion, sell it and give me the money. The 10

eyes widened in

hold on. Did you just

not all, I want you to sell this