The Author's POV

Chapter 297

Khhhhh—!

The static sound of the radio sounded.

"...I guess he hung up."

A trace of pity flashed across my eyes as I put the radio transmitter away.

Standing up and putting my coat on, I nudged the others to follow me.

"Alright, let's go."

Now that I had taken care of the annoying flies swarming on my back, I could now go to my destination without too many worries.

"Ren, how long do we have left?"

Ryan asked from behind.

"We're almost there."

Our current destination was Henolur, the dwarven capital.

After travelling for the past four months, we had almost arrived at the location.

"Precise time?"

"About one more week of travel, I would say."

Originally we were supposed to take a lot less time to arrive; however, to slow down Xavier and the other's pursuit, I decided to take a slight detour and travelled near the elven border.

Fortunately, during our fight right now the elves didn't get involved, but in all likelihood, they were already aware of our presence.

"Let's go before we run into trouble."

"Are you talking about the elves?"

Smallsnake arrived by my side and followed along.

"That's right."

Playing with the dimensional spaces that he had collected from the people we had just killed, Smallsnake handed them to me.

"...Do you think they'd attack us? I heard that they don't attack humans."

"Sort of, but you can never be too safe."

With humanity's advancement these past few decades, all three races started viewing humans in a more 'favourable' light.

That being said, this didn't mean that they still fully trusted us.

This was why a conference was going to be held soon.

It was made with the purpose of talking about the potential third cataclysm that was soon going to hit the earth and the possibility of allowing humanity to join the alliance.

Well, that was well into the future.

Right now, my goal was to enter the dwarven domain and increase my strength by leaps and bounds.

"Let's hurry for now. I don't want to meet any trouble along our way."

***

A few kilometres away from where Ren and the others were, Gazing at them from a distance, were two obscured figures.

With each breath the two figures took, the mana in the air would follow their breathing rhythm. Almost as though they were in complete synch with the mana in the air.

"Should we attack?"

Looking right, one of the figures asked as a melodious voice rang out.

Judging from their subservient tone, it was evident that the figure they talked to was higher ranked.

"...no"

The other figure shook its head.

"What about the demon?"

The higher-ranked figure pointed towards the distance, revealing a delicate white hand devoid of imperfection.

"Did you sense the mana of the people they were fighting?"

"Mhm, it was tainted with demonic energy."

"Right, for that female demon to work with humans and kill multiple contracted individuals, we can assume that she is no longer on the same side as the demons."

Although most demons worked with each other, in the end, what they cared for most was their self-interest.

Just because they were from the same race didn't mean that they had to help them.

This was a natural occurrence that occurred in all races.

"...That's true. However, I've also noticed that the demon follows that human with long hair. Strange."

The whole time they observed the fight in the distance, they noticed that everything revolved around a specific human with long black hair and blue eyes.

the one being targeted, to how the demon

strange; let's observe

words faded,

***

usual, Amanda sat on

over the last year or so in her new position in the demon

Board member -

nameplate reflected the sunlight coming

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

head, Amanda opened her mouth, and the door

"You called for me?"

slim girl with long light brown hair and a pair

It was Melissa.

you call me

as she looked around the neatly organized office.

of Amanda, she crossed her legs and propped her elbow

"..."

Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa, sitting

a couple of seconds until Melissa could no

here to admire my beauty? Sorry, but I'm not really

the

Amanda finally opened her mouth

well; why? Has something come up from your

"No."

shook her head, prompting Melissa's brows to

Don't tell me you asked me to come here to find out

rested her

know phones

"It's not that."

small barrier appeared, enveloping the two

"What are you doing?"

the barrier that was slowly forming around

She knew

joking about the previous comments about you being

"Here."

resting on her

mid-air,

began playing, multiple different

a common thing: a middle-aged man playing with a

difference was the last video, where the middle-aged man hugged a couple

she took her eyes away from the video and

a partner to look at dramas

"No, look carefully."

middle-aged man playing with the girl in the

"That's Ren."

"..."

a brief moment, silence enveloped the

and closing her mouth multiple times, Melissa didn't know what to

was dumbstruck by

her face suddenly

work you've been doing finally fried your brain into

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

Ren has now become some weird middle-aged

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and raised her

head and taking out a small

the drawer back. After taking

"Here."

"What's this?"

with a confused look on her

a while, alternating her gaze between the

of

"Mhm, they're Ren's parents."

of her head, Melissa tapped on the names

figured from their names, and the fact that his father looks similar to him...but this isn't nearly

this

slid another paper

profile of the middle-aged man who visited them in the

our investigation, that man in the video has long disappeared ten years ago. This was

"..."

Melissa carefully looked through

her expression. Instead, she seemed to be lost in

only after a couple of minutes had passed that Melissa finally opened

are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

power of her guild, this kind of

check on them prior

was to get a better idea of who the people they

note, Nola's recent behaviour had given Amanda another reason to believe that the man

"I see..."

underneath her

tapping her finger on the armrest of the sofa,

said is true; why did you tell me? Aren't you a little

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