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.

to how the demon seemed

is indeed strange; let's

faded, the

***

like usual, Amanda sat on her desk and

the last year or so in her new position

Board member - Amanda

reflected the sunlight coming

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her mouth, and the door

"You called for me?"

light brown hair and a pair of glasses

It was Melissa.

did you call me

looked around the

of Amanda, she crossed her legs and

"..."

papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa, sitting

until Melissa could no longer take it

me here to admire my

is the

finally opened

why? Has something come

"No."

head, prompting Melissa's brows

asked me to come here to find out about how the project is

she rested her

do know phones exist,

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier appeared,

"What are you doing?"

at the barrier that was

show much of a reaction. She knew Amanda well.

was joking about the previous comments about you being

"Here."

tapping onto a small tablet resting on her

onto the image mid-air, the

playing, multiple

there was a common thing: a middle-aged man playing

last video, where the middle-aged man

voice as she took

perhaps looking for a partner to look at dramas with

"No, look carefully."

man playing with the

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment, silence

mouth multiple times,

by Amanda's sudden

was until her

work you've been

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

So you are telling me that Ren has now become

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and

small

After taking out a couple of files,

"Here."

"What's this?"

a confused look on her face, Melissa

while, alternating her gaze between the video and

the profiles of the people in

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

side of her head, Melissa

I figured from their names, and the fact that his father looks

this as

slid another paper in Melissa's

paper was a detailed profile of the middle-aged man who visited them in

the video has long disappeared ten years ago. This

"..."

Melissa carefully looked through

her, Amanda was unable to read her expression. Instead, she seemed

after a couple of minutes

are you about

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

power of her guild, this kind of investigation was a

information on Ren's parents due to having done a background check on them

get a better idea of

Amanda another reason to believe that the man

"I see..."

underneath her

up straight and tapping her finger on the armrest of the sofa, she

you tell me? Aren't you a little too trusting of

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