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.

one being targeted, to how the demon seemed to be

indeed strange; let's observe a

words faded,

***

sat on her desk

boring route that she had grown accustomed to over the last year or so in her new position in the

Board

sunlight coming from the window behind

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her

"You called for me?"

slim girl with long light brown

It was Melissa.

what did you call me

around the neatly organized

sofa in front of Amanda, she crossed her legs and

"..."

of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa,

seconds until Melissa could no longer take it

You just called me here to admire my beauty?

the

Amanda finally opened her mouth

project? It's going well; why? Has something come up from your

"No."

her head, prompting Melissa's

did you call me? Don't tell me you asked me to come here to find

her cheek on her right

know phones

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier appeared, enveloping the two of

"What are you doing?"

at the barrier that

didn't show much of a reaction. She knew Amanda well. She wasn't one to do stupid

I was joking about the

"Here."

small tablet resting on her desk, a holographic video

onto the image mid-air, the video

playing, multiple different scenarios

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

video, where the middle-aged man hugged a couple

in Melissa's voice as she took her eyes away from

for a

"No, look carefully."

towards the middle-aged man playing with

"That's Ren."

"..."

a brief moment, silence enveloped

and closing her mouth multiple times, Melissa

by

her face suddenly twisted

the work you've been doing

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

it has. So you are telling me that Ren has now become some weird

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

head and taking out a small key, Amanda inserted the

slid the drawer back. After taking out

"Here."

"What's this?"

look on her face, Melissa slowly

her gaze between the

the profiles of the people

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

head, Melissa tapped on the names of

the fact that his father looks similar

this

paper

detailed profile of the middle-aged

video has long disappeared ten years ago. This was the first time in ten years

"..."

carefully looked

expression. Instead, she

minutes had passed

sure are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

of her guild, this kind of investigation was a piece of

had information on Ren's parents due to having done a background check on them prior to when they first met and when Ren had

a better idea of

behaviour had given Amanda another reason to believe that

"I see..."

underneath her

straight and tapping her finger on

why did you tell me? Aren't you a

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