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.

he was the one being targeted, to how the demon seemed

strange; let's observe a little

words faded, the two figures

***

like usual, Amanda sat on her desk and completed

had grown accustomed to over the last year

guild, Board member -

reflected the sunlight coming from the window behind

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

Amanda opened her

"You called for me?"

light brown hair and a pair of

It was Melissa.

you call

she looked around the neatly organized office. It was

in front of Amanda, she crossed her

"..."

of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared at

seconds until Melissa could no longer take it

just called me here to admire my beauty?

the

comments, Amanda finally opened her mouth

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

"No."

head, prompting

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

she rested her cheek

know phones

"It's not that."

a small barrier appeared, enveloping

"What are you doing?"

that was slowly

of a reaction. She knew Amanda well. She wasn't one to

know, I was joking about the previous comments about

"Here."

tablet resting on her desk, a holographic video

the image mid-air, the video

multiple different

thing: a middle-aged man

the last video, where

in Melissa's voice as she took her eyes away

perhaps looking for a partner to look at dramas with

"No, look carefully."

the middle-aged man playing with the girl in the

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment, silence enveloped

closing her mouth multiple times, Melissa

dumbstruck by Amanda's sudden

her face suddenly twisted

it? Has all the work

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

Ren has now become some weird middle-aged man

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

small key, Amanda inserted the key inside

then twisted it and slid the drawer back. After taking out a

"Here."

"What's this?"

the papers with a confused look on her face, Melissa slowly read

after a while, alternating her gaze between the

the profiles of the people in

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

the side of her head, Melissa tapped on the names of

looks similar to him...but this isn't nearly enough to prove that

at this

another paper

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

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

"..."

carefully

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

minutes had

sure are you

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

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

was to get a better idea of who

behaviour had given Amanda another reason to

"I see..."

muttered underneath her

and tapping her finger on the armrest of the

you tell me? Aren't you a little too

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