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

is indeed strange; let's observe a little

those words faded, the

***

sat on

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

Board

sunlight coming from the window behind

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her head, Amanda opened her mouth, and the door

"You called for me?"

the room, a slim girl with long light

It was Melissa.

did you call me for,

asked as she looked around the neatly

sofa in front of Amanda, she crossed her legs and propped her

"..."

of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared

Melissa could no longer take it and

me here to admire my beauty? Sorry, but

is the

Melissa's comments, Amanda finally opened her

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

"No."

head, prompting

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

grumbled as she rested her cheek

know phones

"It's not that."

hand, a small barrier appeared, enveloping

"What are you doing?"

at the barrier that was

didn't show much of a reaction. She

about the previous

"Here."

on her desk, a holographic

mid-air, the video soon began

video began playing, multiple different

was a common thing: a middle-aged

only difference was the last video, where the middle-aged

felt in Melissa's voice as she took her eyes away from the video and looked at

for a partner to look at dramas with

"No, look carefully."

middle-aged man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

a brief moment, silence enveloped the

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

dumbstruck by Amanda's

was until her face suddenly

lost it? Has all the work you've

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

telling me that Ren has now become some weird middle-aged

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and

and taking out a small key, Amanda inserted the key inside

then twisted it and slid the drawer back. After taking out a couple of files, she handed them

"Here."

"What's this?"

papers with a confused look on her face, Melissa slowly

her gaze between the video and the

of

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

her head, Melissa tapped on the names of the

the fact that his father looks similar

at this

another paper

of the middle-aged

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

"..."

the paper, Melissa carefully looked

read her expression. Instead, she seemed

of minutes had passed that Melissa finally opened

are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

this kind of investigation was

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

to get a better idea of who

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

"I see..."

muttered underneath

and tapping her finger on the armrest of the

did you tell me? Aren't you

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