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.

was the one being targeted, to how

let's observe a

faded,

***

Amanda sat on her

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

guild, Board member - Amanda

reflected the sunlight coming from

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

head, Amanda opened her mouth,

"You called for me?"

a slim girl with long light brown hair

It was Melissa.

you

the neatly organized office. It

her

"..."

down, Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa, sitting

couple of seconds until Melissa could no longer take it and mouthed in

me here to admire my beauty? Sorry,

is the project

Melissa's comments, Amanda finally opened

Has something come up

"No."

her head, prompting Melissa's brows to

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

rested her cheek on

do know phones

"It's not that."

barrier appeared, enveloping the two

"What are you doing?"

the barrier that

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

know, I was joking about the previous comments about

"Here."

onto a small tablet resting on her desk, a

mid-air, the video

began playing, multiple different scenarios started to

scenarios, there was a common thing: a

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

she took

this? Are you perhaps looking for a partner

"No, look carefully."

the middle-aged man playing with the

"That's Ren."

"..."

brief moment,

times, Melissa didn't know

by Amanda's sudden

was until her face suddenly

it? Has all the work you've been

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

that Ren has now become some weird

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and

taking out a small key, Amanda inserted the key

and slid the drawer back. After taking out a couple of files,

"Here."

"What's this?"

a confused look on her face, Melissa slowly read

after a while, alternating her gaze between

of the people in

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

head, Melissa tapped on the names of

that his father looks similar to him...but this isn't nearly enough to prove that he is

this

slid another paper in Melissa's

the middle-aged man who

video has long disappeared ten years ago.

"..."

Melissa carefully looked through it

expression. Instead, she seemed to be lost in

couple of minutes had passed that Melissa finally opened her

sure are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

power of her guild, this kind of

done a background check on them prior to when they first met and when Ren had asked to protect

better idea of who the people they

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

"I see..."

underneath her

and tapping her finger on

why did you tell me? Aren't you a

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