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.

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

is indeed strange; let's

faded, the two

***

like usual, Amanda sat on her desk and completed

boring route that she had grown accustomed to over the last

guild, Board member -

reflected the sunlight coming

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

opened her mouth,

"You called for me?"

room, a slim girl with long light brown hair

It was Melissa.

did you

asked as she looked around the neatly organized

she crossed her legs and propped her elbow on the sidearm of

"..."

of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared

seconds until Melissa could

here to admire my

the

Melissa's comments, Amanda finally opened her

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

"No."

prompting Melissa's

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

grumbled as she rested her

do know phones exist,

"It's not that."

a small barrier appeared, enveloping the

"What are you doing?"

looked at the barrier that was

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

was joking about the

"Here."

resting on her desk, a

the image mid-air, the

multiple different scenarios started

those scenarios, there was a common thing: a middle-aged

where the middle-aged man hugged

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

looking for a partner to look at dramas

"No, look carefully."

pointed towards the middle-aged man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment,

mouth multiple times,

by Amanda's sudden

until her face suddenly twisted

all the work you've been doing

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

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

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and raised her

out a small key, Amanda inserted the

back. After taking out a couple of

"Here."

"What's this?"

on her

a while, alternating her gaze

of the people

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

Melissa tapped on the names of

and the fact that his father looks similar to him...but

this as

paper

profile of the middle-aged

ten years ago. This was

"..."

Melissa carefully looked through

unable to read her expression. Instead, she

after a couple of minutes

are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

parents due to having done a background check on them prior to when they

better idea of who

Amanda another reason to believe that the man in the

"I see..."

muttered underneath her

tapping her finger on

you said is true; why did you tell me?

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