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 to be following his

is indeed strange; let's observe

words faded, the two

***

usual, Amanda sat on her

accustomed to over the

guild, Board member

nameplate reflected the sunlight coming from

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

Amanda opened her mouth,

"You called for me?"

entering the room, a slim girl with long light brown hair and

It was Melissa.

what did you call

asked as she looked around the neatly organized

of Amanda, she crossed her legs and

"..."

papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared

until Melissa could no longer take

me here to admire my beauty? Sorry, but

is the project

Amanda finally opened her

going well; why? Has

"No."

prompting Melissa's brows to

to come here to

grumbled as she rested her

do know

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier appeared, enveloping the

"What are you doing?"

the barrier that was slowly

didn't show much of a reaction. She knew

about the previous comments about you

"Here."

a small tablet resting on her desk,

the image mid-air, the video soon began

the video began playing, multiple different scenarios started

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

the last video, where the middle-aged

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

perhaps looking for a

"No, look carefully."

the middle-aged man

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment, silence

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

dumbstruck by

until her face suddenly

all the work you've been

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

that Ren has now

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and raised her

out a small key, Amanda inserted the key inside her

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

"Here."

"What's this?"

with a confused look on her face, Melissa slowly

while, alternating her gaze between the video and

profiles of the people in

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

head, Melissa tapped on the names of the

and the fact that his father looks similar to him...but this isn't nearly

this

another paper in

of the middle-aged man who visited

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

"..."

the paper, Melissa carefully looked

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

minutes had passed

sure are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

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

idea of who the people they

Amanda another reason to believe that the man in the video was Ren in

"I see..."

underneath her

tapping her finger on

you said is true; why did you tell me? Aren't you

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