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.

one being targeted, to how

indeed strange; let's

faded, the two figures

***

sat on her desk

to over the last year or so in her new position

Hunter guild, Board member - Amanda

reflected the sunlight coming from the window behind

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her head, Amanda opened her

"You called for me?"

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

It was Melissa.

you call

the neatly organized office.

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

"..."

Amanda wordlessly

until Melissa could no longer take it and mouthed

called me here to admire my beauty?

is the

finally opened

going well; why? Has something come up

"No."

head, prompting Melissa's brows

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

she rested her

know phones

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier appeared, enveloping

"What are you doing?"

looked at the barrier that was

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

know, I was joking about the previous comments about you being into

"Here."

on her desk, a holographic video

mid-air,

multiple

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

difference was the last video, where the middle-aged

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

looking for a

"No, look carefully."

the middle-aged man playing with the girl in the

"That's Ren."

"..."

a brief moment, silence enveloped

closing her mouth multiple times, Melissa didn't

dumbstruck by Amanda's

was until her face suddenly twisted

Has all the work you've been doing finally fried your brain into

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

Ren has now become some weird middle-aged

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and

head and taking out a small

After taking out a couple

"Here."

"What's this?"

a confused look on her face, Melissa slowly read

her gaze between the

the profiles of the

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

the side of her head, Melissa tapped on the

that his father looks similar to

this as

another paper in Melissa's

the

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

"..."

paper, Melissa carefully looked through it without

was unable to read her expression. Instead, she seemed

a couple of minutes had passed that Melissa

sure are you

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

power of her guild, this kind of investigation

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

of who

reason to believe that the

"I see..."

underneath her

and tapping her finger on the armrest of the

what you said is true; why did you tell

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