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

let's observe

faded,

***

Amanda sat on her desk and completed her

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

Hunter guild, Board member - Amanda

nameplate reflected the sunlight coming from the window

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her head, Amanda opened her mouth, and the

"You called for me?"

girl with long light brown hair

It was Melissa.

you

she looked around the neatly organized office.

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

"..."

Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa, sitting opposite

a couple of seconds until Melissa could

admire my

the project

finally opened her

why? Has something

"No."

head, prompting

you asked me to come here to find out about

rested her

do know phones exist,

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier appeared, enveloping the two of

"What are you doing?"

looked at the barrier that was

of a reaction. She knew Amanda

I was joking about the previous comments about you being into

"Here."

a small tablet resting on her desk, a holographic video soon

mid-air,

playing, multiple different scenarios

a common thing: a middle-aged man playing with a young

video, where the

took her eyes away from the

Are you perhaps looking for a partner to look at dramas with

"No, look carefully."

middle-aged man playing with the girl in

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment,

multiple times, Melissa didn't know

dumbstruck by Amanda's

until her face

completely lost it? Has all the work

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

me that Ren has

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

a small key, Amanda

drawer back. After taking out a couple of files, she

"Here."

"What's this?"

a confused look on her face,

a while, alternating her gaze between the video and the

profiles of

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

the side of her head, Melissa tapped on the

father looks similar to him...but this isn't nearly enough

this as

slid another paper in Melissa's

the

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

"..."

paper, Melissa carefully looked through it without

was unable to read her expression. Instead, she seemed to be

after a couple of minutes had passed that Melissa finally

sure are you about

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

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

a better idea of who the people they

note, Nola's recent behaviour had given Amanda another reason to

"I see..."

muttered underneath

tapping her finger on the armrest of

said is true; why did you tell me? Aren't you a little too trusting of

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