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

indeed strange; let's observe

faded, the two

***

on her desk and completed

accustomed to over the last year or so in her new position in the

Hunter guild, Board member - Amanda

coming from the

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her head, Amanda opened her mouth, and

"You called for me?"

the room, a slim girl with long light brown hair

It was Melissa.

what did you call

she looked around the

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

"..."

Amanda

for a couple of seconds until Melissa could no

You just called me here to admire my beauty? Sorry, but I'm not really

is the project

Amanda finally opened

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

"No."

head, prompting Melissa's

tell me you asked me to come here to find

she rested her cheek on her right

do know

"It's not that."

a small barrier appeared, enveloping the

"What are you doing?"

at the barrier that was slowly

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

was joking about the previous comments about you

"Here."

a small tablet resting on

image mid-air, the

video began playing, multiple different scenarios

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

video, where the middle-aged man hugged a couple before

be felt in Melissa's voice as she took her eyes away

Are you perhaps looking for a partner to

"No, look carefully."

man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment,

multiple times, Melissa didn't know what

dumbstruck by Amanda's

her face suddenly twisted

work you've been doing finally fried

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

that Ren has now become some

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

and taking out a small key, Amanda inserted the key inside her

taking out a couple of files, she handed them

"Here."

"What's this?"

with a confused look on her face, Melissa

a while, alternating her

profiles of the people in

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

of her head, Melissa tapped on

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

this as

slid another paper

paper was a detailed profile of the middle-aged man who visited

disappeared ten years ago. This was the first time in

"..."

Melissa carefully

read her expression. Instead, she seemed

was only after a couple of minutes

sure are you about

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

a background check on them prior to when they first met

was to get a better idea of

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

"I see..."

muttered underneath her

and tapping her finger on

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

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