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

is indeed strange; let's observe a

faded,

***

Amanda sat on her desk and

the last year or so in her new position in the demon

Board member

coming from

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

her head, Amanda opened her

"You called for me?"

girl with long light brown hair and a pair of glasses entered

It was Melissa.

what did you call me for,

the neatly

crossed her

"..."

Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa, sitting opposite

a couple of seconds until Melissa could no longer take it and mouthed in

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

the project

finally opened her

It's going well; why? Has something come

"No."

her head, prompting Melissa's brows

call me? Don't tell me you asked me to come

her cheek on her right

know

"It's not that."

hand, a small barrier

"What are you doing?"

looked at the barrier that

She knew Amanda

about the previous comments about

"Here."

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

mid-air, the video soon began

began playing, multiple different scenarios

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

difference was the last video, where the middle-aged man hugged a

took her eyes away from the

a partner to look at dramas with

"No, look carefully."

pointed towards the middle-aged man playing with the

"That's Ren."

"..."

moment, silence enveloped

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

dumbstruck by Amanda's sudden

her face suddenly

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

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

stopped and

small key,

slid the drawer back. After taking out

"Here."

"What's this?"

with a confused look on her

after a while, alternating her gaze

profiles of the

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

Melissa tapped

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

at this

paper in Melissa's

was a detailed profile of the middle-aged

years ago. This was the first

"..."

paper, Melissa carefully looked through

unable to read her expression. Instead, she seemed to be lost in her own

a couple of minutes had passed that Melissa finally opened

sure are

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

guild, this kind of investigation

background check on them prior to when they first met and when Ren had

idea of who the people they were protecting

behaviour had given Amanda another reason to believe

"I see..."

underneath her

on the armrest of the sofa,

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255