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 the demon seemed to

indeed strange; let's

those words faded,

***

usual, Amanda sat on her desk and completed her

the last year or so in her new

Hunter guild, Board member

reflected the sunlight coming from the window behind

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

Amanda opened her mouth, and

"You called for me?"

light

It was Melissa.

you call

asked as she looked around the

her legs and propped her elbow on the sidearm

"..."

of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa,

seconds until Melissa could no longer take it and mouthed

admire my beauty? Sorry, but I'm

the project

Melissa's comments, Amanda finally opened her

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

"No."

shook her head, prompting Melissa's

you asked me to come here to find out about how the project is going,

grumbled as she rested her cheek on her

do know phones exist,

"It's not that."

her hand, a small barrier

"What are you doing?"

barrier that was slowly

of a reaction. She knew Amanda well.

know, I was joking about the previous comments about

"Here."

on her desk, a

the image mid-air, the

multiple different scenarios

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

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

voice as she took her eyes away from the

for a partner to look at dramas

"No, look carefully."

man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

a brief moment,

times,

dumbstruck by

was until her

lost it? Has all the work you've

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

are telling me that Ren has now become

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

and taking out a small key, Amanda inserted

drawer back. After taking out a couple of files,

"Here."

"What's this?"

look on her face,

after a while, alternating her gaze between the video and the

these the profiles of

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

Melissa tapped on

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

this

paper

the middle-aged man who visited

man in the video has long disappeared ten years

"..."

paper, Melissa carefully looked through it without

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

couple of minutes had passed that Melissa

are you

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

this kind of investigation was a piece of cake

check on them prior to

to get a better idea of who the people they

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

"I see..."

underneath her

her finger on the armrest of the

why did you tell me? Aren't you a little

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