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.

being targeted, to how

indeed strange; let's observe

those words faded,

***

on her

she had grown accustomed to over the last year or so in her new position in the demon

guild, Board

the sunlight coming from

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

head, Amanda opened her mouth,

"You called for me?"

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

It was Melissa.

what did you call me

she looked around the neatly organized office. It

Amanda, she crossed her legs and propped her elbow

"..."

stack of papers down, Amanda wordlessly

of seconds until Melissa

to admire my beauty? Sorry, but I'm not really

the

comments, Amanda finally opened her

Has something

"No."

head, prompting Melissa's brows to

why did you call me? Don't tell me you asked me to come here to

her cheek on her

do know phones exist,

"It's not that."

hand, a small barrier

"What are you doing?"

at the barrier that was slowly forming around

a reaction. She knew Amanda

joking about the

"Here."

tablet resting on her

onto the image mid-air,

multiple

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

difference was the last video, where

be felt in Melissa's voice as she took her eyes away from the video and looked at

a partner to look

"No, look carefully."

man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

brief moment, silence enveloped the

times, Melissa

was dumbstruck by Amanda's sudden

her face suddenly twisted

it? Has all the work you've been doing finally fried your

"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?"

and

head and taking out a small key, Amanda

slid the drawer back. After taking out a couple of files, she handed them

"Here."

"What's this?"

look on her face, Melissa

her gaze between the video

the profiles of

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

head, Melissa tapped on the

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

this as

slid another paper

of the middle-aged man who visited them in the

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

"..."

paper, Melissa carefully looked through

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

minutes had passed that Melissa finally

sure are you

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

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

to get a better idea of who the people they were protecting

recent behaviour had given Amanda another reason to believe that the man

"I see..."

underneath her

straight and tapping her finger on the armrest of

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

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