The Author's POV

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.

was the one being targeted, to how the demon

let's

words faded, the two figures

***

Amanda sat on her desk and completed her

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

guild, Board member - Amanda

sunlight coming from the

—Knock! —Knock!

A knocking sound sounded.

"Come in."

Amanda opened her mouth, and the

"You called for me?"

entering the room, a slim girl with long light

It was Melissa.

did you call me for,

around the neatly

Amanda, she crossed her legs and propped her elbow on the

"..."

stack of papers down, Amanda wordlessly stared at Melissa,

until Melissa could no longer take

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

the

comments, Amanda finally opened her mouth and

going well; why? Has something come

"No."

prompting Melissa's brows

asked me to come here to find out about how the project

grumbled as she rested her cheek on her right

know phones

"It's not that."

small barrier appeared, enveloping the

"What are you doing?"

the barrier that was slowly forming around

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

the previous comments about you being

"Here."

tapping onto a small tablet resting on

the image mid-air, the

video began playing, multiple different scenarios

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

difference was the last video, where

as she took her eyes away from the video

for a

"No, look carefully."

towards the middle-aged man playing with the girl

"That's Ren."

"..."

brief moment, silence enveloped the

multiple times, Melissa didn't know what to

was dumbstruck by Amanda's sudden

was until her face suddenly twisted

the work

"It has not."

Amanda calmly replied.

Melissa snorted in response.

you are telling me that Ren has now become some weird middle-aged man that

"I have proof."

"Proof?"

and

head and taking out a small key, Amanda inserted

After taking out a couple of files, she handed them

"Here."

"What's this?"

on

alternating her gaze between

of the people in the

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

the side of her head, Melissa tapped on the names of

that his father looks similar

at this as

another paper in

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

has long disappeared ten years ago. This

"..."

the paper, Melissa carefully looked through it without

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

only after a couple of minutes

are you about

"Very sure."

Amanda replied.

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

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

get a better idea of who the people they

Amanda another reason to believe that the man in the video was Ren

"I see..."

muttered underneath her

her finger on the armrest of the sofa, she

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