The Author's POV

News about the Union's upcoming announcement spread like wildfire throughout the whole human domain.

It was the first time in a long time that the Union declared such an event.

'An event that will completely change the fate of humanity.'

Was what the Union proclaimed when announcing the event.

All TV broadcasts and news stations were called up to stream the event so that everyone in the world could see what exactly the Union was planning on announcing.

Judging from the scale of the event and the Union's words, everyone in the human domain paid close attention to the date of the ceremony as they eagerly anticipated the announcement.

Of course, not everyone was happy with the news, such as the Monolith, but they could do nothing about it.

Having signed a ceasefire agreement that would still last for a bit, they could only watch the events unfold.

Of course, they already knew what it was about since the demons were aware of what was going on.

Since the announcement happened, a week had passed and it was now the day of the event.

"Let me in."

"I've got an invitation, look here."

"Don't cut in line."

A bustling crowd stood below the entrance of the Union as reporters swarmed the place.

"Please stay in a single line."

Helplessly staring at the crowd that was trying to get into the premises, wearing a black tuxedo, Kevin tried to keep their huge numbers in check.

Although he was invited to attend the ceremony, he was still a rookie. He needed to wait by the door and check all of the invitations before he could actually attend the ceremony.

"It's the Starlight guild!"

It was right then, that too out of nowhere, the busy crowd split apart and paved the way for a handsome youth with blonde hair and emerald-colored eyes.

With respect and solemnity, everyone watched as Jin slowly made his way toward the entrance of the ceremony area.

"Here."

There were around fifteen attendants, but out of the fifteen of them, Jin chose to head towards Kevin's side.

As he handed him the letter, the edges of his lips curled upwards a little.

This obviously did not go unnoticed by Kevin, who forced himself to smile with all his might.

"Jin Horton, is it?"

He said, trying his best to keep his formalities. But that obviously didn't last for long as Jin raised his brow and pointed at the invitation, where the words 'Jin Horton' were imprinted.

"You blind or something?"

Kevin's face instantly crumbled apart.

"Yo—"

"I guess we're done here."

But just as Kevin was about to say something, snatching the letter from his hands, Jin calmly walked into the venue.

Turning his head and staring at Jin's figure from behind, Kevin's chest heaved up and down unevenly.

For a moment, he was about to lose it.

"Here."

left, a crisp

"Amanda?"

he immediately recognized the identity of the person.

from the top of the building shifted towards her. Faint particles danced within the light, giving a

cascaded down her shoulders, towards the back of her black dress that seemed

like Jin, attracted the attention of everyone present. And just like

"Here you go."

kinder compared to Jin, as she calmly handed Kevin the invitation. Throwing

"You may go."

"Thank you."

building. It was only after she entered that the people waiting outside of

this is

"I was first."

please

it came, as he, alongside the other attendants, had a difficult time trying to

turn for the worst, a delicate hand touched him on

"Do you need help?"

"Miss Donna?"

with the voice, Kevin instantly recognized her, his

dark-purple dress that perfectly outlined the curves of her body, Donna didn't need a moment to attract the

was Monica, who had dark circles underneath her eyes. Wearing a red dress that perfectly complimented

with her beautiful amethyst-colored eyes,

be referring

"Ah, that's right."

Kevin scratched the back of his

the

of control. Let me lend you

everyone present froze on

a single line and calmly hand in your invitation without making

the ears of everyone present. Be it, man or woman, all of them looked at Donna in a trance as they nodded

"Great."

a smile on her face, Donna tapped Kevin on the shoulder before

see you

Monica next to her, the two entered

this, much to Kevin's joy, the line was a lot more controlled as everyone calmly handed their tickets. It wasn't long before the line slowly

have a

the last person, Kevin finally sighed in

bad Emma can't

back at her home, Emma couldn't come for obvious

the fact that her father was now alive, she was no longer worried about her

think her uncle

that he thought about it, her uncle was probably going

one of the reasons

"Alright."

Kevin looked around one last time to make sure that no one else was present before heading back in and closing the door

time for

***

lights enveloped a large hall, where multiple figures, all wearing expensive

would take a sip of

present in the hall was someone with a large background. They were akin to

come up with

onto a glass filled

"Hmm…"

sip of his drink, Jin wordlessly stared at Amanda. His eyes were composed,

that he was just trying to gauge

With the both of them being the future representatives of the number one ranked guild and the second-ranked guild respectively, they had to gauge each other properly in order to best benefit their respective

At the moment, all they had to

down, Jin opened

"Sixty-forty. No negotiations."

who was standing opposite

remained

want sixty percent of