The Author's POV

At the same time.

Aaron calmly walked around the venue with a glass cup in his hand.

His brows were locked into a tight frown as he looked at a small letter in his hand.

The first thing he thought as he stared at the letter was, 'Why would they give this to me?'

He was merely drinking and trying to make as many connections as possible when suddenly one of the elven workers handed him the letter.

It was apparently from one of the higher ups. Dwarven elders to be exact. Their comments were rather vague, but in short, they wanted to arrange a meeting with him.

'What exactly do they want from me?' Aaron wondered, taking a sip of his drink.

"…maybe they've heard about the product my guild is making."

A sudden thought occurred to him.

Lowering his head, he looked at his smartwatch. Tapping onto it, he looked through a series of files on his watch.

[Project - Nolon]

[Project - Convention467]

[Project - β98]

[Project - Rentolv]

On his watch was a list. A list of projects that his guild was working on behind the scenes.

Being the number one guild in Lewington city, one of the four great cities, their guild invested in many side projects. This was just what guilds did.

Staring at the list, Aaron's finger soon paused on a certain file.

[Project α-12]

Project detail : Automated machine.

Time of operation : 12 minutes, 09 seconds.

Capabilities : D rank.

Licking his bottom lip, Aaron had a sudden look of enlightenment.

'They must be curious about this.'

He had been worried over nothing. The reason why the dwarves wanted to meet with him had to do with this. Project α-12, one of their latest projects and something that they had been working on for over a decade.

The project idea was simple, create an automated artifact that would act on its own and kill monsters without the need of sending actual heroes. Sort of like a golem.

It was a project in which they had invested billions and billions of U. It was still in the testing phases but without a doubt, it was something that would revolutionize the world once it got out.

Most likely, one of the elders from his guild leaked the contents of the project to one of the dwarven elders in hope of catching their interest.

'I'm sure it's this.' A smirk appeared on Aaron's lips. Folding the letter neatly, he quietly placed it inside of his pocket before heading for the back exit of the building.

Even if it wasn't because of the project, Aaron wasn't suspicious of the contents of the latter.

After all, he didn't think anyone would have the balls to plan something against him when he was so close to so many elites. His death would definitely be a sign of incompetency from them, as well as a declaration of war on the humans.

'According to the letter, I should have no problem exiting the building.' Aaron lightheartedly thought as he followed the instructions written in the letter.

It wasn't long before he arrived at the back door exit of the building where an elven guard stood.

Standing with his back straight, the elven guard stared up ahead. An imposing presence emanating from his body.

Rummaging through his pocket, Aaron showed the elf the letter.

"Here, I've been told to go out of this place."

wordlessly took the letter in his

Ci clank—

his hand, he opened the door for Aaron who quietly got

didn't seem to care as he also didn't talk

"Haaa…"

out, Aaron let out a long breath. He felt a lot

and accepted it, it must mean that the contents of it were legitimate. He no longer needed to worry about it being a

Wooosh—

building, a fresh nightly breeze brushed past him as his clothes and hair fluttered. Around him were a lot of trees, making it hard

'What next?'

seeing trees, Aaron licked his lower

out the letter and taking a good look at it,

"Go straight?…Okay."

the forest. Not an inkling of worry was displayed on his face as he followed the directions

Rustle—

that out of nowhere a rustling sound rang from next to him. Snapping his head in the direction of where the sound came from, Aaron saw the silhouette of a figure in the

at its outline in the distance, Aaron

worried. With a relaxed tone, he called out for

are you the guy

was polite, but the narcissism and

here to meet me

and staring at the greenery,

sure as to why you want to meet me here,

Rustle— Rustle—

faded, the silhouette slowly walked forward, and Aaron, who was paying

as his eyes squinted. Trying to get a better look at

like an elf. The more he stared at the silhouette

"….hm?"

the

eyes, and rounded ears. As he had suspected, he was a

Aaron asked, the frown

figure just stared at him without saying anything. Aarons's muscles tensed, reading himself for

you mute

here

the figure suddenly spoke. His calm and collected voice echoed throughout the area

words, Aaron finally calmed down and a smile returned to

good. You

sentence, Aaron suddenly stopped

because the figure suddenly

and ripped something off of his face, revealing two distinctive blue-colored eyes that were as deep

face. But the serene look did not last for long; what replaced it was a cold and

going on?…he looks

to comprehend what was going on, Aaron tilted

a step forward and his face became clearer to see for Aaron

a clear look

the other side, the figure softly

"You remember me?"

***

"Fuck, where is he!"

loud, gathering the attention of the people around

had done, Kevin

"Huuu."

a long breath, he lowered his

He only missed him for a split second, he was bound to be close,

Ren…no, no,

Kevin looked at the names of everyone present, in hopes of finding Ren. But regardless of where

made it that far, he should still be within my visible range,' Kevin tiptoed to get a better look at what was ahead, but all he saw were an endless amount

I have missed

loud with a voice filled

looking

when he was about to give up, he suddenly heard a calm voice from

"Who?"

from. Kevin's eyes soon