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."

letter in his hands and gave it a quick

Ci clank—

opened the door for Aaron

spoke a single word to Aaron, but he didn't seem to care as he also didn't talk back

"Haaa…"

let out a

contents of it

Wooosh—

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

'What next?'

around the place and only seeing trees, Aaron licked his lower

letter and taking a good look

"Go straight?…Okay."

forest. Not an inkling of worry was displayed on his

Rustle—

to him. Snapping his head in the direction of where the sound came from, Aaron saw the silhouette of a

it was dark, it was hard for Aaron to make out the features of the silhouette, but staring at its outline in the

With a relaxed tone, he called out for

guy that I'm supposed

tone was polite, but the narcissism and

here to

head and staring

sure as to why you want to meet me here,

Rustle— Rustle—

and Aaron, who was paying

eyes squinted. Trying to get a better look at the features of

have pointy ears like an elf. The more he stared at the silhouette the more

"….hm?"

come out from the bushes as

eyes, and rounded ears. As

are you?" Aaron asked, the frown on

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

you mute

I'm here to

off, the figure suddenly spoke. His calm and collected voice echoed

calmed down and a smile returned to

see. That's good. You

his sentence, Aaron

figure suddenly did something completely

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

a serene look appeared on his face. But the serene look did not last for long; what replaced it was a cold and indifferent one. Standing beneath a

on?…he looks

of times, trying to comprehend what was going on, Aaron tilted his

figure suddenly took a step forward and his face

able to get a clear look at the figure, his

from the other side, the

"You remember me?"

***

"Fuck, where is he!"

in frustration. His voice was quite loud, gathering the attention of the people

he had done, Kevin

"Huuu."

he

of where he had last seen Ren. He only missed him for a

Ren, Ren…no,

But regardless of where he looked, he was unable to see Ren at all. Just where could

way he 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

could I have missed

out loud with a voice filled

you looking for

he was about to give up, he suddenly

"Who?"

Kevin snapped in the direction of where the voice came from. Kevin's eyes soon paused on an old