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."

the elf wordlessly took the letter in his hands and

Ci clank—

which, extending his hand, he opened the door for Aaron

Aaron, but he didn't seem to care as he also didn't talk back to

"Haaa…"

a long

his letter and accepted it, it must mean that the contents of it were legitimate. He no longer needed

Wooosh—

breeze brushed past him as his clothes and hair fluttered. Around him were a lot

'What next?'

and only seeing trees, Aaron

letter and taking a good look

"Go straight?…Okay."

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

Rustle—

then that out of nowhere a rustling sound rang from next to him. Snapping his head in the direction

it was dark, it was hard for Aaron to make out the features of the silhouette, but staring at its outline in the distance, Aaron could tell that it was not a dwarf. It was simply too tall to be

was still not worried. With a relaxed

you the guy that I'm

and pride behind

here to meet

his head and staring at

to why you want to meet me here, but here

Rustle— Rustle—

faded, the silhouette slowly walked forward, and

like a human?' He thought as his eyes squinted. Trying to

as big as an orc, nor did he have pointy ears like an elf. The more he stared at the silhouette the more Aaron was sure that it was

"….hm?"

take long for the silhouette to come out from the bushes as its features were

As he had suspected,

Aaron asked, the

stared at him without saying anything. Aarons's muscles tensed, reading

mute

I'm here

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

Aaron finally calmed down

That's good.

his sentence, Aaron

the figure suddenly

clenched his hand and ripped something off of his face, revealing two distinctive blue-colored

his shoulders, and a serene look appeared on his face. But the serene look did not last for long; what replaced

on?…he

times, trying to comprehend what was going on,

face became clearer to

get a clear

Aaron from the other side,

"You remember me?"

***

"Fuck, where is he!"

voice was quite loud, gathering

what he had done, Kevin bowed

"Huuu."

out a long breath, he

last seen Ren. He only missed him for a split second,

Ren, Ren…no,

present, in hopes of finding Ren. But regardless of where he looked, he was unable to see Ren

to get a better look at what was ahead, but all he saw were an endless amount

I have missed

with a voice filled with

you looking for

give up, he suddenly heard a

"Who?"

voice came from. Kevin's eyes soon