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 hands and gave

Ci clank—

his hand, he opened the

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

"Haaa…"

out a

it, it must mean that the contents of it were legitimate. He

Wooosh—

fresh nightly breeze brushed past him as his clothes and hair

'What next?'

and only seeing trees, Aaron licked his lower

and taking a good look at it,

"Go straight?…Okay."

inkling of worry was displayed on his face as he followed

Rustle—

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

its outline in the distance, Aaron could tell that it was not a

still not worried. With a relaxed tone, he called out

are you the guy

and pride

here to meet me

staring at the

want to meet me here, but here

Rustle— Rustle—

forward, and Aaron, who was paying close attention to

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

elf. The more he stared at the

"….hm?"

from the bushes

hair, emerald-colored eyes, and rounded ears. As he had suspected, he

asked, the frown

suddenly enshrouded him as the figure just stared at him without saying anything. Aarons's muscles tensed, reading himself for combat at any

mute

here to

spoke. His calm and collected voice echoed

words, Aaron finally calmed down and a smile returned to his

I see. That's good. You weren't

through his sentence,

was because the figure

his hand and ripped something off of his

look did not last for long; what replaced it was a cold and indifferent one. Standing beneath a tree, half of his

on?…he looks

times, trying to comprehend what was going

step forward and his face became clearer to see for Aaron as the moonlight shone directly

Aaron was able to get a clear look at

Aaron from the other side, the

"You remember me?"

***

"Fuck, where is he!"

voice was quite loud, gathering the attention of the people around

had

"Huuu."

out a long breath, he lowered his

Ren. He only missed him for a split

Ren…no, no,

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

should still be within my visible range,' Kevin tiptoed to get a better look at what was ahead, but all he saw

could I have missed

with

looking for

give up, he

"Who?"

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