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."

staring at Aaron, the elf wordlessly took the letter in his hands and

Ci clank—

which, extending his hand, he opened the

never spoke a single word to Aaron, but he didn't seem to care as he also didn't talk

"Haaa…"

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

the elf had taken his letter and accepted it, it must mean that the contents of it were legitimate. He no longer needed to worry about it being

Wooosh—

past him as his clothes and hair fluttered. Around

'What next?'

around the place and only seeing trees, Aaron

good look at it, his

"Go straight?…Okay."

so Aaron headed deeper into the forest. Not an inkling of worry was

Rustle—

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

but staring at its outline in the distance, Aaron could tell that it was not a dwarf. It

With a relaxed tone, he called out

you the guy that I'm supposed to

tone was polite, but the narcissism and pride

to

and staring at the greenery,

to why you want to meet me here, but here

Rustle— Rustle—

faded, the silhouette slowly walked forward, and Aaron,

thought as his eyes squinted.

like an elf. The more he stared at the

"….hm?"

come out from the bushes as its

ears. As he had suspected, he

are you?" Aaron asked, the frown on his face

figure just stared at him without saying anything. Aarons's muscles

mute

here

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

finally calmed down and

good. You

through his sentence, Aaron suddenly stopped

because the figure suddenly did something completely

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

and 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

going on?…he looks

times, trying to comprehend what was going

then that the figure suddenly took a step forward and his face became

Aaron was able to get a clear look at the figure,

Aaron from the other side,

"You remember me?"

***

"Fuck, where is he!"

voice was quite loud, gathering the attention of

what he had done, Kevin

"Huuu."

breath, he lowered

walking in the direction of where he had last seen Ren. He only missed him for a split second, he

Ren, Ren…no,

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

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

with a voice filled with

you looking

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

"Who?"

came from. Kevin's eyes