The Author's POV

"Haa.."

Letting out a long breath, my eyes stayed fixed on the scenery presented outside of the window glass.

The scenery outside was dotted with beautiful green grass, great mountains, and ancient trees that further added to the vibrancy of the place. It gave me a sense of tranquility that I desperately needed.

Especially after going through such a big fight.

"…"

The silence continued to persist as I slowly lost myself to the scenery outside. Alone, silently gazing in the distance with no one to bother me. It felt soothing.

After asking Octavious about the choice he was going to make, he just simply left. Vanished out of thin air.

I took that as a sign of confirmation.

He may have not explicitly said yes, but had the answer been no, I would've surely been able to tell.

Either way, I cared more about actions rather than verbal agreements. He could tell me yes right now, but that solved nothing. Only through handing over Aaron would I truly know the answer to his decision.

Lifting my head to gaze at the fluffy white clouds roaming in the sky, I pressed my hand against the window before mumbling softly.

"...If Octavious truly does agree, I'll finally be able to go back home, huh?"

Those words.

They felt quite weird.

After who knew how long, finally, I was soon going to be able to return home.

Not as 876, nor anyone else, but as myself, Ren Dover.

The sense of relief when I realized this was immeasurable as my shoulders finally relaxed and the anxiety within me subsided.

I was finally going to come back home.

Clank—!

Snapping me out of my thoughts, I suddenly heard the sound of the door opening. Glancing in that direction, my brow raised in surprise.

"Oh my, you're actually coming to visit me?"

"..."

Unfortunately for me, the person who I spoke to didn't answer back as she just calmly entered the room. The person who had just entered was none other than Angelica who curiously looked around the place.

Seeing her like that, my brows furrowed.

"...You not going to say anything?"

'Did she just come here to sightsee?'

From the looks of it, it really did look like that. Raising her head, Angelica softly said.

"...I was bored."

"Eh?"

Her words were so unexpected that I had no idea how to reply to her.

really didn't know

"You're bored?"

"You can't hear, human?"

that have

"B—"

what,

she could say anything else, I quickly cut her

that she was trapped in a room for a major part of the week. Since she wasn't adept with technology, the only thing she could do during those

thoughts paused there, I felt a little bit guilty as I took out my tablet from my dimensional space and pressed on the

image

pointing towards the seat where Octavious previously sat, I

you've got nothing to do, come watch the matches with me. It might help

"...Okay."

her head after

she wasn't too keen on watching since her strength was far above theirs, but

was that

***

since the previous match where Ren defeated Kimor, and the

so thrilling that all other matches seemed a lot more lackluster. That was until

SHIIIIING!

blade cut through the air as Jin's figure suddenly appeared behind a towering figure. An extremely intense

Clank!

was about to slice through the neck of his opponent, a thin veil suddenly materialized around the figure, blocking

'Not enough?'

attack missing, Jin knit his brows for a moment. He suddenly twisted his

stared at his opponent

Artian.

was the name of Jin's opponent. According to the information Ren had given him, he was Kimor's right-hand man, and although he was quite a bit weaker, he was

his opponent. Artian may have been weaker than Kimor, but he was still a strong opponent.

real fight would he be able to feel the true difference between them. And that

"Huuuuuarg!"

a majestic green glow made out of aura erupted from Artian's body

was clearly trying to gather aura around his body

Jin would let

suddenly started to materialize around Jin as his figure disappeared and reappeared a short

"Hmph!"

snort. After which, he curled his fingers into a fist and punched out. What followed his punch was a sonic

such a terrifying attack, Jin remained unfazed. Suddenly, to the

small black pool suddenly formed beneath his feet as black threads shot out from the ground before wrapping around his body like a cacoon. It wasn't long before his figure was completely enveloped

happened within a short second, and the moment the attack was about to land on him, opening his eyes, revealing his emerald green eyes, Jin's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, avoiding

Booooom—!

the platform

expression turned extremely solemn. With his eyes darting all over the arena, he focused all of his attention on his senses as he tried to pick up any

Bang—!

his foot on the ground. With a loud 'bang' the ground beneath him cracked apart and a shadow jumped out. The moment the shadow appeared, Artian's sharp gaze locked onto it

SHIIIIING

another shadow materialized behind him. It was

"Haaaa!"

Artian channeled all the aura inside of his body. A soft glow enveloped his whole body as the muscles of his body expanded even more. Forcefully twisting his body, his eyes became

changed the course of his attack, he could feel his muscles scream in agony. But he still

Boooom—!

air resulting in a powerful blast to resound throughout the platform. But just as he thought he had managed to counter his opponent, he realized that his

SHIIIIING!

feeling rising from behind him. Gritting his teeth, his face twisted savagely

"Stop hiding you rat!"

powerful that even the audience below could hear it. However, none of them paid attention to Artian as everyone's eyes were locked on a