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?"

does that have to do with

"B—"

know what,

she could say anything else, I quickly cut

had left the human domain, and that she was trapped in a room for a major part of the week. Since she wasn't adept with technology, the

realized now just how bored she must've been. Once my thoughts paused there, I felt a little bit guilty as I took out my tablet from my

holographic image soon

pointing towards the seat where Octavious

nothing to do, come watch the matches with me. It might help relieve

"...Okay."

nodded her head after a bit of

struggle in her eyes, I could tell that she wasn't too keen on watching since her strength was far above theirs, but in

she was that

***

the previous match where Ren defeated Kimor, and

seemed a lot more lackluster.

SHIIIIING!

figure suddenly appeared behind a towering figure. An extremely intense energy ripple suddenly erupted from

Clank!

opponent, a thin veil suddenly materialized around the figure, blocking his attack as a loud metallic sound reverberated through the

'Not enough?'

Jin knit his brows for a moment. He suddenly twisted his body in midair

raised his head and stared

Artian.

information Ren had given him, he was Kimor's right-hand

weaker than Kimor, but he was still a strong opponent.

Ren, but only through a real fight would he be able to feel the true difference between them. And that was why he was particularly excited about his

"Huuuuuarg!"

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

aura around

that Jin would

right foot onto the ground, black threads suddenly started to materialize around Jin as his

"Hmph!"

After which, he curled his fingers into a fist and punched out. What followed his punch was a sonic boom that tore the air apart and

remained unfazed. Suddenly, to the shock of all viewers present, he closed

from the ground before wrapping around his body like a cacoon. It wasn't long before his figure

the moment the attack was about to land on him, opening his eyes, revealing his emerald green eyes, Jin's

Booooom—!

attack continued to pass through the platform before reaching the edge

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

Bang—!

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 and he punched in that

SHIIIIING

felt a cold chill run down his back as another shadow materialized behind him. It was at that

"Haaaa!"

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 bloodshot and he changed the direction of his

could feel his muscles scream in agony. But he still persisted

Boooom—!

fist tore through the air resulting in a powerful blast to resound throughout the platform. But just as he thought he had

SHIIIIING!

Artian suddenly felt a dangerous feeling rising from behind him. Gritting his teeth, his face

"Stop hiding you rat!"

voice was so 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 figure standing on the opposite end