The Author's POV

I felt a sudden sense of amusement rise from within me as I stared at Octavious.

Even though I couldn't tell at first, he really did look like Melissa from up close. Was that possibly the reason for my sudden sense of amusement?

I couldn't tell.

Turning my attention back toward the reporters, I continued.

"You people are probably unaware about what truly transpired before a bounty was put on my head, however, if I had to summarize what happened, I would say..."

Leaning my body a little, I placed my hand underneath my chin and looked upwards.

"Hmm, I guess you could say that I did what the Union couldn't do for quite a while, and that's actually doing some damage to the Monolith."

"..."

Silence.

Once again, despite of the words I just said, no one was able to say anything as they just continued staring at me with a dumb look on their face.

They were apparently still processing what I previously told them.

Regardless, I continued.

"To summarize what happened between me and the Union, it would be like this..."

Raising my hand, I pointed at myself.

"I, Ren Dover, dealt more damage to the Monolith than the Union ever had in their whole existence. The piece of recording you just listed was proof of that. Why else do you think the Monolith would be so adamant in using me as a counterparty for the Union to sign the truce? Just for the sake of it?"

I shook my head.

"No, it's cause I can actually do something about them, unlike the Union who can't seem to be able to do anything at this point."

Shaking my head, even more fiercely, I let out a sigh.

"Haa..."

Then, taking out a potion from my dimensional space, I quickly chugged it down.

"Hmm?"

As I was chugging the potion down, I suddenly had a thought.

'Shit, I'm starting to become like Melissa.'

Over the past week, I had been taking the potions as though they were water.

'I need to do something about this.'

I knew that this couldn't keep going in the future. I needed to find a way to completely dispel my mental traumas.

Plack—!

Smacking the potion on the table, I gazed at the reporters.

of you this is not because I want you people

arm, I wiped the side

about what the Union did to me, at the end

and back then, with all the information they had at their

when they heard my words, however,

I wanted to antagonize the Union, I

no way for the Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were also unaware

resentment for their decision, but, I wasn't

this was

"Haaa..."

let out a long

propped up on the table, I gazed into the eyes

isn't exactly innocent. I won't get into too much detail about what he's done, however, he was simply used as a scapegoat by the Union in order to

fiddled with the empty

Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their

twice about sacrificing you

I let go of the empty bottle in my hand. Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief

the discarded side of the Union, if you want to survive in this world, you must prove your

not

was a world where the strongest survived, and the weakest died. It may have not been apparent

best to let the world realize this now

little, I turned my head in the direction of one of the cameras

Don't just start blaming the Union or every

my head, I glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

crack in

on the ceiling of the room, I wasn't able

I will let you

was being, I knew

to expand. The mana density in the world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If previously you had your talent cap to blame for your inability to

you away? Then you better get stronger, because, in a couple of years' time, the least of your worries aren't going to be the Union nor the Monolith, but it

I mumbled the last words, the eyes of many individuals present in the room

silent and impassive expressions changed to that ones filled with shock, as some couldn't stop themselves

since I started speaking, the reporters mustered the

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

echoed throughout the room as

couldn't blame them

a cataclysm was. Especially

one might happen, people would obviously start fearing for

of crap, however, I just wanted to let you know that in the few years that I was missing, I was actually in the

back at me. After

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

started to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters started talking

it, I continued

you all know, the other races have gone through what we're currently going through right now. So, listen well when I tell you this, get your shit together, because in a few years' time, this so-called momentary sense of peace that you are all enjoying will

to let the world know about what was about

and the Demon King soon arriving, it was time for everyone to wake up from this false sense

the Demon King, the Demon King wasn't

was an army of

when the time came that the Demon King arrived on earth, most