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.

not because I want you people to realize

arm, I wiped the side of my

at the end of the day,

an organization designed to think the best for humanity, and back then, with all the information they had at their disposal, sacrificing me was the correct choice. Had I been in

words, however, I merely shrugged my shoulders when I saw

antagonize the Union, I truly did think that their

[Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were also unaware of

hold some resentment for their decision, but, I wasn't so blinded by

unfortunate, this was the cruel

"Haaa..."

let out a

on the table, I gazed into the eyes

to Aaron. Even though he isn't exactly guilty, he also 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 let me come back to the human domain. If you compare me, to him, who by the time was already dead, selling him out

fiddled with the

because I'm bashing the Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their methods. All I'm trying to do

twice about sacrificing you for the benefit of

my hand. Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment before

who's been on the discarded side of the Union, if

was not

where the strongest survived, and the weakest died. It may have not been apparent now, but, in the very near future, this would become

best to let the world realize this now before it was

forward a little, I turned my head

Don't just start blaming the Union or every organization

head, I glanced toward the ceiling of the

crack in

on the ceiling of the room, I wasn't able to see the reactions of the people

I will let you

was being, I knew that everyone's attention was currently

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

so did some of the current high rankers. You don't want the Union to throw 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 will be the third

the last words, the eyes of many individuals present in

changed to that ones filled with shock, as

the reporters mustered the

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

the room as the complexion of some

blame them

catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since the second cataclysm only happened eighty years

happen, people would obviously start fearing

might be thinking that all I'm saying is a load of crap, however, I just wanted to let you know that in the few years that I was missing, I was actually in the dwarven domain and

my head, I glanced at Douglas who looked back at me. After a short pause,

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters started

it, I continued

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

know about what

arriving, it was time for everyone to wake up from

planning on defeating the Demon King, the Demon King wasn't the only enemy

an army

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