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.

I'm telling all of you this is not because I want you people to realize just how

my arm, I wiped the side of

off about what the Union did to me, at the end of the

with all

faces of the reporters changed when they heard my words, however,

as I wanted to antagonize the Union, I truly did think that

know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were also unaware of who I was exactly, during the time

hold some resentment for their decision, but, I

this was the cruel

"Haaa..."

out a long

chin with my arm which was propped up on the table, I gazed into the eyes of every

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

my head, I fiddled with the empty potion bottle in front

bashing the Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their methods. All I'm trying to do is let everyone know what type

that won't think twice about sacrificing you for the benefit of

bottle in my hand. Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment before opening them

been on the discarded side of the Union, if you want to survive in this

not a peaceful

may have not been apparent now, but, in the very

the world realize

my body forward a little, I turned my head in

some expandable. Don't just start blaming the

glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

have seen the crack in the

the ceiling of the room,

I will let

how quiet everyone was being, I knew

in the world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If previously you had your talent cap to blame for

better get stronger, because, in

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

changed to that ones filled with shock, as

since I started speaking, the reporters

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

throughout the room as the complexion of some of the reporters

blame

knew just how catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since the second

one might happen, people would obviously start fearing

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 the elven

at Douglas who looked back at me. After

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

spread throughout the auditorium

it, I continued

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

about what was about

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

King, the Demon

army of

the Demon King