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.

this is not because I want you people to realize just how shitty of an organization

wiped the side of

to me, at the end of the day,

back then, with all the information they had at their disposal, sacrificing me was the correct choice. Had I been in their position, I would've probably done

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

antagonize the Union, I truly did think that

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

decision, but, I wasn't so

this was the cruel

"Haaa..."

let out a

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

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

I fiddled with the empty potion bottle in

Just because I'm 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

about sacrificing

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

side of the Union,

not

It may have not been apparent now, but, in the very near future,

best to let the world realize this now before

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

start blaming the

head, I glanced toward the ceiling of

the crack in the sky,

eyes were currently on the ceiling of the room, I wasn't

then I will let you know

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

your talent cap. If previously you

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

the eyes of many individuals

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

the

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

the room as the complexion of

couldn't blame

cataclysm was. Especially since

might happen, people would obviously start fearing for

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,

back at me. After a

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

spread throughout the auditorium

I continued to

in a few years' time, this so-called momentary sense of peace that you are all enjoying will be gone, and what

world know about what was about to come soon,

everyone to wake up

the Demon King, the Demon King wasn't the only enemy

army of

progressing at this rate, when the time came that the Demon King arrived