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.

said, the reason 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

me, at the

life isn't their priority. They are an organization designed to think the best for humanity, and back then, with all the

the reporters changed when they heard my words, however, I

the Union, I truly did think that their

Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore,

resentment for their decision, but, I wasn't so blinded by rage to not understand their

was the cruel

"Haaa..."

out

my chin with my arm which was propped up on the table, I gazed

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

my head, I fiddled with the empty potion bottle in

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

that won't think twice about sacrificing you for

Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment before opening them

this as a warning from someone who's been on the discarded side of the Union, if you want to survive

not a

may have not been apparent now, but, in the very near future, this would become more and more apparent

realize this now before it

my head in

start

my head, I glanced toward the

seen the crack in the sky,

the room, I wasn't able

you have, then I

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

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 climb to the top, now

better get stronger, because, in a couple of years' time, the least of your worries aren't going to

the eyes of

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

the reporters mustered

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

room as the complexion of

couldn't blame them

catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since the second cataclysm

people would obviously start fearing for

to let you know that

Douglas who looked back at me. After a short pause, Douglas nodded

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

spread throughout the auditorium as

it, I continued to

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

a better time to let the world know about what was

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

though I was planning on defeating the Demon King, the Demon King

an army

kept progressing at this rate, when the time came that the Demon