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.

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

wiped the side of my

did to me, at the end of the day,

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

they heard my words, however, I merely shrugged my shoulders when I

as I wanted to antagonize the Union, I truly did think that their decision wasn't

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

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

unfortunate, this was the cruel

"Haaa..."

let out a long

on

could be said to have happened 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

the empty potion

wrong. 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 type of

about sacrificing you

empty bottle in my hand. Raising my head,

warning from someone who's been on the discarded side of the

not

apparent now, but, in

realize this now before

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

some expandable. Don't just start blaming the Union or every organization out there for your

glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

the crack in the

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

then I will let

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

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

better get stronger, because, in a couple of years' time, the least of

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

ones filled

since I started speaking, the reporters mustered the

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

room as the complexion of some of the

couldn't blame them

cataclysm was. Especially since the second cataclysm only

third one might happen, people would obviously

you know that in the few years that I was missing, I was actually in the dwarven domain

at Douglas who looked back at

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

murmurs started to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters started talking amongst

it, I continued

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 be gone, and what you will see will be the true beginning of the

know about what

soon arriving, it was time for everyone to wake up

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

an army of

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