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.

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

I wiped

to me, at the end of the day, I

my priority, my life isn't their priority. They are 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

changed when they heard my words, however, I

I wanted to antagonize the Union, I truly

way 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,

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

unfortunate, this was

"Haaa..."

let out a

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

used as a scapegoat by the Union in order to let me come back to the human domain. If

head, I fiddled with the

their methods. All I'm

won't think twice about sacrificing

bottle in my hand. Raising my head,

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

was not a peaceful

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

the world realize this now before it

forward a little, I turned my head in the direction

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

glanced toward the ceiling of

seen the crack in the sky,

room, I wasn't able to

you have, then I will

being, I knew that

world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If

may have lower resources than some others, but 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

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

changed to that ones filled

the reporters

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

with disbelief echoed throughout the room as the complexion of some

couldn't blame

Especially since the second cataclysm only happened

might happen, people would obviously start

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,

looked back at me.

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

started to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters started talking

it, I

right now. So, listen well when I tell you this, get your shit together, because in a few years' time, this so-called

know about what was about

it was time for everyone to wake up

was planning on defeating the Demon King, the Demon

an army of demons

rate, when the time came that the