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 shitty of an organization the Union is, no, that's

wiped the side

the Union did to me, at the end of the day, I get their decision. Everyone has their

best for humanity, and back then, with all

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

the Union, I truly did

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

but, I wasn't so blinded

this was the cruel

"Haaa..."

out a long

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

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

my head, I fiddled with the empty

I'm bashing the Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their methods. All I'm

twice about

let go of the empty bottle in my hand. Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment before

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

not a peaceful

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

was best to let the world realize this now before it was

little, I turned my head in the direction of

that you aren't some expandable. Don't just start blaming the Union or every

head, I glanced toward the ceiling of

crack in the sky,

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

I will let

knew that

will continue to expand. The mana density in the world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If

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

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

that ones filled with shock, as some couldn't stop themselves from standing

the reporters mustered the courage to

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

throughout the room as the

blame them

was. Especially since the second

might happen, people would obviously start fearing for the

load of crap, however, I just wanted to let you know that in the few years that I was missing, I was

I glanced at Douglas who looked back at me. After a

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

the auditorium as the reporters started

it, I continued to

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

time to let the world know about what was

the Demon King soon arriving, it was time for everyone to wake up

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

army of demons behind

the time came that the Demon King arrived on earth, most of them would