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

my arm, I wiped the side

still pissed off about what the Union did to me, at

the best for humanity, and back then, with all the information they had at their disposal, sacrificing me was

they heard my words, however,

to antagonize the Union, I truly did

Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the

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

unfortunate, this was the

"Haaa..."

let out

my arm which was propped up on

simply used as a scapegoat by the Union in order to let me come back to the human domain. If you compare me, to him, who by

fiddled with the empty potion bottle in front

I'm against their methods. All I'm trying to

organization that won't think twice about sacrificing you for the benefit of

my

someone who's been on the discarded side of the

was not a

been apparent now,

the world realize this now before it was

head

just start blaming the Union or every

the ceiling of the room and

crack

on the ceiling of the room, I wasn't

then I will let you know

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

density in the world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If previously you had your talent cap to blame for your inability

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

the eyes of many individuals

changed to that ones filled with shock, as some

I started speaking, the reporters mustered

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

the room as the complexion of some of the reporters

couldn't blame them

was. Especially since the second cataclysm only happened

that a third one might happen, people would obviously start fearing for

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, I was actually in the dwarven

at Douglas who looked back

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

the auditorium as the reporters started talking

it, I

this, get your shit together, because in a few years'

to let the world know about what was about to

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

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

army of demons behind

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