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.

not because I want you people

arm, I wiped the side of my

I'm still pissed off about what the Union did to me, at the end of the day, I get their decision. Everyone has their

with

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

as I wanted to antagonize the Union, I

Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were also unaware of who I was exactly, during the time I

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

was

"Haaa..."

out a long

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

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 human domain. If you compare me, to him, who by the time was already dead, selling him out

fiddled with the empty

get me 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

won't think twice about sacrificing you for the benefit

go of the empty bottle in my hand. Raising my head, I closed

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

not a peaceful

the weakest died. It may have not been apparent now, but, in the very near future, this would become more and more apparent to the

realize this now before it was too

body forward a little, I turned my head

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

I glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

have seen the crack in the sky,

of the room, I wasn't able

then I will let you

I knew that everyone's attention was

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,

rankers. You don't want the Union to throw you away? Then you better get stronger, because, in a couple of years' time, the

the last words, the eyes of

changed to that ones filled with shock,

the

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

with disbelief echoed throughout the room as the complexion of some

couldn't blame them

catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since the second cataclysm only

that a third one might happen, people would obviously

of you might be 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

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

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

the auditorium as

it, I continued

because in a few years' time, this so-called momentary sense

there was a better time to let the world know about what was about to come soon, now was

time for everyone to wake up from this false

planning on defeating the Demon King, the Demon King wasn't the only

was an army

came that the Demon King arrived on