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.

you this is not because I want you people to realize just how shitty of an organization the Union is, no, that's

my arm, I wiped the side of my

what the Union did to me, at

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

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

I wanted to antagonize the Union, I

taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were

but, I wasn't so blinded by

this was the

"Haaa..."

out

with my arm which was propped up on the table,

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 human domain. If you compare me, to him, who by

head, I fiddled with the

get me wrong. Just because I'm bashing the Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their

twice about sacrificing you for

bottle in my hand. Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment

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

was not a

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

let the world realize this now before

head in the direction of

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

I glanced toward the ceiling

crack in the

eyes were currently on the ceiling of the room, I

then I will let you know

knew that everyone's attention was

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

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

the eyes of many individuals present in the room started to

to that ones filled with shock, as some couldn't stop

started speaking, the reporters mustered the courage to speak

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

as the complexion of some of the reporters

couldn't blame

how catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since the second cataclysm only

happen, people would obviously start fearing for the

be thinking that all I'm saying is a load of crap, however, I just wanted to let you know that in the

back at me. After a short

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

murmurs started to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters started

I continued

the other races have gone through what we're currently going through right now. So, listen well when I tell you this, get your shit together, because in a few years'

the world know about what

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

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

army

progressing at this rate, when the time came that the Demon