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.

want you

I wiped the side

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

isn't their priority. They are an organization designed to think the best for humanity, and back then, with all the information they

heard my words, however, I merely shrugged

to antagonize the Union, I

Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they were also

I wasn't so blinded by rage to

this was

"Haaa..."

out a long

was propped up on the table, I gazed

what he's done, however, he was simply used as a scapegoat by the Union in order to

with the empty potion bottle in front of

bashing the Union a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their methods. All I'm trying to do is let everyone

won't think twice about sacrificing you for the

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

this 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

not

a world where the strongest survived, and the weakest died. It may have not been apparent now, but, in the

world realize this

my body forward a little, I turned my head in the direction of

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

my head, I glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

crack in the

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

you have, then I will let you

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

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

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'

the eyes of many

impassive expressions changed to that ones filled with shock, as

ever since I started speaking, the reporters mustered the courage

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

disbelief echoed throughout the room as the complexion of some of the reporters

couldn't blame them

catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially since

a third one might happen, people would obviously

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 domain and

glanced at Douglas who looked back

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

throughout the auditorium as

I continued

currently going through right now. So, listen well when I tell you this, get your shit together, because in a few years' time, this

a better time to let the world know about

it was time for everyone to wake up from this false sense of peace that they were

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

an army of

that the