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 people to realize just how

my arm, I wiped

Union did to me, at the end of the day, I get their

people aren't my priority, my life isn't their priority. They are 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 correct choice. Had I been in their position, I would've probably done

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

wanted to antagonize the Union, I truly did think that

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

may hold some resentment for their decision, but, I wasn't so blinded by rage to not

was the cruel

"Haaa..."

out

on the table, I gazed into the eyes of every reporter

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

the empty potion

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

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

the Union, if you want to survive in this world, you

not

been apparent now, but, in the very near future, this would become more and more apparent to the

was best to let the world realize

head in the direction

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

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

the crack in the

currently on the ceiling of the room, I wasn't able to see the reactions of

I will let you

everyone was being, I knew that everyone's attention

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

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

eyes of many

impassive expressions changed to that ones filled

ever since I started speaking, the reporters

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

the room as the complexion of some of the

blame them

cataclysm was. Especially since the second

one might happen, people

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

back at me. After

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

auditorium as the reporters started

I continued to

we're currently going through right now. So, listen well when I tell you this, get your shit together, 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 be the true beginning of the

to let the world know about what was about to come soon, now was the best

everyone to wake up from this false sense of peace that they

though I was planning on defeating the Demon King, the Demon King

army of demons

when the time came that the Demon King arrived on