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.

reason I'm telling all of you this is not because I want you people to realize just how shitty of an organization the Union is, no,

arm, I wiped the side of my

me, at the end of the day, I

organization designed to think the best for humanity, and back then, with all the information they had

faces of the reporters changed when they heard my words, however, I merely shrugged

to antagonize the Union, I

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

their decision, but, I wasn't so

unfortunate, this was the

"Haaa..."

out

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

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 the time was already

my head, I fiddled with the empty potion

a lot, it doesn't mean I'm against their methods. All I'm trying to do is let everyone know what type of organization the

organization that won't think twice about sacrificing you

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

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

not a

the weakest died. It may have not been apparent now, but, in the very

the world realize this

a little, I turned my head in the direction of one of the

that you aren't some expandable. Don't just start blaming the

I glanced toward the ceiling of the room and

crack in the sky,

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

have, then I

being, I knew that everyone's

density in the world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If previously you

get stronger, because, in a couple of years' time, the least of your worries aren't going to be the Union nor the Monolith,

last words, the eyes of

filled with shock, as some couldn't stop themselves

ever since I started speaking, the reporters mustered the courage to speak

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

the room as the complexion of

blame

just how catastrophic a cataclysm was. Especially

one might happen, people

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

head, I glanced at Douglas who looked back at me. After

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

auditorium

I continued

when I tell you this, get your shit together, because in a

to let the world know about what was about to come

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

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

was an army

progressing at this rate, when the time came that the Demon King arrived on earth, most of