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.

is not because I want you people

my arm, I wiped the side of my

what the Union did to me, at the end of the day,

organization designed to think the best for humanity, and back then, with

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

as I wanted to antagonize the Union, I truly did think that their

no way for the Union to know that I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past. Furthermore, they

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

unfortunate, this was

"Haaa..."

let out

which was propped up on the table, I gazed into the eyes of

to Aaron. Even though he isn't exactly guilty, he 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

fiddled with the empty potion bottle in front of

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

won't think twice about sacrificing

Raising my head, I closed my eyes for a brief moment before

on the discarded side of the Union, if you want to survive in this

was not

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

was best to let the world realize this now before it was

I turned my head

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

toward the

the crack

of the room, I wasn't

I will let

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

will your talent cap. If

lower 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

last words, the eyes

and impassive expressions changed to that ones filled with shock,

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 some of the reporters

blame them

a cataclysm was. Especially since

people would obviously start fearing for

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 I was missing, I was

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

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

the auditorium as

it, I continued to

get your shit together, because in a few years' time,

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

time for everyone to wake up from this

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

an army of demons behind

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