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.

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

wiped the side of my

pissed off about what the Union did to me, at the end of the day, I get

like you 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

reporters changed when they heard my words, however,

Union, I truly did

I had taken the [Seed of limit] in the past.

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

was the cruel

"Haaa..."

out a long

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

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

fiddled with the empty potion bottle in front of

against their methods.

that won't think twice about sacrificing you

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

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

not a peaceful

may have not been apparent now, but, in the very near

the world realize this now before it was too

my head in the direction of one of the cameras

start blaming the Union

my head, I glanced toward the ceiling of

the crack in the sky,

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

then I will let you know

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

world will increase, and so will your talent cap. If previously you had your

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 years' time, the least of your

exact moment, I mumbled the last words, the eyes of many individuals present in the room started to

silent and impassive expressions changed to that ones filled with shock, as some couldn't stop

started speaking, the reporters

"Im...impossible..."

"It can't be..."

"You must be lying."

throughout the room as the complexion of some of the

couldn't blame them

Especially since the second cataclysm

one might happen, people would obviously start fearing

let you know that in the few years that I was missing, I was actually in the dwarven domain and

I glanced at Douglas who looked back at me.

"Isn't that right, Douglas?"

"Yes."

to spread throughout the auditorium as the reporters

I continued

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

let the world know about what

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

the Demon King, the

was an army

this rate, when the time came that the Demon King