"Pfttt…"
I spat the water that was in my mouth, and I felt multiple eyes pause in my general direction.
I looked at Octavious without paying any attention to the attention that was being directed toward me and set the glass back on the table. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't hearing wrongly.
"What did you just say?"
"You've heard me already. I won't repeat myself."
"No, no, it's because I heard what you said that I'm asking this."
What in the world was going on?
I was completely taken aback by the unexpected disclosure, despite the fact that I had already had a hunch that this might happen.
The clues were there, I just didn't want to believe them.
How on earth did Kevin manage to sway the opinion of such a stubborn individual to side with him?
"Kevin Voss…Kevin Voss… isn't he that little handsome fellow that I see in the billboards all the time?"
Ivana turned her attention to Octavious; the interest in her eyes was clear to see.
Octavious merely spared her a glance before answering.
"I can vouch for his capabilities. He will make a great leader if you choose to elect him as one."
"Where is he at the moment?"
Ivana looked around the room, pausing briefly to take in each of the individuals who were present in the room.
"He's not here."
Maximus, Gilbert's father and the current second-ranked hero, spoke up.
His head was bowed and his arms were crossed as he sat to the right of Octavious. Raising his head slowly, he looked at Octavious and mumbled.
"His rank is not within the top fifty and so he is unqualified to be here."
"Not even in the top fifty?"
The expression on Ivana's face and the manner in which she carried herself completely shifted, and her eyes started to lose focus.
"If he isn't even in the top fifty, what qualifies him to be the alliance leader? If someone wants to be my leader, they have to be at least stronger than me. Since he's not here, it means that there is no need for us to discuss this any further. I'm not interested."
Ivana relaxed her shoulders and closed her eyes as she reclined further back in her chair.
Her expression utterly displaying the absence of any interest in the topic that had been discussed earlier.
"One doesn't have to be the strongest to be the leader."
effect on
'Is be okay?'
no one said it out loud, this was the thought that was clearly plastered all over their
couldn't blame them. The way Octavious was acting was extremely out of character. It was as if, all of a
sent shivers down
you actually
attention was brought back to the room by Monica, who asked the one question that had been preoccupying the thoughts of each and every
frowned as his eyes travelled around the room and took in the
nothing wrong with
He answered flatly.
he pressed the table in
demonstrate
holographic screen appeared to float. On it, images of buildings collapsing of their own accord while smoke
immediately startled by
"What's going on?"
is
with a mixture of shock
holographic screen, which resulted in the image becoming
"Have a closer look."
and everyone was able to get a distinct view
all over their bodies,
continued to spread throughout the room as
is going on, and why was Octavious
or not this truly was the
happening is something
fall into complete silence. The pupils of some
they could say anything else, Octavious
anyone but a select few, some of you might not be aware of this, but Kevin possesses the ability to completely
his actions will not compromise us in
attendance heard these words, they
"Are you serious?"
is this possible? How can someone
does that have anything to do with
soon as people started talking over one another,
going on, and crossed my arms together. Throughout
with Kevin's circumstances, I was not the least
not be said for the other individuals, who began to speak over
much, but if I gave it some more
ceasefire would still be
still an abundance of time available to inflict significant damage on the Monolith without suffering
ability of his is what prompted you to recommend him as the leader of the
his face dark. Clearly, he wasn't all too
"No."
he pointed at the holographic
has the best chance of defeating them.
that they noticed
noticed the film covering the bodies of those who had been injured, and they were rightfully taken
quickly cleared
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