"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."
rebuked her in a collected and level-headed manner. Unfortunately, it appeared as though his words had the opposite effect on the people who
'Is be okay?'
the thought that was clearly plastered all
The way Octavious was acting was extremely out of character. It was as if, all of a sudden, your tough,
shivers down my
are you actually
by Monica, who asked the one question that had been
room and took in the expressions of everyone
is nothing wrong with
He answered flatly.
pressed the
you guys don't believe me, I'll demonstrate
the space directly in front of him, a holographic screen appeared to float. On it, images of buildings collapsing of their own accord
startled by what
"What's going on?"
this what is happening right
did so with a mixture of shock and
pinched the holographic screen, which
"Have a closer look."
everyone was able to get a distinct view of
wounds all over their
throughout the room as
wondered; what exactly is going on, and why
more, everyone began to question whether or not this truly was the Octavious that they were familiar
currently happening is something that Kevin
words he spoke caused the entire room to fall into complete silence. The pupils of some of the people
could say anything else, Octavious continued to
but a select few, some of you might not be aware of this, but Kevin possesses the ability to
means that his actions will
words, they immediately
"Are you serious?"
is this possible? How can someone
anything to
one
my seat while this was going on, and crossed my arms together. Throughout the entire time, I didn't say
familiar with Kevin's circumstances, I was not the least bit taken
the other
it some more thought, I'm realizing just how significant
still be in
available to inflict significant damage on the Monolith without suffering any
prompted you to
face dark. Clearly, he wasn't all too pleased with the
"No."
and he pointed
he has caused the most damage to the Monolith and has the best chance of
it was there that they noticed
the first time that anyone had noticed the film covering the bodies of those who
quickly cleared
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