The Author's POV

Chapter 669

"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."

manner. Unfortunately, it appeared as though his words had the opposite effect on the people

'Is be okay?'

this was the thought that

couldn't blame them. The way Octavious was acting was extremely out of character. It was as if, all of a sudden,

sent shivers

you

the room by Monica, who asked the one question that had been preoccupying the thoughts of

travelled around the room and took in the expressions of everyone

nothing wrong with

He answered flatly.

he pressed the table in front of

don't believe me, I'll demonstrate

to float. On it, images of buildings collapsing of their own accord while

by what

"What's going on?"

what is happening

the room stared at the holographic display, they did so with a mixture of shock and bewilderment. Was this what the sound from

pinched the holographic screen, which resulted in

"Have a closer look."

image magnified, and everyone was able to get a distinct view

writhing on the ground with wounds all over their bodies, wailing for assistance, and desperately looking through

the

other, everyone wondered; what exactly is going on, and why was Octavious so fascinated by the pictures of the suffering

began to question whether or not this truly was the Octavious that they were familiar

is something that

spoke caused the entire room to fall into complete

they could say anything else, Octavious continued to

you might not be aware of this, but Kevin possesses the

actions will not compromise

people in attendance heard these words, they immediately displayed a startlingly

"Are you serious?"

possible? How can

anything to

soon as people started talking over one another, the room immediately descended into

my seat while this was going on, and crossed my arms together. Throughout the entire time, I didn't say anything and

was, to some extent, already familiar with Kevin's circumstances, I was not the least bit taken aback by the information that

for the other individuals, who began to speak

it some more thought, I'm realizing just how

considering that the ceasefire would still be in

to inflict significant damage on the Monolith without suffering

tell me this ability of his is what prompted you to recommend him

he wasn't

"No."

and he pointed at

most damage to the Monolith and has the best chance of defeating them. Take a look at all of the injured; do you

and it was there that they noticed a thin layer of blood-red film covering the bodies

had noticed the film covering the bodies of

cleared

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