"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."
had the opposite effect on the people who were present, as they
'Is be okay?'
was the thought
It was as if, all of a
sent shivers down my
are you
was brought back to the room by Monica, who asked the one question that had been
his eyes travelled around the room
nothing
He answered flatly.
the table in front
demonstrate exactly what Kevin is
directly in front of him, a holographic screen appeared to float. On it,
immediately startled by what
"What's going on?"
is happening
holographic display, they did so with a mixture of shock and bewilderment. Was this
pinched the holographic
"Have a closer look."
image magnified, and everyone was able to get a distinct view of what was taking
wounds all over their bodies, wailing for assistance, and desperately
spread throughout the
wondered; what exactly is going on, and why was
this truly was the Octavious that they were
happening is something that
entire room to fall into complete silence. The pupils of some of the
could say anything else,
but a select few, some of you might not be aware of this, but Kevin possesses
means that his actions will not compromise us in any
heard these words, they immediately displayed
"Are you serious?"
possible? How can someone be immune to mana
anything to do with
soon as people started talking over one another,
while this was going on, and crossed my arms together. Throughout the
to some extent, already familiar with Kevin's circumstances, I was not the least bit taken
said for the other individuals, who began to
much, but if I gave it some more
would still be in effect for
time available to inflict significant damage on the Monolith without
what prompted you to recommend him as the
Clearly, he wasn't
"No."
and he pointed
the most damage to the Monolith and has the best chance of defeating them. Take a look at all of the injured;
they noticed a thin layer of blood-red film
anyone had noticed the film covering the bodies of those who had been injured, and they were
cleared
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