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."

though his words had the opposite effect on the people who were present, as they all appeared to be staring at

'Is be okay?'

the thought that

blame them. The way Octavious was acting was extremely out of character. It was as if, all of a sudden, your tough, no-bullshit

shivers

you

Monica, who asked the one question that had

the room and took in the expressions of everyone

nothing wrong with

He answered flatly.

pressed the table in

demonstrate exactly what

On it, images of buildings collapsing of their

was immediately startled by what they

"What's going on?"

this what is happening right

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."

able to get a distinct view of what

wounds all over their bodies, wailing

to spread throughout the

other, everyone wondered; what exactly is going on, and

everyone began to question whether or not this truly was the Octavious that

is currently happening is something

to fall into complete silence. The pupils of some

anything

you might not be

will not compromise us in

heard these words,

"Are you serious?"

this possible? How can someone be

that have anything to do

as people started talking over one another, the room

sat quietly in my seat while this was going on, and crossed my

already familiar with Kevin's circumstances, I was not the least

for the other individuals, who began to speak over

seem like much, but if I gave it some more thought,

the ceasefire would still

time available to inflict significant damage on the Monolith without

his is what prompted you

he wasn't all too

"No."

his head, and he pointed at

best chance of defeating them. Take a

drawn back to the holographic image, and it was there that they noticed a thin layer of blood-red film covering the bodies of those who had

noticed the film covering the bodies of those who had

quickly cleared their

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