"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."
as though his words had the opposite effect on the people who
'Is be okay?'
this was the thought that was clearly plastered all
It was as if, all of a sudden, your
shivers
are you
the room by Monica, who asked the one question that had been preoccupying the thoughts of each and every person
eyes travelled around the room and took
is nothing wrong
He answered flatly.
the table in front
demonstrate exactly
of him, a holographic screen appeared to float. On it, images of buildings collapsing of
was immediately startled by what
"What's going on?"
this what is happening
the room stared at the holographic display, they did so with a mixture
brought his hand up and pinched the holographic screen, which resulted in the image
"Have a closer look."
was able to get a distinct view of
ground with wounds all over their bodies, wailing
throughout the room as
other, everyone wondered; what exactly is going on, and why was Octavious so fascinated by the pictures of
whether or not this truly was the
happening is
caused the entire room to fall into complete silence. The pupils of some of the people
anything else,
has not been disclosed to anyone but a select few, some of you might not be aware of this, but
his actions will not compromise us
heard these words, they immediately displayed a startlingly different expression than
"Are you serious?"
How can someone be immune
anything to do with the
started talking over one another, the room immediately descended into
in my seat 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
could not be said for the other individuals, who began to speak
it some more thought, I'm realizing just
that the ceasefire would still be
available to inflict significant
this ability of his is what prompted you to recommend
face dark. Clearly, he wasn't all too
"No."
and he
to the Monolith and has the best chance of defeating them. Take a look at all of the injured; do
noticed a thin layer of
the first time that anyone had noticed the film covering the bodies of those who had been
cleared their
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