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."

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

'Is be okay?'

it out loud, this was the thought

It was as if, all of a sudden, your tough, no-bullshit teacher became friendly out

shivers down

are you

was brought back to the room by Monica, who asked the one question that had been preoccupying the thoughts of each and

his eyes travelled around the room and took in

is nothing wrong with

He answered flatly.

he pressed the table

don't believe me, I'll demonstrate exactly what Kevin is

in front of him, a holographic screen appeared to float. On it, images of buildings collapsing of their own accord

was immediately startled by

"What's going on?"

is happening right

the holographic display, they did so with a mixture of shock and

brought his hand up and pinched the holographic screen, which resulted

"Have a closer look."

image magnified, and everyone was able to get a distinct view of what was taking place beneath the debris

over their bodies, wailing for assistance, and desperately looking through

to spread throughout the room as the

what exactly is going on, and why

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

is

complete silence.

say anything else, Octavious continued

of information has not been disclosed to anyone but a select few, some of you might not

that his actions will not

heard these words, they immediately displayed a startlingly different

"Are you serious?"

can someone be immune to mana

does that have anything to do

started talking over one another, the

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

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

same could not be said for the other individuals,

gave it some more thought,

considering that the ceasefire would still be in effect for

significant damage on the Monolith without suffering

ability of his is what prompted you to recommend him as the leader

face dark. Clearly, he wasn't all too

"No."

his head, and he pointed at the holographic

the best chance of defeating them. Take a look at all of

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

that anyone had noticed the film covering the bodies of

quickly cleared their

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