The Author's POV

"The world looks peaceful, doesn't it?"

While I trailed Matthew from behind, I looked around at everything that was going on around me. The world, as he pointed out, was quite different from the world that I lived in.

People running around with smiles, no gates or demons to worry about…

It was extremely peaceful. Enough to make me jealous.

'Is this how the world would've been if Jezebeth and the demons never existed?'

It was rather good.

"You think too much."

Matthew smirked as he looked at me.

"True, the world looks peaceful, but that's merely what you're perceiving on the surface. Reality is, the world is a lot less idealistic than you'd imagine."

He continued forth, and I followed from behind him. He didn't elaborate further, but he seemed to be hinting at something.

I honestly didn't understand his words. When I looked around me and saw the world, which appeared to be in much better shape than the war-torn world that I was a part of, I had a hard time believing that this world could be as terrible as he hinted at.

'Merely what you're perceiving on the surface…'

Was he hinting that something big was happening in the shadows?

"We're nearly here."

The first thing that caught my eye in the distance was a familiar skyscraper. It was a building that I had frequented in the past, and its appearance in this world was identical to how it appeared in the world that I belonged to.

'The Union Tower.'

"We want justice!"

I heard faint chants in the distance.

'At least, that part of the Union Tower didn't change.'

Be it my world or this world, there'd always be a couple of people protesting there.

The further we went, the louder they got, and it wasn't long before I had a better grasp of what they were yelling.

My expression changed a little.

"Life imprisonment!"

"Sentence those criminals to the death!"

"Kill them!"

Hearing the contents of their words, my brows slowly furrowed, and I looked toward Matthew.

"What's going on?"

Were some big time criminals being persecuted?

The reaction seemed rather extreme.

"You'll see."

Matthew merely smiled at my question and continued moving forward.

me a bit crazy, I decided to follow him

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets

"Murderers!"

of people carrying

of profanities while waving the

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

square beneath the Union Tower. It was so

"We're here."

the crowd and stared at

I stopped beside him.

what you were trying to show

The riot?

there something special

Matthew smiled.

minutes. You'll get

"Okay."

any clues, but there didn't seem

to wait too long to

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

to the tower opened with a deliberate pace, revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate, and everyone in the square became silent as

'…He's still the same.'

world, or the other world.

He never changed.

verdict has been

calm voice reached the ears of

filled the surroundings

increased, and I couldn't help

this

He soon continued.

the Union, have come to the conclusion that the following three individuals are

three pictures materialized next to him, and my entire

at the highest level.

but I had no time to focus on it as all the noise drowned out from my

individuals depicted in the

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

Keiki, also known as Grandmaster Keiki, sole creator of the Keiki style, and a

Levisha, also known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style, and a former

sole creator of Graver style, and a former honorary member of the

head to stare at the images next

the three

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

that had been engulfing the square was suddenly shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by crying and hugging while they screamed

joy, while others started praising the Union

churn at the sight, and I looked over at Matthew, who smiled at

you still think that everything

slowly shook my head. I was still trying to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously messed up was happening somewhere in

the Heroes

definitely

I supposed to

The sudden revelation baffled me and left me clueless as to