The Author's POV

[Alliance Headquarters]

―There's a sudden situation. This is the perfect time to strike the demons.

―I have just been informed that our forces and the demons in Idoania have engaged in full-scale warfare against one another. Even though there have been no requests for additional support, the situation appears to be rather grim. The Demon King is currently engaged in combat with the Leaders of our race.

―The mana on this planet also seemed to have drastically increased. Do you have any idea of what happened, Ren?

"One at a time, please…"

I massaged my head while I stared at the three projections in front of me. They were Gervis, Maylin, and Brutus. The heads of the three races on Earth.

The three of them had different facial expressions at the moment and were talking over one another, but I roughly understood what had occurred.

I looked at Maylin.

"So you're saying a war broke out on this planet called Idoania and that the Demon King is currently fighting against all of your race leaders?"

―That's correct.

Maylin, who was hidden behind the holographic projection, nodded her head. After staring at her for what seemed like an eternity, I eventually leaned against the back of my chair.

I had a sudden thought.

"There are seven Protectors, but as far as I can tell, there is only one on Earth. If I'm not mistaken, then it seems highly likely that the race leaders of the three different races are the other Protectors... right?'

It was a possibility.

If not, why would Jezebeth opt to move to them before heading down to earth? The more I thought about it, the more obvious it seemed.

… In the same manner, as on Earth, the Protectors kept a close eye on the three other races in order to ensure that they remained in their proper place.

Clean up and oppress those who have talent.

Their surveillance wasn't something that was exclusive to human beings alone, but it did affect the other races as well...

It was also abundantly clear that the Protectors placed a higher priority on the other races than they did on us, as evidenced by the fact that there was only one Protector watching over us as opposed to the two others for each race.

Not that I blamed them.

After all, mana was something that humans had only very recently begun to interact with. In addition, our population was noticeably lower than theirs.

It only made sense.

I turned to look at Gervis.

"Yes, the mana in the atmosphere did indeed become a lot denser. I don't know why, but I've received several reports from our side that many have broken through because of it."

―Oh? Is Octavious one of them?

"Yes."

I replied with a short nod.

Not even a day after my other self killed Waylan, a large phenomenon swept over the city, and Octavious broke through to rank.

The news of his breakthrough was met with a great deal of enthusiasm, and some news articles even suggested that he ought to take the reins as leader of the alliance in light of his recent success.

If only they knew...

"He's broken through to the next rank, and so have several other people. What about you?"

―Same for us.

Gervis heartily laughed.

quite smoothly for us. After the mana density rose, almost all of us experienced a large

"That's nice to hear."

friendly smile before turning my attention to Brutus. Even though he was hidden behind a projection, I was still able to feel his breath from

sharp eyes focused on me,

take advantage of this

the atmosphere has become noticeably less potent as a result of the significant increase in mana density that has recently taken place. Even though we orcs didn't go through any of what you humans did, we didn't lose any strength, in contrast to the demons. If we take advantage of this opportunity, we will be able to eradicate all of

"Hmmm."

some

an assault, that time would be now. Not only did a good number of us become stronger, but because the mana was so concentrated, the demons were put in a position where they were at

be tuned in order to convert the

one

with expectant eyes. It seemed like they had

massaged the bottom of my chin and muttered

suddenly get into another war right now, the people will start to riot… The situation

case, it was safe to assume that the general populace would be anything but pleased with the news that another war was

be written about me, calling me a war-hungry tyrant and other

Not that I cared.

said about me in the media,

The vast majority of the time, all I would do to

currently recuperating and mourning the losses, but this isn't an opportunity that can be wasted. There's no better time to strike now, and honestly, since we're the ones attacking,

at the other two. From the looks on their faces, it appeared as though they were

one who held a contrasting viewpoint, and I

a brief period of time, as no one spoke at any point. I turned on the chip in my head and rapidly drummed my fingers across

and over again in my head, and I went through each and every one of them

leader of the Alliance, I had many things to consider, and knowing the scope of the attack,

I needed to bring most of

to take

behind to defend the domain in the event that the demons decide to

bring

was a trap

would think of the situation and how to calm down the panic and riots that may ensue from the

were a lot of factors that I needed to take into consideration, and just

the chip, I was soon able

"Haa…"

out a

tell that this is going to

point, everything was a pain in

have you made your

pearl like voice reverberated through my office, and I looked at her. Staring at her for a good couple of seconds,

"Yeah."

up

get ready

***

"Here."

"What's this?"

to stare at Ryan, my gaze fell on the small bottle he placed over

table as I was preparing a series of documents regarding the upcoming war for a general assembly

and replicate. With a little help from Melissa, we were able to

"Uh?"

while back started to surface in my mind, and my

"Isn't this…"

"Yup."

Ryan smiled.

the serum used to create the supersoldiers from the Monolith.

"You're damn right."

within. It was clear and resembled water, and as I shook the

'Rather smooth.'

I took, which was rather viscous, this

"How are the effects?"

If you inject it into someone, they'll follow your commands, but in a limited manner since it takes