The Author's POV

Chapter 509

Bang—!

Crashing against a tree was a black humanoid figure. The bark of the three flew everywhere, and the figure rolled back a couple of meters.

Coming to a stop, the demon raised his head and glared in my direction.

"Uakh! How…dare you!"

"Just answer a few questions if you don't want to die."

Walking up to the demon, I placed my foot on top of his head and applied some pressure. His head came into contact with the ground.

"Khhh."

Using every ounce of his strength to raise his head, the demon glared my way, but I ignored him and lowered my body to meet his eyes. Along the way, I removed my foot which was pressed against his face.

He was only a Baron-ranked demon. Therefore, I wasn't too worried about him running away.

"Hmmm."

Taking out a black frit from my pocket, I presented it to the demon in front of me.

"I'll give you this if you start speaking."

The demon's face changed instantly the moment I took out the core. He was giving me a look filled with greed.

I secretly smirked when I saw this.

Having killed as many demons as I did, it was inevitable for me to pick up a couple of devil fruits. Since I had no use for them, I could use them as a good bargaining chip.

"If you want this core, you better answer my questions properly."

"...How should I believe you?"

The demon's voice was rather calm, but I could tell that this was merely a pretense. It was very subtle but there was a tremble in his voice as he spoke.

'He's scared.'

"How should you believe me?…Mhh."

I frowned underneath my mask.

After a while, I just shrugged my shoulders.

"You don't really have a choice either way. I can just kill you with a single slap. If you don't answer my questions I'll just go to another demon. Someone will eventually speak, it's not like the questions I'm about to ask are a secret…"

I slowly raised my hand.

The demon flinched when he saw this.

"I will speak! I will speak!"

He repeatedly shouted.

There was clear fear in his eyes as he said those words.

'Good…'

Lowering my hand, I deeply gazed into the demon's eyes.

"Alright, I'll make this simple. Tell me what you know about Morian."

Although what my other self said usually ended up being correct, I still didn't trust him.

Before making any moves, I wanted to assess the situation for myself.

My next set of actions would be based on the demon's answers.

"Marion?"

"That's right, tell me anything you know about it. Especially about the arena."

The demon's face changed a bit as he hesitated to speak. I pressed my hand to his throat when I saw this.

"I don't have much time, make it quick."

"Khh…yes."

he slowly started to recount everything about the city. From its general layout, to who reigned supreme over there, and how heavily guarded it

which area to avoid, and what were the most crowded areas. I didn't really pay

on infiltrating the city in the first place. All that interested me was

on the thought. That place is under the surveillance of two Dukes. You will never make it past the entrance

"I see."

with

bit. Turning my attention back you the

what do you know about

"…the arena?"

changed. It went from a fearful

My forehead creased.

say anything,

is the biggest entertainment you can find in Morian, it's the best place demons can go to enjoy themselves. Watching the other races fight and kill each other is the most entertaining thing

have completely forgotten about his predicament as the excitement

isn't that much different from fights

of televised fights back on earth. Their

become an even bigger attraction! There's this new human that has not lost once! Each

"Did you say human?"

I cut in.

hear incorrectly. Could he be referring to

was thinking,

personally bet

"Mhhhh..."

my head a bit,

human, what

Pondering for a bit, he

Some even say that he's close to

"I see…"

nodded my head and slowly

'It's probably him.'

and his strength was similar to that of Amanda's father before he left was a good indication to me that this

you would like to ask

The demon asked.

my attention back to the demon, I thought for a bit before

chance a demon caught a human, orc, or any other member of the

"Eh?"

I posed the question, but all it took was a quick glare

using the same as before. The one that used cores to make it seem as though I was a

to our rank difference, the demon was

give them to the arena and earn a cut from

"Oh?"

an interesting system

the people, they have them fight and give them a cut of how much they

a

made quite a bit of

"Ehm…"

thoughts was the demon's voice.

"What is it?"

smile on his face, the

already told you

Click—!

clicking sound rang through the air

"Y…y…"

unable to mutter his last words, I already knew what he was

'You lied...'

"Yes, I lied."

I ever promised him to

*

further away from the area I was previously in, a figure appeared not

"So, you satisfied?"

"I am."

a short

have been right, but I just had to make sure for myself. This wasn't the first time that I had done this, but I just couldn't bring myself to

are you going to

my head

as we've previously

"Good."

came to a stop. Tapping on my bracelet, I took out a small

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