Clank—!
Darkness enveloped my vision as the doors behind me closed shut.
Raising my hand, I snapped my fingers.
Snap—!
A small flame formed in front of me, illuminating what was ahead of me.
"Rather plain..."
Apart from a small bed that sat in the corner of the room, there was nothing else in the room. Not even a toilet.
Shaking my head, I proceeded to lay down on the bed. The bed was rather hard, but I made due. Beggars couldn't be choosers.
Beside me, the flame continued illuminating the place.
Raising my hand, I glanced at my wrist.
"They sure are confident."
I had originally thought that they would've taken my bracelet away, but that never happened. This surprised me quite a bit, but who was I to complain?
This perfectly worked in my favor.
Reaching my hand out, I slowly clenched it. I then opened my mouth and asked.
"...Are you sure Amanda's father is the Overlord?"
"Yes."
A voice echoed from near the door of the cell. I lowered my hand and frowned.
"I have no choice but to become an Emperor rank, don't I?"
"If you want to meet him, that's your only choice."
"I see..."
I nodded. Raising my head, I gazed in his direction.
There was something I was curious about.
"Apart from more resources, what's so good about being an Overlord rank?"
"Freedom."
He only replied with one word, but that was enough for me to understand everything. Sitting up straight, I asked.
"Are you saying that once someone reaches Overlord rank, they will be freed?"
"Not quite."
My other self shook his head.
Turning his head to gaze in the direction of the door, he replied.
"For an Overlord to gain freedom, they must first win against one of the ruling Dukes."
"Tsss..."
I took a cold breath of hair.
"Beat on of the ruling Dukes? I assume their strength will also be suppressed."
If not, how would anyone be able to win?
The other me nodded.
"It will be, but unlike the challengers, they won't wear any artifacts to suppress their strength."
"This..."
Wasn't this shady? What if they were about to lose? Considering their pride, it wouldn't be strange if they resorted to some petty trick.
"It's exactly as you think."
Confirming my words, the other me leaned his back against the wall.
"Freedom is merely some false hope given to ignite the fighting spirits of the contenders. They never planned on freeing them from the very beginning."
"As expected."
Letting out a long breath, I sighed.
"Don't worry too much. Just focus on reaching Emperor rank for now. All other things will come naturally."
"...Alright."
time for me to dwell on these
Emperor-level contender and get the chance to
way I could get
"Ah, right."
of my thoughts, it was then
of them and stared at them. Confirming that they were indeed white, I looked
is my
I had never looked at myself in the mirror in these past few months, it
How did that happen?
was then that my question was
a side effect of you
answer didn't please me too
My eyes squinted.
that I will have permanent
really cared, but I was already used to my
shove, I
was no way
Right?
"Ugh."
I groaned.
'What a pain.'
me for a brief
turn back to
lit up
"Really?"
why people have ranks. Bridging so many of them without a body that
"That makes sense..."
events of the past, I couldn't agree
that I
For my body to hold such power, I couldn't understand how the only issue I
only side
rest, you will soon be fighting every day for the
"Right..."
nodded my head and laid back
eyes, I slowly dozed
to be a busy
***
a dark
crossed-legged in the middle of the room. A tangible pressure rose in and out of the man's body
aura around him that would make anyone
"Huuu..."
his eyes, revealing a pair of deep eyes that
of those eyes, but it wasn't very apparent. It had still not overtaken
"Please wait for me..."
His voice was rather weak, but it was
I
hands, a strong undulation of mana
bloodthirst flashed across the man's
win no matter
***
Bang—!
figure slammed against the side of
"Yes, fuck him!"
"Screw him!"
"Hahhahahah!"
our new contender whose overall rank is now in the thirties and has
'...Seriously?'
to keep a straight face. From white death
going to be
sighing, I looked at my opponent who was still passed
fighting every
Rank thirty.
'I finally did it...'
ranks away from reaching the top ten. The only ranks that enabled someone to fight against
of a bracket could someone fight against
The only thing I knew was that he was someone whose strength
then that the demoness came to talk
you going to repeat your previous streaks and challenge
brief
opponent will be a
The cheers were so loud that I felt the ground
I ignored it.
I become top ten, I will quickly fight the Emperor and
could challenge. This was purposely set up so that
fight him, they must first earn the
was no exception to that
of the White Reaper. Once again choosing to fight the
Stopping a couple of meters
making their way in my direction when
if she could
of time, the demoness showed a surprised look on her face. She
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