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
become an Emperor-level contender and get the chance to
the only way I could get
"Ah, right."
the midst of my thoughts, it was then
couple of them and stared at them. Confirming that they were indeed white, I looked
is my
at myself in the mirror in these past few
How did that happen?
was then that my question was
effect of you
didn't please me too
My eyes squinted.
I will
cared, but I was
shove, I might as well dye them
no way
Right?
"Ugh."
I groaned.
'What a pain.'
for a brief moment, he
back to normal
lit up
"Really?"
currently like that because of the trauma your body has suffered from using so much power. There is a reason why people have ranks. Bridging so many of them without a body that is capable of holding such power will inevitably lead to your body
"That makes sense..."
of the past, I couldn't
that I previously
I couldn't understand how the only issue I suffered was just my change in hair
only side effect I suffered was my hair becoming white,
will soon be fighting
"Right..."
sigh, I nodded my head and laid
I slowly
to be a busy
***
a dark
pressure rose in and out of the man's body as each breath he took caused the
that would make anyone quake in
"Huuu..."
a pair of deep eyes that seemed to
those eyes, but it wasn't very apparent. It had
"Please wait for me..."
voice was rather weak, but it was filled wh
I can
at his hands, a strong undulation of mana spread
man's eyes
win no
***
Bang—!
a crashing sound, a figure slammed against the side of the arena, and
"Yes, fuck him!"
"Screw him!"
"Hahhahahah!"
victory in a row for our new contender whose overall rank is now in the thirties and has earned the
'...Seriously?'
I tried my best to keep a straight face. From white death to white reaper? What was up with them
be
sighing, I looked at my opponent who was still passed out
week or so, I had been fighting every day, and
Rank thirty.
'I finally did it...'
top ten. The only ranks
a bracket could someone fight against the current
The only thing I knew was that he
that the demoness came
you going to repeat
the crowd for a brief moment, I
correct. My next opponent will be
into loud cheers. The cheers were so loud that I
I ignored it.
I will quickly fight the Emperor and get
could challenge. This was purposely set up so that
must
no exception to that
again choosing to fight the
of meters away
could feel subtle threads of demonic energy making their way in my direction when
if she could
demoness showed a surprised look on her face. She seemed to be surprised by the fact that
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