The Author's POV

Chapter 511

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."

was no time for me to dwell on these

to become an Emperor-level contender and get the chance to fight

was the only way I could get in contact with

"Ah, right."

thoughts, it

them. Confirming that

my hair

I had never looked at myself in the mirror in these past few months, it was only recently that I found out that my hair was

How did that happen?

then that

a side effect of you using that

didn't please me

My eyes squinted.

that I will have permanent white

but I was already

push comes to shove, I might as well dye them

way

Right?

"Ugh."

I groaned.

'What a pain.'

me for a

turn back to normal

eyes lit up

"Really?"

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 suffering

"That makes sense..."

events of the past, I

strength that I

hold such power, I couldn't understand how the only issue I suffered was just my

side effect I suffered was

Get some rest, you will soon be fighting every day for the next

"Right..."

I nodded my head and laid back on the

eyes, I slowly

to be

***

a dark

room. A tangible pressure rose in and out of the man's body

wild aura around him that would make anyone quake in

"Huuu..."

another deep breath, the figure slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep eyes that

eyes, but it wasn't very apparent. It

"Please wait for me..."

rather weak,

close. I can

strong undulation

the man's eyes as he

win

***

Bang—!

figure slammed against the side of the arena, and the crowd erupted into loud

"Yes, fuck him!"

"Screw him!"

"Hahhahahah!"

makes it the twelfth victory in a row for our new contender whose overall rank is now in the thirties and has earned the nickname

'...Seriously?'

demoness's words, I tried my best to keep a straight face. From white death

be

looked at my opponent who

been fighting every day, and finally managed

Rank thirty.

'I finally did it...'

reaching the top ten. The only ranks that enabled someone to

reaching the top ten of a bracket could someone fight against the

was not much known about him. The only thing I knew was that he was someone whose

was then that the demoness

will your next challenger be? Are you going to repeat your previous streaks and challenge the highest

around the crowd for a brief

correct. My next opponent will be a top ten

erupted into loud cheers. The cheers were so loud that I felt the ground shake

I ignored it.

quickly fight the Emperor and get

on whoever I could challenge. This was purposely set up so that the Emperor-ranked contender wouldn't

fight him, they must

was no exception to

of the White Reaper. Once again choosing to

of meters away from me, she winked

subtle threads of demonic energy making their way in my direction when she

she could

showed a surprised look on her face. She seemed to be surprised by the fact that I was unaffected by her

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