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
my priority was to become an Emperor-level contender and get the
the only way I could get in
"Ah, right."
the midst of my thoughts, it was then
a couple of them and stared at them. Confirming that they
my
in the mirror in these past few months, it was only
How did that happen?
was then that my
side effect of you
answer didn't please me too
My eyes squinted.
that I will have permanent
I really cared, but I was
shove, I might as well dye them
was no way anyone would notice
Right?
"Ugh."
I groaned.
'What a pain.'
a brief moment,
turn back to
lit up a
"Really?"
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
"That makes sense..."
events of the past, I couldn't agree anymore with his
that
For my body to hold such power, I couldn't understand how the only issue I suffered was just my
that the only side
will soon be fighting every day for the next few
"Right..."
sigh, I nodded my
eyes, I slowly dozed
going to be
***
a
tangible pressure rose in and out of the man's body as
around him that would make anyone
"Huuu..."
deep breath, the figure slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep eyes that
was a trace of insanity inside of those eyes, but it wasn't very apparent.
"Please wait for me..."
voice was rather weak, but it was filled
close. I
hands, a strong
the man's eyes as he slowly
win
***
Bang—!
the side of the arena, and the crowd erupted into
"Yes, fuck him!"
"Screw him!"
"Hahhahahah!"
row for our new contender whose overall rank is now in the thirties and
'...Seriously?'
my best to keep a straight face. From
going to be
my opponent who was still passed out on the
fighting every day, and finally
Rank thirty.
'I finally did it...'
the top ten. The only ranks that enabled someone to fight
the top ten of a bracket could someone fight
him. The only thing I knew was that he was someone whose strength
demoness came
be? Are you going to repeat your previous streaks and
for a brief moment, I slowly
next opponent will be
into loud cheers. The cheers were so loud that I felt the ground shake for a
I ignored it.
I will quickly
twenty-rank limit on whoever I could challenge. This was purposely set up so that the Emperor-ranked
they must
no exception to that
Once again choosing
of meters away from me,
of demonic energy making their way in my direction when she did that,
she could seduce
demoness showed a surprised look on her face. She seemed to be surprised by the fact that I was
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