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
Emperor-level contender and get
was the only way I could get
"Ah, right."
my thoughts, it was then
plucked a couple of them and stared at them. Confirming
is my hair
looked at myself in the mirror in these past few months, it was only recently that I found
How did that happen?
then that my
a side effect of
please
My eyes squinted.
this mean that I will have permanent
I really cared, but I
comes to shove, I might as well dye them
way
Right?
"Ugh."
I groaned.
'What a pain.'
a brief moment, he
turn back to
eyes lit up
"Really?"
of the trauma your body has suffered from using so much power. There is a reason why people have
"That makes sense..."
the past, I couldn't agree
that I
hold such power, I couldn't understand how the only
grateful that the only side
you will soon be fighting every day for the next few
"Right..."
sigh, I nodded my head and laid back on
my eyes, I slowly
to be a busy
***
of a
in the middle of the room. A tangible pressure rose in and out of the man's body as each breath he took
around him that would
"Huuu..."
deep breath, the figure slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair
eyes, but it wasn't very apparent. It had still not
"Please wait for me..."
rather
I can
strong
across the man's eyes as he slowly
win no
***
Bang—!
against the side of the arena, and the crowd erupted
"Yes, fuck him!"
"Screw him!"
"Hahhahahah!"
contender whose overall
'...Seriously?'
a straight face. From white death to white reaper? What
going to be
at my opponent who was still
been fighting every day, and finally managed to earn my
Rank thirty.
'I finally did it...'
few ranks away from reaching the top ten. The only ranks that enabled someone to fight
upon reaching the top ten of a bracket
I knew was that he was someone whose
then that the demoness came to talk
going to repeat your previous streaks
crowd for a brief moment,
will be
moment those words left my mouth, the crowd erupted into loud cheers. The cheers were so loud that
I ignored it.
I will quickly fight the Emperor
whoever I could challenge. This was purposely set up
they must first earn the chance
exception to that
Once again choosing to fight the strongest contender
couple of meters away from
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 I was
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