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."

There was no time for me to

and get the chance to fight against

the only way I could get in

"Ah, right."

midst of my thoughts, it

couple of them and stared at them. Confirming that they were indeed

is my

the mirror in these past few months, it was only recently that I found out that my

How did that happen?

that my question was

side effect of you using

please

My eyes squinted.

mean that I will have permanent

cared, but I was already used to my

push comes to shove, I might

way anyone would

Right?

"Ugh."

I groaned.

'What a pain.'

me for a brief moment, he

turn back

eyes lit

"Really?"

reason why people have ranks. Bridging so many of them without a body that is capable of holding such power will inevitably lead

"That makes sense..."

past, I

that I

realm of comprehension. For my body to hold such power, I couldn't understand

the only side effect

stuff. Get some rest, you will soon

"Right..."

sigh, I nodded my head and

my eyes, I slowly dozed

be a

***

a

sat crossed-legged in the middle of the room. A tangible pressure rose in and out of

that would make anyone quake in their

"Huuu..."

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

those eyes, but

"Please wait for me..."

voice was rather weak, but

close. I can feel

strong undulation of mana

across the man's eyes as

will win

***

Bang—!

figure slammed against the side of the arena, and the

"Yes, fuck him!"

"Screw him!"

"Hahhahahah!"

new contender whose overall rank is now in the thirties and has earned the nickname

'...Seriously?'

my best to keep a straight face. From white death to white reaper? What was up with them

to be

opponent who was still passed out on

week or so, I had been fighting every day, and finally managed to earn my

Rank thirty.

'I finally did it...'

was only a few ranks away from reaching the top ten. The only ranks that enabled someone to

top ten of a bracket could someone fight against the

I knew was that he was someone whose

demoness came to

to repeat your previous streaks

for a brief moment, I slowly

will be a top

into loud cheers. The cheers were so loud that I felt the

I ignored it.

quickly fight the Emperor and get everything

a twenty-rank limit on whoever I could challenge. This was purposely set up so that the Emperor-ranked contender wouldn't be challenged by just

him, they must

was no exception

of the White Reaper. Once again choosing to fight the strongest

demoness hyped up the crowd. Stopping a couple of meters away from me, she winked her eye in

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

if she

brief moment of time, the demoness showed a surprised look on her face. She seemed to be surprised

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