The Author's POV

On one of the upper platforms overlooking the matches, a heavy, somber atmosphere prevailed.

SilverMoon stared at Skull Crusher who was passed out on the ground without saying a word. She was not aware of Skull Crusher's current condition, and quite frankly, she didn't care.

He had lost, and that was all that mattered to her. Regardless of whether he had died or not, she was no longer interested in it.

"Trash..."

She uttered in disgust.

The match itself had already ruined her mood. As a result, she decided to leave the room as she no longer felt the need to stay there.

Before leaving the room, she took one last glance at the arena below before murmuring.

'Petty tricks.'

Clank—!

The door closed shut and she disappeared.

As for the other top rankers in the room, they had mixed reactions.

While their reactions to the white-haired figure below were not as strong as SilverMoon's, they were still startled by what they had seen. Their eyes were now mixed with fear and apprehension.

For him to have beaten Skull Crusher so easily, they themselves couldn't do it.

It now became clear to them that whoever this newbie was, he was above their level.

Well, almost everyone.

"Hm? Has the fight ended?"

A lazy and groggy voice echoed out on the platform.

Blinking a couple of times, Lightning Dragon lifted his head to view the arena below. The loud cheers had woken him up from his nap.

"Huaam."

Yawning out loud, he lazily asked.

"Who won?"

"...Your fellow human member."

A deep voice answered his question. The voice belonged to an orc, and he was currently ranked fourth in the rankings.

Compared to Skull Crusher, he was shorter, but despite his height, he emitted an even more powerful aura compared to Skull Crusher.

"Human?"

Taking a closer look at the action below, Lighting Dragon squinted his eyes.

His gaze lingered on the white-haired figure in the midst of the arena grounds for a little over a couple of seconds.

"He looks familiar."

He muttered in a loud voice.

Upon hearing his words, everyone turned to look at one another.

In the past, his words would have seemed odd to them, but now that they were used to him, they didn't think too much of it.

To them, was someone that had a terrible memory.

Sort of.

His lack of memory was more indicative of a lack of care. His memory of everyone else present in the room was limited to the current emperor, and no one else.

The only people he remembered were those who were worth remembering, and it was clear to them that they weren't worth remembering. The same could be said for the white-haired figure below as Lightning Dragon still seemed to be unable to remember him.

"Yes, he's won."

The orc from before replied. His eyes flickered coldly as he looked at the human on the sofa. However, he didn't dare to move.

In his mind, there was no doubt that the human in front of him was frightening, and that he stood no chance against him. Even then, his attitude irritated him to no end.

prideful as him to be treated

Crack.

air rang with a cracking sound as he clenched his fist

"Huaaam …"

with his hand, Lightning Dragon leaned back against the sofa, completely unaware

"That's good for him…"

a sword rested inside and grasped it with

"So tired."

his lips, he

up until the Emperor

as he finished

The room quieted down.

***

To Tok—

"Come in."

glanced toward the center of the room where

The current Emperor, SilverStar.

that stood at the peak of the Duke bracket, and

him to make sure that everything was alright, only then did she finally

you ready for

of the fact that her voice

naturally picked up by the figure

something up

tone. Lifting her head, SilverMoon's tightly furrowed

She eventually sighed.

the human that

"…What about him?"

just a simple victory, but he completely won without even lifting a

as she thought

dare you

"Without lifting a finger?"

face. But it came as fast as it

slowly walked up

To Tok.

and steady sound of his footsteps echoed

halted his steps in front of her. His thumb traced down

this,

"...It doesn't matter."

doesn't matter? He's directly challenging your

the Emperor shook his

know very well that my next match is against the Emperor

"Yes, I know."

head. This realization sent her

few minutes from now, the current Emperor, SilverStar, would go against the

against the Overlord

him, he would finally be able to fight against the

human

Her face was filled with reluctance when he did so, but she

understand. But are you really going to let him

"No."

He replied.

far from where he was, where

have to attend to at the moment. So what if he managed to beat Skull

"You mean Lightning Dragon?"

"...Yes."

top part of his shirt, his eyes

be

really

returned to her

Turning around, SilverStar smirked.

have to worry about me winning.

***

"I'm curious about something."

glanced at my other self and our eyes met. The look on his face suggested that he already knew what I was going to

Regardless, I still asked.

long can you have a tangible

physically. Having always thought he was some sort of vision, I was somewhat surprised by this

was quick to adjust though. Coming to terms with this fact, I decided to just accept it and use it to

had currently just