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.

someone as prideful as him to be treated as nothing

Crack.

a cracking sound as he

"Huaaam …"

Lightning Dragon leaned back against the sofa, completely unaware of the

"That's good for him…"

and grasped it with his left hand. Pulling it closer to his body, he closed

"So tired."

his lips, he weakly

up until the

soon as he finished speaking, he immediately

The room quieted down.

***

To Tok—

"Come in."

entering a room that looked familiar, SilverMoon lowered her head. In secret, she glanced toward the

The current Emperor, SilverStar.

of the Duke bracket,

make sure that everything was alright, only then did she

you ready for

spite of the fact that her voice sounded

figure standing in the middle of the

something

soft tone. Lifting her head, SilverMoon's tightly furrowed brows relaxed

She eventually sighed.

big. Remember the human that rejected our

"…What about him?"

beat Skull Crusher. And it wasn't just a simple victory,

she

dare you challenge our

"Without lifting a finger?"

it came as

SilverMoon, he slowly walked

To Tok.

and steady sound of his footsteps echoed

His thumb traced down the long scar that traced down her face, resulting

he watched this, he smiled

"...It doesn't matter."

mean it doesn't matter?

the Emperor shook his

that my next match is against

"Yes, I know."

nodded her head. This realization

minutes from now, the current Emperor, SilverStar, would go against the King bracket

off against the Overlord would be decided

able to beat him, he would finally be able to fight against the

the human

took his hand away from her cheek. Her face was filled with reluctance

understand. But are you really going to let him

"No."

He replied.

he was, where a white shirt was

at the moment. So what if he managed to beat Skull Crusher? I can do that too. My

"You mean Lightning Dragon?"

"...Yes."

of his shirt, his

will see how he will be able to run rampant like that once I

really be

returned to

Turning around, SilverStar smirked.

about me winning. That's

***

"I'm curious about something."

eyes met. The look on

Regardless, I still asked.

you have a tangible

self could manifest physically.

Coming to terms with this fact, I decided to just accept it and use it to

like what had currently just