The Author's POV

Chapter 516

"He's going to be crucial for when we escape?"

My interest was immediately piqued when I heard his words.

In an attempt to quench my curiosity, I asked.

"Who exactly is he?"

But my other self simply shook his head.

"You will find out once you challenge him."

"Haaa..."

Closing my eyes, I let out a long sigh. As usual, he would always leave out the more important details for later.

What a terrible habit.

"...So I won't be fighting against the current emperor?"

"Not yet."

A narrow grin spread across my other self's face as he replied.

"If you were to fight him right now, you would only end up losing."

"Hmm...?"

Involuntarily, my brows furrowed as I tilted my head.

"You serious?"

"...Yeah."

Processing the information, my eyes closed.

'So another one who is stronger than me...'

Honestly, I was quite troubled by his apparent confidence in his prediction of my inevitable defeat against the present emperor.

It just didn't sit tight with me.

Was I just that competitive? Wasn't too sure.

"Huuu..."

With my eyes closed and letting out a short breath, I inquired about the current Emperor.

"For you to say what you said, the Emperor must be incredibly strong."

"...Sort of."

My other self replied.

In a tight brow furrow, I stared.

"Sort of? What do you mean?"

"He may be strong, but that isn't the reason why I am saying that you will lose against him if you two fought."

"...Continue."

Taking in more of what he was saying, my ears perked up. I had a feeling that his next words were going to be extremely important.

"The games are rigged. SilverStar, the current Emperor will be made the next Overlord in the next match."

"What?"

And I wasn't wrong as his follow up made my eyes shoot wide open.

"Hold on, what are you talking about? Doesn't Edward still have over thirty matches left before he gains freedom? Shouldn't he still be fine?"

"You're right."

My other self gave a short nod.

"But there are two main fundamental reasons for this action. The first reason you should already know."

"Yeah."

avoid making it appear rigged, he was

Even then.

"Why this early?"

matches he lost before hitting 100, I

there must be

I didn't wait for long to know the

breaking through to the next

"...Huh?"

snapped in the direction of my other-self. Pricking my ears with my fingers to make sure I didn't hear

you say?

"No."

other self just shook his

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

I had heard wrongly. That didn't

forehead, I

makes more sense

both Dukes themselves, if Edward broke through, his strength would reach a similar level to theirs. This in itself was a threat to their

bottom of my

why we created all that chaos before coming here was because we wanted to attract the attention of some of the upper echelon away from the arena.

self whose only reply was

But that was enough.

sense for the current Duke to

left the territory based on the fact

together, Edward's rank up wouldn't have bothered them

was now under the watchful eye of only one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of similar strength would put it at risk.

like this unfold. He was planning on having Edward killed before he ranked

my pondering, I had a sudden

why not just kill him directly instead of making someone else

need to ask? Have

at

"Nevermind."

Right...

their pride wouldn't allow

'Stupid.'

as I clapped my hands

"Alright."

at myself from the other side, I stretched

idea of

another glance in my direction, he disappeared from his spot without saying

piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the body of the pen tightly, I began writing

next few minutes flew by since I already

"...and done."

dipped out of my mouth as I put

the letter inside, I placed a couple of things in the

"This should be enough."

with what I had put in that I looked for the door and

god they didn't

To Tok—!

a brief moment of time, I was met with no response. Fortunately, I did not have to wait for long as the door soon opened and a

met by the demon's cold gaze. His croaky, brittle voice echoed in the

"What do you want?"

pay respect to

"Ha?"

a little. In spite of this, he grumbled in a quiet whisper and nodded

'This might be fun...'

the whisper of his

slightly apprehensive after hearing him speak, I decided to follow through with my plans anyway. As long as I managed to

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I

***

the ceiling of his room, Edward

has

were out of focus, and his emotions were

years he had spent in this hell hole were taking a toll on

But.

little bit

into a

end was

more struggle he had to endure

a little

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