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."

over thirty matches left before he gained his 'freedom,' but to avoid making

Even then.

"Why this early?"

hitting 100,

must

I didn't wait for long

from breaking through

"...Huh?"

in the direction of my other-self. Pricking my ears with my fingers to make

say? Can you

"No."

other self just shook his

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

only asked because I wasn't sure I had heard wrongly. That didn't seem

I took a

it makes

strength would reach a similar level to theirs. This in itself was

of my chin, I pondered out

wanted to attract the attention of some of the upper echelon away from the

at my other self whose only reply was

But that was enough.

that's the case, it makes more sense

territory based on the fact

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

one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of similar strength would put it at risk. Not

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

the midst of my pondering,

afraid of Edward, why not just kill him directly instead of making someone

Have you forgotten which

another question. Glancing at him for a second, I

"Nevermind."

Right...

course, their pride wouldn't allow them to do

'Stupid.'

I clapped

"Alright."

at myself from the other

already have an idea of what I'm

direction, he

accustomed to his actions, I tapped my bracelet and took out a piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the body of the pen tightly, I began writing on the

already knew

"...and done."

out of my mouth as I put

in the small dimensional space the size

"This should be enough."

was satisfied with what I had put in

god they

To Tok—!

time, I was met with no response. Fortunately, I did not have to wait for long as the

croaky, brittle voice echoed in the air

"What do you want?"

like to pay respect to the current

"Ha?"

he grumbled in a quiet

'This might be fun...'

the whisper of his

was slightly apprehensive after hearing him speak, I decided to follow through with

"Follow me."

"Okay."

door behind me, I followed

***

the ceiling of his room, Edward

has it

were out of focus, and his

this

But.

a little

he clenched his hands into a fist and a powerful

end was in

a little more struggle he had to endure before he

a little bit

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