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."

but to avoid making it

Even then.

"Why this early?"

how many matches he lost before hitting 100,

must

didn't wait for long to know

far from breaking through

"...Huh?"

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

you say?

"No."

other self just

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

only asked because I wasn't sure I had

my forehead, I

it makes more

if Edward broke through, his strength would reach a similar

of my chin,

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

my other self whose only reply was a

But that was enough.

sense

left the territory based on the fact that the current Duke seemed

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

was now under the watchful eye of only one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of similar strength would put it at risk. Not only that but

like this

pondering, I had

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

to ask? Have you forgotten which

met with another question. Glancing at him

"Nevermind."

Right...

Of course, their pride

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my

"Alright."

from the other side, I stretched

of what I'm supposed

in my direction, he disappeared from his spot

I tapped my bracelet and took out a piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the body of the

by since I already knew what I wanted to write

"...and done."

mouth as I

of things in the small dimensional space the

"This should be enough."

had

god they didn't

To Tok—!

did not have to wait for long as the door soon opened and a

the demon's cold gaze. His croaky, brittle voice

"What do you want?"

like to pay respect

"Ha?"

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

'This might be fun...'

ears were able to pick up the whisper of his voice despite it being extremely

speak, I decided to follow through with my plans anyway. As long as I managed

"Follow me."

"Okay."

the door behind me, I followed

***

the ceiling of his

long has it

focus, and his emotions

spent in this

But.

a little bit

muttering as he clenched his hands into a fist and a powerful aura

end was in

only a little more struggle he had to endure before he could regain his

a little bit

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