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."

left before he gained his 'freedom,' but to avoid making it appear rigged, he

Even then.

"Why this early?"

lost before hitting 100, I was fairly confident that

must

for long to know the

far from breaking through

"...Huh?"

my ears with

say? Can you repeat

"No."

self just

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

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

I took

makes

overlooking the place were both Dukes themselves, if Edward broke through, his strength would reach a similar level to theirs. This

bottom of my chin, I

because we wanted to attract the attention of some of the upper echelon away

whose only reply

But that was enough.

the case, it makes more sense for the current Duke to

had left the territory based on the fact that the current

together, Edward's

city 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

he would just sit by and watch something like this unfold. He was planning on having Edward killed before he

the midst of my pondering, I had a sudden

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

ask? Have you forgotten which

was met with another question. Glancing at him for

"Nevermind."

Right...

clan. Of course, their pride

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my

"Alright."

at myself from the

already have an idea of what I'm supposed

glance in my direction, he disappeared from

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

flew by since I already

"...and done."

mouth as

letter inside, I placed a couple of things in the small dimensional space the size

"This should be enough."

satisfied with what I had

they didn't

To Tok—!

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 demon appeared

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

"What do you want?"

like to pay respect to

"Ha?"

spite of this, he grumbled in

'This might be fun...'

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

after hearing him speak, I decided to follow through with my plans anyway.

"Follow me."

"Okay."

the door behind me,

***

at the ceiling of his room, Edward

has it

focus, and his

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

But.

a little

as he clenched his hands into a fist and a

end was in

was only a little more struggle he had to endure before

a little

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