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."

he gained his 'freedom,' but to avoid making it appear rigged, he was purposely set to lose a bit

Even then.

"Why this early?"

of how many matches he lost before hitting 100, I was fairly confident that nobody would

must

I didn't wait for

not far from breaking through to the next

"...Huh?"

ears with my fingers to make sure I didn't hear incorrectly, I asked

you say? Can you

"No."

self just

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

only asked because I wasn't sure I had heard

I

guess it makes more sense

overlooking the place were both Dukes themselves, if Edward broke through, his strength would reach a

of my chin, I pondered

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

glanced at my other self whose only reply was a

But that was enough.

more sense for the

left the territory based on the

them been together, Edward's rank

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

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

pondering, I

they are so afraid of Edward, why not just kill him

need to ask? Have you forgotten

Glancing at him

"Nevermind."

Right...

course, their pride wouldn't

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my hands

"Alright."

myself from the other side, I stretched

idea of what I'm supposed to

my direction, he disappeared from his spot

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

flew by since I already knew what I wanted to write on the

"...and done."

dipped out of my mouth

I placed a couple of things in the small

"This should be enough."

was satisfied with what I had put in

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

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

"What do you want?"

pay respect to the current

"Ha?"

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

'This might be fun...'

the whisper of his voice

with my plans anyway. As long as I managed to meet Edward, then

"Follow me."

"Okay."

the door behind me, I followed the

***

ceiling of his room, Edward

has it been

focus, and

years he had spent in this hell hole

But.

little bit

muttering as he clenched his hands into a fist

end was in

more struggle he had to endure before he could regain his

little

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