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."

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

Even then.

"Why this early?"

matches he lost before hitting 100, I

must be another

for

from breaking through

"...Huh?"

my other-self. Pricking my ears with

say? Can you

"No."

other self just shook

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

because I wasn't sure I had

my forehead, I

guess it makes more

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

the bottom of my chin, I

the reason why we created all that chaos before coming here was because we wanted to attract the attention of some of

whose

But that was enough.

it makes more sense for

other Duke had left the territory based on the fact that the current

two of them been together, Edward's rank

demon, the appearance of

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

pondering, I

are so afraid of Edward, why not just

need to ask? Have you forgotten

Glancing at him for a second, I

"Nevermind."

Right...

pride clan. Of course, their pride wouldn't allow them to

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my hands

"Alright."

look at myself from the other side, I stretched my

an idea of

glance in my direction, he disappeared

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

few minutes flew by since I already knew what I wanted to write on

"...and done."

mouth as I put

letter inside, I placed a couple of things in

"This should be enough."

I was satisfied with what I had put in that I looked for the door

they

To Tok—!

was met with no response. Fortunately, I did not have to wait for long as the door soon opened and a demon appeared opposite

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

"What do you want?"

pay respect to

"Ha?"

spite of this, he grumbled in a quiet whisper and

'This might be fun...'

whisper of his voice despite it being

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

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I followed

***

at the ceiling of

long has it been

eyes were out of focus, and his emotions

four years he had spent in this hell

But.

a little

as he clenched his hands into

was

little more struggle he had to endure before he could regain

a little

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