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."

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

Even then.

"Why this early?"

before hitting 100, I was fairly

there must be

I didn't wait for long to know

far from breaking through

"...Huh?"

my ears with my

did you say? Can

"No."

other self just shook his

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

sure I had heard wrongly. That didn't seem to

I took a deep

guess it makes

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

my chin,

coming here was because we wanted to attract the attention of

my other self whose

But that was enough.

sense for the current

on the fact that the current Duke

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

of someone of similar strength would put it at risk.

by and watch something like this unfold. He was planning on having Edward killed

pondering,

are so afraid of Edward, why not just kill him directly instead of

even need to ask? Have

question was met with another question. Glancing at him

"Nevermind."

Right...

course, their

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my hands

"Alright."

at myself from the other side, I stretched my

already have an idea of what I'm

direction, he disappeared

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

few minutes flew by since I already knew what

"...and done."

of my mouth as I put

I placed a couple of things in the

"This should be enough."

wasn't until I was satisfied with what I had put in that

they

To Tok—!

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?"

would like to pay

"Ha?"

Demon's face changed a little. In spite of this, he

'This might be fun...'

the whisper of his voice despite it

apprehensive after hearing him speak, I decided to follow through with my plans anyway. As long as I managed to meet Edward, then

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I followed

***

staring at the ceiling of his room, Edward muttered

has it been

out of focus,

spent in this hell hole were taking a toll

But.

a little

ended up muttering as he clenched his hands into a fist and a

end was in

a little more struggle he had to endure before he could

a little

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