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."

to avoid making it appear rigged, he was purposely

Even then.

"Why this early?"

matches he lost before hitting 100, I was fairly

there must be

I didn't wait for long

breaking through to the next

"...Huh?"

of my other-self. Pricking my ears with my fingers to make sure I

say? Can you repeat

"No."

other self

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

sure I had heard wrongly. That

forehead, I took a

guess it makes more sense

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

bottom of my chin, I pondered

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

other self whose only reply

But that was enough.

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

based on the fact that the

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

now under the watchful eye of only one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of

sit by and watch something like this unfold. He was

midst of my pondering, I had a

they are so afraid of Edward, why not just kill

ask? Have you forgotten which clan

met with another question. Glancing at him for

"Nevermind."

Right...

the pride clan. Of course, their pride wouldn't allow

'Stupid.'

as I

"Alright."

myself from the other side, I

have an idea of what I'm supposed

my direction, he disappeared from his

out a piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the

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

"...and done."

of my mouth as I put the

things in the small dimensional space the size

"This should be enough."

wasn't until I was satisfied with what I had put in that I looked for the door

they didn't search

To Tok—!

of time, I was met with no response. Fortunately, I did not have to wait for long as

the demon's cold gaze. His croaky,

"What do you want?"

would like to pay respect

"Ha?"

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

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

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I followed the

***

the ceiling of his room, Edward muttered

has it

out of focus, and

four years he had spent in this hell hole were taking a

But.

little

hands into a fist

was

little more struggle he had to endure before he could regain

a little bit

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