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."

avoid making it appear rigged, he

Even then.

"Why this early?"

before hitting 100, I was fairly confident that nobody

must be another

wait for long to

from breaking through to the next

"...Huh?"

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

did you say? Can

"No."

other self just shook his

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

I wasn't sure I had heard wrongly.

I

it makes more sense

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

of my chin,

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

other self whose only

But that was enough.

more sense for the current Duke

territory based on the

Edward's rank up wouldn't

the appearance of someone of similar strength would put it at risk. Not

was no way he would just sit by and watch something like this unfold. He was planning on having Edward killed before he ranked

my pondering, I

afraid of Edward, why not just kill him

Have you forgotten which

Glancing at him for a second, I

"Nevermind."

Right...

course, their pride wouldn't allow them

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped

"Alright."

a look at myself from the other side, I stretched my

an idea of

in my direction, he disappeared

a piece of paper and a pen.

minutes flew by since I already knew

"...and done."

mouth

in the small dimensional space the size of a small

"This should be enough."

had put in that I looked

god they

To Tok—!

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

cold gaze. His croaky, brittle voice echoed in the air as he opened his

"What do you want?"

like to pay respect to the current

"Ha?"

In spite of this, he grumbled

'This might be fun...'

pick up the whisper of

through with

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I followed

***

staring at the ceiling of his room, Edward

has

were out of focus, and his emotions were

this hell

But.

a little bit

hands into a fist and a powerful aura

end was

struggle he had to endure before he could regain his

a little

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