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."

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

Even then.

"Why this early?"

he lost before hitting 100, I was fairly confident that nobody

there must be another

wait for long

not far from breaking through

"...Huh?"

head snapped in the direction of my other-self. Pricking my ears with my fingers

you say? Can

"No."

self just shook

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

I had heard wrongly. That didn't seem to

my forehead, I took

it makes more sense

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

the bottom of my chin,

was because we wanted to attract the attention of

at my other self whose only reply was a

But that was enough.

sense for the current Duke to be

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

been together, Edward's rank

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

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

pondering, I

afraid of Edward, why not just kill him directly instead of making

to ask? Have

with another question. Glancing at

"Nevermind."

Right...

their pride wouldn't allow them to

'Stupid.'

I clapped my

"Alright."

a look at myself from the other side,

already have an idea of what I'm

direction, he

piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the body

by since I already

"...and done."

my mouth

inside, I placed a couple of things in the

"This should be enough."

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

they didn't

To Tok—!

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

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

"What do you want?"

would like to pay

"Ha?"

spite of this, he grumbled in a quiet whisper and nodded after some

'This might be fun...'

the whisper of his voice despite it

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

"Follow me."

"Okay."

behind me, I followed the

***

at the ceiling of his room, Edward

long has it been

eyes were out of focus, and his emotions were

had 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 powerful aura erupted from

was

more struggle he had

a little bit

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