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."

over thirty matches left before he gained his 'freedom,' but to avoid

Even then.

"Why this early?"

many matches he lost before hitting 100,

there must be another

wait for

breaking through to the

"...Huh?"

with my fingers to make sure

you say? Can you repeat

"No."

my other self just shook

I shrugged my shoulders.

"...Whatever."

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

I took

guess it makes

demons 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

of my

that chaos before coming here was because we wanted to attract the attention of some of the upper echelon away from the

at my other self whose only reply was

But that was enough.

it makes more sense for the current Duke to be rushing

had left the territory based on the

the two of them been together, Edward's rank

now under the watchful eye of only one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of similar strength would put it at risk. Not only that

sit by and watch something like this unfold. He

the midst of my pondering, I had a

they are so afraid of Edward, why not just

ask? Have you forgotten which

Glancing at him for a second, I shook my

"Nevermind."

Right...

Of course, their pride wouldn't allow them to do

'Stupid.'

thought as I clapped my hands

"Alright."

look at myself from the other side,

an idea of what I'm supposed to

my direction, he disappeared from

of paper and a pen. Grasping the body of the pen tightly, I

I already

"...and done."

of my mouth as I put the

I placed a couple of things in the small dimensional space the size

"This should be enough."

satisfied with what I had put

god they

To Tok—!

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

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

"What do you want?"

would like to pay respect to the

"Ha?"

face changed a little. In spite of this, he grumbled in a quiet

'This might be fun...'

the whisper

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

"Follow me."

"Okay."

the door behind me, I followed the

***

at the ceiling of his room,

long has it

eyes were out of focus,

had spent in this hell hole were taking a toll

But.

a little

he clenched his hands into a fist

end was

he had to endure before he

little

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