The Author's POV

"Useless, useless, uselss..."

While browsing SilverStar's belongings, I found myself saddened by the fact that I was unable to locate any of the things that I was looking for.

I found the room to be fairly large, about as big as a tennis court, and it was quite beautifully decorated with all kinds of furniture. Plants, flowers, and other nature-related things dominated most of them.

But this was expected given his elven nature.

"Still nothing."

I muttered after moving one of the sofas to the side, and still not finding anything. I was honestly starting to get quite frustrated.

"He's a lot more cautious than I originally let him out to be."

In all fairness, I should've expected this from the very beginning. After all, given the current environment, who wouldn't?

"Guess I can only go for the second option."

Sitting down on one of the couches, I stopped searching and just relaxed. There was another and simpler way to get the resources.

...and it should present itself any minute now.

"What are you doing here?"

It was then that a familiar voice echoed inside the room as a silver-haired figure entered. There was a seething rage hidden within that voice as the man in the air rippled slightly.

Glancing in the direction of the silver figure, I gave her a simple nod.

"You're here."

"...You're here?"

SilverMoon's body froze for a split second as she cocked her head to the side. Clearly confused about my intentions.

"You were waiting for me?"

She asked.

To which I nodded.

"Yes, I was."

Well, sort of.

Musing for a moment, she asked.

"Have you reconsidered my previous offer?"

"No."

I shook my head.

Standing up from the sofa, I calmly walked in her direction.

"My intentions in coming here are simple."

Stopping in front of her, I extended my hand in her direction.

"Tell me where SilverStar's resources are."

Immediately after those words left my mouth, SilverMoon's eyes turned bloodshot. The mana in the air rippled, and her hair fluttered widely. Seeing how the situation was getting out of hand, I immediately cut her in the middle of her words.

"How dare y—"

"I can help you get rid of the Overlord."

For a moment, the mana coming from her body stopped and her eyes paused on me. Before she could do anything else, I took advantage of the moment and continued speaking.

"You've already seen what happened when SilverStar fought against the current Overlord. A total defeat."

SilverMoon's face twisted when I said those words. Regardless, I kept pushing.

"You know yourself that you are weaker than SilverStar, meaning that you have no chance of ever exacting revenge against the current Overlord."

The more I spoke, the more SilverMoon's face twisted.

Even then, she never once interrupted me. It was clear that she couldn't dispute any of the words that I was saying.

After glancing at her for a moment, I asked.

"You've probably already heard about what happened between the current Overlord, haven't you?"

"...Yes."

She nodded her head.

receded back, and I was able to get a better

looked rather haggard as her hair was a mess, and her

from the confident and

was a shell of

this was understandable. With SilverStar now dead, what was the point of escaping

previous goal was to regain freedom and escape with her husband, but now that he was dead, such

state was

hair back, SilverMoon opened

I heard that you were kicked out by the

"Indeed..."

teeth, I pretended to be

out from my body, forcing SilverMoon to take a step back in

my face closer to her, I

only went to him to greet him since we were from the same race, but guess what? Not only was I kicked

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

my best to keep my

a deep breath, the mana that was coming out of my body quickly

mana. One, to show her that I truly held a grudge against the current

show her

that I was worth investing

as yours, and I want nothing more than

this the reason why you

Even then, her hatred for the Overlord ran quite deeply as her

able to see a trace of her former

What makes you think you can beat him? Someone whom my husband couldn't even

brief moment of

don't really have a

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

slightly

confident in beating him, then

words. After a while, she

argue back with what

I kept pushing.

I challenged Lightning Dragon for the next match. Whoever wins against us will become the next Emperor since you yourself

reaction. And the more I talked, the more I could

I kept pushing, I couldn't help but

'What a vile strategy...'

were at their lowest point,

I

had been designed to be this way from the very

between SilverMoon and me as a result of telling Edward about the situation

and killing SilverStar, and given SilverMoon's relationship with SilverStar, it was only natural for such a scenario to

scenario where she was desperate

and so she could only despair at the thought of never being

was where I came in and used that connection to manipulate

hope, I was essentially exploiting her weakened

honestly quite a vile strategy,

neither were they as they had also done such schemes in the

the resources and I will prove to you

lowered my voice to a

the resources and I will

***

of the crowd reverberated throughout the arena grounds as I stood in the

"Huuuu..."

I felt the

god I

the end, I was

broke through to rank, but given the time

the exact moment, I opened

I

'He's strong.'

it took was a glance for me to understand that

sense of dread coming out of my opponent. It felt as though I was

a teddy bear, Lightning Dragon spared me

forehead creased when I saw this, but I didn't put much thought into

mind was as calm

the two

voice echoed throughout the entire

for a brief moment of

"Yes."

"...Yes."