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.

that was coming out of her body had already receded back, and I was able to

as her hair was a mess,

current appearance was a far cry from the confident and

a shell of

dead, what

and escape with her husband, but now that he was dead, such

mental state was anything

back, SilverMoon

know a lot, but I heard that you were kicked out

"Indeed..."

teeth, I pretended

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

her, I

race, but guess what? Not only was I

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

to keep my composure in check, I ignored the

a deep breath, the mana that was coming

bringing out my mana. One, to show her that

show her my

I was worth

hatred for the current Overlord runs as deeply as yours, and I want nothing more than to just kill him as you

you came to get his

her eyes as she thought back at SilverStar. Even then, her hatred for the Overlord ran quite

I was able to see a

think you can beat him? Someone

her for a brief moment of time, I

don't really have

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

smirked slightly

beating him, then who else but I

words. After a while, she clenched her

argue back with

I kept pushing.

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

I talked, I continued to gauge SilverMoon's reaction. And the more I talked, the more I could see

I

'What a vile strategy...'

someone when they were at their lowest point, and

was essentially what I was

this whole scenario had been designed to be this

and me as a result of telling Edward about the situation regarding the

and given SilverMoon's relationship with SilverStar, it was only natural for

she was

despair at the thought of never being able to exact revenge against

connection to manipulate

giving her hope, I was essentially exploiting

vile strategy, but I didn't really

was not a saint. And neither were they as they had also done such schemes in

resources and I will prove to you that

my voice to

me the resources and I will

***

reverberated throughout the arena grounds

"Huuuu..."

a deep breath, I felt the

I managed to

in the end, I was able to break through thanks to the resources

I broke through to rank, but given the time constraint, I had no

At the exact moment, I opened my

stared into those pupils I felt a cold chill run down my

'He's strong.'

was a glance for me to understand that I was not

long time, I finally felt a sense of dread coming out of my opponent. It felt as though I was facing my

teddy bear, Lightning Dragon

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

was as calm

the two contestants

the entire arena, causing the crowd to

moment of

"Yes."

"...Yes."