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.

out of her body had already receded back, and I was

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

a far cry from the

was a shell of her

was understandable. With SilverStar now dead,

and escape with her husband, but now that he was

was anything but

her hair back,

that you were kicked

"Indeed..."

I pretended to be

of oppressive mana burst out from my body, forcing SilverMoon to take

to her, I

we were from the same race, but guess what? Not only was I kicked out

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

to keep

deep breath, the mana that was coming out

bringing out my mana. One, to show her that I

show her my

that I was worth

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

this the reason why you came to get his

as she thought back at SilverStar. Even then, her

I was able to see

you think you can beat

for a brief moment

don't really have

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

smirked slightly

you yourself are not confident in beating him, then who else but

said those words. After a while, she clenched her teeth

back with what

I kept pushing.

against us will become the next Emperor since you yourself don't seem

gauge SilverMoon's reaction. And the more I talked, the more I could see the despair in her

I kept pushing, I couldn't help

'What a vile strategy...'

advantage of someone when they were at

was essentially what I

scenario had been designed to be

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

SilverStar, and given SilverMoon's relationship with

she was

at the thought of never being able

in and used that connection to manipulate her into giving me the resources

her hope, I was

vile strategy, but I didn't

saint. And neither were they as they had also done such schemes

me the resources and I will prove

lowered my voice to

and

***

throughout the arena grounds as I stood in

"Huuuu..."

felt

I managed to

I was able to break through thanks to the resources

he had would've actually been helpful for when I broke through to rank, but given the time constraint, I had no choice but to waste them for

At the exact moment, I opened my eyes, I was met with a

pupils I

'He's strong.'

a glance for me to understand that I was

time in a long time, I finally felt a sense of dread coming out of my opponent. It felt

bear, Lightning Dragon spared me a single glance before quickly losing interest in

I saw this, but I

as calm as it had ever

the two contestants

the entire arena, causing the crowd to become

for a brief moment of time, I gave her a

"Yes."

"...Yes."