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.

already receded back, and I was able to get a better look at

was a mess,

current appearance was a far cry from the confident and overbearing one from the

was a shell

was understandable. With SilverStar now dead,

but now that he was dead, such

mental state was anything but

back, SilverMoon opened her

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

"Indeed..."

teeth, I pretended to be

oppressive mana burst out from my body, forcing

to her, I spat through

same race, but guess what? Not only was I kicked

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

Trying my best to keep my composure in check, I

breath, the mana that was coming out of

to show her that

her my

that I was worth investing

current Overlord runs as deeply as yours, and

the reason why you

as she thought back at SilverStar. Even then, her

I was able to see a

Overlord is. What makes you think you can beat

her for a brief moment of time, I scoffed

don't really have a choice,

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

smirked slightly

yourself are not confident in beating him, then

a while, she clenched her teeth and lowered

couldn't argue back with

I kept pushing.

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

And the more I talked, the more I could

pushing, I

'What a vile strategy...'

when they were at their lowest point, and exploiting

I was

only that but in reality, this whole scenario had been designed to be this way from the

had created a point of connection between SilverMoon and me as a result of telling Edward

and killing SilverStar, and given SilverMoon's relationship with SilverStar,

where she was desperate for Edward's

at the

in and used that connection to manipulate her

her hope, I was essentially exploiting her

quite a vile strategy, but

as they had also done such

I will prove to

my voice to

the resources and

***

the arena grounds as I stood in

"Huuuu..."

breath, I felt the mana inside

I

was able to break through thanks to the resources

had would've actually been helpful for when I broke through to rank, but

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

I felt

'He's strong.'

it took was a glance for me to understand that I was not facing someone

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

it was a teddy bear, Lightning Dragon spared me

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

was as calm as it had ever

two

the entire arena, causing the crowd to become even

for a brief moment of time,

"Yes."

"...Yes."