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.

coming out of her body had already receded back, and

haggard as her hair was a mess, and

far cry from the confident and

a shell of her

dead, what was the point of

husband, but now

was

hair back,

that you were kicked out by the

"Indeed..."

my teeth, I pretended to

mana burst out from my body, forcing

my face closer to her, I spat

guess what? Not only was I kicked out of the room, but he even

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

from the side. Trying my best to keep my

mana that was coming out of my body quickly

were two goals in my bringing out my mana. One, to show her that I truly

her my

her that I was worth investing

Overlord runs as deeply as yours, and I want nothing more than to

why you came to get

back at SilverStar. Even then, her

mouth, I was able to see a trace

What makes you think

a brief moment of

don't really have a choice, do

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

slightly

confident in beating him, then who else but I

when I said those words. After a while,

couldn't argue back with what

I kept pushing.

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

continued to gauge SilverMoon's reaction. And the more

I kept pushing, I

'What a vile strategy...'

when they were at their lowest

what I

this whole scenario had been designed

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

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

scenario where she was desperate for

knew her limits, and so she could only despair at the thought of never being

that connection to manipulate her into giving me

was essentially

was honestly quite a vile strategy, but I didn't really

were they as

I will prove to you that

voice

the resources and I will avenge your

***

the crowd reverberated throughout the arena grounds as I

"Huuuu..."

I felt the mana inside of

I managed

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

through to rank, but given the time constraint, I had

moment, I opened

I felt a cold chill

'He's strong.'

for me to understand that I was not facing someone

first time in a long time, I finally felt a sense of dread coming

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

when I saw this, but I didn't

as calm as

the two

the entire arena, causing the crowd to

at her for a brief moment of time, I gave her

"Yes."

"...Yes."