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

was a mess, and her eyes

was a far cry from the confident

a shell of

SilverStar now dead, what was the point of escaping

goal was to regain freedom and escape with her husband, but now that he was dead, such an option was no

mental state was

hair back, SilverMoon

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

"Indeed..."

teeth, I

my body, forcing SilverMoon to take

to her,

Not only was I kicked out

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

from the side. Trying my best to keep

mana that was

mana. One, to show her that I truly held a

her

I was worth investing

and I want nothing more than to just kill him as

you came to

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

was able to see a trace of her

makes you think you can beat him? Someone whom my husband

for a brief moment of time, I scoffed

don't really have a

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

slightly

are not confident in beating him, then

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

couldn't argue back with

I kept pushing.

match. Whoever wins against us will become the next Emperor since you yourself don't seem

And the more I talked, the

pushing, I couldn't help but

'What a vile strategy...'

were at their lowest

I was

this whole scenario had been designed to

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

given SilverMoon's relationship with

she was desperate for

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

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

I was essentially exploiting her

honestly quite a vile

as they had also done such schemes in

me the resources and I will prove to

my voice

the resources and I will avenge

***

loud cheers of the crowd reverberated throughout the arena grounds as I stood in the middle of

"Huuuu..."

I felt the mana

god I managed to

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

when I broke through to rank, but given the time constraint,

opened my eyes, I was

into those pupils I felt a cold chill run down my

'He's strong.'

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

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

teddy bear, Lightning Dragon spared

I saw this, but I didn't put much

calm

the two contestants

throughout the entire arena, causing the crowd

moment of time,

"Yes."

"...Yes."