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 able to get a better

hair was a mess, and her eyes had a lost look

from

was a shell

dead, what was the point of

her husband, but now that

mental state was

hair back, SilverMoon opened

lot, but I heard that

"Indeed..."

my teeth, I pretended to

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

my face closer to her, I spat through my gnashed

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

Crack. Crack.

I cracked my knuckles.

"Nice acting."

Trying my best to keep my composure

breath, the mana that was

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

show her

I was worth

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

this the reason why you came to get

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

to see a trace

the Overlord is. What makes you think

brief moment of

don't really have a

"What do you mean?"

SilverMoon's eyes narrowed.

smirked slightly

in beating him, then who else

After a while, she clenched her teeth and

back with what

I kept pushing.

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

And the more I talked, the more I could see

I

'What a vile strategy...'

someone when they were at their lowest point, and exploiting

was essentially what I was

this whole scenario had been designed to be this

and me as a result of telling Edward

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

scenario where she was desperate for Edward's

and so she could only despair at the thought of never being able to

to manipulate her into giving me

giving her hope, I was essentially exploiting her

was honestly quite a vile

And neither were they as they had also done such

the resources and I will prove to you that

lowered my voice to

resources and I will avenge

***

grounds

"Huuuu..."

deep breath, I felt the mana inside

I managed

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

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

I opened my eyes. At the exact moment, I opened

pupils I

'He's strong.'

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

I finally felt a sense of dread coming out of my opponent. It felt as

as though it was a teddy bear, Lightning Dragon spared me a

forehead creased when I saw this, but I

calm as

the two

the entire arena, causing the crowd to

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

"Yes."

"...Yes."