The Author's POV

"Your excellency, if I may ask…"

Taking a knee on the ground before Duke Azonech, the demon paused halfway through his sentence, waiting for the Duke's confirmation.

He got it soon enough.

"...You may ask."

"Thank you."

The servant thanked the Duke. Secretly, he tried his best to stop himself from smiling.

'As expected of the Duke, he does not suspect anything.'

In reality, he wasn't merely asking out of curiosity. He was asking so that he could report what was going to the other Duke.

It was a secret order that he had received before he had left.

By doing this, he was treading a thin line, but as soon as he remembered the rewards promised to him by the other Duke, all of his fear dissipated.

It was simply too tempting.

With his head lowered, he proceeded to ask something that he had been curious about.

"Why did you tell that human to keep the Overlord alive?"

It was well known that the current Overlord was close to breaking through to the next level. What the servant was curious about was why the Duke didn't have any intentions of killing him directly.

His question was answered not long after.

"It's because I'm planning on giving him a contract."

Upon hearing those words, the servant looked surprised.

But it soon replaced it with a look of understanding.

"….Understood your excellency."

Everything quickly puzzled itself together inside of the servant's mind as he made sure to remember everything.

The Duke's plan was rather simple. He was planning on taking the Blood Prince to his side. Everything was starting to make sense to the demon as he came up with one conclusion.

'He wants to be the sole owner of the arena.'

In spite of this, he immediately began to sweat profusely after coming to such a conclusion.

His command over the Blood Prince would inevitably give him more power than the other Duke thus forcing him to give him control over the arena.

As his thoughts paused there, the demon felt cold chills run down his spine.

'As expected of Duke Azenoch, ruthless as ever.'

Unfortunately for the Duke, what he didn't know was that the demon he shared this information with worked for the other Duke. He was simply crippling himself.

"Do you have any other questions to ask?"

Jolting him out of his thoughts was the Duke's voice that reverberated throughout the whole room.

Lowering his head further, the servant quickly shook his head.

"…No your excellency."

'This is enough. The Duke will certainly reward me after I tell him this.'

Thinking such thoughts, he tried his best to suppress his excitement.

"Good."

But it was then that a powerful force suddenly permeated the air, causing the servant to feel a rush of energy.

"Ughk."

With a pained groan, he suddenly found himself stuck on the ground, unable to lift his head due to the sheer pressure that was bearing down on him from above

"W…what?!"

difficulty breathing, the

you doing this to

cold voice echoed

think for a second that you would live after hearing what I

servant's eyes

'He knew!'

hide this fact, how was it possible for

"Your excellency!"

He screamed.

"I won't tell anyone—"

haven't you? Asking me this and that, you

sunk as the pressure coming out of his body rose even more. Rendering

only lay down on the ground, like a

he tried to beg his case. But it didn't seem as though the Duke was interested as he long stopped

the servant

"Your…excellency, please, I can…exp—"

I won't kill you

hearing those words, the

didn't last for long as

you now, that bastard

***

At the same time.

"This is not bad."

the room in front of me,

it had a bed big enough for me to fit in, sofas, paintings,

was my new

only

Quite the lazy bunch.

thing I did upon entering my room was head straight for

to

so I need to keep low

had with SilverMoon not too long ago was

me, I had done most

I had to do was carry them

a little

bed and covering my eyes with my arm, I slowly

me to start training at this point, but since I had forced my way to rank, I

why I was mostly okay was because of my constitution which had changed due to the seed of

else, they would've been in a tougher

with my arm covering my face, I

should also be going to get

possessions, including their resources. It essentially crippled the loser of the fight, but these were

taking other contestants' resources, I found most

I really didn't hold any interest in any of their resources. Having just consumed some, my body

I would be able

"Oh well…"

was still planning on collecting Lightning Dragon's resources. It wasn't because I wanted them, but because I wanted to

things that I needed to say to

of

***

or should

Kevin gazed at the phone in his hands. He was currently in a

reflected on the screen, Kevin's thumb

have to look through the rain to see

won't

new post he

talk to me, what is this cringe?

"Ugh."

let out a distressed

"Damn it, Ren."

couldn't be blamed for sending

the web, he

of money. At least a couple million

had due to his past achievements, he had a lot

he had more

natural for him to get sponsorship and endorsement deals from famous