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?!"

he had difficulty breathing, the servant

doing this to

cold

that you would live after hearing what I

eyes

'He knew!'

had taken all possible precautions to hide this

"Your excellency!"

He screamed.

"I won't tell anyone—"

little impudent recently,, haven't you? Asking me this and

pressure coming out of his body rose even

on the ground, like a helpless prey

beg his case. But it didn't seem as though the

the servant

"Your…excellency, please, I can…exp—"

I won't kill

words, the servant's face relaxed a

last for long as

now, that bastard

***

At the same time.

"This is not bad."

room in front of me, I

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

was my

was only now that they had decided to give it to

Quite the lazy bunch.

my room was head straight

I made sure to keep note of every little

so I need to keep low

SilverMoon

I had done most of my

do was

little bit

down on the bed and covering my eyes with my arm, I slowly

this point, but since I had forced my way to rank, I needed time to stabilize my

and expect their bodies to be okay with it. The only reason why I was mostly okay was because of my constitution which

anyone else, they would've

I relaxed on the bed with my arm covering my face,

also be going to get my

that the winner would take all of the loser's possessions, including

despite taking other contestants' resources,

any interest in any of their resources. Having just consumed some,

a while since I would be able

"Oh well…"

resources. It wasn't because I wanted them, but

that

of very

***

or should I

phone in his hands. He was currently

staring at himself reflected on the screen, Kevin's thumb hovered over a small

have to look through the rain to see

things won't go well if I

each and every new post he sent as he

to me, what

"Ugh."

out a

"Damn it, Ren."

first place, he couldn't be blamed

posted something on the web, he would receive a lot

of money. At least

of fame he had due to his past achievements,

point where he had more

natural for him to get