The Author's POV

Chapter 528

Inside the tunnel leading to the arena, a soft and groggy voice echoed.

"Are you ready?"

The voice came from SilverMoon, who was checking on me.

Her face had become quite sunken since the last time I had seen her, and she also didn't seem to be in the right state of mind. She was clearly still unable to cope with the loss of SilverStar.

She was essentially a dead woman walking.

The only reason she was here was to see my fight against Edward. The man that took her husband's life.

As I stepped away from her, I could hear the crowd's loud cheers behind me.

Without turning around, I replied.

"You don't have to worry about that. I will win the fight."

I wasn't lying about this.

I wasn't going to lose the fight.

In the wake of my meeting with Edward, it was now my turn to face him. There was already a palpable excitement in the crowd's cheers, which were getting louder by the minute.

The atmosphere around me was boiling.

In the meantime, SilverMoon, who was standing beside me, also sensed the weird atmosphere and took a step back.

"Okay. I've already helped you the best way I could. I hope you can keep your promise."

"You can count on that."

It was at that moment.

Clank—

The gates of the arena started to slowly open up revealing the vast arena in the distance. The crowd cheers intensified, and my shoulders relaxed.

'Here goes nothing.'

Taking a deep breath, I took a step into the arena.

***

'I don't know how to feel about this…'

Despite the passive face he wore, Edward's thoughts were complicated as he stood in the middle of the arena.

Having spoken with him yesterday, he understood what the outcome of today's match would be.

His inevitable loss.

But there were two problems with this.

One, he had to lose believably. Everything they had been working on would go up in smoke if he lost in an obvious manner.

But for this part, he wasn't too worried.

'Considering his strength, he does indeed have a chance of beating me. Especially if he has that device…'

His eyes paused on the bracelet in his hand. Ren would have an easier time winning if he had a device to turn off his suppressor.

Even than.

what

the

him was how trustworthy he

had only met him once in his life, and

saved me from losing to SilverStar, I still don't

Having spent as much time as he did in the arena and demon realm, he had long lost the ability to trust

was, Edward would've probably

strength he displayed really

this was a point of concern

much can a person change

completely different from the person he had once met

he really someone

I don't really have

across Edward's face as he thought

with whatever he was planning. He was going to lose, either way, so he may as well just bet everything he had on the possibility that

didn't

Clank.

that moment, the gates on the other side

was accompanied by white hair and two

finally came out to the

his footsteps filled the entire arena as he walked

he walked in Edward's direction. Heavy tension descended down the

front of Edward, and their eyes met. Staring back into them, Edward slowly closed his

was around him, whether it was the crowd or the noise coming from

very moment, in his mind, there was only an

his ears. He could also feel the presence of

he tightly grasped it with

slowly took a stance and opened

Ren similarly took a

powerful mana erupted from

good job at making it look

thought to himself as he focused all of his mana toward the tip of

[You may fight!]

that the

The moment he heard the demoness's voice, he took a step forward and mercilessly

resembling a small tsunami erupted, before quickly heading

Click

spear, he heard a subtle clicking sound coming from

'Fast.'

he found Ren's sword already reaching

that his attack wouldn't make it before Ren's sword would reach

"Khh..."

torso and moved

Clank—

echoed throughout the whole arena as Ren's sword came into contact with

pressurized wind gales were released. Spreading out throughout the

then that Ren did something completely out of

Edward's spear, Ren's back arched and he punched out toward Edward's

'What in the...'

had originally thought that Ren was going to fight him with a sword, but despite his surprise, he reacted quickly by raising his

"Hm!?"

he was about to move his arm, he felt something

did that get

a little as he grit his teeth and exerted more force on his arm, finally breaking through the ring and placing his arm next to

Bang—

making contact with Ren's fist, Edward was pushed a couple of

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