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.

wasn't what worried

still on the fence

was how trustworthy he

met him once in his life, and

probably saved me from losing to SilverStar, I

blamed for this. Having spent as much time as he did in the arena and demon realm, he had long lost

not revealed who he was, Edward would've

the strength he displayed really

a point

much can a person change in such little

different from the person

someone

don't really have a

across Edward's face as he

going to lose, either way, so he may as well just bet everything he had on the possibility that

simply didn't

Clank.

that moment, the gates on the other side of the arena opened and

of calm, devoid of any emotions was accompanied by white hair

or Ren, finally came out to the

echo of his footsteps filled the entire arena as

as he walked in

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

the crowd or the noise coming from them, immediately disappeared as soon as he

in his mind, there was only

standing next to him. In the moment, he was only focused on studying his opponent opposite him as no other sound entered his ears. He could also feel the presence of someone else, but he made sure

his hands. A powerful red glow enveloped the spear as he tightly grasped it with both

took a stance and

moment later, his gaze met Ren's. While their eyes met, Ren similarly

of powerful mana erupted from out

a good job at making it look like

focused all of his mana toward the tip of his

[You may fight!]

that moment that the

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

a small tsunami erupted, before

Click

he heard a subtle clicking

'Fast.'

found Ren's sword already reaching

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

"Khh..."

torso and moved the

Clank—

echoed throughout the whole arena as Ren's sword came

pressurized wind gales were released. Spreading out throughout

was then that Ren did something completely out

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

'What in the...'

Ren's actions confused Edward, who had originally thought that Ren was going to fight him with a sword, but despite his surprise,

"Hm!?"

as he was about to move his arm, he felt something hard

did that

eyes open a little as he grit his teeth and exerted more force on his arm,

Bang—

Edward was pushed a

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