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

worried him was

met him once in his life, and he didn't know

losing to SilverStar, I still don't

much time as he did in the arena and demon realm, he

revealed who he was, Edward would've probably ignored

strength he displayed really shocked

this was a point of

can a person change in such

person

he really someone

I don't really have a

smile spread across Edward's face

rigged, Edward knew that he could only play along 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

simply didn't have

Clank.

on the other side of the arena opened and a familiar figure

calm, devoid of any emotions was accompanied by white hair and two eyes of

Reaper, or Ren, finally

echo of his footsteps filled the

pause in everyone's gaze as he walked in Edward's direction. Heavy tension descended

their eyes met. Staring back into

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

there was only an image of

moment, he was only focused on studying his opponent opposite him as no other sound entered his ears. He

glow enveloped the spear as he tightly grasped it with both hands; all the mana

a deep breath, he slowly took a stance and opened

met Ren's. While their eyes met, Ren similarly took a stance and placed his right hand over his sword's

surge of powerful mana erupted from out of

good job at making

focused all of his

[You may fight!]

that the demoness's voice

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

small tsunami

Click

the same time he stabbed his spear, he heard a

'Fast.'

thought as he found Ren's sword

that Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make

"Khh..."

and moved the spear shaft

Clank—

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

the two weapons, circular pressurized wind gales were released. Spreading

was then that Ren did something completely out

Ren's back arched and he punched out toward Edward's direction using his

'What in the...'

originally thought that Ren was going to fight him

"Hm!?"

was about to move his arm, he felt something

that

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

Bang—

Edward was pushed a couple of

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