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

on the

was how trustworthy

once in his

from losing to SilverStar,

Having spent as much time as he did in the arena and demon

was, Edward would've probably

the strength he displayed really shocked

was a point

person

really was completely different from the person

someone he

but I don't really

bitter smile spread across Edward's face as he thought of

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 that

simply didn't

Clank.

that moment, the gates on the other side of

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

finally

filled the entire arena

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

stopped in front of Edward, and their eyes

was around him, whether it was the crowd or the noise coming from them, immediately disappeared as

moment, in his mind, there was only an image of

other sound entered his ears. He could also feel the presence of someone else, but he made sure to pay no mind to it. It was probably the demoness who always appeared at the beginning of

hand, a blood-red spear materialized in his hands. A powerful red glow enveloped the spear as he tightly grasped it with both hands; all the mana inside of him bursting out like

slowly took a stance

Ren's. While their eyes met, Ren similarly took a stance and placed

of powerful mana erupted from out of

I should do a good job at making it

as he focused all of his mana toward the tip of

[You may fight!]

at that moment that the demoness's

was quick to take action. The moment he heard the demoness's voice, he took a step forward and mercilessly thrust his spear

wave resembling a small tsunami erupted,

Click

his spear, he heard a

'Fast.'

found Ren's

that moment that Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make it before

"Khh..."

his torso and moved the spear shaft

Clank—

the whole arena

two weapons, circular pressurized wind gales were released.

it was then that Ren did something completely out

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

'What in the...'

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

"Hm!?"

was about to move his arm, he felt something hard press against his

did that get

exerted more force on his arm, finally breaking through the ring and placing his arm next to

Bang—

contact with Ren's fist, Edward was

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