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 about
was
met him once in his life, and he
probably saved me from losing to SilverStar, I still don't
as much time as he did in
who he was, Edward would've
strength he displayed really
this was a point of concern
person change in such little
person he had once met
really someone he
don't really
bitter smile spread across Edward's face as he thought of his other
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 that brought him the highest
didn't
Clank.
that moment, the gates on the other side of the
was accompanied by white hair and two
finally
calm echo of his footsteps filled the entire arena as he
he walked in
in front of Edward, and their eyes met. Staring back into them, Edward
was around him, whether it was the crowd or the noise coming
moment, in his mind, there was only an
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 to pay no mind to it. It was probably the
spear as he tightly grasped it with both hands; all the mana inside of him bursting out like a broken
deep breath, he slowly took a stance
gaze met Ren's. While their eyes met, Ren similarly took a stance and placed his
erupted from out of his
do end up losing, I should do a good job at making it
he focused all of his mana toward the tip of his
[You may fight!]
that the
demoness's voice, he
small tsunami erupted, before quickly
Click
spear, he heard a
'Fast.'
as he found Ren's sword already
was at that moment that Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make it before
"Khh..."
and moved the spear
Clank—
ring echoed throughout the whole arena as Ren's sword came into
the two weapons, circular pressurized wind
did
spear, Ren's back arched and he punched out toward Edward's
'What in the...'
was going to fight him
"Hm!?"
felt something hard press against his arm. It was a small translucent
did that get
more force on his arm, finally breaking through the ring and placing his arm next
Bang—
fist, Edward was pushed a
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