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 worried

the

him was how trustworthy he

met him once in his life, and

saved me from losing to SilverStar, I still

did in the arena and

revealed who he was, Edward would've probably

he

point of concern

much can a person

from the person he

someone

but I don't really have

bitter smile spread across Edward's face as

could only play along with whatever he was planning. He was going to lose, either way,

didn't have a

Clank.

gates on the other side of the arena

emotions was accompanied by white hair

Reaper, or Ren, finally came out to

footsteps filled the entire arena as he walked

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

Reaper's footsteps soon stopped in front of Edward, and their eyes met. Staring back into them, Edward slowly closed his

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

in his mind, there was only an image of Ren standing

ears. He could also feel the presence of someone else, but he made sure to

spear as he tightly grasped it with both hands; all the mana inside of him bursting out

breath, he slowly took a stance

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

surge of powerful mana erupted from

do a good job at making it look like I put up a

thought to himself as he focused all of his mana toward

[You may fight!]

that the

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

spear, a blood-red wave resembling a small tsunami erupted, before quickly heading in Ren's

Click

spear, he heard a subtle clicking

'Fast.'

he found Ren's sword already reaching

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

"Khh..."

twisted his torso and moved the

Clank—

throughout the whole arena as Ren's sword

of contact between the two weapons, circular pressurized wind gales were released. Spreading out throughout

did

arched and he punched out toward Edward's direction

'What in the...'

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

"Hm!?"

move his arm, he felt something hard press against his arm. It was a small translucent

that

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

Bang—

Edward

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