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 fence

was how

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

from losing to

this. Having spent as much time as he did in the

Ren not revealed who he was, Edward would've probably ignored his

he displayed

point of concern for

a person change in

from the person he had

really someone he

don't really

face as he thought of his

light of his realization that the games were rigged, Edward knew that he could only play along with whatever he was planning. He was going to lose, either

simply didn't have

Clank.

that moment, the gates on the other side of the

of calm, devoid of any emotions was accompanied by

or Ren, finally came

echo of his footsteps filled the entire arena as

pause in everyone's gaze as he walked

and their

the noise coming from them, immediately

that very moment, in his mind, there was only

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

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

he slowly took a stance

moment later, his gaze met Ren's. While their eyes met, Ren similarly took a stance and placed his

powerful mana erupted from out

end up losing, I should do a good job at making it look like

all of

[You may fight!]

moment that

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

wave resembling a small tsunami erupted, before quickly heading in Ren's

Click

the same time he stabbed his spear, he heard a subtle clicking sound coming from

'Fast.'

he found Ren's sword already

was at that moment that Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make it

"Khh..."

twisted his torso and moved the spear

Clank—

echoed throughout the whole arena as Ren's sword

two weapons, circular pressurized wind gales were released. Spreading

was then that Ren did something completely out of Edward's

Ren's back arched and he

'What in the...'

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

"Hm!?"

was about to move his arm, he felt

did that get

force on his arm,

Bang—

Ren's fist, Edward was pushed a couple of steps

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