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

still on the fence about

worried him was how trustworthy

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

from losing to SilverStar, I still don't

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

Ren not revealed who he was, Edward would've

strength he displayed really shocked

point

a person change in such

was completely different from the person he had once met

really someone

I don't really

face

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

simply didn't have a

Clank.

other side of the arena opened and a

expression of calm, devoid of any emotions was accompanied by white

or Ren, finally came out to the

footsteps filled the entire

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

in front of Edward, and their eyes met.

crowd or the noise coming from them,

mind, there was only an image of Ren

sound entered his ears. He could also feel

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

breath, he slowly took a stance and opened his eyes

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

of powerful mana erupted from out of his

do a good job at making it

himself as he focused all of his mana

[You may fight!]

that moment that the

voice, he took a step forward and mercilessly thrust his spear

small tsunami erupted, before quickly

Click

his spear, he heard a

'Fast.'

thought as he found Ren's

that moment that Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make it before Ren's sword would

"Khh..."

twisted his torso and moved the spear shaft toward his right

Clank—

throughout the whole arena as Ren's

between the two weapons, circular pressurized wind gales were

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...'

Ren's actions confused Edward, who had originally thought that Ren was going to

"Hm!?"

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

that get

a little as he grit his teeth and exerted more force on his

Bang—

Edward

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