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.

wasn't what worried

on the fence

was how trustworthy

once in his life, and he didn't

to SilverStar, I still don't

did in the arena and demon realm, he had long

not revealed who he was,

he displayed

point of

a person change in such

different from the person he had once met in the

really someone he could

I don't really

spread across Edward's face

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,

simply didn't

Clank.

on the other side of the arena

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

Ren, finally came out to

calm echo of his footsteps filled the

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

of Edward, and their eyes met. Staring back into them, Edward

around him, whether it was the crowd or the noise

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

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

the spear as he tightly grasped it

breath, he slowly took a stance and opened his

Ren similarly took a stance and

powerful mana erupted from out of

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

thought to himself as he focused all of his mana toward the tip of his

[You may fight!]

that the

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

a small tsunami erupted, before quickly heading

Click

spear, he heard a

'Fast.'

thought as he found Ren's sword already reaching out

Edward realized that his attack wouldn't make it

"Khh..."

his torso and moved the spear shaft

Clank—

the whole arena as Ren's sword came into contact with Edward's

of contact between the two weapons, circular pressurized wind

Ren did something completely out of

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

'What in the...'

had originally thought that Ren was going to fight

"Hm!?"

to move his arm, he felt something hard

that get

exerted more force on his arm, finally breaking through the ring

Bang—

Ren's fist, Edward was pushed a

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