The Author's POV

My eyes were glued to Edward's body, which was lying on the ground. In my ears, the noise from the crowd was drowned out.

During that moment, I had all my attention focused on Edward.

It wasn't until I saw his chest move that I finally relaxed.

He was still alive.

As he lay on the ground with his eyes wide open, staring at the red sky of the arena, his body was anything but fine.

Taking a deep breath and inwardly praying, I put the device back in my dimensional space and closed my eyes.

'I hope Amanda does not find out about this…'

If she found out I beat up her father...

Shivers ran down my spine.

'...Yeah, let's hope that does not happen.'

What Demon King?

She would probably finish me before that happened.

Well, I didn't think she would go that far, but I still didn't care to find out what would happen.

Keeping this secret under the grave was a sacred duty.

"Haa..."

I exhaled, and slowly opened my eyes.

As I opened my eyes again, I felt everyone's gaze pause on me. A pin-drop silence filled the arena grounds as none of the spectators spoke.

I then glanced toward the right. Nevertheless, I was surprised to find that the demoness had not appeared yet.

She was usually punctual.

'Where is she?'

I wondered to myself as I glanced around the place. It didn't take long for her to appear, as her figure appeared next to me shortly thereafter.

'Ah, there she is.'

Her eyes alternated between Edward and me as she hung open-mouthed. Eventually, she began to announce the match's result. The look on her face never changed as she spoke.

It was still filled with shock.

[…and the winner of the match is White Reaper, officially dethroning the Blood Prince from his Overlord position, and thereby becoming the new Overlord!]

It wasn't long before her words deeply echoed throughout the whole arena.

During a brief pause, the crowd and spectators digested the information before erupting into cheers.

The stadium started shaking as the cheers grew louder.

It was that loud.

My attention briefly focused on Edward's direction before I turned around and moved toward the metallic gates in the distance.

'My job is done, I should get prepared for the big event that is coming soon...'

It was about time I returned home.

***

"Not bad…"

Duke Azenoch's face was tinged with a faint curl as he watched White Reaper's figure slowly exit the arena.

The more he looked at him, the more pleased he became as he mumbled softly.

"He did not make the same mistake as the other one."

Recalling what had happened with SilverStar, the Duke shook his head with evident disappointment.

He was a good seedling. An obedient one.

unfortunate that he had failed his

he hadn't been that

one isn't all

Reaper from above, Duke Azonech's lips opened enough to

first glance,

that was merely

asked, Duke Azonech had already come to the conclusion that he wasn't one that

wanted to

deepened as he

"...A pity."

muttered under his

makes you willingly choose to kill

he could escape after seeing what he had done to

spite of the fact that he could have lived a few more years, he became greedy and decided to challenge him

a terrible mistake

that I have to

his mouth with his hand, he proceeded to head out

for him

***

don't you

my room, the first

answer. It wasn't that I didn't want to, but the

of my movements was being closely monitored, and given that I couldn't speak to him inside of my mind, I could only keep my

of my

match won't be like all the other matches that you've experienced. You

of sight, I subtly nodded my

'I know.'

Of course, I knew.

as Edward, he was actually coming at me with the intent

wasn't going to be honest with his rank as he

killing me during the fight. As if the Duke would ever let himself lose in front

biggest humiliation in

he been suppressed. With

and silence enveloped

finish his sentence to understand what

then

wearing a suppressor and if that's the case, you stand no

direction, I didn't

my thoughts were

don't trust

course of four months, he had

for the

this point as

He also knew this.

was

unclear about

to kill the demon king and get rid of his curse? But what exactly was this

fact that time would repeatedly loop

I wasn't sure.

him, he would always keep his

His silence seemed forced.

something was

the weird chains? This was most

I still didn't feel comfortable

like when you

cocked

you were the one controlling

to understand my thoughts, he shrugged

make now?... Are you really that confident in defeating a Duke-ranked demon that could potentially use his power at any second without warning and

deeply into my eyes, he paused

you something. Regardless of how many times you want to die, or how many times

ice-cold

body. But, it is within my best interest that you don't

hand, he pointed

your best interest

***

Clank. Clank. Clank.

inside a small cell, creating a

"Ukhh.."

saw a figure standing there. Blinking a couple of times to get a better