The Author's POV

Chapter 531

'The chip inside of my head? …What is he talking about?'

I always used the chip inside of my head.

In the split second that 'Eyes of Chronos' was activated, I wouldn't have been able to think if it weren't for the chip.

Was there another function of the chip that I did not know about? ...If there was, I wasn't aware of it.

It was then that the other me spoke. My attention once again shifted.

'Pay attention one more time.'

With his words fading, the Duke's body stumbled backward.

This came as a result of the previous punch.

As he stabilized his body, there was no longer any look of shock on his face, and in its place was an impassive and unreadable expression.

In front of the silent audience, he attempted to keep a straight face.

His figure disappeared once more as he expanded his wings, casting a large shadow over the arena. This time, his movements were clearly different. It was a lot faster than before.

But…

Bang-!

The results were the same.

"Huaaakk!"

Casually elbowing the right side, the Duke's body reappeared. It was only a casual elbow, but it was that casual elbow that caused his eyes to widen and his stomach to cave in.

A glob of spittle flew towards my face, but my face remained unchanged.

'Did you manage to see?'

The echo of his voice reverberated throughout my mind.

Finding it difficult to digest what had happened, it took a while for me to answer back.

But I eventually did.

'…I have.'

While the answer was quite easy, it was the concept that I found difficult to grasp. Or even accept it as something that a human was remotely possible of achieving...

'Observe everything. From muscle movement to the direction that feet and bodies point, and eye movement. Connecting everything together...'

Lowering my hand, I pressed my thumb against the hilt of my sword.

The moment I did that, the Duke once again decided to move.

But…

Click-!

Shifting my body ever so slightly toward the right, a subtle clicking sound resonated throughout the arena.

Following the sound, the whole arena froze as the Duke's figure once again materialized in front of me.

A gaping hole appeared on the right side of his chest.

'...You will be able to predict their movements.'

Drip. Drip.

It was only the sound of blood dripping on the ground that echoed throughout the arena.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Trying to comprehend what had happened, the Duke's head rose and fell repeatedly as he stared at his right chest.

Throughout the silence, my mouth opened.

"…What a pity."

***

A fluke.

A simple and miraculous fluke.

way to explain

Duke thought as he kept denying the reality

way for someone whose rank was weaker than his

Impossible!

suppressed, he was

A Duke-ranked demon!

A figure

at least that was how things were

Drip. Drip.

own blood dripping toward the ground, he started

'How is this possible?'

one step before feeling a sharp pain

cover his

"…!"

coming from the participants above. They stared at him

But that wasn't all.

whispering among themselves, they also displayed a clear sense of

the Duke only

weaker than that

is playing around,

did the noise, and their voices were heard by the Duke

up! How

the crowd. But out

was still

at his opponent,

'Huh?'

their eyes met, the Duke suddenly felt a chill run down his body as he subconsciously took

the audience's observation, who became noisier as

you see that? The

Duke

"…This is pathetic."

and more voices inside of his head with each passing second. All he could hear were

voices against him,

at his trembling

'A…am I scared?'

he

fluke? ..Or was

again at White Reaper, the sensation he felt before vanished the moment his

'…A fluke.'

thought

Yes.

to be a

could someone that wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

because of all the voices around

was simply

"Huuu…"

calmed himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena, he

Count rank doesn't work, I will just take it up a

rank in an unnoticeable way, he took a step forward and his vision warped. Reappearing in front of White Reaper, he extended his

to before, his movements

already nearing White Reaper's head. It was so close,

his head back by a narrow margin. Even so, he did manage to graze

Swoosh-!

hurl at him from below, the Duke twisted his body. He too was able to avoid

he raised his head and proceeded to sweep his leg in

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

came into contact with his arm which was raised to block

his teeth and tried

"Huh?"

was trying to shift his body, the Duke suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving him a chance to react, an open palm came toward his

rose within the Duke's mind as he watched the hand reach out

from his body as he twisted his body at a strange angle and

sure to keep his gaze focused

expression, as his lips slowly curled into a grin and his left hand shot toward the side of his

'Fuck!'

time the Duke realized he had been baited into doing such a move, it

Bang-!

the Duke suddenly felt a hand grasp his other leg. Suddenly,

Bang-!

crater formed beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt a great deal of pain running down

was so powerful that he didn't

"Again."

the time he realized what his words meant, his body had once again been flung toward the

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