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

thought as he kept denying the reality that was presented

way for someone whose rank was weaker than his to be able to hit

Impossible!

he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

at the apex of all worlds. A figure who had the

how things were

Drip. Drip.

of his own blood dripping toward the ground, he started to

'How is this possible?'

was moving one step before feeling a sharp pain on the

cover his wound, Duke

"…!"

coming from the participants above. They stared at him with obvious shock on their

But that wasn't all.

also displayed a clear sense

the Duke only

he really weaker than that

is playing around,

tried to be faint with their voices, but as the whispers grew, so did the noise, and their voices were heard by the Duke whose

up! How

toward the crowd.

situation was still

to stare at his opponent, the Duke stared deeply into

'Huh?'

felt a chill run down

was no avoiding the audience's observation, who became noisier as

that? The Duke

Duke actually

"…This is pathetic."

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

the voices against him,

trembling arms, he

'A…am I scared?'

he

a fluke? ..Or was he just imagining

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

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought

Yes.

to be a

someone that wasn't even Duke rank

Impossible.

probably because of all

simply

"Huuu…"

noise coming from the arena, he slowly started

will just

he took a step forward and his vision warped. Reappearing

to before, his movements

his hand was already nearing White Reaper's head. It was so close, just a couple of inches

face sank as White Reaper managed to avoid the attack by moving his head back by a narrow margin. Even so, he did manage to graze him just a little bit as a red line traced alongside his

Swoosh-!

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

and proceeded to sweep his leg

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

the Duke's disappointment, his leg came into contact with his

gritted his teeth

"Huh?"

to shift his body, the Duke suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving him

Duke's mind as he watched the hand reach out

body as he twisted his body at a strange angle and swung his other foot toward his opponent's head with

he made sure to keep his gaze focused on his

as his lips slowly curled into a grin and his left hand shot

'Fuck!'

realized he had been baited into

Bang-!

suddenly felt a hand grasp his other leg. Suddenly, he found himself being

Bang-!

formed beneath him. In addition, the

impact was so powerful that he didn't even

"Again."

he realized what his words meant, his

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