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.

the only way to explain

denying the

was weaker than his

Impossible!

was suppressed, he was

A Duke-ranked demon!

was supposed to stand at the apex of all worlds. A figure who had the ability to squash Counts with a simple

that was how things were supposed to

Drip. Drip.

of his own blood dripping toward

'How is this possible?'

memory was moving one step before feeling a sharp pain on the right

cover his wound, Duke Azenoch raised

"…!"

coming from the participants above. They

But that wasn't all.

themselves, they also displayed a clear sense

Duke only

he really weaker than that

playing

whispers grew, so did the noise, and

up! How

his lungs toward the crowd. But out

situation was

stare at his opponent, the Duke stared deeply

'Huh?'

suddenly felt a chill

audience's observation, who

that? The Duke took a step

the Duke

"…This is pathetic."

head with each passing second.

all of the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's focus

his trembling arms,

'A…am I scared?'

sensation he felt when he looked at

a fluke? ..Or was

once again at White Reaper, the sensation he

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought

Yes.

to be a

someone that wasn't

Impossible.

because of all the voices

was simply no other

"Huuu…"

a deep breath, Duke Azenoch calmed himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena, he slowly started to channel his demonic

work, I will just

vision warped. Reappearing in front of White Reaper, he extended his hand and

to before, his movements

Reaper's head. It was so close, just a couple of

margin. Even so, he did manage to

Swoosh-!

the Duke twisted his body. He too

he avoided the attack, he raised his head and proceeded to sweep his leg in a whipping

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

came into contact with his

Duke gritted his teeth and

"Huh?"

his body, the Duke suddenly found a hand grasping

sense of doom rose within the Duke's mind as

his body at a strange angle and swung his other foot

he made sure to keep his gaze focused on

in White Reaper's expression, as his lips slowly curled into a grin

'Fuck!'

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

Bang-!

leg. Suddenly, he found himself being thrown up in the air before being thrown down

Bang-!

beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt a great deal of pain running down his back as

he didn't

"Again."

ears. By the time he realized what his words meant, his body had

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