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

thought as he kept denying the reality

simply no way for someone whose rank was weaker than his to be able to hit

Impossible!

he was suppressed, he

A Duke-ranked demon!

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

was how things were

Drip. Drip.

own blood

'How is this possible?'

step before feeling a sharp pain

cover his

"…!"

on, he could see all the stares coming from the participants above. They stared at him with obvious shock on their

But that wasn't all.

whispering among themselves, they also displayed a clear sense

the Duke only

he really weaker than

is playing

be faint with their voices, but as the whispers grew, so did the noise, and their voices were

How

wanted to shout at the top of his lungs toward the crowd. But out of sheer willpower, he managed to

situation was still

his opponent, the Duke stared

'Huh?'

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

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

that? The

Duke

"…This is pathetic."

of his head with each passing

all of the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's

his trembling arms, he

'A…am I scared?'

felt when he

..Or was he just imagining

once again at White Reaper, the sensation he felt before

'…A fluke.'

thought to

Yes.

to be a

someone that wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

all the

simply no

"Huuu…"

breath, Duke Azenoch calmed himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena,

rank doesn't work, I will

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

to before, his movements were

nearing White Reaper's head.

by moving his head back by a narrow margin. Even so, he did manage to graze him just a little bit as

Swoosh-!

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

and proceeded to sweep his

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

with his arm which

Duke gritted his teeth

"Huh?"

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

of doom rose within the Duke's mind as he watched the hand

as he twisted his body at a strange angle

this movement, he made sure to keep his gaze focused on

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

'Fuck!'

been baited into

Bang-!

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

Bang-!

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

so powerful that he didn't even have time

"Again."

time he realized what his words meant, his

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