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

as he kept denying the reality that

for someone whose rank was weaker than his to

Impossible!

was suppressed, he

A Duke-ranked demon!

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

was how things were

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 side

his hand to cover his wound, Duke Azenoch raised his

"…!"

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

But that wasn't all.

themselves, they also displayed a clear sense of

the Duke only this

weaker

playing around,

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

How dare

his lungs toward the crowd. But out of sheer willpower, he

was still

head to stare at his opponent, the Duke

'Huh?'

suddenly felt a chill run down his body as he subconsciously took a step

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

see that? The Duke took a step

Duke

"…This is pathetic."

more voices inside of his head with

of the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's focus was somewhere

at his trembling arms,

'A…am I scared?'

when he looked at him in the

..Or was he just

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

'…A fluke.'

thought

Yes.

to be

wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

all the

was simply no other

"Huuu…"

deep breath, Duke Azenoch calmed himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena, he slowly started

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

way, he took a step forward and his vision warped. Reappearing

his movements

Reaper's head. It was so

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

Swoosh-!

twisted his body. He too was able

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

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

came into contact with his arm which was raised

Duke gritted his

"Huh?"

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

the Duke's mind as he watched the hand reach

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

made sure to keep

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

'Fuck!'

Duke realized he had been baited

Bang-!

his other leg. Suddenly, he

Bang-!

beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt

that he didn't even have

"Again."

realized what his words

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