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

kept denying the reality

was weaker than

Impossible!

he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

the apex of all worlds. A figure who had the

was how things were supposed

Drip. Drip.

he heard the sound of his own blood dripping toward the ground,

'How is this possible?'

step before feeling a sharp pain on

his hand to cover his wound, Duke Azenoch raised

"…!"

could see all the stares coming from the participants above. They

But that wasn't all.

whispering among themselves, they also

Duke only this

really weaker than that

playing

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

How dare

his lungs toward the crowd. But out

was

raised his head to stare at his opponent, the

'Huh?'

moment their eyes met, the Duke suddenly felt a chill run down his body as

audience's observation, who became noisier as

that? The Duke took

the Duke

"…This is pathetic."

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

against him, Duke Azenoch's focus was

trembling arms, he

'A…am I scared?'

he felt when he looked at him in the

it really a fluke? ..Or was

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

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought

Yes.

to be

that wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

of all the

was simply no

"Huuu…"

the noise coming from the arena, he slowly started to channel his demonic

will

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

before, his movements were

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

a narrow margin. Even so,

Swoosh-!

from below, the Duke twisted his body. He

time he avoided the attack, he raised his head and proceeded to

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

disappointment, his leg came into contact with

his

"Huh?"

suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving him a chance to react,

of doom rose within the Duke's mind as he

at a strange angle and swung his other foot toward

made sure to keep his gaze

change in White Reaper's expression, as his lips slowly curled into a grin and his left hand shot

'Fuck!'

realized he had been baited into doing such a move,

Bang-!

a loud banging sound, the Duke suddenly felt a hand grasp his other leg. Suddenly, he found himself

Bang-!

a crater formed beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt a great deal of pain running down his back as he struggled to open

that he didn't

"Again."

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

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