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

denying the reality that was presented before his

rank was weaker than

Impossible!

suppressed, he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

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

was how things were supposed to

Drip. Drip.

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

'How is this possible?'

before feeling a

his hand to cover his wound, Duke

"…!"

on, he could see all the stares coming from the

But that wasn't all.

whispering among themselves, they also displayed

Duke only

weaker than

playing

their voices, but as the whispers grew, so did the

How dare

top of his lungs toward the crowd.

situation was still

stare at his opponent, the Duke

'Huh?'

Duke suddenly felt a chill run down his body as he subconsciously

audience's observation, who became noisier as the

you see that? The Duke took a step

Duke actually

"…This is pathetic."

Duke heard more and more voices inside of his head with each passing second. All he could hear

voices against him, Duke

his trembling arms, he

'A…am I scared?'

when he looked at

..Or was he just imagining

sensation he felt before vanished the moment

'…A fluke.'

thought to

Yes.

had to be a

that wasn't even Duke rank

Impossible.

of all the voices

was simply no other

"Huuu…"

down. Drowning out the noise coming from the

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

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

before, his movements were incomparably

nearing White Reaper's head. It was so close,

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

Swoosh-!

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

attack, he raised his head and proceeded to sweep his leg

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

contact with his arm which was raised to block

gritted his teeth

"Huh?"

a hand grasping his foot.

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

at a strange angle and

sure to keep his

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

'Fuck!'

the time the Duke realized he had been baited into

Bang-!

leg. Suddenly, he found himself being thrown

Bang-!

crater formed beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt a great

he didn't even

"Again."

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

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