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

the reality that was presented

was weaker

Impossible!

he was suppressed, he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

was supposed to stand at the apex of all worlds. A figure who had

that was how things were supposed

Drip. Drip.

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

'How is this possible?'

feeling a sharp pain on the right side

his hand to cover his

"…!"

the participants above. They stared at him with obvious shock on

But that wasn't all.

among themselves, they also

Duke only this

weaker

playing

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

up! How

wanted to shout at the top of his lungs toward the crowd. But out

was

he raised his head to stare at his opponent, the Duke stared deeply into

'Huh?'

felt a chill run down his body

avoiding the audience's observation, who became noisier as

The Duke took a step

the Duke

"…This is pathetic."

his head with each passing second. All

the voices against him, Duke

his trembling

'A…am I scared?'

when he looked at

it really a fluke? ..Or was he just imagining

sensation he felt before vanished the moment

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought

Yes.

had to

someone that wasn't

Impossible.

all

simply no

"Huuu…"

down. Drowning out the noise coming from the

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

a step forward and his vision

to before, his movements

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

back by a narrow margin. Even so, he did manage to graze him just a little bit as a red line traced alongside his

Swoosh-!

the Duke twisted his body. He

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

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

Duke's disappointment, his leg came into contact with his arm which was raised to

Duke gritted his teeth and tried

"Huh?"

body, the Duke suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving him a chance

rose within the Duke's mind as he watched the hand reach out for

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

he performed this movement, he made sure to keep his gaze

as his lips slowly curled into a grin and his left hand shot

'Fuck!'

time the Duke realized he had been baited into

Bang-!

sound, the Duke suddenly felt a hand grasp his other leg. Suddenly, he found himself being thrown up in the air before being

Bang-!

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

he

"Again."

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

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