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 explain

as he kept denying the reality that was presented

whose rank was weaker than his to

Impossible!

suppressed, he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

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

how things were supposed

Drip. Drip.

of his own blood dripping toward the

'How is this possible?'

step before feeling a sharp pain on the right side of

his hand to cover his wound, Duke Azenoch raised his

"…!"

the stares coming from the participants above. They stared at him with obvious shock on their

But that wasn't all.

themselves, they also

Duke

really weaker

playing around,

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

up! How dare

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

situation was

to stare at his opponent, the Duke stared

'Huh?'

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

was no avoiding the audience's observation, who became

see that? The Duke

the Duke actually

"…This is pathetic."

of his head with each passing second. All he could hear were voices

the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's

his trembling

'A…am I scared?'

when he looked

fluke? ..Or was he

the sensation he felt before vanished

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought to

Yes.

had to be a

someone that wasn't even Duke rank scare

Impossible.

because of all the

was simply no other

"Huuu…"

calmed himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena, he slowly started to channel his demonic

rank doesn't work, I will just

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

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

margin. Even so, he did manage to graze him just a little

Swoosh-!

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

attack, he raised his head and proceeded

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

with his arm which

Duke gritted his teeth and

"Huh?"

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

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

body at a strange angle and

made sure to keep his gaze focused

lips slowly curled into a grin

'Fuck!'

the Duke realized he had been baited into doing such a move, it was already

Bang-!

grasp his other leg. Suddenly, he found himself being

Bang-!

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

so powerful that he didn't

"Again."

his words meant, his

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