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

as he kept denying the reality that was

rank was weaker than his

Impossible!

he was suppressed, he was still

A Duke-ranked demon!

at the apex of all worlds. A figure who had the ability to squash Counts

was how things were

Drip. Drip.

blood dripping toward the ground,

'How is this possible?'

was moving one step before feeling a sharp pain on the right side of his

his hand to cover his wound, Duke Azenoch

"…!"

coming from the participants above. They stared at him with

But that wasn't all.

they also

Duke only this

he really weaker than

playing around,

the whispers grew, so did the noise, and

How

of his lungs toward the

was

his head to stare at his opponent, the Duke

'Huh?'

suddenly felt a chill run down

the audience's observation, who became noisier

you see that? The

Duke actually

"…This is pathetic."

with each

of the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's

trembling arms, he

'A…am I scared?'

sensation he felt when he looked at him in

..Or was he

the sensation he

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought

Yes.

had to be a

someone that wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

all the voices

simply no other

"Huuu…"

himself down. Drowning out the noise coming from the arena,

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

in an unnoticeable way, he took a step forward and his vision warped.

before, his movements were

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

the attack by moving his head back by a narrow margin. Even so, he

Swoosh-!

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

his head and proceeded to sweep his leg in a whipping motion, hurtling it towards

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

into contact with his arm which

his teeth and tried

"Huh?"

Duke suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving

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

from his body as he twisted his body at a strange angle and swung his other foot toward

he made sure to keep his gaze focused

Reaper's expression, as his lips slowly curled into a

'Fuck!'

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

Bang-!

other leg. Suddenly, he found himself being thrown up

Bang-!

beneath him. In addition, the Duke felt a great

that he didn't

"Again."

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

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