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.

only way

as he kept denying the

way for someone whose rank was weaker than his

Impossible!

he was suppressed, he was still a Duke-ranked

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

at least that was how things were supposed

Drip. Drip.

his own blood dripping toward the ground, he

'How is this possible?'

moving one step before feeling a sharp pain on

his wound, Duke

"…!"

he could see all the stares coming from the participants

But that wasn't all.

also

Duke

he really weaker than that

is playing

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

How

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

was

stare at his opponent, the Duke

'Huh?'

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

no avoiding the audience's observation, who became noisier as

you see that? The Duke

the Duke actually

"…This is pathetic."

head with each passing

the voices against him, Duke Azenoch's focus was somewhere

his trembling

'A…am I scared?'

he looked at

really a fluke? ..Or

once again at White Reaper, the sensation he felt before vanished the moment his eyes

'…A fluke.'

Duke thought to

Yes.

to

that wasn't even Duke

Impossible.

because of all the voices around

was simply no

"Huuu…"

out the noise coming from the arena, he slowly

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

his vision warped. Reappearing in front of White Reaper,

before, his

split second, his hand was already nearing White Reaper's head.

moving his head back by a narrow margin. Even so, he did manage to graze him just a little bit

Swoosh-!

hurl at him from below, the Duke twisted his body. He too

he raised his head and proceeded to sweep

Bang-!

His leg was connected.

came into contact with his arm which was raised

Duke gritted his

"Huh?"

trying to shift his body, the Duke suddenly found a hand grasping his foot. Without giving him a chance to react, an open palm came toward

mind as he watched

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

this movement, he made sure to

notice a slight change in White Reaper's expression, as his lips slowly curled

'Fuck!'

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

Bang-!

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

Bang-!

beneath him. In addition, the

that he didn't even have time

"Again."

realized what his words meant, his body

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