The Author's POV

It was only momentary.

But in that brief moment of time that Duke Adramalech laid eyes on the figure standing in the middle of the room, he suddenly felt an ominous chill run down his body.

This…

While it came and went as fast as it came, it had a profound impact on him, causing his guard to rise right away.

A nervous grin spread across his face as he examined him closely.

'White hair, blue eyes…human?'

Duke Adramalech's eyes widened at that moment. He then opened his mouth calmly.

"…You're white death."

His white hair, the fact that the events unfolded near the Pride clan's border, and his human status...

Duke Adramalech instantly came to this conclusion.

He was White Death.

Upon coming to this realization, his mind started to race as he also thought of something else.

"…If you're really white death, then everything makes sense."

In no time at all, he understood what had truly transpired at the border.

Raising his head, his eyes met with White Death's.

"Everything that happened in the border was something you did on purpose to divert my attention from the arena, so you could sneak in and do whatever you wanted..."

Glancing around the place, his brows knit.

"Was your goal to enter the treasury and take all of the stuff?"

His voice contained a trace of uncertainty.

Although the treasures in the treasury were valuable, they were not something that someone on a Duke level would desire.

In most cases, that kind of stuff would be too valuable to not be consumed immediately.

"That's not it..."

attention, snapping him out of

about what you've found out. I'll cut straight to the

The Duke's countenance

was able to instantly recognize what

"...That's Duke Azonech's core."

truth.

Death smiled at the

helping me get out of this city and keeping everything

words, Duke Adramalech became even more

he was also actually a little

true, and he indeed

His body shuddered.

Azenoch had been caught off guard or underestimated

whose strength

was no way he was going to

orb, he warily opened

want to propose

"That's correct."

nodded. Extending the hand that was holding the core,

give you this, and in exchange, you will help me

"Escape with two people?"

appeared on the Duke's face as he listened to his

you shouldn't have a problem

"I wouldn't."

shook

if you and all the other demons come at me at once, I'll have a hard time escaping. Especially since I'm trying to protect a

a second, he

reason, is because I want all the information about me sealed. I don't want other demons hunting me down while

saliva, Duke

eyes would linger on the orb

not a

be honest, the deal wasn't actually

famously known that the likes of Duke Azonech and him didn't get along well. This wasn't because they had an enmity from the past or anything that grand, it simply had to do with the fact that they

up, and although the city and arena provided plenty of resources, it wasn't enough for two Dukes. Hence