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,

what you've found out. I'll

a black sphere suddenly materialized in his hands. The Duke's countenance changed the moment his eyes laid

was able to

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

truth. He really

Death smiled at

exchange for you helping me get out of this city

Adramalech became even

also actually

are true, and he indeed defeated

His body shuddered.

been caught off guard or underestimated him, did not change the fact that

whose strength rivaled

he was going to make the

at the orb, he warily

want to propose a

"That's correct."

nodded. Extending the hand that was

in exchange, you will help me get out of this city,

"Escape with two people?"

appeared on the Duke's face

your strength, you shouldn't have a

"I wouldn't."

shook his

overlooking the entire city, if you and all the other demons come at me at once, I'll have a hard time escaping. Especially

for a second, he

want all the information about me sealed. I don't

mouthful of saliva, Duke

entire time, his eyes would linger on

not a bad

honest, the

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 both desired the entire city

and although the city and arena provided plenty of resources, it wasn't