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..."

Duke's attention, snapping him out of

care about what you've found out. I'll cut

materialized in his hands. The Duke's

was able to instantly recognize

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

it was the truth. He really did

smiled at

for you helping me get out of this city and keeping everything

words, Duke Adramalech became

was also actually

true, and he indeed defeated Azonech in two

His body shuddered.

his victory, whether Duke Azenoch had been caught off guard or underestimated him, did not

whose strength

no way he was going to

orb, he

to

"That's correct."

death nodded. Extending the hand that

and in exchange, you will help me get out of this city, alongside two other

"Escape with two people?"

the Duke's face as he listened to

strength, you shouldn't have

"I wouldn't."

shook his

the barrier that is currently overlooking the entire city, 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 couple of

a second,

want all the information about me sealed. I don't want other demons hunting me down while I'm trying

a mouthful of saliva, Duke

entire time, his eyes would linger on the orb that he was

not a

honest, the deal wasn't actually

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

a lot of resources for demons to rank up, and although the city and arena provided plenty of resources,