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..."

Death's voice caught the Duke's attention, snapping him out of his

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

a black sphere suddenly materialized in his hands. The Duke's

one glance, he was able to instantly recognize

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

truth. He really did kill

smiled at

in exchange for you helping me get out of this

his words, Duke Adramalech became

also

are true, and he indeed defeated Azonech in

His body shuddered.

off guard or underestimated him, did not change

whose strength

he was going to

orb, he

want to propose a

"That's correct."

that was holding the core, he

help

"Escape with two people?"

face as he listened to

strength, you shouldn't

"I wouldn't."

Death shook his

a hassle. Let's exclude 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

for a second,

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

a mouthful of saliva, Duke Adramlech calmly

linger on the orb that he

not a

honest, the deal wasn't actually

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

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