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

don't care about what you've found out. I'll cut straight to the

sphere suddenly materialized in his hands. The Duke's countenance changed the

was able to instantly recognize

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

the truth. He really did

Death smiled at

you helping me get out of

his words, Duke Adramalech became even more

fact, he was also actually a little

rumors are true, and he indeed defeated Azonech in

His body shuddered.

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

whose strength rivaled

was no way he was going to

the orb, he

want to

"That's correct."

nodded. Extending the hand that was holding the core, he

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

"Escape with two people?"

Duke's face as he listened to

shouldn't have a

"I wouldn't."

Death shook

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

for a

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

of saliva,

eyes would linger

a

be honest, the deal

the past or anything that grand, it simply had to do with

rank up, and although the city and arena provided plenty