The Author's POV

Standing at the top of a small cliff, I looked at the pale red sky.

A pungent and chemical-like smell lingered in the air, prompting my nose to momentarily close up.

"Two more months, huh?"

With four months gone, there were only two months left for me in this place.

Actually, if possible, I preferred to go back earlier.

Surprisingly the Demon realm wasn't that much different compared to earth. Aside from the terrible smell, and the fact that the place was filled with demonic energy which made it harder for me to recover my mana, everything else was pretty much normal.

The landscapes, the time difference, and the gravity. It was pretty much the same as that of earth which surprised me quite a bit.

Ah, right, this place also had only one sun.

Lowering my head, I covered my mouth.

"Huaam, I'm tired."

During these four months, I didn't only just train, but I also spent the time sorting out the thoughts inside of my head.

It took me quite a bit, but I had pretty much come to terms with everything that had happened.

Despite the fact that I wanted to reject everything that I had learned with all my heart, I knew that it wouldn't do me any good.

And thus.

I decided to stop caring. Or should I say, I decided to move on and focus everything on getting stronger.

If the figure inside of my head was none other than my future self, then I decided to stop at nothing to stop that future.

That said.

Squatting down a little, I squinted my eyes and gazed into the distance.

"Looks like they've finally made their move…"

"Indeed."

Before I knew it, my other self had appeared next to me as he similarly looked into the distance.

"The greed clan have finally started to make their move against you."

"Figured as much."

With everything that I had done over the past couple of days, I wasn't surprised by this development.

Rather, I was in fact more shocked by how slow they were.

Sitting back down on the ground, I looked up at the sky.

"Hey, what exactly were you planning when you had me provoke the greed clan."

Knowing myself well, I knew that my other self had other plans in mind when telling me to destroy a series of sub-branches.

The real question was why would he want to do that?

"Weren't you looking for a way to save Amanda's father?"

Unexpectedly, I received an answer to my question. What surprised me the most was the contents of his words.

I instantly sat up straight.

"Wait, do you have an idea of where he is?"

There were three goals I had in mind when entering the demon realm.

Of those three goals, one of them was finding Amanda's father.

Over the last few months, although Amanda had tried to hide it as much as possible, I could tell that she was incredibly exhausted.

And not only that, the guild didn't seem to be faring well lately.

It had gotten to the point where Natasha had decided to come back and take the reigns of the situation. Not that she was of much help, but it still did relieve Amanda of her stress.

That said.

being gone for as long as he was, it was inevitable for news to spread about this, resulting in the other clans becoming more

would happen

the Demon Hunter guild would

me but for the

Amanda's father trapped in the Greed

"No."

me

lowered his body and drew a large square, and divided it

world is not squared and that this is not in any shape or form accurate, as you already know, there are seven clans

"Right..."

I nodded my head.

Sloth clan, Wrath clan, Gluttony clan, Pride clan,

Ren continued.

clans don't get along

"Yeah."

was as he

their relationship was quite complex as there were a lot of hidden fights

had in fact witnessed a couple of them during my training in the

for their fear of the Demon King, they would've

to show how powerful Jezebeth reign

meantime, the

secret alliances between the clans. The lust clan and the sloth clan, the greed clan and the wrath clan, the pride

and looked

"Do you get it?"

my chin, I pondered over his words. It was then that I realized

about the clan

he perhaps forget to

the case as he shook his

clan is not in an alliance for one simple reason, and it's because they are the strongest and scariest

block which was located at the bottom

the strongest and scariest as they have the most number

the stick and pointed it toward

clan of Wrath and Greed. As they both border the Envy clan, they have no choice but to

listened, the more everything

the conflicts arose due to their bordering lands. The Lust clan and the Sloth clan both bordered

said for the Pride clan and the

only reason for their conflict, but it played a major part in it.

the goal in targeting the Greed

located there

the other me answered.

in particular, it could've been any other

"Oh?"

raised my

could've been any other

"Yeah."

"I see..."

mind started

had just learned, an

while, I

is Amanda's

in the

"I see…"

to become clearer. It wasn't long before I finally understood what

sigh escaped from my

"As expected of myself…"

stood up and gazed

idea of what you want me

his face, the other me

caught on. You have four days, better get

***

The next day.

"Finally found them."

stood atop a large boulder that was the size

strength wasn't anything

indeed the demons I was

spots, and don't go all

a voice coming

heeded his words and did exactly as he said and reduced the mana that I