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.

as he was, it was inevitable for news to

I was afraid that something terrible would happen to the Demons Hunter guild, and I simply couldn't

Demon Hunter guild would lead to catastrophic

for

Amanda's father trapped in the Greed

"No."

other me shook his

and drew a large square, and

in any shape

"Right..."

I nodded my head.

were the Lust clan, Greed clan, Sloth clan, Wrath clan, Gluttony clan,

Ren continued.

should also know that the clans don't get along with each

"Yeah."

was as

In fact, their relationship was quite complex

couple of them during my training

for their fear of the Demon King, they would've long had started a war

went to show how powerful Jezebeth reign

meantime, the other

the greed clan and the wrath clan, the pride

paused and looked

"Do you get it?"

I pondered over his words. It was then that I realized

the clan of

he perhaps forget to mention

the case as he shook

forget. The Envy clan is not in an alliance for one simple reason, and

the biggest block which was

as they have the most number of Duke-ranked demons alongside Marquiss-ranked

then raised the stick and pointed it toward two smaller blocks that bordered the Envy clan

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

I listened, the more everything

most of the conflicts arose due to their bordering lands. The Lust clan and the Sloth clan both bordered the Greed and Wrath clan, resulting in minor skirmishes arising

same could be said for the Pride clan and the Gluttony clan as

conflict, but it played a major part in it. This posed

the goal in targeting

father located there

other me

could've been any other

"Oh?"

my brow and

been any other

"Yeah."

"I see..."

mind started

learned, an idea

a while,

is

in the

"I see…"

my mind was starting to become clearer. It wasn't long before I finally understood what the other

long sigh escaped

"As expected of myself…"

stood up and gazed into the

I already have an idea of what you want me to do to.

a smile on his face, the

like you've caught on. You have four

***

The next day.

"Finally found them."

in the distance, I stood atop a large boulder that was the size

a couple of hundred meters away from me. Their strength wasn't anything worth looking at, but that wasn't the

and making sure they were indeed the demons I was looking for, I stood up, and channeled the mana inside of

for their weak spots, and don't go

voice coming

did exactly as he said and reduced the mana that I had gathered toward