The Author's POV

My next set of actions was quick.

As I was dealing with a Marquis-ranked demon, every little second mattered.

Taking out a stack of magic cards from my dimensional system, I injected them with my mana before throwing them in the air.

Swiping my hand, three rings formed around the igniting cards.

By the time the cards were about to fully ignite, the rigs turned red and a small ball of fire resembling a sun was contained in the middle of the rings.

"Go."

With a simple wave, the rings flew toward the sky.

"What's this?"

Catching sight of the ball of fire, Marquis Atheora reached his hand out. But it was already too late.

BOOOM—!

A large cloud of fire bloomed in the air and accompanying it was a thunderous explosion.

The fire receded after a couple of seconds, but it served its purpose.

"Anytime now..."

"You."

Feeling Marquis Atheora's gaze land on me, I raised my head and stared back at him.

Slowly descending to the ground, he looked back at the area where I threw my attack.

"What were you trying to do?"

"Testing something."

"...You seriously want me to believe that?"

Raising his head, he smelled the air. His face changed a little.

"This sensation..."

I felt his gaze pause on me, as he carefully scrutinized my body. After a while, his eyes opened up.

"You...You're not a demon."

'Ah, looks like the cat is out of the bag...'

In order to make it seem like I was a demon, I had placed a couple of cores inside of my body. By simply creating a thin coating of mana, I stopped the demons from regenerating, and in the process, created an effect that made it seem as though I had demonic energy inside of my body.

This was a trick that I learned from my other-self.

It was quite a useful one at that as it really helped me out quite a bit. Without it, I would've probably been found out in the first month.

Had it not been for my last attack that left some lingering mana in the air, Marquis Atheora would have never found out.

"A pity..."

I muttered underneath my breath.

"I don't know how you—"

Stopping himself mid-sentence, Marquis Atheora's head snapped toward the distance. It was then that he managed to spot several demons heading his way, coming from the northern side.

His face finally changed.

"This..."

Staring at him from below, I smiled from behind my mask.

"It looks like someone noticed all of the commotions you've caused."

Not quite.

From the moment that I decided to help him out, I knew that he was going to try to silence me. Even if he wasn't, I wasn't still going to go through with my plans.

first one. That is,

a better time than to get rid of him, it would

That said.

I could kill.

to kill him myself

him to ambush the Greed

the Greed clan,

fireball I just threw was a signal for them to

to backstab me

malicious and terrifying glare directed in my direction. Without needing to look, I already

my direction my attention toward the opposite side, the southern area. This was only half

should also be

as I looked in the distance and I saw nothing, my forehead

I mismatch my timing?...or

so, this was going to be

of

"You..."

to

'Shit...'

my direction, I once again turned to look into the

I started to assess the

of my head started to run at full throttle as I tried to figure

a bust. Do I have no choice but

"You don't."

rang from beside me. As usual, it was the other me appearing from

"What do you mean?"

little bit

pause, his

that power will only serve to alert Jezebeth of your appearance in

"...You're right."

Jezebeth's power, I

to fight me. What if he showed up in his full form?

extremely apprehensive about using my

my thoughts, the

tap into that power in order to save Amanda's father. It's best if you save it for then. Not only that but it's best if fewer demons know about you being a human. If they are made

but the situation doesn't really

"You worry too much."

stared into the distance. Unlike me, he

doesn't happen by then, you can go ahead with plan

"...Alright."

Eyes of Chronos I raised

set of actions all happened within a fraction of a second. Placing my hand on the sheath of my sword, I activated my sword's effect, and the

the same time,

effect on Marquis Atheora as it only worked to distract him for a split second. But it was

the time he recovered from the effect, I had already

of the [Keiki style]

Click—!

vision started to distort, I saw Marquis Atheora's attack shoot in the direction of

Boooom—!

in the area that

was unable to come out unscathed as I ended up crashing against

Bang—!

"Ukhhh..."

That said.

I had survived.

"It hurts..."

a little. I had trouble moving as some

chugged down a

the demons in the distance

who we have here. It looks like the information wasn't

echoed throughout the air as another demon that

Gluttony clan. A clan that wasn't on good terms with the Sloth clan, the clan

them with an opportunity to deal damage to the Sloth clan, they obviously did not refuse it

sure they would believe in my plan at first, but it

a move against the Greed clan, all they had to do

considered a minor conflict.

That aside.

they had set countermeasures in the off-chance

"Marquis Exion."

Atheora's voice was filled with spite as he said those words. With narrowed eyes, demonic energy rose