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.

one. That is, act as

now injured, if there was a better time than to get rid of him, it would

That said.

that I could

didn't need to kill him myself

convinced him to ambush the Greed clan, I presented

planning on ambushing the Greed clan, and

fireball I just threw was

planned to backstab me from the

malicious and terrifying glare directed in my

the opposite side, the southern area. This

should also be coming

distance and I saw nothing, my forehead started

timing?...or did they ignore my

this was going

of aura coming

"You..."

the air, and the area around me started to twist. Turning around, I realized that Marquis Atheora

'Shit...'

I once again turned to look into the distance. Yet again, I

Chronos, I

at full throttle

is going to be a bust. Do I

"You don't."

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

"What do you mean?"

little

slight pause,

serve to alert

"...You're right."

Jezebeth's power, I

then he had only sent a clone to fight me. What if he showed up in his full form?

the thought made me extremely apprehensive about using my

the midst of my thoughts, the other

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 aware of your presence, all clans will start

the situation doesn't

"You worry too much."

his head, he stared into the distance. Unlike me, he could freely move in this slowed down

it a couple of more minutes. If something doesn't happen by then, you can go ahead with plan

"...Alright."

my eyes and deactivating Eyes of Chronos I raised my head

hand on the sheath of my sword, I activated my sword's effect, and the

the same time, I activated

one rank, it didn't have too much of an effect on Marquis Atheora as it only worked to distract him

from the effect, I had

third movement of the

Click—!

sound rang in the air. At the same time my vision started to distort, I saw Marquis Atheora's attack shoot in the direction of

Boooom—!

arrived in the

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

Bang—!

"Ukhhh..."

That said.

I had survived.

"It hurts..."

teeth, I lifted my body up a little. I had trouble moving as some of my bones were broken, but it was worth the

down a

I recovered the demons in the distance had already arrived

here. It looks like

voice echoed throughout the air as another demon that

he was, but I knew that he was an executive coming from the Gluttony clan. A clan that wasn't on good terms with the Sloth clan, the clan Marquis Atheora

an opportunity to deal damage to the Sloth clan,

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

I told them that the Sloth clan would make a move against the Greed clan, all they had to do was check for

could be considered

That aside.

in the off-chance that this

"Marquis Exion."

spite as he said those words. With narrowed eyes, demonic energy rose from his body at an alarming