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.

were essentially the same as the first one. That

there was a better time

That said.

wasn't someone that I could kill. Our rank difference was just too

to kill him myself

just like I had convinced him to ambush the Greed clan, I presented another clan with a

Greed clan, and how they could use this opportunity to deal damage

just threw was a signal for

backstab me

felt a malicious and terrifying glare directed in my direction. Without needing to

didn't care as my direction my attention toward the opposite side, the southern area. This was only half of my

also be

the distance and I saw

I mismatch my timing?...or did they

this was

a burst of aura coming

"You..."

the area around me started to twist. Turning around, I realized that Marquis Atheora was preparing

'Shit...'

my direction, I once again turned

of Chronos, I started to

at full throttle as I tried to figure out my next course

going to be a bust. Do I

"You don't."

from beside me. As usual, it was the

"What do you mean?"

little

a slight pause, his voice

in mind that using that power will only serve to alert Jezebeth of

"...You're right."

power, I became extremely

sent a clone to fight me. What if he showed up in his full form? Wouldn't I just die with a

thought made me extremely apprehensive about

thoughts, the

the skill now will not be ideal. Later on, you might need to 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

the situation doesn't really

"You worry too much."

stared into the distance. Unlike me, he could freely move in this

it a couple of more minutes. If something doesn't happen by then,

"...Alright."

and deactivating Eyes of Chronos I raised my head and met Marquis Atheora's

fraction of a second. Placing my hand on the sheath of my

the same time, I activated

a bit more than one rank, it didn't have too much of an effect

the time he recovered from the effect, I had

movement of the [Keiki style]

Click—!

sound rang in the air. At the same time my vision started to distort,

Boooom—!

second, it arrived in the area that I

unscathed as I ended up

Bang—!

"Ukhhh..."

That said.

I had survived.

"It hurts..."

I had trouble moving as some of my bones were broken, but it was worth the

down

recovered the demons in the distance had already arrived and

It looks

voice echoed throughout the air as another demon that

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

to deal damage to the Sloth clan, they obviously did not refuse it and secretly

they would believe in my plan at first, but it wasn't exactly hard to

clan, all they had to do was

to them, this could be considered a minor conflict. It wasn't

That aside.

they had set countermeasures in the off-chance

"Marquis Exion."

voice was filled with spite as he said those words. With