The Author's POV

Minutes prior to ambushing the Greed clan, I sent a message to the Wrath clan.

In the message, I told them that the Sloth clan and the Gluttony clan were planning on secretly working together to ambush the Greed clan.

Although my words sounded sketchy, I provided them with the exact location of where the Ambush was going to happen and told them that they knew that they were planning an ambush against someone called 'The white death' and that it was all a ruse in order to make the Greed clan act, and use that opportunity to deal damage to them.

Since the Wrath clan was allied with the Greed clan, all they had to do was contact them and confirm the information that I told them.

Once they were able to confirm my words, the rest was pretty much self-explanatory.

While everyone was staring into the distance, I slowly stood up.

'I should probably take my leave...'

My plan was pretty much done.

If there was a time for me to leave, then it was now. With everyone still confused and startled by the sudden situation, I prepared to use this chance to leave.

Taking another look toward the sky, I sighed in relief.

"That was close..."

Fortunately for me, the plan somehow worked out. By exploiting the demon's desire to harm each other, I was able to create this scenario.

In any case, I had never been too worried about the plan failing. I had three more plans prepared just in case this one failed.

Not that I wanted it to fail, but I wasn't delusional. I never once thought that my plan couldn't fail.

I found myself doubting my plan a lot, but in the end, it seemed as though the demons had been at peace for too long to realize what had happened.

"Good for me."

Masking my presence as much as possible, I quietly left the area and headed toward the Pride Clan's territory.

My goal here had been achieved.

It was time for me to move to the next part.

***

After a while, inside a large forest.

"How long till we reach our destination?"

Halting for a bit, I rested my hand by the side of the tree.

It had been about half a day since I left the conflict, and by now, the sun was already starting to set.

Considering that I was under a time constraint, I knew that I could waste as little time as possible.

"We're almost there. About two hours."

"Two hours!?"

I groaned.

It had to be noted that when he meant two hours, it meant two hours of me running at full speed.

Not only that, but I also had to watch out for the monsters and demons in my way. If anything, that only served to make me even more tired.

"Hurry up, you don't have much time. Keep going straight."

"…Fine."

Recollecting my breath, I once again dashed forward.

"I can't waste time..."

I had a goal in mind when acting on the previous plan. Primarily, I wanted to turn the attention of the Pride clan away from their own territory.

Although the conflict was a minor one, it was still a conflict.

It could serve as a great excuse for the other clans to start conflicts with each other.

This was exactly what I wanted.

in this conflict. But that was

"Huup!"

ground, I

***

me by my other self, I continued running for the next two hours. To be more

looking for

had expected, the fight in the distance had caused

exactly what

"You can stop now."

voice, my feet came

on my knees, I took a couple of deep breaths. Sweat

"…Are we finally here?"

me, the only thing that met my sight were

weren't exactly normal trees though. They were quite tall, and their bark was quite dark. Most notable

was nighttime, it was actually quite hard for me to see what was

Crunch. Crunch.

noise I heard was the crunching sound of my feet stepping on the

the ordinary in the area around

"Is Amanda's father here?"

"Not quite."

He answered.

My brows furrowed.

"What do you mean?"

stop now. You might not like the sound of

a step back, I instantly felt

"Spit it out."

Our eyes met.

I saw my other self's lips curled upwards. It left as fast as it came and thus I became unsure of whether it was real or

just

realize that I didn't see

fight a

"Eh?"

eyes a couple of times as I had difficulty trying to process what he was

to lose on purpose? And get captured by a

This…

crazy or

mind, he's

in the world

deep breath and sat down on the ground. I then leaned my back against one

wasn't planning

to

"Sure."

rather calm manner,

he pointed

the largest cities in the Pride clan territory. The city is quite big, about the size of Ashton city, and

"I see..."

the side of

anything to do with me purposely losing

"Let me explain."

back on a tree. A small rattling sound accompanied

put it bluntly, you can't infiltrate Morian. It's impossible unless your strength is equal

"SS rank? That hard?"

"Yes."

words surprised me quite

if you can make it seem like you have demonic energy inside of your body thanks to the trick that I taught you, it can easily be discovered. It might work when someone isn't paying attention, but once you enter a city filled

"Right..."

My brows knit tightly.

words once again made me realize just how dangerous the Demon Realm was. So far I had

relaxed,

it. But what does that have to do with the fact that I have to lose to a demon? Are you thinking of having me infiltrate the place as a prisoner? But what

"You're not exactly wrong."

The other me spoke.

a long speech telling you exactly how the city function as that would be counterproductive. I will cut straight to the point, if you get

"Oh?"

left

"Elaborate."

"Mhm."

The other me nodded.

aren't that different from humans, or any other race with a shred of intelligence. At one point, all