God of Tricksters

“Ha… Ha…” Theo panted a few times. It felt like all the adrenaline was leaving his body, causing him to have a hard time mustering some strength just to even stand.

In the end, Theo took a few steps back until he reached a tree and leaned his back on the trunk before slowly sitting down.

Theo looked up to the sky. He couldn’t believe that two World Class Monsters had just died in his hands.

He had used everything in his power in this fight and found a few things.

‘Unorthodox power is truly unique. It has extraordinary strength but a fatal flaw.’ Theo recounted how the Road Authority dominated the fight earlier. And that advantage only disappeared after Theo knew it was the Road Authority.

The same applied to the chimera. His fishing ability was weird, but luckily, he had seen a similar ability from his subordinate, Ruth. So, figuring out the ability was not a big problem.

Still, either the dog or the chimera would go down easily. The only reason why he could win this time was due to the trap he had set up.

He had been lowering the enemies’ guards this whole time by acting weak as if he couldn’t stop them anymore and was forced to run away.

The enemies fell into that trick and continued to push forward, not realizing that the further they went, the harder their friend would find them.

And with Theo killing all the monsters in the area before fighting the World Class Monsters, those two were completely stranded in an empty area where no monsters could inform the third World Class Monster about Theo.

Theo used all that time to reinforce their beliefs until at one point, he used that sixteen chess pieces.

He realized that the reason why the enemies could kill one of humanity’s saints was due to their number.

Each of them had an ability that would work extremely well against a single opponent. So, all Theo had to do was increase that number.

Those sixteen pieces, along with his Reality Order, tricked them into thinking that each of them was a soldier that had Theo’s power. So, they had to use all their strength to kill them.

Unbeknownst to them, the only reason why the sixteen pieces were that strong was due to how Theo programmed them. He poured a lot of Magic Power into them and used all of it in one or two attacks.

If the enemies took their time to take care of the sixteen chess pieces, they would be the winner.

Of course, Theo also intervened and made sure they didn’t have time or attention to think about it.

This was the reason they lost.

Theo completely manipulated the flow of the battlefield even though he was at a disadvantage.

Theo closed his eyes for a while, recounting the battle experience. He couldn’t help but mutter, ‘I’m currently still too weak. The slime can fight against multiple World Class monsters and will still be fine. On the other hand, I almost died after fighting two of them.

‘It’s clear that I have to get stronger before the last battle. I have to find a way to kill multiple World Class Monsters while maintaining my condition.

‘And with my current condition, I’m afraid I can only give first aid with my skill and head back to the base to get treatment from Aisha. Or maybe I can go to the union and receive help from the pope… I’m sure he doesn’t mind this…’

𝒐𝚟𝒍xt.𝑐𝗈𝕞

Still, there was one thing on Theo’s mind. It was his third law.

He knew that it might be possible to reach a whole new level if he cultivated the third law. However, the requirement to use it alone was already too high, so he wasn’t confident he could master it before reaching the Singularity Rank. Unfortunately, he would have to fight against the slime when he was only a Mythical Rank.

‘There are also multiple King Class Monsters… It seems I have to consider my moves carefully.’

It was impossible to win this fight with their current strength. It wasn’t only him, he had to make his people and others grow before the battle.

‘I have gained a lot from this battle. I have to take some rest before going back to the union. Although I haven’t reached the level I want, I’m satisfied with the current result. Gotta recover first before continuing to hunt monsters.’

Theo smiled, knowing it was time to go back.

But suddenly, he felt another presence approaching him. It was so fast that the next thing he realized, a monster was already in front of him.

“!!!” Theo widened his eyes and raised his head, trying to fight this monster. It must be because he was tired that he didn’t realize his enemy was actually using a Space Element instead of his speed.

Theo only raised his head and saw another humanoid monster like the fisherman. But unlike the chimera, this humanoid monster had a structure similar to the human, but its body was covered by fur like an ape. However, looking at the fur and his face, he appeared similar to a lion.

Theo raised his sword, swinging his blade with all the energy he had. He had to use all the remaining strength to resist before finding a way to escape.

Theo was ready to summon his clone in order to escape. After all, it would be useless if his clone managed to inform the people while the original body died. And this time, Theo had no access to the underworld and the cycle of reincarnation, so it was impossible to recreate his body.

That was why Theo planned to fight with everything he had left and figured out a way to escape.

He knew the enemy was dangerous. It was proven further by how the monster stopped Theo’s blade with his paw.

But before he could use his Blink, he heard the monster’s voice.

“I’m not here to fight you, Human.”