God of Tricksters

"Hu…" Ruth took a deep breath to calm her down because her opponent was far stronger than her. She just learned about Orders a few months ago, while her opponent was someone who was already among the top for more than a decade.

The difference in their power was clear.

"It seems that you're not going to stop anytime soon." The Poison King smirked. Instead of focusing on ruining Theo's group, it felt like he was just playing with them. He waved his hand and turned the poison fog into a tornado.

Ruth hurriedly shot another arrow right at the tornado as if hitting an animal. But the moment the arrow hit the poison tornado, the poison burst out, expanding to all directions.

"!!!" Ruth narrowed her eyes because she realized that the tornado was just a bait as the Poison King's intention was to expand that poison. She could also see that due to the tornado form, the bursting poison fog seemed to have five targets that needed to be knocked down before it could be stopped.

In other words, the Poison King had made some dummies with his own understanding of Ruth's power.

"Come on!" The Poison King smirked.

Ruth clicked her tongue and pointed her bow again, aiming for all the spots. She shot them in rapid succession, but as one would expect from the poison fog created by the Poison Order, Ruth had to use her own Magic Power and Order Energy to supply the arrow.

Without these two, her arrow couldn't shoot down the poison fog. That was why it had been quite taxing to her body. Even though they had been fighting for only a few minutes, Ruth had started getting exhausted.

'So, this is why Theo wants me to learn more about Order first before focusing on utilizing its power. It seems that the Order Energy is related to our understanding, so he wants me to open up a big enough vessel to last a single fight.

'Without my Order, I won't be able to shoot down the poison fog, but this way, I'll be in a dire spot.'

Ruth might not get any injuries during the whole fight, but it was clear that the moment the Poison King injured him, it was the time she died. The Poison King would be able to insert his poison into his body, causing her to die not long after.

That was why she had been fighting him from a distance. And the Poison King seemed to have enough time to play with her while waiting for the time to kill her to arrive.

Ruth took a deep breath and muttered inwardly, 'Alright. I can shoot around thirty more arrows that can take down the poison mist. If I pass that limit, I'm dead.'

Ruth shot those five spots and neutralized the poison again. She then asked to buy time, "Say… Why do you attack us?"

"Hmm?" The Poison King narrowed his eyes and smirked. "Why did you make a move against me at that time?"

"So, you're telling me that the reason you attack us right now is for revenge? You're joking. The fact that you're making a move at that time is enough for me to see that you have prepared to attack us. This is not revenge." She snorted.

However, from the battle's perspective, she suddenly noticed something. "No. You have been preparing for war by trying to control the three influences. By using them, you will be able to handle many problems."

"Since you already know, why bother to ask?" The Poison King smirked. "Buying time? Of course, I like to buy time as well."

"!!!" Ruth suddenly leaped into the air and saw the ground emitting gas from its pores. It turned out the reason why the Poison King even talked to her was for the poison. He was also buying time to sneak attack her.

And now that she was in the air, she had no way to dodge the next attack.

The poison gas turned into a tornado, planning to swallow Ruth. However, Ruth pointed her bow to the ground not far from them and used the arrow as a pivot point. There was a small thread in the arrow, so she pulled herself there, avoiding this tornado.

After that, she shot down the tornado, which caused another eruption of poison. Some plants died and some melted, showing the poison's potency.

If she was inside that poison, she would die without a doubt.

'This is getting bad.' Ruth clicked her tongue while maintaining her vigilance so that no poison would reach her. "There is something that I don't understand. Who do you follow to cause our boss to have the need to go to the other battlefield…"

"My boss is your boss." The Poison King smiled calmly as if he didn't tell her a single lie.

"Huh?" Ruth was annoyed. He could easily say someone random, but he was adamant about annoying her by telling her that his boss was Theo. She didn't realize that was the truth.

She was just annoyed and said, "Well, we'll know about his identity sooner or later. For now, I'm going to focus on delaying you."

"Then, try me." The Poison King smirked, not bothered about her ignorance. Even he wouldn't believe it either if he was in her position.

The Poison King raised his hand and turned the poison mist into a dragon head, sending it forward.

Ruth aimed at its head and released her arrow, blasting the poison with the explosion of Magic Power. Still, as one would expect from the Poison King, the explosion was corroded and lowered the intensity. Some of the residual poison escaped and continued in their path.

"…" Ruth remembered that the people from her group were behind her, so Ruth aimed for the residual poison which had been scattered into three small creatures in her eyes. Although she would end up using more arrows than expected, it would protect her teammates.

However, such a thing didn't seem to be necessary when there was a light beam coming from the air that cut the poison until it was destroyed to smithereens.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Felix's voice resounded as he landed next to her, glaring at the Poison King.

Even the Poison King was impressed by Felix and stated with shock. "A great power you have there. I was disappointed that I couldn't face Theo, but both of you seem to be more interesting than I expected."