God of Tricksters

An hour ago.

Before the battle started, Theo said to everyone. "Wait a moment. I'm going to step up for a bit."

"Are you going to see the situation?" The Dark King asked.

Theo's answer came in the form of a smile, meaning he didn't say a single thing. He then disappeared for a moment, finding a good place where he wouldn't be disturbed but was still close to the battlefield.

"I guess this is the place," Theo muttered before sitting down and crossing his legs. "If what I've seen is right, I'm afraid that I can't reveal my true body."

Theo summoned his clone from his base to this place. While looking at his clone, Theo muttered, "This is the best option right now. With my clone like this, I might not be able to win, but I won't lose either. Besides, the laws are in the last step… I shouldn't be losing too much against an Authority Level Figure.

"If I stay here, I only have to expend my Magic Power to maintain the clone. Even if my clone is running out of Magic Power and Order Energy, I can simply recreate the clone.

"Because it's copying my current condition, the clone should be able to appear in a perfect condition again. Still, this strategy…"

Theo closed his eyes while taking out his Skylink.

This was the preparation before the battle.

Theo was planning to utilize his clone to fight the real Theodore Griffith. Since both of them were able to recharge their strength, they could fight continuously. Even if no one was winning, as long as they fought long enough, he should be able to turn the situation around.

Clone Theo smiled at the original Theo as if he had a way to overcome this situation. Meanwhile, the original Theo gritted his teeth.

Even though he had become an Authority Level Figure, he was still new to this power. He still couldn't utilize it like Flora or Mason, let alone the Frost Saint.

Meanwhile, Theo had once fought against the Frost Saint, who lowered his power to a newborn Saint. This experience allowed Theo to understand how a newborn saint fought.

With the addition of Theo's incomplete laws, it wouldn't be that much of a problem to stall someone until they got some advantages.

That was why both Theo knew that the longer this fight was dragged on, the more favorable this situation to the union.

The original Theo didn't want this to happen, so he clapped his hands and formed another huge black wave. This time, he didn't plan to attack the King Class Monsters or anything. Instead, his target was the people.

"What's that?"

"No way!"

"Are you kidding me?"

The soldiers panicked when seeing the black wave that even made the King Class Monsters tremble. They surely would die in this situation.

"Since I have no reputation to protect anymore, I don't have to hold back." The original Theo smirked.

"…" Theo furrowed his eyebrows. On the one hand, he didn't have any obligation to protect those soldiers. On the other hand, if a huge number of people died, a big problem would occur.

There were only a few people who were free. Leonardo and Felix. However, neither of them had the ability to block this power. On the other hand, if he stopped this black wave, the original Theo would take this opportunity to kill more people.

In other words, there was only one solution to this situation.

"Tsk." Theo clicked his tongue before the real Theo made his appearance. He stood in front of the black wave and snapped his finger, erasing it from this reality.

"There you are!" The original Theo smirked and leaped to Theo, but the clone stood between them, stopping the original Theo from attacking him.

"You are just a clone of my clone!" The original Theo roared while waving his hand.

Clone Theo also waved his hand, neutralizing the black energy from him.

Seeing three Theos in the sky, it was clear that one of them was the Theo and clone they had known this whole time, while the other was the bad Theo.

Without any need to prove himself, Theo's identity was clear.

However, their acknowledgment wasn't needed because the original Theo was planning to use everything to exhaust Theo so that his clone wouldn't be perfect anymore.

"Plan B!" The original Theo shouted, giving a signal to the rest of the Griffith Family.

Suddenly, a few torrential Magic Power flew into the sky, aiming for Theo.

"Those people are from the Griffith Family! We have to stop them and help the good Theo!"

"Spare us some Mythical Rank Experts!"

"No. There are a few mutated Mythical Rank monsters here, so all experts are fighting against them."

"Then, the Supreme Rank—"

Before he finished his words, he suddenly felt his body going numb before he fell to the ground, spitting a mouthful of blood.

"Gah!"

More and more people suddenly collapsed while coughing blood.

"What is happeni—Gah!"

"Poiso—Gah!"

One by one fell down to the ground, weakening the front line.

"What?!" Leonardo gasped before realizing what had happened. "Not good. The Poison King is here. Alexej, what's going on with you?!"

Leonardo tried to locate Alexej but to no avail. But the answer soon appeared as Alexej and the Poison King came out together.

If Alexej was following the order, they would be fighting. But Alexej had finally chosen a side. Since he was infamous, there was nothing wrong with being a villain.

"Alexej, you—" Leonardo gritted his teeth as he was prepared to let go of the command to strike him. But he also heard numerous screams coming from the front line.

Due to the poison spread by the Poison King, the soldiers had been falling one after another, weakening the front line. Some monsters started to break through. If this continued, the army would collapse.

"This is…" Leonardo furrowed his eyebrows. The Poison King truly brought the biggest impact to any of them because the poison was an extremely powerful weapon with no smell or odor. "Kh. What should I do now?"

Alexej smirked and said through the Skylink. "This is the price the union has to pay for ridiculing me. I'm going to make you all suffer. Hahahaha!"