God of Tricksters

[It's my turn!]

'Eh?' Theo widened his eyes, shocked. Because there were only a few words, he didn't know who sent this message.

[Still, this is why you're too pathetic. Have you forgotten what I said about your illusion back then? How much have you wielded your illusion power?]

When he read those words, he came to realize that the one talking right now was none other than the God of Mischief.

Theo immediately recalled the time when he first collapsed and needed to be sent to the hospital. There, he met the God of Mischief who was using Alea's body, telling him that he was utilizing only five percent of his Illusion Manipulation's power.

[Well, you've worked hard, so I will say it again. You have wielded 25 percent of its power now. However, you suck.]

Theo gritted his teeth. 'You haven't taught me anything about Illusion. All I have learned from you is about Reality and Illusion.'

[I've told you everything. You're the one who doesn't understand it.]

'Huh?' Theo was confused.

[I guess I will repeat it for you since I'm nice. And I'll make it quick because you don't have much time left.]

"'¦" Theo's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't refute him.

[I have given you a task to understand how to make an illusion a reality. Depending on your target, you will also need to cast the illusion to yourself.]

[You need to keep improving your mastery and use your brain to overcome the so-called absolute power. Tell them that tricks can defeat absolute power as well.]

'I know that you want me to defeat that guy with illusion, but it's not possible. He's a Supreme Rank Monster and his perception of Magic Power is far too powerful. Illusion won't work!' Theo gritted his teeth.

[I'll give you a hint. The so-called Supreme Rank Expert can only see the fluctuation of Magic Power. They're not able to identify that power like the eyes you possess now. Tell me, if you attack someone, do you think about yourself or think about your opponent?]

'My opponent of course. I'm going to defeat or kill my opponent after all.'

[Then why haven't you done something like that with your illusion?]

"!!!" Theo widened his eyes and sucked a cold breath. His body trembled as Theo had just gotten enlightenment.

While he was in deep thought, Ava had raised all her stars and created a pentagram.

The patterns were glowing and the stars were releasing lightning. All five of them were connected and formed a bolt of lightning in the middle.

"Hmm?!" The magma monster frowned when he felt the power from the lightning. "Do you think you can defeat my arrow with that kind of power? The spear he created was stronger than yours!"

Ava didn't say anything and shot the lightning.

The magma monster also released his arrow after having inserted 95 percent of his power into this one arrow.

The arrow flew straight at Ava's bolt of lightning. The moment they clashed, a powerful shock wave shook the entire region.

The magma arrow was trying to melt the lightning while the latter tried to shatter all the rock within the arrow while dispersing the magma.

As the monster said, Ava's lightning was weaker than Theo's spear. After destroying fifty percent of the arrow, the lightning was completely evaporated.

"Ava!" Maya raised her weapon, preparing to shoot the arrow to buy Ava some time.

However, Ava had yet to give up. She raised all the lightning stars and formed a shield.

Those five lightning balls couldn't be melted by the intense heat and were strong enough to shatter the rocks.

Still, the rock's momentum kept pushing her back. Even her stars started cracking.

"You're still not strong enough!" The magma monster laughed.

*Clang!*

The first star finally broke apart as Ava closed her right eye, feeling the pain. These stars were like her body parts, so getting them broken sent an extreme pain into her mind.

"Kh." Ava gritted her teeth and continued holding the arrow back.

Then, the second star shattered into pieces, followed by the third, the fourth, and the fifth stars.

"No!" Ava shouted as she hadn't stopped the entire arrow.

Maya hurriedly moved toward Ava to protect her. However, Theo suddenly grabbed her hand, stopping her.

He summoned his clone and jumped forward.

"I'm not going down!" Ava shouted. Blood started coming out of her mouth as if she had received some injuries. She released all her lightning from her body and formed another bolt of lightning.

The bolt of lightning flew forward and struck the remaining arrow.

Boom.

An explosion occurred the instant the two clashed, but luckily, that explosion was enough to disperse the remaining rocks and magma from the surroundings.

The explosion produced a powerful shock wave that blew Ava away.

"Kh!" Ava felt awful because he couldn't win against a single arrow from another General Class Monster. She was aware that her power wasn't enough to close the gap between them. When the future looked bleak, someone stopped her with a touch on her back.

"!!!" Ava gritted her teeth and turned around, finding Theo floating behind her.

"I'll take care of this." Theo smiled.

"Haha. You finally come out. Still, do you think you can handle my power? It's useless. You won't be able to escape this place alive!" The magma monster shouted.

"Shut up." Theo glared at him, sending a massive killing intent with his Vision.

The magma monster was startled as though he felt the change in Theo.

"It seems I've fallen too low. To think a mere Supreme Rank Monster dares to look down on me." Theo smiled. His eye color changed from blue to white. They even started glowing as though Theo was possessed by someone.

"Hmm?" The magma monster was perplexed by this sudden change. Just in case, he took out the arrow on his back.

Theo threw his spear away before taking out the blue artifact.

"I admit you're strong, but it doesn't mean you have the ability to kill me. I praise you for making me come to the surface." Theo grinned as he raised his finger.. "Come."