God of Tricksters

*Boom!*

The explosion was supposed to blow Theo away, but surprisingly, Theo actually withstood it with his shield.

It turned out the wind that covered the shield didn't come only from one side. There was also wind on the other side that gave Theo the momentum he needed to resist the explosion.

The wind in front of the shield also dispersed the explosion, allowing Theo to maintain his position.

"What?!" Alexej tried to get away, but Theo's momentum couldn't be stopped anymore as he slammed his shield at Alexej, knocking him to the ground.

"Gah!" Alexej spat a mouthful of blood while trying to push the shield. He felt like he was being crushed from the top.

He summoned two smaller screens as a pair of jacks appeared. If he couldn't push it with an explosion, he could only do it in the traditional way.

"…" Theo was surprised that Alexej still managed to do something like this. Since his shield had a physical body, it truly allowed Alexej to use the jacks.

Knowing that Alexej wouldn't die this way, he tried another way. Instead of using the shield, Theo suddenly jumped into the air.

Alexej used that chance to push the shield away from him, but before he could escape, Theo landed on the ground and used his Ascension Step.

Ascension Step, Tenth Step.

The pressure from the wind struck Alexej.

"Aaaahhhh!" Alexej felt like his organs were pushed. He could finally understand the pain that the mutated monster experienced when fighting Theo. And that pain was multiplied because he had no tough skin like a monster.

The ground turned into a crater, and its depth kept increasing because Theo continued exerting the might of the Ascension Step.

"No!" Alexej tried to summon another thing from his screen, but he was too late.

Theo had summoned his Death Avatar. Although he couldn't move while maintaining this ability, he could still use his skills.

The Death Avatar appeared before Alexej as it extended both hands as if trying to drag him somewhere.

"Death has set its eyes on you, Alexej." Theo smiled as he used the Death Descent, revealing the red threads that indicated how he would die.

Alexej didn't know about this ability, but he tried to use his screen to escape from this situation again.

Unfortunately for him, he had no more luck this time because the Death Avatar had formed a huge sword, pointing it down.

Alexej summoned another missile, but Theo snapped his finger, using his Reality Removal to make the screen disappear at the last second.

"!!!" Alexej actually forgot the fact that Theo could remove his ability like this. Theo's Mirage World created such a big impact that he thought Theo would rely on it most of the time.

He tried to resist the force but to no avail.

"NO. I don't want to d—" Alexej roared while releasing all his power, but this was the end of him.

The Death Avatar impaled his body before he could finish his words.

Due to the size of the Death Avatar and the Sword, Alexej was split into two.

This marked the end of Theo's revenge.

"…" Theo closed his eyes for a moment before letting out a sigh. "A truly fitting end for you. No one witnesses your last moment. No matter how many generations have passed, people will deem you a traitor."

Theo glanced at Alexej's corpse once again and checked the system with his Reality Eyes. Ever since the apocalypse, he also saw the notification of killing a human due to the fusion of both power systems.

This also gave him confirmation that he had killed Alexej.

"…" Theo scratched the back of his head. "If only I had broken through to Saint before this happened… I would have killed both Mason and myself. Then again, they're quite useful for me as well."

Theo looked at the sky as if staring at something beyond this world.

"You have given me enough clues of your existence. Unfortunately, the God of Mischief is not here or else, he would be overjoyed to confirm your existence…

"Just you wait, you insane bastard. I'm going to solve the trouble of this world first before coming for you." Theo smirked. This was a declaration of challenge.

Theo knew that the moment he let go of the original Theo and Mason, those two would come for his life again with a new set of strengths.

And he wanted to make that day the last one for them.

Theo smiled before waving his hand. Suddenly, Alexej's body was enveloped by fire and was reduced to nothing. Even the ashes had been spread by the wind, believing that his ashes would fall to the ground after a rain and even his ashes would be stepped on by monsters or humans in the future as a form of humiliation.

After confirming the removal, Theo turned around and returned to the battlefield, finding the Shaman King and the Dark King had regrouped with the rest of his team.

Rea was standing next to them since there was nothing to do in the army anymore.

"Theo… Are you done?"

"Yeah." Theo nodded with a calm expression. "The immediate danger has been removed, but I'm afraid the long war has just begun."

Rea glanced at the battlefield. Although the mutated King Class Monsters had been removed from the battlefield, the battle wouldn't end unless they managed to kill the remaining mutated monsters.

They even had to consider the possible radiation problem due to the mutated monsters.

"That's true. But that's not our job."

"Yeah." Theo nodded. "It seems that we can't live in the union anymore."

"I contacted Maya a few days ago. It seems that there is going to be a test flight in three months. We should be able to go there in four months as long as you discuss the details with her."

Theo smiled. "As expected of Maya. For now, all of you can rest. Do whatever you want with the connection we have now. After that, we're going to retreat and leave the rest to them."

"Got it."