God of Tricksters

"Attack them!" Since the Empress' Palace took the front, they were the ones handling most of the monsters. As expected from their place, all of them were women, and their strength couldn't be underestimated.

The Mythical Rank Experts from the Empress' Palace took care of ten Mythical Rank Monsters alone while leaving the Supreme Rank Monsters to their own Supreme Rank Experts.

Alea and Ana showed their power. Ana had control over ice, so she used ice spikes to create terrains to confuse the monsters while Alea led the group of the Supreme Rank Experts to eliminate the monsters. It was a clean sweep and the battle ended not long after.

On the other hand, the World Martial Institute had the most members among the three influences. Their Mythical Rank Experts were as strong as the Empress' Palace.

Despite his words, Ragnar showcased the power that could prove why the World Martial Institute was one of the most powerful colleges in the world.

Even though his temperament was bad, he still managed to lead the group to fend off one hundred monsters easily.

Meanwhile, the monsters that came to Theo's side made people worry since Theo didn't have enough members to completely cover the entire side by themselves.

The Poison Princess even asked Theo once again, wanting to know if he needed any help.

Theo's answer came in the form of action as he said, "Mr. Ryo."

Theo, of course, called Ryo politely since he wasn't Theo, but for Ryo, he felt a bit weird because Theo never called him like that.

Still, Ryo smashed the ground with his shield. In an instant, two giant walls emerged from the ground. These translucent shields formed a V-shaped barricade, causing the monsters to stay on this path.

Meanwhile, Ergene unsheathed her sword as her body started sparking. She would be the one taking care of these monsters.

And since Nella was impersonating Ruth, she also raised her hand as if she was pulling an arrow. After knowing Theo's plan, Ruth also planned to play along. She planned to help Nella and shoot every single monster that she shot.

"First of all…" Theo raised both hands. Two wind balls suddenly appeared on his palms.

Although he couldn't replicate Mark's ability to perfection, creating a wind and double shock waves wasn't that hard for him.

These two wind balls had two different concentrations of wind, so they would explode at different times.

Theo then fused the wind balls carefully while thinking, 'As expected, I used my Order to create a Wind Element in both palms with different concentration… and I separated these two winds with my Telekinesis. So, when it hit, the first layer would open up, allowing the second burst to erupt.'

Theo shot that wind ball to the right side.

The monsters were confused because this didn't seem to be a lethal wind ball, but the moment it touched one of them, the eruption caused a huge blast, decimating the ground and the monsters in a fan-shaped area.

*Boom!*

"!!!" The explosion alarmed everyone, whether they were from the Empress' Palace, the World Martial Institute, or the Poison Princess' men. They never expected that Mark would have this kind of power.

Although he needed a few seconds to form that attack, the power was useful even against a Mythical Rank Expert. At the same time, this kind of attack would be completely useless in a duel because the enemy would keep up with him, but Ryo took care of it. Not only did he limit the monsters' movement by using that barrier, but he also protected Mark's safety.

This was why Mark dared to use something this powerful.

When she saw the opening on the left side after that blast, Ergene leaped toward the collapsed side and started hunting the monsters that didn't die from the blast.

Ergene's might couldn't be underestimated either. Even though she just became a Mythical Rank Expert two years ago, she had undergone Theo's training as well. Though, it was due to Theo asking her to help him in his training. Nonetheless, Ergene had gained a lot during that trip.

Her movement was swift and precise as though she knew where to go in an instant. She was so fast that it created a lightning trail along the way.

It might be due to her trying to imitate Felix, but Ergene managed to create her own basic movement with this. Instead of Felix's smooth spin on every step he took, Ergene created a zig-zag trail by jumping from one spot to another. With the help of the extraordinary penetrating power her lightning had, she just rammed everything into a single spot, shredding the monster's body apart.

Even Ragnar would have a hard time against her with only this power.

But it didn't stop there. While Theo was creating another wind to bomb the monsters, Ergene's back was wide open due to that movement.

It was at this time both Nella and Ruth made the exact same move and targeted the same monster. Their targets were the monsters that tried to sneak attack Ergene, who was on the front line.

Everyone was stunned because the monster had their body explode the moment Ruth shot her arrow. And eventually, Theo managed to create another wind bomb and dropped it on the right side, stopping their advance toward them.

*Boom!*

With all these attacks, the monsters felt hopeless to even approach Theo. And they couldn't circle them because of Ryo's barrier.

Still, the monsters were desperate enough to reach the group. They even launched a volley of attacks that would cause a major explosion in the middle of their group.

Ryo stomped the ground and put his shield forward. If the two walls he erected came from his first shield, this one skill came from his second shield.

"Divine Protection."

A huge white shield suddenly formed in front of him. This shield was sturdy, and everyone thought they wouldn't be able to penetrate it. However, its size wouldn't be able to protect the entire group. Some of the attacks would slip past it and cause a disorder among them.

Even the others wanted to make their move, but they soon stopped when they saw the volley of attacks turned to the shield as if they were pulled by a magical force.

And all of them ended up going straight to the shield and exploding.

*Boom!*

The explosion caused a shock wave that didn't lose to Theo's wind bomb in terms of might. Yet, it didn't leave a single scratch on that shield.

This was the power of the group Theo sent in place of him. Even without him, they were extremely strong.