God of Tricksters

"You…"

The God of Mischief gritted his teeth as his heart was filled with anger.

This might be the only time Theo could see such a frustrated face from the God of Mischief. But when the pressure disappeared, Theo finally returned to his feet.

Soon, the God of Mischief's face completely changed as a big smile replaced his angry face in an instant.

"You foolish motherfucker." Loki smirked.

Skill: Absolute Ruler (???)

Effect: Becoming the absolute ruler of the illusion, giving the authority to govern all laws and physics inside the illusion.

The skill suddenly reverted back to the previous grade.

"Huh?" Theo widened his eyes in shock and said, "Did you just use your illusion to affect what it's shown in that message so that the world believes you?"

The God of Mischief only winked his right eye as if telling him not to tell anyone.

Still, as one would expect from the world that watched everything, it immediately returned, and Theo was forced to go back to the ground again.

"I know it. Do you think you can fool me now?"

"What do you mean?" Loki smirked.

Skill: Absolute Ruler (A)

Effect: Becoming the absolute ruler of the illusion, giving little authority to manipulate a part of the laws of physics inside the illusion.

"You certainly have sealed it. I'm just tricking him into thinking that you haven't sealed my ability." The God of Mischief stuck his tongue out.

But Loki kept changing the skill's rank, confusing even the world. At one time, it was A Rank, but at another time, it returned to an unknown grade.

On the one hand, Loki's skill might have been sealed, but his power to rewrite what was written in the message could make one not believe him. On the other hand, Loki's skill might truly haven't been sealed and he just rewrote it so that the world believed him.

Ultimately, no matter which one was the truth, there was no one who knew it except for Loki.

But Theo was more shocked by the fact that Loki's power could even fool the world where the power originated.

"Fine, fine!" The God of Mischief snorted. "Let's just seal this power and give it to him, okay?"

The God of Mischief snapped his finger as a message appeared in front of Theo.

Skill: Absolute Ruler - Sealed (A)

Effect: Becoming the absolute ruler of the illusion, giving little authority to manipulate a part of the laws of physics inside the illusion.

S Rank Unlock Requirement: Upgrade the Order to the Authority.

??? Rank Unlock Requirement: Unknown

"Do you like this?" The God of Mischief harrumphed.

There was no answer. Even Theo didn't expect that the skill would be sealed like this.

"See?" The God of Mischief shrugged and said to Theo. "Do you remember about sealing the Death Avatar? Well, this is the same case. Even if I give the skill to you, the power of the ability is far too great for you to handle. So, this is the only option."

When Theo heard his statement, Theo's eyebrows twitched because he could understand the God of Mischief after dealing with him for a long time. "This is your intention this whole time. There's no way you're gonna give that unknown rank skill in an instant… Is there a point in arguing with the world?"

"Who knows?" The God of Mischief stuck his tongue out.

"I can finally understand why your brother always wanted to smack you with his hammer." Theo stared at him with a poker face.

"…" Loki fell silent as if he couldn't rebuke him for that one.

"Still, I can't understand how you can manipulate the message…" Theo narrowed his eyes. If he could show a fake status to others, people would surely be tricked.

"You still haven't figured it out? You already have that power but never explore this possibility?" The God of Mischief looked away as if he was disappointed.

"I already have the power?" Theo narrowed his eyes before a realization came to his mind. "Reality Alter? Instead of applying the Alter Ego, I just need to use the ability to rewrite something. Since I don't need to activate my Alter Ego, the Order consumed by it won't be that big."

The God of Mischief shrugged as if asking why he did just figure it out.

Theo simply hadn't encountered the need to use this power, but it surely would give someone a surprise when needed.

"Anyway, it seems that I have won." The God of Mischief smirked and placed his hand on Theo's head because he was still on the ground because of the world's pressure.

"Wait, this is not fair. The world—" Theo suddenly stopped as if he realized something. "This is my consciousness… Was the voice I heard earlier real?"

Theo opened his eyes in shock.

"What if the world's voice wasn't real?"

"What if those bickering was just a fake skit that the God of Mischief used to fool him?"

"What if the pressure actually came from an unknown rank skill?"

There were so many 'what if' in Theo's mind to the point he asked himself, "Since when…"

The hall soon crumbled into pieces before the scenery changed back to the grand hall with Theo lying on the red carpet.

There was no proof of a battle, no destruction, and even Theo's wound disappeared.

"This is…" Theo sucked a cold breath because he felt that his clone had disappeared even though he didn't retract it. And there was no trace of the clone getting killed either.

In other words, the clone truly disappeared just because the God of Mischief willed it.

"Wait a minute… Don't tell me this whole time…" Theo dropped his jaw, looking at the God of Mischief in shock.

"I guess I'll be giving you a passing mark for realizing it." The God of Mischief smiled.

Theo's heart dropped. The God of Mischief actually admitted that everything was just an illusion. Whether it was his clone, the Ascension Step, the Death Avatar, the world, their fight, and even the skills, they were fakes.

If the God of Mischief could actually rewrite or even create his own skill just for the sake of the illusion, it meant that everything he had experienced this whole time was fake.

Seeing Theo's expression, the God of Mischief smirked and said, "I only used one skill this whole time, Theo."

Skill: World Re-Creation (???)

Effect: Becoming the absolute creator of the illusion, giving the authority to govern all laws and physics inside the illusion.

Yes, it turned out the battle that they had earlier was never real. It was just a perfect simulation in Theo's mind. The God of Mischief recreated everything from his own world to Theo's ability and even his personality.

The God of Mischief said one last thing. "This is what I want to show you, Theo. To fool your enemy to the point that they can't differentiate which one is real and fake anymore. The pinnacle of the illusion, the world re-creation."