God of Tricksters

Theo and the World Tree glared at each other. Knowing that he couldn't get any advantage from Theo, the World Tree's green figure scattered into green particles.

There was no need for more conversation. Theo was planning to kill the World Tree, while the latter wanted to conquer the base even if it meant killing Theo.

Since both of them had their own goals, they could only fight for their life.

Theo took a deep breath. The talk might not be necessary, but it provided some breathing room for him. So, he didn't mind hearing anything the monster had to say.

After learning the World Tree had no more trump cards against him, Theo could finally go all out in order to cut this tree down.

The Death Avatar suddenly behind Theo, wielding a huge scythe.

Before attacking the World Tree, Theo took another look at the four fruits the tree had. As Isaac said, they contained a huge amount of Magic Power, so the explosion would be colossal if he ever used the Explosive Fruit Ability.

Hence, he had to make sure he didn't get hit directly by that fruit.

Of course, even though he didn't want to get hit by that fruit, it didn't change the fact that the fruit was the most dangerous weapon the tree had.

As soon as he raised his sword, he swung it down, releasing his illusion at the same time.

The tree noticed the illusion and spread its branches around the tree.

The illusion soon cut down all the branches and the fruit, but the illusion soon cracked, revealing only a portion of the branches got cut down while the fruit remained intact.

The World Tree didn't expect Theo to immediately go for the fruit. He only had these four fruits to kill Theo, so he had to make sure he didn't lose a single one due to his carelessness since it would decrease his chance of defeating Theo.

Theo, on the other hand, flew forward to get a closer look at the fruit. His Death Avatar had been raising the scythe as well, planning to strike in the spot where the tree least expected to.

The World Tree hurriedly expanded the roots and branches to stop Theo, but the letter easily avoided them with his Telekinesis.

"You should have learned it by now. You can't hurt me unless you're planning to use that tree… I thought it was your energy reserve, but the amount of Magic Power in that fruit didn't decrease at all." Theo smirked, pointing at the yellow fruit hanging on his branch.

"Since you want to test my fruit, then take it."

"!!!" Theo widened his eyes when the fruit fell. The branches caught the fruit and tossed it toward him.

"So suddenly? I just have to ask?" Theo gritted his teeth and immediately released a barrier in front of him, reinforced by Alexa's ability.

The fruit might contain a lot of Magic Power, but it didn't give any feeling when the World Tree tossed it. In fact, it felt like this fruit wouldn't do anything.

But the moment the fruit touched the barrier, a huge light shone, followed by a huge explosion.

*Boom!*

Theo's eyes were blinded by the light as he had to protect himself just by using his senses. Even so, the sudden burst of the Magic Power made him shiver. This was the strongest attack of a World Class Monster.

The explosion expanded and engulfed the barrier in an instant before making its way toward Theo.

"Kh." Theo gritted his teeth while using his second law to change the fire characteristic to cold. At the very least, he preferred to withstand the cold instead of the heat.

"Haaaaaa!" Theo shouted, releasing every ounce of his energy to convert the heat.

But the explosion was simply too overwhelming. The night turned into the day for a few seconds as the explosion became an artificial sun, evaporating everything near it.

And Theo was engulfed by this explosion completely. No one knew his fate.

"Did our commander…"

"No way. He is the hope of humanity. He can't die."

The soldiers started to lose hope, thinking Theo wouldn't survive after that explosion.

The World Tree laughed as a few branches and one root fell from his body due to the intense heat.

Even though it was an extremely powerful attack, it was a double-edged sword. Even the World Tree had a hard time blocking the explosion, let alone Theo.

"Hahaha, without your hero, the humans won't be able to defeat me. It's time for all of you to—"

"Oi, oi. You're reaching a conclusion on your own." Before he finished his words, Theo's voice echoed on the battlefield. With a single wave of his hand, the smoke produced by the explosion disappeared, revealing Theo's appearance.

Some parts of his clothes were burned, but his skin was still perfect. In fact, they were surprised to see frostbite on Theo's right cheek.

"Huh?"

The World Tree was shocked by how Theo managed to withstand the attack.

"Don't kill me too early. Our fight has just begun." Theo smirked, glaring at the tree.

But the worst was about to come.

Suddenly, a huge roar resounded across the battlefield.

*Roar!*

The roar was filled with anger and killing intent. Even Theo couldn't help but tremble, listening to this roar. He turned around, looking in the distance as a dot became bigger and bigger.

Eventually, he could see what that dot was.

"Are you serious?" Theo sucked a cold breath.

With the moon behind him, it was hard to see his real appearance. Even then, it was enough for Theo to see his figure to determine the monster.

"A dragon?! The Lightning Saint? No!" Theo's expression darkened, knowing it wasn't an ally.

If it was the Lightning Saint, it would release its lightning to let him know before attacking the World Tree together.

Meanwhile, this three-headed dragon released a red-colored Magic Power from its body, showing it wasn't lightning.

Suddenly, a bright red liquid started to drop from its body. Theo gasped and came to a realization. "That bright red liquid… Don't tell me, it's magma? A Magma Dragon? The eruption didn't occur naturally?

"…Have I miscalculated something?"