Chapter 909 - For Real?

"Now that you've chosen your destiny, it's time for you to return." The snake released Theo's consciousness and sent him back to reality.

Theo opened his eyes only to find a mission right before his eyes.

Mission: Get the scale.

Reward: Supernatural Snake Body Skill and Guidance.

With the excitement rising in his heart, Theo headed to the location where Mark spotted the artifact.

He even used his clone to scout from the sky since the enemies were numerous, according to the information. It would be easy to spot them.

To his shock, there was a big settlement ahead. Even the beasts around this place had been thinned down. The clone felt as if they had been hunted down like an animal to feed the population.

'Is it my target?' Theo muttered inwardly while having his clone, who had changed into an eagle form, take a look.

The result came abruptly. Ten white beams emerged from the forest and flew toward his clone.

'An ambush?' The clone thought while using his Blink to escape from the white beams. He couldn't go down before grasping the enemy's situation.

The moment he lowered his vision, multiple green monsters were spotted. Their appearances matched the description Mark gave.

However, Clone Theo continued his journey and poured more power into his Telekinesis, increasing his speed. With that kind of speed, he would reach the settlement in just a few seconds.

As if treating Theo's invasion as a threat to their lives, multiple lights shone brightly. Using the trees as a cover, those glowing lights released multi-colored beams and surrounded Clone Theo from all sides.

Not wanting to lose, a hundred Magic Bullets appeared around Clone Theo's body. He shot down all those lights accurately, not letting any attacks reach him.

Yet, the lights were stronger than he expected. None of the Magic Bullets actually took down the lights.

'Seriously?' Clone Theo frowned and slowed down his speed to avoid the attacks, leaving only the lights from the back to be worried about.

With a single wave of his hand, those lights finally disintegrated into nothing by Theo's Illusion Destruction.

"Roar!"

Right then, a huge roar erupted, alarming all the monsters in the area. Although all of them were from the same species, Clone Theo could vaguely see their numbers.

'500.. 700.. 1,000.. No, approximately 1,500..' Theo roughly calculated their numbers from the sky and flew up to avoid any attacks.

Among them were many Rare Class Monsters, and they immediately saw through his intention. Instead of attacking him individually, the monsters formed a group of ten and formed a bigger stream of light.

Not only was it stronger, but the light had a longer reach.

Theo clicked his tongue and started flying around like a normal bird, avoiding all these attacks skillfully. He even made their beams collide with each other.

In the meantime, he observed the movements on the ground, searching for the item he wanted.

Although he couldn't see clearly because of the trees, there was one place where he saw energy with a color different from the Magic Power.

"That one!" Theo found his target and dove down.

As if feeling the incoming Theo, the green monster hiding inside a tent made of monster's skin came out and looked up. The shield was right in his hand.

Clone Theo covered his talons with Magic Power Expansion and hit the green monster, albeit blocked by the shield.

To his surprise, his talons snapped after colliding with the shield. The monster might be pushed back by the sheer power, but the shield indeed broke his talons.

".." Clone Theo gritted his teeth, thinking, 'So, this is the scale's power.. Now that I think about it, the God of Mischief should have the Illusion Order, while Hel had the Death Order. What about Fenrir and Jormungand?'

He almost forgot the thing before him was the strongest scale the serpent had.. the scale from an Authority Level figure. Even if the energy had dissipated, it was still not something he could destroy.

With that thought in mind, Theo charged forward with more green monsters approaching him from behind.

Theo's aim had changed. Instead of killing this green monster, he was going to snatch the shield with his Blink.

Unfortunately for him, the moment he came closer to that shield, multiple Magic Power fluctuated, disturbing his senses.

"!!!" Theo stopped in his tracks and raised his head, finding a rain of colored beams. He almost died because of these lights.

Soon, numerous presences reached his position from behind and waved their hands that were covered in green flame.

A huge wall emerged from the ground. Normally, Theo would use the wall from Illusion Construct to block the attacks, but knowing the strength of these green monsters, it wouldn't be that effective. Hence, he changed his strategy and summoned the ground beneath their feet, launching those monsters upward.

After that, the standing wall could buy him a few seconds.

Without hesitation, Clone Theo summoned his Death Avatar.

Death Eyes.

Both their eyes shone as Theo sent the killing intent to the surroundings, including the monster that held the shield.

The monster's body trembled for a moment, giving Theo an opportunity to snatch the shield.

The Death Avatar immediately extended its hand and smashed the monster to the ground while Clone Theo flew forward and grabbed the shield.

Seeing this movement put a smile on the monster's face. He suddenly let out a human voice, saying, "Or so you thought."

"!!!" The fact he could talk was too shocking. It only meant one thing, the monster before him was a General Class Monster instead of a Rare Class Monster, making it even harder to snatch the shield.

Theo maintained his focus on the shield and tried to grab it.

However, the monster spun his body and put his asses forward.

*Thud!*

A huge fart sound echoed in Theo's ears as he immediately cut down his senses to avoid smelling that fart.

But the instant he got distracted, the monster kicked the ground strong enough to make a small spark.

The tiny spark set his fart ablaze, swallowing Clone Theo.

"For real?!"historical