Chapter 55: Frustration (1/2)

There were three other horses remaining, so Theo planned to kill at least one of them.

On the other hand, Alea arrived in front of them as she stomped the ground with her right hand, channeling more power from her lower half to her upper body, specifically her hand.

Swinging her sword from right to left, she struck every single horn on the horses' heads and pushed them back by using her pure strength.

She then took three steps diagonal to the right and slashed her sword before the horses could react.

'This is my chance,' thought Theo as he went in the opposite direction to kill the farthest horse from her.

Unfortunately for him, there was a reason why Alea actually positioned herself on the side. If her back faced Theo, she wouldn't be able to see his action, meaning that there was a chance for Theo to take the kill.

However, Alea had yet to allow Theo to take the kill since she wanted to rile up his ego. She thought, 'Grandfather said that someone should have the talent to lose. Meaning that if he kept losing and didn't eventually try to do something to escape from that trap and just give up, he is just a loser. That's why to test someone's potential, I need to make him feel bad first to see if his potential can truly bring him to Grand Gaia.'

Theo, on the contrary, didn't notice this reason and simply thought he needed to kill a single monster among the remaining two.

Alea smiled as a red fire gushed out of her hand, enveloping her sword. Before Theo could even reach their position, she made another swing from below and extended her own blade by using the flame.

”!!!” Theo widened his eyes, never expecting Alea to use a skill. Suddenly, he came to a realization that he had relied on his Magic Bullet and Clones so much because he knew he could kill all these monsters by himself if his master didn't ban the usage of the two skills. No, he had realized it… he just underestimated the scale.

Alea smiled, turned around, and stared at Theo, who halted his steps. ”I didn't say I wouldn't use a skill, right? You're free to use your own skill and try to get a single kill while I'm here.”

Without waiting for his reaction, she already touched the horses and grabbed all the cards they dropped.

She then headed to the buffalos they saw earlier. ”Come on. I'm going to leave you behind, you know.”

Theo shook his head and followed her before four buffalos came into his vision.

Just like how coordinated the buffalos Alea killed earlier, the four of them divided into two groups and tried to hit Alea from two different directions.

Alea checked Theo's position, smiled, and jumped to the right, heading toward the two buffalos.

Right before the buffalo hit her, she leaped above them and struck the left one's head.

Unfortunately for her, the buffalo blocked it with its horn and threw her into the air.

Little did the buffalo know that Alea turned out to have predicted this move and used that momentum to spin her body and extend her blade again to cut the first buffalo.

She landed on the grass, jumped backward, and miraculously stood on top of the buffalo like it was nothing. She even took that chance to see Theo's expression and gestures.

The buffalo knew they would crash into each other, so it turned to the left while the two in front of her went in the opposite direction.