Chapter 69: Gamble (1/2)

”Magic Bullet.”

Ten Magic Bullets flew past Alea and Clone Theo as it hit all the monsters in its path.

Red fire rose from Alea's sword as she slashed them without hesitation, advancing through the forest.

”I can only kill five monsters before leveling up,” Theo announced as he checked his status.

”Don't worry. There's not much of a distance left. If you see through the woods, you will be able to see a huge cliff. We only need to go around it and we will be safe.” Alea shouted as she checked her own status. Her expression turned serious when she saw her level and EXP.

Theo nodded and followed her instruction. On his side, he found three monsters and used his Magic Bullets to hit some of them as he struck one to definitely kill it.

He then punched the second monster and sent it toward Alea, to which she killed without a problem and the third one was killed by the joint effort of him and his clone.

”Let's go!” Theo shouted as the path toward the cliff had been secured.

Alea nodded and killed the monsters near her before regrouping with Theo. ”Be careful, there should be another group of monsters around the cliff because of this situation.”

”I know.” Theo nodded as Alea led him around the cliff.

When he saw that one-hundred-foot tall cliff still standing without any crack, there should be no problem of them staying underneath it. Besides, it was formed by a stronger stone than limestone, so the potential of a landslide was small.

”It's been ten minutes since the ground has stopped shaking.”

”Yes. The aftershocks should have finished.” Theo agreed with her before finding ten monsters next to the cliff, covering the cave entrance. ”Should I level up right now?”

”Yes. Just kill them all. If you don't feel anything, that's good, but if you feel something, it means you need to hide in the cave. I can handle the rest of the monsters by myself.”

”Understood.” Theo nodded and said for the first time. ”Be careful.”

”Eh?” Alea widened her eyes as she stared at Theo with a dumbfounded expression. ”What did you say? Let me hear it one more time. Louder.”

Theo rolled his eyes. He only said it because Alea would be protecting his life in case something happened, so he thought he should say something nice to her from time to time as his thanks since he couldn't repay her kindness. ”Shut up. Focus on the monsters.”

”Come on, one more time please. I think I can release 120% of my power if I hear it one more time.” Alea made a big smirk.

”I know that you are strong enough to win against them without that 120%.” Theo shrugged and raised his spear. ”Focused Charge.”

The energy began to cover his spear as his clone emerged first to gather their attention.

Alea attacked them from a different direction and completely cut off seven of the monsters from Theo, allowing him to get the last three monsters which should be enough to fill the remaining EXP to level up.

Theo smiled and looked at the monsters. To put it simply, the three were a wolf and two orcs.

The first orc ran toward him only to be stopped by his clone.

Meanwhile, the second orc slammed its fist to Theo from above.

Theo leaped to the air to avoid it, letting the orc smash the ground instead. However, the wolf suddenly jumped to bite him.

Expecting something like this, Theo did a frontflip and hit the wolf with his spear's handle, using the energy from the Focused Charge to do this instead of killing it.

The wolf crashed to the orc, as the latter ended up falling down.

Theo summoned his Magic Bullet and suspended it in the air for two seconds.

The moment he landed not far away from them and took one more step to get away, the Magic Bullet rained the two monsters down, instantly killing them.

He then went around the other orc and stabbed its neck from behind.

”Pierce.”