Chapter 220: Dont Need to (1/2)

”…” Both groups stared at the door that Theo glanced at earlier as they quickly wondered how Theo came to reach that answer.

Theo scratched the back of his head as he looked down while clenching his teeth as if he realized he had made a mistake.

”Ugh.” Theo pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a long sigh. ”Ellen, let's go back.”

”Yes.” Ellen nodded.

”By the way, you're not in an illusion, right?” Theo tilted his head in confusion, remembering her earlier movement as if she was out of this world.

”I'm not.”

Theo frowned and raised two fingers. ”Are you sure? Who am I? How many fingers do you see?”

”I am fine, Theo. There's nothing wrong with my eyes as well since you raise two fingers.” Ellen understood why Theo did such a thing. He simply wanted to give her time to think or probably make her focus on the illusion instead of giving away his plan.

Knowing Theo was tricking their opponents, Ellen decided to play along with his little scheme while chuckling inside. 'This little trickster. He has done it a few times today, tricking everyone this whole time. How many times will he trick me if we're enemies?'

”Is that so?” Theo's face was still quite unsure, but he decided to trust her. He led her back to the team.

”Theo… You…” Alea frowned. Her eyes were filled with worry.

”I'm sorry. I just got a bit too shocked by the answer from that hint and ended up giving away the answer. Let's move to that door, shall we?” Theo smiled and walked in front of the door of the answer, ignoring the two other teams.

They realized that they would be too shameless to get that answer from Theo, so they planned to take another door and headed in his direction as soon as possible.

After all, there were only five doors in this room. One was where they came from, while the other four reflected the four great directions.

The group continued to discuss their plan for the race before a hologram of the same man who became their referee appeared in the middle of the room five minutes before the time limit.

”Ahem.” The man let out a little cough to get their attention. After that, he waved his hand and showed them another screen next to him. ”First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone here for reaching the last stage.”

With that sentence alone, Theo knew that no one would come to this room anymore because they couldn't reach the minimum requirement.

”On this occasion, I would like to explain the rule for the third layer. What you need to do in this one is retrieve the flag that is hidden somewhere around this area. I'm sure that you have understood the hint, so I won't say anything about it.