Chapter 1861 Defeat

*Boom!*

The geyser made of slime emerged from the ground, swallowing Theo. Luckily, Theo was fast enough to react to the situation as he utilized his Telekinesis to make the air hard so that he could step on it.

The Ascension Step was released, fighting the pressure from the geyser, covering Theo in a thin layer of Magic Power.

Within that time, Theo's Blink could finally be used again.

The escape wasn't so smooth since the slime controlled the geyser to move according to Theo's action.

Theo summoned numerous Magic Bullets and tried to shoot those slimes down. At the very least, he wanted to buy some time.

The moment the Magic Bullets reached the slime, it melted completely. The slime had a fluctuation of Magic Power as if it became unstable for a moment, but after the Magic Bullet disappeared, the slime got its stability again.

Theo clicked his tongue. Even though the slime hadn't seriously fought him, he was already in tatters.

"I guess this is my limit," Theo muttered while looking at his hand. The fingers had disappeared because of the lack of Magic Power. And with that pollen surrounding this area, the longer he stayed here, the weaker he would become.

If he became too weak, the slime might be able to capture him before he could even disappear.

Although it was a shame that he couldn't gain more information, he had to finish this battle.

With that thought in mind, Theo released the remaining Magic Power and clapped his hands.

The slime didn't know what Theo was planning to do as he hurriedly smashed Theo with his tentacles.

But at that time, the Magic Power Theo had gathered exploded as a golden light shone, blinding everything.

Suddenly, the slime disappeared from the entire battlefield as if it was teleported somewhere. But the reality was different, the slime was actually being removed by the illusion.

Theo's face became extremely pale when using this ability as his body began to disappear.

The illusion soon melted, revealing the slime. There seemed to be no damage on the slime's body, but the slime could feel the difference in his existence as if Theo was truly trying to remove him from this world.

The slime was angry and wanted to crush Theo, but the latter had almost disappeared. The last thing the slime saw was Theo pointing his middle finger at him. Despite being overwhelmed by his strength, Theo didn't seem to have lost hope.

The slime couldn't say anything as if he was surprised by Theo's action as well. It never expected to have someone at Theo's level infiltrating his ranks.

However, he couldn't help but remember the spy he had on the base.

The slime had seen how Theo completely outsmarted him this whole time. Even in the previous infiltration, Theo was the one to defeat his people.

It felt like he already knew what his enemy had been doing, as though there was someone who provided him with all the information needed.

The slime couldn't help but suspect the spy he had in the base, believing the spy was the one providing the information. He considered the spy to be a double agent under Theo. This should be the reason why Theo could even infiltrate this deep in their rank.

He somehow lost all trust in his spy.

Theo wasn't aware of it, but his action here had caused the slime to slightly change his schedule. Because he had to resummon all the humanoid bodies and lost his trust in the spy, the slime had to move back to his original plan.

…

The real Theo also saw everything. He shuddered after his clone returned to his body.

He was about to go to the World Class Monster in India, but he had to stop for a moment and turn around, looking at the horizon as if staring at the slime.

"This is not good." Theo gritted his teeth. The slime had a weird ability where he could dissolve everything.

The reason why Theo only used his illusion this whole time was to avoid getting dissolved. The illusion didn't have a physical body like Magic Bullet or even Metamorphosis. So, it was the most effective attack against the slime.

Yet, it still didn't work against the slime. The problem was that the slime hadn't used his full power yet.

Just like the pollen, Theo believed he could dissolve everything around him, especially something he touched. So, fighting him head-on would be extremely dangerous.

Still, Theo's main concern was the human bombs. The slime must be planning to spread them all around the countries. So, they had to guard all the borders. After all, those human bombs would most likely sneak into the base between the gap in the border.

So, Theo had to alarm the people inside to work on a countermeasure. He had to prevent that destruction so that the base didn't collapse from the inside.

Theo couldn't help but imagine what would happen if the bombers reached the base. With those explosions wreaking havoc in the base, the people would lose trust and think they would die.

Hence, normal people would immediately begin hoarding the stores and even doing something more like murder and rape. That was why he had to prevent those monsters from coming into the base.

Theo summoned his clone while clicking his tongue.

"That slime's strength is beyond my imagination. To think I would be forced to retract my clone… And with my current position, I'm afraid I have to go back to EU Base if I want to get a connection to deliver the message."

Theo's original plan was to use the clone to deliver the message since he was confident he could still somehow escape from the slime. Unfortunately, he was utterly crushed.

So, Theo had to do this manually, hoping that the slime hadn't made his move yet.

Without hesitation, Clone Theo flew toward the union as quickly as possible. Theo didn't care about conserving his strength anymore.

"I have to reach the union within two days, even if I have to use all my strength to kill the monsters in my way."

Theo didn't know that the lack of the clone also had fatal consequences.

The next day, he had an incident where Theo's body was filled with wounds as he weakly leaned his back on a boulder. His eyes were blurry, but he couldn't help but find another monster appearing before his eyes.

"Seriously…"