God of Tricksters

"What's wrong? You can't do anything to me?" A Mythical Rank Expert from the Skyward Mercenary laughed, looking down on Rea.

He had a problem defeating Rea because the Skyward Guardian wouldn't hesitate to throw him out just to appease the Sword Saint in case he killed her. So, the only way to end this fight peacefully was to overwhelm Rea.

And he managed to handle all the animals that came to him except for the first dragon she summoned.

"…" Rea remained silent while looking at her sword as if there was a problem with it. She thought, 'As expected, the animal version is far weaker than the mythical beast version. And this is the first time I'm fighting with this ability while using the animal version… I expected something from it, but I guess it's time to abandon the animal version.'

Rea raised her sword again, pointing it at the enemy's neck. Her expression became solemn as she had chosen to get serious. "Sorry, but I'm not going to hold back anymore."

"Huh?" The guy furrowed his eyebrows as if he felt the same intensity as the first strike she released.

"Sword Draw Style, Mythical Creature Version, Tenko (Celestial Fox)."

The Magic Power around her sword was blazing like a flame. The moment she waved her sword, a fox suddenly emerged from the tip. The fox was only as tall as a human, but its nine tails completely changed the meaning.

The fox howled and charged toward the guy. Feeling the tremendous Magic Power behind the nine-tailed fox, he hurriedly raised his hammer and struck the fox on the head.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Rea's face as she said, "I won't do that if I were you."

"!!!" The guy didn't feel the hit because the nine-tailed fox suddenly turned into a beautiful woman with close-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and high cheekbones. This was a shapeshifting ability that a kitsune had.

With the sudden change of shape, the hammer missed the kitsune's head as the latter hurriedly leaped around to strike him from the side.

The guy gritted his teeth and threw himself to the side, not expecting that the fox suddenly became a woman. However, the woman still had sharp claws and scratched his arm, causing it to bleed.

But the most important thing was the fact that such a strong summon was called by a powerful swordswoman called Nagasawa Rea.

When the enemy focused on her summon, Rea approached them from the opposite direction.

The guy could feel that his heart was gripped by someone. His instinct told him that he would die if he didn't do anything.

In that instant, he used the weight of the hammer to tilt his body downwards before a sword strike flew past him, cutting his left arm.

"Aaaaahhhh!" The guy screamed in pain while finding Rea standing behind him.

Although he wanted to stop the bleeding and the pain, he knew that if he didn't move, Rea would kill him. So, he had no choice but to endure the pain and push himself back.

He also understood how Rea's power worked.

'She's summoning that thing just to distract me. The main attack will be carried by her.' The guy thought.

'Or so you thought,' Rea smiled as if she could know her thoughts. After learning from Theo, she seemed to be able to understand other people's thoughts because that was the essence of what Theo would do. 'No, I think I misunderstand it a bit. It's not that I can see their thoughts… It's just that I manipulate their thoughts to think about what I want them to think. That's how Theo always fights.'

The moment the guy realized Rea's fighting style, the guy hurriedly charged toward the nine-tailed fox and struck its body. If Rea would be the one to deliver the killing blow by exposing his back like this, he could invite Rea in before taking her out by surprise.

The nine-tailed fox used both hands to stop the giant harmer. Despite her look, it seemed that the kitsune had some power to block this hammer containing so much energy.

"You are stopping it with your hands?" The guy smirked as the energy erupted, causing a small shock wave. That shock wave might look insignificant, but the damage was actually beyond one's imagination. In that instant, the kitsune's hands bent in a weird way. It couldn't even support its own weight as if the bone inside the arms were completely destroyed.

"Attacking the inside?" Rea was dumbfounded for a moment before jumping forth to help the nine-tailed fox.

"I have been waiting for you. As long as I don't kill you, I shouldn't get any problem. So, I'll break all your bones to compensate for my missing arm." The guy roared as he turned around and swung his hammer.

"What? You're baiting me?!" Rea gasped as she suddenly put her katana on the front, trying to stop this swing. Even though the power was less compared to what he could do with two hands, it was still far stronger than Rea, who got taken by surprise.

The swing pushed her back and made her slip to the ground.

"Kh!" Rea fell on her butt and saw the guy raising his hammer, wanting to crush her.

"You…" Rea's face became pale as her position wouldn't allow her to get enough strength to stop this swing.

"It's a shame that I can't kill you, but breaking your bones should be enjoyable as well." The guy smirked as he swung down that hammer.

However, at the last moment, a smile reappeared on her face. "Yeah. That's why you'll die."

"!!!" The guy was startled because he could feel the presence behind him was moving. He should have crushed her hands and pushed her down, but he didn't expect her to attack him.

The nine tails hardened and stabbed his body, creating holes everywhere, including his heart.

"Wha—" The guy spat a mouthful of blood as the strength was leaving her body.

With her position, Rea suddenly cut the guy's legs, forcing him to fall to the ground. And with that injury, he should die in a matter of seconds.

"You should learn more about mythical creatures. What I summoned is not an ordinary kitsune, it's Tenko. A celestial fox that has gained nine tails and lived for 100 years. It's basically the strongest form of a Kitsune." Rea smiled.

The reason why her Tenko could fool him was because he underestimated her power.

Rea couldn't help but recall all the training with Theo. "So, this is how Theo fights. Making your opponent underestimate you by giving them an overwhelming advantage… I don't even need to use all my power to defeat a Mythical Rank Expert."

Unbeknownst to her, her head was already contaminated by Theo's training, and she might get addicted to it.