"Do you know why I bullied you?"
That question stuck in his mind as Theo stared at Sihan with his mouth open.
There was no change in Sihan's expression, so he didn't know why he talked about this. But since the latter asked him, he answered with whatever he experienced. "For me to get stronger and fight back the bullies myself?"
Sihan shook his head while closing his eyes as if it was the last thing he considered to bully him.
Theo's heart beat rapidly, filled with displease.
"I have several reasons, but I guess one of them is due to a certain man."
"A certain man?" Theo narrowed his eyes.
"Edward Griffith."
"!!!" Theo widened his eyes and drew a gasp before he pointed his spear toward Sihan. "Who?"
"No need to point your spear at me. You won't get any answer with it." Sihan shrugged. He simply rose from the couch and said coldly, "If you want to know something about him, beat me. I will only tell you a clue after you beat me."
Without caring about Theo's spear, Sihan entered the training capsule and activated it.
On the contrary, Theo was panting. He didn't know if this was fatigue, anger or something else, but indescribable things filled his heart.
He took a few deep breaths to calm his heart, but the scene where Sihan mentioned his brother's name kept flashing in his eyes.
"He… He is related to my brother?" Theo clenched his fists. His thought was in disarray.
'Did my brother know him? Did my brother ask him to bully me? Does he know the pocket watch my brother gave me?'
There were many unanswered questions in his mind, but Theo understood no answer would come unless he beat Sihan.
Instead of going to the Virtual World in this state, he decided to sit and calm his mind down first.
No need to sort out his thoughts since he distracted himself with another goal.
It took him two minutes before Theo rose from the couch and entered the training capsule.
He soon found Sihan with his sword and shield several feet away from him. Despite believing he had calmed down, the uncertainty in his heart started increasing and filling his heart.
"As long as you can kill me, I will give you the answer." Sihan raised his sword, pointing it at Theo's neck.
Theo summoned his clone and handed the spear while he planned to stay in the back.
Sihan squinted his eyes before looking at how the clone and Theo himself went in a different direction.
Suddenly, Theo raised his hand and summoned his Magic bullet, releasing it on Sihan and spreading them a bit more according to Ellen's advice.
"Magic Bullet."
Seeing these Magic Bullets, Sihan stomped the ground and pushed forward, taking the full brunt of his attack. Of course, only four of them hit his shield since Theo spread it.
Even if he concentrated those bullets to one spot, Sihan only needed to take one step to the side and avoided it completely, so the Magic Bullet earlier was for a distraction.
His clone took that split second and ran forward while Theo kept walking closer but not too close.
Clone Theo activated the Focused Charge and Haste.
Sihan decided to play with his clone, who happened to have the ability to use skills, and charged forward.
Clone Theo thrust the spear, but Sihan leaned to the right to avoid it instead of blocking the spear with his shield.
"Circular Blade." His sword started glowing as he slashed his sword to kill the clone, but the latter summoned the Elemental Shield to stop that strike.
"…" Sihan remained silent before noticing the real Theo had positioned himself in the opposite direction, launching the Magic Bullet.
Unfortunately for him, Sihan had seen it a mile away and blocked another four bullets with his shield.
Yet, Theo smiled when he saw this development. What he wanted the whole time was to seal Sihan's movement. With Clone Theo sealing the front side and Magic Bullet blocking the area behind him, Sihan could only escape to the air or go to the right since Clone Theo was on his left.
Sihan chose the right, but his neck was stopped by the spear he dodged earlier and it would also hit his shoulder if he jumped right now. Hence, he had no way to go.
This was how Theo had changed his attack pattern after learning from Ellen and Phyrill.
The Real Theo ran forward before leaping to the air, summoning another wave of Magic Bullets.
His clone, on the other hand, tried to strike Sihan's neck.
The Magic Bullet then rained them down, but most of them only hit the ground, kicking up the dust that turned into a smokescreen.
But this was the ultimate mistake Theo made in this fight.
"Emerging Ground."
Right before the spear hit, Sihan stomped the ground as the ground in front of him rose and launched Clone Theo to the air.
Predicting such a thing might happen, Clone Theo tossed the spear to the real Theo in the air.
Catching the spear, Theo fixed his grip in less than a second before he thrust his spear.
"It's a good plan, but you shouldn't throw your spear because I can find your position..." Sihan noticed Theo's presence behind him by looking at the trajectory. With his hand in the rest position after the Elemental Shield disappeared, it shouldn't be possible to hit him unless he turned around
However, Sihan went one step further to show Theo their difference in strength.
He gently tossed his sword next to his waist until it reached his chest level. Meanwhile, his hand had rotated clockwise as he grabbed his sword without even looking, slashing his sword.
"!!!" Theo couldn't even react as he simply twisted his body to the right while Sihan claimed his right hand. If there were another person before him, Sihan would have continued that swing to hit the second person. But since he only fought Theo, Sihan deliberately turned around and struck Theo with his shield.
"Shield Charge."
Theo raised his grip, almost reaching the blade while using his foot to step on the handle to stop that shield. In other words, Theo used one hand and one foot to push the spear's handle.
Unfortunately, that was what exactly Sihan was aiming for. With him getting thrown out of balance, one swing of his shield would launch him to the ground.
And at this time, Sihan moved with his fastest speed and beheaded Theo before he regained his ground. "This is over."
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Every 100 power stones = 1 Bonus Chapter on the weekend.