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Chapter 83 Battle of Wits

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[Hunter_Keenan_2132: An idea, sort of along the invisible idea with illusion is afterimages. Subtle changes along with reality. If you have illusions of your sword being slightly…see more]

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"Teacher… This might be presumptuous for me to ask, but will you choose my world for the next mission? Even if I can't join that mission, I'd like to ask you to see my world. I want to know how you view my world."

Seeing the earnest request from his student, Theo fell into silence, contemplating it seriously. On the one hand, he hadn't made a single plan for the next mission.

It was true that he wanted to bring the twins and Jayden on the next mission. Jayden might be talented, but his inferiority complex was a problem. And no one could communicate better than the twins. They were also very talented with magical abilities.

In addition to him, they could easily form a solid team.

Still, there was no telling whether visiting her world would be a good one, especially since the culprit from the last kidnapping was on the run. If he went there, they might meet each other.

In fact, that was certain if he knew the author enough. However, Theo knew that the enemy would definitely find him at this school if he didn't go. After all, the author would definitely use the culprit in one way or another to create a problem.

It would be troublesome if the culprit ended up meeting Mia. While he could use plot armor on Mia, there was a chance that it would not work.

"Should I go there?" Theo muttered inwardly while recalling the information about things around web novels.

When he glanced at Mia, he suddenly remembered something.

At that time, Mia was rolling around the bed while reading something on her Lumina. She suddenly raised her voice, "Dad! Do you think I will die?"

"Huh?" Theo's eyebrows twitched, not expecting that kind of question. But Mia actually had a big smile on her face when asking that question.

She pointed at the Lumina and explained, "If I'm the main character, the usual tropes are having a broken family or a dead family. But since you are the main character, I think we'll be getting this one trope… where the main character's little sister is some sort of genius and has to die, causing the main character to work hard to get stronger so that he could resurrect the little sister. But in our case, it's your daughter."

Mia just pointed out the basic cliche that somehow worked but was hated by people.

Obviously, the thought of Mia dying would drive him insane.

"Do you know what it means to be my daughter?" Theo asked.

"Mom told me." Mia smirked. In fact, the reason was probably why she had such a big smile despite asking such a question. "Being your daughter means that you will be protecting me with your life. In other words, even if you have to make all living beings in this world go extinct, you will do it if it can protect my life."

"There you have it." Theo's expression became cold. "If the author dares to use that, I don't know what I will do next. Maybe exterminate all the living beings in this world? Do something to make the novels banned?"

"Hehe, I know that." Mia raised one finger and said, "But what will you do if you can somehow foresee this situation? Will you prevent it no matter the cost, or will you just stick with me without caring about the rest?"

Theo's face turned serious when he heard that question. It was a good question. On the one hand, he could prevent everything if he faced the problem far away from his daughter. On the other hand, was there a need to stop it since he could just keep her by his side, which completely guaranteed her safety?

Theo gave the same answer to Aurora. "Sure. I'll go."

Aurora looked excited when Theo accepted her request. However, Theo raised one finger.

"However, I have one condition."

"What is it?"

"You will be going with me." Theo pointed his finger at Aurora. "Of course, I have to be fair to the others as well, so by accepting that request, you will be punished for not receiving any mission or special treatment for a while."

Aurora hesitated for a second, fully knowing how beneficial the special lesson was. But she believed Theo's visit was better, so she agreed with the condition. "I understand."

"Alright. When the ban is lifted, you, Jayden, and the twins will be going on a mission in your world. As for what kind of mission I will choose, I'll tell you after seeing the list of missions."

"Yes, Sir. Thank you very much." Aurora clenched her fists, feeling fired up.

Theo had calculated that instead of letting the enemy go to this place, he should bring the battlefield to that world.

And with Aurora going with him, it meant that the information about her return would be spread around. This way, the enemy would be waiting for them there to kill him and capture Aurora.

Theo said, "Well, you should continue training and inform your family later."

"Yes, Sir." Aurora nodded furiously and ran back to the center of the room with a smile on her face.

Theo let out a long sigh.

"Should I praise the author? He had given the clue to me through Victoria." Theo recalled the time when Victoria warned him about the culprit of the kidnapping incident, which was Aurora's relative.

And he linked that trouble with Aurora's request while using Mia to reinforce the trouble, making it unavoidable.

"I should be more careful next time." Theo could foresee all the problems ahead. If he wasn't careful of his words, especially after a small success, the author might use the 'jinx' trope.

He could also avoid all kinds of clues that might link to a problem, so the author ended up forcing a problem on him or the story would be too boring. However, doing so would make the story a little nonsense, which could be considered a blunder on the author's part.

Still, there was a chance that the author could somehow use that as an excuse, like everything happened because he didn't try looking for clues. And the target might not be him; it might be his students or even Mia. That was why Theo had to search for clues to the next conflict.

In other words, this was a battle of wits between the author and Theo. The author wanted to create problems so that the story would become interesting, while Theo wanted smooth sailing to protect the people around him.

"Well, I kind of understand the needs of the problem, but if I meet the author in the future, I'm going to at least punch him… Well, I'll probably hold back if he is just a normal human being." Theo sighed.

Before focusing back on the students, Theo glanced at the comments and said, "I'm not sure what you're talking about. But if you're talking about a slight afterimage or a slight time delay in my movement to confuse the opponent, I don't even need the illusion to do that. A simple Martial Art could do the trick."

"Besides, if you have gotten enough experience and a certain mastery in Martial Arts, you won't be fooled by that simple trick anymore. After all, at that point, you are starting to sense things with your instinct and even stop relying completely on your eyes."

"That's why I'm using the illusion to bring the simple trick to a level that is mystical but believable."

After replying to the comment, Theo continued maintaining the illusion for another two hours before stopping.

The students looked exhausted after the trials. From their expressions alone, he could tell that they hadn't made progress in their trial.

They were frustrated because the trial was so hard. However, they could feel that they were walking on the right path. They just didn't know if they were fast enough or not to complete the trial within a month.

During the next two weeks, the students seemed to have reached a big wall that couldn't be overcome.

However, a few of them knew what they should do in order to get past the wall.

People like Serena, Li Wei, or Haruka trained themselves, whether physically or mentally, in order to gain the ability to climb over the wall. Meanwhile, people like Lancelot, Avalon, or Jayden were searching for a way to crush the wall and walk over it.

Though, there were a few interesting approaches.

Maya actually stopped in front of the wall in order to push it. It wasn't because she didn't want to get past the problem; she actually used the illusion to strengthen her mind, thinking she would grow numb the more she saw that terrifying memory.

Oliver wanted to become the number-one thief in the illusion. Currently, everything he has comes from his parents. So, he became a thief not because he wanted to do bad things, but because he sought out which things could be stored in the inventory and which ones couldn't.

Last but not least, the twins were always together. So, separating them made them afraid, hesitant, or even unable to do anything. Luca chose to imagine her brother by her side. Lucas was predicting what Luca would do in that situation. They might even know what each other is thinking without saying anything after this trial.

Even though Theo was the teacher, he was also learning from his students.

In the blink of an eye, almost a month had passed.

And the first one to complete the trial was…