Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 113: Strange Red Gem

"What the f*ck did I witness just now?" Even Brooks got stunned for a second and muttered in a shocked tone. After a second, he waved his hand, broke the past vision illusion, and soon returned to the current time.

"That guy is not normal at all." Jeff wiped the sweat on his forehead and said in a nervous tone.

"Let's get the hell out of here." Julia also nodded her head in agreement and said. Then, they hurriedly woke up the Duke, told him about the past incident, and soon walked out of the secret treasure room!

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Meanwhile, in the old man's appearance, Charles walked out of 11C Orchard Street and went to the Mystic Borough. He walked past many robed mages, security guards and soon arrived in front of the entrance gate of the Tower of Elements.

He then walked on the smooth stairs with the support of the black cane, went to the second layer, and arrived in front of room number 218. After that, he raised the cane, opened the entrance door using the heel area, and walked in.

At that moment, the classroom suddenly turned eerie quiet, followed by whispers.

Without minding the students' whispers, Charles walked inside, took out a black-covered book from his space ring, placed it on the classroom table, and sat on the ladder-back chair, placed behind it.

Then, his gaze shifted towards the students, who were sitting in their respective seats, and spoke.

"Today, we are going to talk about the Material Summoning ritual." He paused for a moment and soon frowned as he saw a single seat was empty.

"Where is Joseph?" His tone turned solemn.

A silence appeared in the lecture hall, followed by a young female voice.

"He didn't come to the Tower for the past three days, Teacher."

"Oh, when he returns to the Tower, tell him to go and meet Professor Robert," Charles responded coldly, opened the book, and started to speak.

"Let's come to the topic. Unlike the soul summoning ritual method, this Material summoning ritual method is a different one and is much safer. During the First Arcane Era, this Material Summoning ritual method has been used constantly during planar wars to probe the other party's strength and was given great importance to this method." He paused for a moment and soon asked,

"Does anyone still remember what are the materials used to create a normal summoning ritual circle?"

At this moment, he focused his attention on a familiar black-haired girl and said,

"Rhea, tell me the names of those materials."

"Yes, Teacher." She hurriedly stood up from her seat, straightened her back, and started to explain.

"Twelve blue honey droplets- It can cause the ritual circle to stabilize when summoning a foreign material or being. Twelve mutated Astral Hawks' eyes- These Hawks' eyes have some kind of element that could widen the connection with the space element. A unique exchange material- This is to bait the will of the element…"

Charles listened to her explanation for a whole two minutes and soon said with a nod.

"Impressive."

He then turned his gaze towards a male student and asked another question about their previous class lesson.

Hours went by as he asked questions, then explained the procedure to do the material Summoning Ritual ceremony and soon ended the class around 11.A.M.

Then, he stood up, went near Rhea's seat, and gave the black cane to her.

"Keep this cane with you for a while, lass. I will come here and take it once I return from the exhibition."

"Yes, Teacher." Rhea instantly took the cane from his hand, placed it near her chair, and nodded her head.

In the meantime, Charles smiled lightly, turned around, and started to walk towards the front table with unsteady footsteps.

Once he arrived in front of it, he stored the black-covered book into his space ring, walked out of the classroom, and soon smiled as he saw Jessie, who was waiting for him at the entrance.

Noticing his unsteady footsteps, she hurriedly ran towards him and then grabbed his callus hand to support his walking.

"Where is your cane, Teacher?" She asked in a confused tone.

"My cane is made of a special metal and outsiders aren't allowed to take their artifacts and unique metals during the exhibition." He paused for a moment and soon asked with a smile.

"Shall we go now?"

A look of realization appeared on Jessie's face as she nodded her head, causing the ponytail to dance in the air.

Today morning, Charles specifically asked her to accompany him to the Tower Museum and even gave her a small mission to memorize every material in the museum. Not only that, but he also told her to picture the exact size of those materials to increase her thinking capacity!

Charles and Jessie moved on the lone corridor while talking about various subjects and continued to move upwards towards the seventh layer.

After an hour of the long walk, both finally arrived at the tightly secured layer and soon shifted their gaze towards the large museum hall entrance.

Unlike the other layers, Charles saw tens of silver-armored tower guards at both sides of the entrance and appeared well-equipped.

'All of them are 3rd Rank Mystics.' He also saw question marks in their statuses and started to slow down his footsteps.

"Go and buy two entrance tickets for us. Also, get an artifact storage box." He said in a low voice.

Nodding her head, Jessie first went near the ticket counter on their right side, brought two entrance tickets from the receptionist. Then, she went near a nearby counter and soon returned to Charles's side with a head-sized box in her hand.

This box was actually a small dimensional box to store materials and even space rings and void pouches!

Charles first removed his space ring and placed it inside the box. In the meantime, Jessie also took out her void pouch from her leather bag and put it inside. After that, she took the head-sized metal box, gave it to the receptionist at the other counter, and returned with a white token.

"Your mission starts now," Charles said and took a step forward towards the museum entrance.

Once they stepped into the hall, Charles sensed multiple invisible waves scanned them from different directions!

'They sure are careful.'

He simply relied on Jessie's support and started walking into the grand hall, filled with different kinds of artifacts, weapons, crystals, armors, and dresses.

There were more than fifty sections in this museum, and each area holds countless rare treasures and relics of ancient times!

Charles first scanned the surroundings and saw only a few peoples roaming here and there inside the museum.

He then zeroed his gaze in a particular direction and started walking deep into the museum hall.

'Section-49 should be in that direction.'

Although it was just one layer, the hall was separated into tens of small sections, making it harder for them to locate their destination.

Along the way, Charles stopped at many places and read the descriptions about the materials' origins in interest.

In the meantime, Jessie used her extraordinary memory skill and started to memorize everything in the depths of her mind.

After two hours of roaming in the seventh Layer, Charles and Jessie finally entered section no. 49 and started their mission.

First, Charles went near a long sword sealed up in a crystalline box, then memorized the name, picture, and description in his mind and started to walk towards the next crystalline box.

The material sealed in the next crystal was a red-gem-embedded pendant and appeared very beautiful.

"Oh? Is it a fire-type artifact?" Charles muttered slowly and started to read the description below the crystalline box.

'Helen's Wrath- This pendant is an Extraordinary Artifact and has some mysterious abilities to manipulate the atmosphere. A few hundred years ago, this pendant was excavated from the Mahill Archaeological Excavation ground and was later brought by the First King of Moon Kingdom during an auction.'

'Oh? This artifact looks good.' He nodded his head and soon shifted his gaze towards the other crystalline box. They checked every box and soon appeared in front of a strange glass cube.

Inside, they saw another small glass cube and soon zeroed their gazes on the material stored inside it.

It was a tiny pebble-like red gem, hovered in mid-air, and appeared to be not affected by the gravity at all!

'What gem is this?' Charles's amber eyes shone in interest as he moved his gaze and started to read the description.

'Avarin Gem- It is a rare type of gem only found in very few chaos planes and has the power to create burning sensations in one's mind.

Caution: Staring at it for too long can cause dizziness.'

Charles took a deep look at the description, then turned his gaze towards the red gem, stared at it continuously for more than ten seconds, and started to move.

But soon, he saw Jessie's legs started to move inconsistently, and she began to fell!