Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 139: Bounty

Charles breathed out a sigh of relief and soon noticed all of them were standing very closer to each other!

Before he could think, a fierce yellowish flame sword appeared in front of his face.

But at the exact moment, a yellowish transparent layer appeared out of nowhere and blocked the sword.

Unlike before, now a crack appeared on the yellowish layer!

'She is the Tower Master Harley. As expected of a Rank-4 Fire Mage, she can indeed break this spell.'

Charles took a step back without any delay, cast [Crimson Steps] spell, and backed away.

Meanwhile, Harley became surprised for a moment and soon turned her attention to Red Prince.

At that moment, Red Prince also disappeared from there and reappeared 20 feet away from where he stood before.

He then placed his hand on his chest and inhaled deeply.

'I'm at my limit.' He then coughed twice, took out a green-colored potion vial from his space ring, and drank it.

"Surrender now, Devil." Harley pointed her sword at Red Prince and said in a cold tone.

At that moment, the other two tower master also locked their gaze on him and got ready for another battle.

Only Destiny Lady stood in silence for a moment and soon turned her head towards Charles.

"You too, Imposter. Dismiss your shield spell and hand over the things you stole from this Tower. We will let you live." She said with a solemn expression on her face.

"Hoho, you guys are indeed powerful. But to catch me, you need more help."

Saying so, Charles took out a white card from his space ring and threw it upward.

"The name is 'Ghost', Good Luck." He added with a mischievous smile on his face.

Simultaneously, he focused his attention on the unique mark in the depth of his mind and spoke inwardly.

'Mr. Runeth, activate the 'Mark of Destination' forbidden spell now.'

A second later, a strange star tattoo appeared on Charles's wrist area and started to shine.

The next instant, he disappeared from the hall!

Neither spatial fluctuation nor any abnormality appeared around Charles before he disappeared from the grand hall.

It was actually a forbidden Rank-6 spell mark created by the Holem's Crown to complete his grand scheme of Fake Reincarnation! [Ref. Chapter 54.]

The artifact spent more than five years creating this spell mark.

Even if Charles locked in another dimension, the Holem's Crown could twist the void and pull him away from there while not leaking the spatial fluctuations.

It was an advanced version of the 'Travel Leap' spell!

During the Unexplored Forest incident, Charles used the 'Contract of Imagination' to trick the artifact and completely ruined its plan. He even enslaved it using the system's power and made use of the artifact.

When he asked about the artifact's other abilities a few weeks ago, it told him about this strange mark.

Upon hearing this mark's effect, he instantly thought of putting it to good use.

The reason he dared to take such a risk and created multiple plans was mainly because of this strange star mark!

But when Destiny Lady pulled him and Red Prince into a strange dimension, he got worried inside.

Although the Holem's Crown told him that it could even pull him away from another dimension, he didn't dare to take a risk and waited.

He waited for her to pull him out from the Blood Pocket Dimension and finally used the chance to escape!

"What happened?" Destiny Lady dumbly stared at the empty space for a whole two seconds and asked in shock.

Everyone, including Red Prince, became stunned by the sudden escape and soon glanced at each other.

"Dimension Lock spell is still active, right?" At that moment, the black-haired man asked with a frown.

Destiny Lady closed her eyes for a moment and soon spoke while opening her eyes.

"It is still active." Her eyes showed a confused look.

"I should also take my leave, then." Red Prince suddenly interjected their conversation and added.

"Break."

A moment later, the whole Tower shook for a second and soon returned to normal.

But unlike before, the Dimension Lock covering the Tower suddenly started to break and soon disappeared.

Before others could act, Red Prince let out another loud cough and spoke.

"Fate Shift."

He also disappeared from there the next moment, leaving the Tower Masters alone in the grand hall.

At that moment, the card that Charles threw towards the ceiling suddenly started to fall and soon appeared in front of Destiny Lady's face.

She swiftly caught the card and started to read the content written on the card.

"Thanks for the Divine's Blood Droplet, my darling. -By your secret lover."

"I'm gonna kill this bastard!" A raging voice came out from her mouth.

In the meantime, Harley couldn't hold back her laughter and laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, you finally got a secret lover, Natalia."

"This is not funny, sis." Destiny Lady suppressed her anger and added.

"We need to find a way and search for his real identity, sister. Why did Amber Church put a curse on him?" She suddenly paused for a moment, closed her eyes, and soon recalled their previous battle.

"I think that Devil called him using a name… What is it? Ah, yes. It's Charles." She opened her eyes wide and soon linked her mind with the Tower Spirit.

Then, she organized her thoughts and spoke.

'Gen, search for the people who were cursed by the Amber Church in the nearby kingdoms. After that, see if there is someone named 'Charles' in that list.'

'Yes, Master.' A monotonous voice echoed in her head.

In two seconds, a piece of information appeared in her mind.

"Charles Nightwind, huh." She muttered the name and soon started reading all the information about him.

"He went to Unexplored Forest and disappeared seven months ago? Then, who is this Devil?" Although she got the basic information about Charles, she still felt clueless about him.

She soon turned her gaze towards the other Tower Master and asked.

"How much bounty should we put on his head now?"

Upon hearing those words, all of them glanced at each other and soon fell into deep thoughts.

A few seconds later, Harley combed her curly blonde hair and spoke in a solemn tone.

"Put an amount of 50,000 Moon gold coins on Charles's head. As for the Devil named 'Red Prince', send a detailed report to the Sacred Assembly and let the Churches take care of this otherworldly creature. From the looks of it, the Red Devil somehow lost his throne and only posses a small amount of power in the First Layer of Hell."

"Yes, sister." Destiny Lady nodded her head while the other two men quietly shrugged their shoulders.

…

Meanwhile, a group of four kids, who were around 13 to 15 years old, walked on a dirt path and seemed to be looking around the surroundings cautiously from time to time.

They were Jessie, Titus, Rhea, and Noel!

After they left Chester City, they asked the guards about the right direction to New Town and started their journey.

It's been already five hours since they started their journey, but they still couldn't see a building.

"It's already 6 P.M. If we didn't reach the town before nightfall, we might get into deep trouble-." Jessie suddenly paused as she felt that someone was standing behind her.

As she was about to turn around, she suddenly felt that her whole body started to freeze for a moment.

She couldn't blink her eyes, nor could she make a sound!

Not only her, but other kids also felt the same feeling and got terrified inside.

Meanwhile, Charles stood behind her, activated his [Disguise] skill, and changed his appearance into a white-haired old man's one.

'Mr. Runeth, you can dismiss the skill now.' Charles said in his mind.

A moment later, Jessie and others noticed that they had regained their ability to move.

On the other hand, Charles shifted his attention towards the Game-Interface and soon raised his eyebrows as he saw a notification.

[Host obtained a new title called 'Chaos Maker'!]

[Chaos Maker: You created great chaos in the Moon Kingdom and caused countless losses to Amber Church, Moon Church, and the Royal Family of Moon. This 'Chaos Maker' title is given to those who walk on the path of destruction and will present you with a slight boost when comprehending any chaos-type skills or magic spells.]

[Your [Incinerate] spell attack has been raised by 5%!]

The corner of his lips started to twitch as he saw the list of notifications.

"You guys did a great job," Charles said in an old man's voice.