Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 360: Crimson Butterflies

Meanwhile, the storm of lavas clashed against the sunshine layer and splattered in all directions.

But Alder calmly slashed his curved sword and cut the lavas that were flying in his direction.

He then continued to cast different kinds of spells and attacked the High Priest ruthlessly.

While doing so, he also closed the distance between him and the High Priest and even used his sword to attack him.

In a few seconds, fire and lavas were the only things that appeared in the hall.

Fireballs, Lavas, Strange Fire snakes, Flame Whips, and even fire rays came from both and destroyed the pillars, floors, and walls.

Alder soon realized that the High Priest was as strong as him!

'Damn, I need to win this battle and prove my loyalty to our Lord.' He didn't hesitate for a single moment and began the second round of battle.

Unlike other Red Humans, he was born in Royal District and knew much more about the Sacred Humans.

Although the Firetoe family exiled him later, he still knew the Sacred Humans' weaknesses.

Twenty years ago, Adur refused to step down from the throne, heavily injured four Rank-5 Warlocks, and even killed 3 Rank-5 Warlocks.

That incident sowed hatred in the Paragons' minds.

After that, the Paragons searched for the Sacred Humans' weaknesses and even found some clues.

Then, they taught their descendants how to beat Sacred Humans if they encountered them in a battle.

'Sacred Humans have excellent hearing.' A smirk appeared on Alder's face.

When he received his Lord's letter, he vaguely sensed that today's battle would be a turning point of these 20 years of oppression.

Yes, killing a Sacred Human would shock the whole Red Human Domain!

'Thankfully, I picked up some explosive seeds before leaving my house.' He stealthily moved his left hand towards his waist, opened the void pouch, and took out a bunch of red seeds.

Then, he infused his wisdom power in those seeds and threw them towards the High Priest.

On the other hand, the High Priest became confused by his action and soon saw the red seeds.

But before he could even blink, all those seeds started to vibrate and exploded while sending piercing sounds in all directions!

Meanwhile, the High Priest felt that countless needles pierced his whole head!

He tried to cast some defensive spell but couldn't concentrate!

On the other hand, Alder utilized this chance, got close to him within two seconds, and slashed his curved sword at the High Priest!

A neat cut appeared on his neck!

The next instant, the High Priest's head directly detached from the neck and fell on the ground.

At that moment, shock and disbelief appeared on High Priest's face!

Meanwhile, Alder breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the High Priest's head, and walked towards the sanctum.

After that, he opened it and soon saw a 40-years-old Human statue at the center.

The man in the statue was muscular, had a square face, and held a book in his hand.

'There is not even a small statue of our Guardian Deity here…' Alder walked near the statue, placed the High Priest's head at the statue's feet area, and then started writing on the floor.

"We are the servants of the Angel of Fire, and we'll hunt down the Sinners."

Then, he conjured a ball of fire, threw it at Adur's statue, and blasted it into pieces.

He knew that the earlier commotion might have already attracted the security guards' attention, so he hurriedly left the temple!

A few minutes later, the nearby house citizens and the security guards finally arrived at the temple's entrance and soon got horrified as they saw the dead bodies.

They then moved into the temple and finally reached the sanctum.

But when they saw the High Priest's head and Adur's broken statue, a strange chill went up to everyone's spine!

"S-Servants of the Angel of Fire?" A young man couldn't help but read out loud in a trembling manner.

During their lifetime, nobody had heard of someone murdering a Sacred Human in the City of Red!

It was a bold action against the current ruler!

The guards soon woke up from the shock, told the citizens to move out of the temple, and sealed the whole area.

After that, they sent a report to their higher-ups and waited for further orders.

But soon, the guards received the shocking news that mysterious masked men invaded more than ten Temples!

They then killed all the Templar Knights, Clerks, and Priests and even wore similar words in the sanctum!

The news soon spread towards every part of the city like wildfire and shocked everyone.

Rumors also spread about the appearance of an Angel of Fire and the new Champion.

At that moment, many Templar Knights also came from the cathedral and started searching for the culprits.

Whenever they found some suspicious individual, they detained them in the name of peace and threw them in the underground prison.

Unfortunately, their action provoked the Vipers organization.

The very next day, Vipers made another raid and started their massacre!

Meanwhile, the First District citizens got involved in the feud and became sacrificial lamps.

Ten days passed in a blink.

Alder and others raided the Temples multiple times during the ten days and killed more than 2000 believers.

Although they also lost two members in return, Charles used his curse spell on a few more people and strengthened the organization.

On the other hand, the whole city went on an alert mode. Most of the citizens didn't even dare to walk out of their houses.

Not because of the new cult, but because of the Templar Knights' aggressive actions.

Those Templar Knights arrested more than 500 ordinary citizens in the name of the cleansing and even executed many of them.

Because of this that many of the citizens started losing faith in the Templar Knights and the Sacred Temple.

Instead, fear started to take root in everyone's heart.

Some citizens also stopped worshipping Adur and chose to offer sacrifices to their Guardian Deity.

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Meanwhile, Charles stayed in his house for 20 days and created Essence Gatherers using the blueprint.

Currently, he stood in front of a volcanic pool within his Inner World, constantly fusing hundreds of white orbs with some complicated red crystals and turned them into butterfly-like beings!

Meanwhile, those newly born fire butterflies started flapping their wings, flew up in the dark sky, and soon mingled with a large bird-like structure.

In truth, Charles used the power of his omnipotent 'Inner World,' created a sample Essence Gatherer, and started replicating it.

For every second, he replicated tens of 'Essence Gatherers' and placed them separately.

During the first ten days, he replicated more than 8 million Essence Gatherers!

After that, he extracted a small part of his memories, started fusing them, and created a memory fragment.

Then, he copied the same method and created 8 million memory fragments using the replication method!

Once he completed the process, he combined 8 million Essence Gatherers with 8 million memory fragments and created unique 'Crimson Butterflies.'

These Crimson Butterflies had a small part of his memories, and they could think on their own.

They were independent and, at the same time, linked to his Inner World.

They were more like ordinary butterflies and could follow some of his orders!

As long as these butterflies were within a 5 km radius, Charles could link himself with these 8 million butterflies and order them to do simple missions.

It may sound powerful; these butterflies had only one ability.

These Butterflies could absorb the positive and negative essences from living bodies and store them inside the Essence Gatherers.

They were energy storage devices.

'But there is more to it. By combining these Crimson Butterflies, I can create a unique Fire Bird incarnation.' He let out a deep sigh, fused the final batch, and looked up at the sky.

At that moment, all those Crimson Butterflies split up from the monstrous bird-like structure and descended.

Under his Will, they flapped their illusionary wings, encircled him, and soon absorbed into the ground.

'Hmm, it's time to create chaos.' He said in an emotionless tone and left his Inner World.