Tangled By Fate

Chapter 507  QUEEN ISABELLA'S TREACHERY

As Veronica's body was pushed forward, her body stumbled near the edge of the sandy tower.

"Stop!" Arthur shouted. Distress was visible in his voice.

"Kneel," Queen Isabella ordered. "Kneel and beg for her life. Ask for forgiveness. If I find your words sincere, I might let her go."

"This bitch!" Darius cursed.

He and the rest heard the conversation from the ground.

"She is intentionally messing with him," Zinnia commented. "She knows very well Arthur cannot give her what she wants."

"Doesn't that mean Arthur will beg for no reason? She is planning to throw Veronica, is she not?" Darius asked.

"She is and Arthur knows it very well," Felix stated.

"Then, will he still kneel?" Darius asked.

No one had to answer him as they watched Arthur kneel in front of Queen Isabella.

As he was standing in the air, he knelt in the air. It didn't look like he was kneeling. It felt like he was floating while kneeling.

"Please, I beg you. Give my wife back to me safe and sound," he pleaded just as he was asked.

Queen Isabella was enjoying the scene in front of her.

"You have to bow your head while begging or did you forget how people beg?" she said.

Arthur bowed his head without complaining.

"Please give my wife back," he pleaded again.

Queen Isabella didn't reply and made Arthur wait.

She took a glance at the black-dressed witch and asked her, "What do you think? Should we let him off just with begging?"

"Isn't it too easy? We lost lots of blood. A mere begging can't heal everything," the witch answered thoughtfully.

Unlike Queen Isabella's gloating behavior, she didn't show much emotion. She was calmer than other witches even though her mortal enemy was right in front of her.

"Maybe we should ask for his ownership ring," she suggested. "Let's find out what he chooses. Will he choose his duty and power over his wife or the opposite?"

The ownership ring signifies the Master of the Magic Tower. Truthfully, all the wizards around the world answer the ring. The Master of the Magic Tower has no value without the ring.

Darius, Zinnia, Felix, Ovior and Merlin became nervous. If Arthur took off the ring, the wizards wouldn't listen to him anymore.

The war started because Queen Isabella harmed Veronica. The wizards were simply following Arthur's orders.

If Arthur didn't have the ownership ring, there wouldn't be any reason for the wizards to follow his orders anymore. They would simply leave the battlefield. They would lose the war.

The battle they almost won would be all for nothing.

As they nervously waited, Queen Isabella chuckled. She liked the idea the witch gave her.

"Why not take off your ring, Arthur? I mean your ownership ring, not the wedding one," she mockingly stated. "Or, you can always choose your ownership ring over the wedding ring to keep."

Even a fool could understand the hidden meaning – 'choose to keep the ownership ring and your marriage will fall (Veronica will die).

When everyone held back their breath, Arthur wordlessly took off his ring and dropped it on the ground.

 Everyone noticed which ring he dropped.

The ownership ring.

He didn't hesitate to take it off.

The witch was surprised but her face was entirely covered with her black veil. She didn't anticipate this unexpected scenario.

She never thought the infamous womanizer Arthur was the kind of person who would throw away his hard-earned power just for a woman. Even though it was his wife, it was hard to imagine.

As for Queen Isabella, she broadly smiled. She wasn't surprised. She had seen Arthur going berserk just for his wife.

He used forbidden magic to bring her back from death once. Even though the whole world didn't know about it, Queen Isabella's spy told her how many people he killed to get his hands on the dark magic.

Feeling satisfied, she urged the witch, "Bring this ring to me. I want to wear it."

If she wore the ownership ring, she would have power and status. Everyone would bow to her. She could even order all the wizards to use dark magic to bring her son back from the dead. Then, she could seize the whole world and everyone would be under her control.

Everyone understood her plan.

Zinnia viciously glared at Queen Isabella. So did the rest.

The black-dressed witch used witchcraft to bring the ring. As the ring floated in front of them, Queen Isabella couldn't control her urge and grabbed it.

She put on the ring right away and proudly stared at it. She couldn't control her happiness.

"From now on, the power is mine!"

She shouted loudly and raised her hand with the ring in the sky. The ring glistened as the sunlight reflected on it.

The purple stone of the ring instantly turned red and a dark smoke emitted from the ring.

Queen Isabella was shocked by the sudden release of dark smoke. She had no idea why this happened.

She wanted to bring her hand close to her chest but she was unable to do so. As if an invisible hand was grabbing her wrist and didn't wish to let her go.

She was so terrified that she didn't realize that the ring was the reason behind that invisible force.

The ownership ring was created by the first Master of the Magic Tower. He pushed all his knowledge and power into the ring before he died.

The ring passes from one owner to the other owner. Everyone owner gives away their power and knowledge to the ring.

The first Master of the Magic Tower loved the ring and gave it all the knowledge to choose the right owner for the Magic Tower. That's why the ring was more important than the owner himself.

Thus, whomever the ring accepts, that person becomes the owner of the magic tower.

Queen Isabella had no power or enough mana to hold something so powerful. The pride of the ring couldn't handle it. It released all the power out of anger as it refused to take the new owner as its master.

Everyone was busy watching the helpless queen. Arthur took the chance of the distraction and tried to break the witch's barrier.

The black-dressed witch realized what he planned to do. She propelled Veronica to the edge.

Veronica's motionless body fell from the tall tower.