Fire Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-104

Chapter 104: A Blood Droplet

One hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Charles sat in the same cross-legged position while digesting pieces of information like nobles' treasure locations, knights' secret skills, merchants' weaknesses, churches' secret organizations' locations, and so on. He even received information about the Moon Kingdom Queen's secret love affair and became stunned!

'This guy sure knows a lot.' He let out a deep sigh and soon frowned as he received another piece of information about a Series artifact hidden in the Tower of Elements. Thankfully, he wasn't interested in that artifact, so he directly skimmed through it.

'As long as I didn't put my eyes on stealing that artifact, it won't cause any variation in the 'Fate.' Still, I need to ask my incarnation to guard these types of memories.' Charles nodded his head in understanding and soon received another piece of information.

But unlike the previous ones, this information was a dangerous one!

Charles didn't dare to think for a second before closing his eyes and entering the Inner World.

On the edge of a volcanic mountain, his figure suddenly appeared beside the clone 'Him.'

Soon, Charles opened his illusionary jade eyes and focused his attention on the new information.

'Blood of a Divine… It's about the blood of a Divine! F*ck, this guy is crazy!' Charles wore an alarmed look on his face and soon calmed his mind. After that, he focused his attention on the new information and started to read.

'There is a droplet of Ancient Light God's blood hidden museum of the Seventh Layer. During the last planar war, the first King of Moon Kingdom found his way into a fallen divine kingdom and got his hand on this 'drop' of Divine's blood.'

'In the old tales, these types of divine blood droplets were used to enchant one's strength at a large margin by consuming it directly. But the person will receive side effects like abnormal mutations in their bodies and souls. There is also a possibility that the person's body might get destroyed by the divine power.'

'But if somehow the person succeeded in digesting the blood droplet, he might enter a deep state of enlightenment and comprehend the power hidden in the droplet. There is a possibility that his body might enchant to a large margin and would reach the level of Legendaries!'

'When the first king of the Moon Kingdom got his hand on the blood droplet, he didn't consume it directly in fear of consequences and started to study it in secret.'

'But Amber Church and Moon Church somehow grasped this secret and asked him to hand over the droplet of blood. Due to the pressure from both sides, the first king made a secret deal with the two churches and then placed it at the museum center in the Tower of Elements. No one knew what they discussed in secret, but those two churches didn't force the first king to hand over the droplet after that. To this day, except for some high-class nobles, Tower Masters, and the Royal Family members, none knew about this secret.'

'Leo learned this information when working as a servant in Duke Arina's household around 20 years ago. This information is one of his deepest secrets… Wow, this guy sure has the full qualification to become an information broker.' Charles raised his eyebrows and soon fell into deep thoughts.

'Does that mean the 'Destiny Lady' is already aware of Leo's knowledge about the blood droplet? No, it shouldn't be possible. The 'Fate' power works solely based on one's strength, thinking, and information. If a guy knew certain information about a material, he even had enough strength to obtain it, but he didn't think it is worthy enough to steal the material, then there won't be any variation in the 'Fate.' So, to make a variation in the 'Fate,' these three requirements are needed. What I'm doing now is just hiding the information and bypassing the power of 'Fate.' But I need to be extra careful, though. Even the slightest anomaly might attract the Destiny Lady.'

Charles nodded his head, turned this memory into a pebble-like stone, and gave it to the clone 'Him,' who was still standing next to him.

Then, he rubbed his chin and started to ponder deeply.

'This information is a priceless treasure. But this is also a ticking time bomb. Should I try to steal this blood droplet? Even if I did steal it, how can I use this? Wait… Maybe I can strengthen my fire affinity! Yes, if I sacrifice this treasure to the 'Will' of the Fire Elemental Plane, I might be able to strengthen my affinity to the 'Genius' level!'

'In the past month, I met many obstacles when comprehending the [Incinerate] spell model and still haven't fully comprehended it yet. If this continues, it might take more than a year for me to become an Ember Wizard.'

'Although Game-System is helping me by creating spell models for me, it still has its own limitations. Moreover, there is already a powerful enemy is after my head. If I didn't find a way to enchant my affinity, I might get stuck in Rank-3 for years to comprehend the spell models. There is also a promise I made with Bishop Reynolds to return the Holem's Crown to Life Church…'

'Nah, even if I didn't rank up in due time, I'm not planning on handing it over to them at all. To get complete ownership of the Holem's Crown, I lost many things, so there is no way in hell that I would hand over this artifact to them. They might send multiple legendary powerhouses after me. But so what? Humph, in the worst-case scenario, I will just destroy it with a thought. Yes, this Holem's Crown knew too many secrets about me…'

'Haa, now I have to steal two treasures from the Tower of Elements instead of one. Stealing the 'Fire Fiend's Heart' is also not a simple matter. I need to make a perfect plan and steal them in one go.'

Nodding his head, Charles directly collected all the secret information about the Tower of Elements, turned them into pebble-like stones, and gave it to the Clone 'Him.'

After that, Charles stared at the [Flame Body] spell model and left the Inner World.

A moment later, Charles opened his eyes in the reception hall and soon heard a muffling noise.

At that moment, he also heard shouts and banging sounds from the outside and sighed.

'Looks like I need to end this now.' He knew when to stop, so he instantly stood up, took out the [Ghost Dagger] from his space ring, and soon arrived beside the glaring Leo.

After that, Charles gripped the hilt tighter and slashed it towards his neck at full force. Due to his extraordinary strength, the dagger cleaved the smooth skin and instantly separated the head from the body!

[Target Eliminated! 1,707 Exp points Obtained!]

Curling his lips upward, he went near the head, grabbed Leo's hair using his left hand, and picked up the wide-eyed Leo's head.

At that moment, the headless body started to twitch uncontrollably and sprayed blood on the tiled floor!

"Tsk, it's time to finish this farce," Charles muttered as he picked up the black cane using his right hand and went towards the steel door. He then hid the bloody head behind his back, kicked the door harder to make others stop knocking, unlocked it from inside using [Magician's Hand] skill, and opened it with a screeching noise.

At that moment, five muscular men had already drawn their weapons and were pointing them towards him with anxious expressions on their faces.

Meanwhile, Charles's gaze swept past those muscular men and soon landed on the chubby-faced kid, who stood ten meters away from them, with tears on his face.

A smile appeared on Charles's face as he moved his left hand from his back, showed the wide-eyed Leo's head towards those muscular men, and threw it towards them.

Upon seeing the wide-eyed Leo's head, all of their expression froze, and soon their whole bodies trembled. They knew how powerful their leader was and became utterly shocked!

"Take this guy's body from the reception hall, clean the house neatly, and then scram," Charles said in a cold voice and then gestured Noel to come towards him.