Fire Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-138

Chapter 138: Charles's Plan

"Curse Magic?" Destiny Lady turned her gaze towards Charles and squinted her eyes.

Meanwhile, Charles's face appeared pale, and he looked like he had aged a little in those few seconds.

His face seemed to be rougher, and he even had a black beard now.

He now looked like 50 to 55-years-old Professor Robert!

'I lost 10 years of my lifespan.' He muttered inwardly.

But there was a satisfactory smile on his face. He finally achieved his goal.

Soon, he coughed a little and then turned his gaze towards the Starfall Codex Magic Book.

In the meantime, the nineteenth page started to burn fiercely in white flame and soon disappeared from there!

'Although I can't use this spell anymore, this is totally worth it.' He let out a heavy sigh.

When Charles made his plan in the Inner World, he first thought about his future.

Although he had the system to help him grow faster, he knew that there was a limitation to its abilities.

Moreover, Charles only had 'High' level Fire affinity!

So, he instantly thought of stealing the Ancient Light God's blood droplet to increase his affinity.

But that was actually one of his missions, though.

Charles clearly remembered his weakness and already aware that a terrifying Devil called 'Red Prince' was searching for him everywhere.

Although he could fool a normal mage by manipulating his thoughts with the power of the Inner World, he wasn't so sure about his abilities to trick someone like Red Prince.

Moreover, Red Prince was a being who tricked the Eternal River of Life and reincarnated in this Edhen for whatever reason.

He must have lived more than thousands of years.

Would thousands of years old Devil come to this World without any backup plans? No.

Charles knew that Red Prince might have already prepared multiple plans for his future advancement!

What would happen when he advances to a Rank-5 Existence? He would have an easier time finding Charles and might kill him before he becomes a Rank-4 Mage!

Think about the hidden threat; Charles first thought of creating some big obstacle and delays Red Prince's future advancement.

At that moment, he recalled the Starfall Codex Magic Book's 19th-page curse spell and began to ponder.

Unlike other spells, this one was a unique Rank-5 Life Curse Spell!

Moreover, it was a one-time spell with some restrictions.

To cast the curse spell, he needed a drop of opponent's blood and also had to spend ten years of his lifespan!

Charles almost dropped the idea as he saw the one-time spell's restrictions.

But when he encountered Lydia 'coincidentally,' he gained some confidence.

He then asked the Holem's Crown's other abilities and created a backup plan if there was a failure.

Thankfully, Charles somehow managed to succeed in his plan.

'Hmm, next is about my escape. It seems I have to wait for some time.' Nodding his head, Charles found a safe area to stand and waited.

At that moment, Red Prince's face went pale as a white sheet.

He felt some invisible mark appeared in the depths of his soul and was started sucking his life force!

"Charles! You-"

Before he could say another word, Destiny Lady regained her sense and attacked him with ice spears.

Countless red spears rained down from the dark sky and fell on Red Prince.

"I will deal with you later." He suddenly spoke in a hateful tone and then turned his gaze towards Destiny Lady.

At this moment, her black hair fluttered continuously, and she looked more like an Ice Goddess.

Up against countless ice spears, Red Prince hurriedly released black balls of flames and made them hover above his head like a dark, eerie cloud.

Although those flames managed to burn the icy spears, some managed to escape from those clouds and caused multiple injuries all over his bodies.

In seconds, Red Prince started to cough violently and then spoke in a bone-chilling voice.

"In the name of Ror'giren Buzrol, I hereby summon the 'Will' of First Hell!"

The next instant, a crack appeared behind him and soon started to expand.

In a second, the whole pocket dimension began to shake fiercely, causing earthquakes everywhere!

"Oh? Are you planning to use the Hell Plane's 'Will' to break this pocket dimension and escape? Naive! Hehe, do you really think I will let you succeed?" Destiny Lady instantly saw through his plan and smiled.

But her current smile appeared wicked and eerie!

Charles suddenly recalled Runeth's warning about the Hell-Fire.

'He said that it could even affect one's mind and turn them into a wicked being.' He subconsciously turned his gaze towards the surroundings and soon breathed out a sigh of relief.

'The [Sun's Glare] spell is really useful against these black flames.'

On the other hand, Destiny Lady first flew up and let the crystalline blood snake attack Red Prince.

Meanwhile, Red Prince conjured a terrifying ball of black flame with a radius of 20 diameters and threw it towards the snake.

Both sides started to battle continuously.

In mere ten seconds, the ice particles and eerie black flames were the only ones that covered the nearby areas.

Stones and sand splattered everywhere and turned the battlefield gloomy.

Not only that, but some chaotic black energies also started creeping into the pocket dimension through the crack and started polluting the atmosphere.

Up against Red Prince's terrifying black fire, the monstrous crystalline blood snake stood no chance and was already on the brink of breaking down into ice crystals.

Charles stared at the crack that appeared behind Red Prince and soon noticed that it had long started spreading to the nearby surroundings. Spatial gaps began to appear in all corners of the pocket dimension.

'If Destiny Lady didn't pull Red Prince out of this pocket dimension, it will crumble in minutes. She has two options now. One is to let Red Prince out of the pocket dimension, but the chance of him escaping from the Tower of Elements is very high. If she did that, it would definitely ruin her reputation, and she might face some difficulty. Moreover, I already stole the Divine's 'Blood Droplet, so she will definitely face problems soon.'

'The second one is to sacrifice this whole pocket dimension and kill Red Prince along with it. Of course, Red Prince might have other trump cards in his sleeves and he might escape through the crack to the Hell Plane. Either way, she will be the loser in this battle.' Charles calmly analyzed the situation and waited for Destiny Lady's decision.

Like him, Destiny Lady also realized her situation and fell into deep thoughts.

Finally, a deep sigh came out of her mouth.

But she didn't choose any of those two options, though.

"Red Prince, you forgot one thing." She smiled all of a sudden.

That smile gave a bad feeling to both Charles and Red Prince.

"I'm not alone." She stated with a confident smile on her face.

The next instant, another three figures appeared in the sky!

They were the other three Tower Masters!

All three of them showed confusion at first, and soon they turned their gaze towards Red Prince.

One was a long, curly blonde-haired woman around 30 years old, while the other two were 60 to 70-year-old men.

The blonde-haired woman appeared more like a terrifying sun while the other two seemed calm as an ocean.

The blonde-haired woman had the same scarlet eyes as Destiny Lady and appeared similar facial appearance.

Meanwhile, both men had deep-blue eyes and appeared around 170 to 180 high. One guy was a black-haired man, while the other was a white-haired one.

They appeared more like polar opposites.

The white-haired man had a long beard and mustache and looked at the surroundings with a tired expression on his face.

On the other hand, the black-haired man showed an exciting smile on his face and appeared to be waiting for a battle.

His face was clean shaved and appeared somewhat wrinkled.

All three of them wore jade robes and gave off different kinds of auras.

'Tower Masters!' Charles squinted his eyes as he evaded the thick red crystal and then frowned.

On the other hand, Red Prince's face turned icy cold.

He didn't waste a second before he raised his hand and spoke in an eerie voice.

"In the name of Ror'giren Buzrol, I hereby summon the 'Will' of Second Hell!"

Upon hearing his words, Destiny Lady's face went deathly pale!

"F*ck!" She cursed out loud.

She knew that if another 'Will' of Hell Plane were summoned into this pocket dimension, there would be no hope to save this pocket dimension at all.

Although the possibility of Red Prince bluffing was high, she didn't dare to take risks.

'It is not worth to sacrifice this dimension to kill some otherworldly creature.' She nodded inwardly and pulled everyone from the pocket dimension.

A moment later, Red Prince, Charles, Destiny Lady, and other three Tower masters appeared in a large hall.