Fire Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-409

Chapter 409: Daniel

While the Ammar Dynasty elite knights were clearing the battlefield, Charles flew towards the young kid's body and soon appeared in front of it.

Meanwhile, a foggy humanoid soul came out of the young body, looked around, and soon knelt on the ground.

Even though the soul didn't have any facial expression, Charles saw a deep sorrow, anger, betrayal, and pain on the soul's face.

The soul was none other than the young commander's one!

Although the young soul got confused by his current appearance, he didn't show any panicking reaction and remained in the kneeling position for some time. It was as if he was trying to figure out what had happened to his body. At that moment, a few more souls appeared near the young soul and stood behind it.

They were all the elite guards of this young commander!

Even after their deaths, they showed their loyalty to their Lord.

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'Wow! They are so loyal to their Lord.'

Charles stared at the young commander for a moment and then made up his mind.

First, he touched the young commander's chest area, took a drop of blood, and placed it on his palm.

A second later, he activated his [Shape-shifting] skill and created the young kid's identity imprint in his mind. Then, he shifted his attention towards the young soul, cast [Burning Consciousness] on him, and started erasing his memories.

In truth, all these dead souls would enter the Eternal River of life in a day or two and go through the memory cleansing process.

So, Charles didn't show any hesitation and continued to erase the young soul's memory.

'Baron Daniel of Louet Noble Household… Three years ago, his father Braxton participated in the battle of Mountain Falls and died an honorable death for the Aetas Kingdom. Later, Daniel inherited his noble title as Baron's only successor and became the Lord of the Grime Plains. The Ammar Dynasty dared to invade his territory has something to do with it being an isolated place from the rest of the Aetas kingdom. Yes, the young Baron's territory is nothing more than an extra in Aetas Kingdom royals' eyes.'

'200 years ago, a pioneer knight came from a faraway land to become an independent ruler and ruled this Grime Plains. At that time, no other kingdom considered this territory safer due to demon monsters like lesser imps, goblins, and orcs. Meanwhile, the pioneer knight managed to create a well-fortified town at the center of this Grime Plains and started eradicating the demon monsters…'

'Although he died after some years, his descendants continued their job and finally exterminated all the demon monsters occupying this territory. But just when they were feeling safer from the monsters, the surroundings kingdoms like the Aetas Kingdom, Ammar Dynasty, and the Light Kingdom started harassing them in the name of tax collection. With no other choice, the pioneer knight's descendant chose to become a vassal of Aetas Kingdom…'

'Heh, the demon monsters, huh. Moreover, Goblins and Orcs, is it? This world is truly a fantasy setting.' Charles chuckled inwardly and then continued to read the information about the territory.

'Hmm, the Town of Darkwell… The town's population is around 15,000 people and most of the inhabitants are skilled in weaving dresses, pottery, and agriculture-related jobs. There is also a small river that flows next to the town and is the main source of water supply for this territory. Next is Baron Daniel. Although his father is no more, his mother is still alive and well. She is the one who invited a Radiant Knight from the capital to train him in sword skills.'

'Hmm? From this kid's memories, that guy seems to have been harassing his mother for a while. Although Daniel tried to tell Radiant Knight to behave properly, he didn't listen to his words. But what infuriated Daniel was that this 'Teacher' was the one who sent him to face the enemy soldiers to get battle experience! He didn't even listen to veteran soldiers' advice and was hell bend on sending him here.' As Charles read that memory, he couldn't help but suspect something wrong about this.

'Hmm? That Radiant Knight's disciple is the one who sent information about enemy soldiers' appearance? Not only that, but he also told everyone that the Light Kingdom army is marching instead of Ammar Dynasty…' Unfortunately, withdrawal during battle was considered a cowardly act in this world. So, Daniel and his soldiers had no choice but to face the Ammar Dynasty soldiers head-on.

'Tsk, this is purely a betrayal. No wonder that bald commander is daring to enter the enemy territory and loot the town.' He snorted coldly.

'Well, I'll deal with that Radiant Knight later.' Charles nodded his head and continued to erase the kid's memories. He learned about the local language, then about this Faith Realm's geography, then about the nearby kingdoms, and so on.

Although some souls tried to attack him as he erased the kid's memories, he waved his hand and restrained them with pure wisdom power.

After ten long minutes, he finally managed to empty the young soul's Inner World and tossed the young soul away.

Currently, this soul was no better than a newborn soul!

Then, he closed his eyes, changed his soul form into elemental form, and left the Astral Plane.

At that moment, the elite knights of the Ammar Dynasty remained on the battlefield and were gathering their weapons, ornaments, and armors of the dead soldiers.

On the other hand, the bald commander stood 300 meters away from the battlefield and gazed at the evening sky.

He was thinking about his future.

'Once I succeed, there is a high chance I would be appointed as a governor of this town. As long as I do my job properly and interfere with Aeras Kingdom's succession, my rewards won't be less than this whole territory.'

But suddenly, he sensed a scorching feeling from behind and turned around in surprise.

His elite soldiers also got startled by the sudden burning feeling and looked at the center of the battlefield.

Meanwhile, a ball of reddish flame suddenly appeared above Daniel's dead body and started to transform into a humanoid shape. It was made entirely of red fire, had eerie white eyes, two horns, and crimson wings, and looked scarier.

Upon seeing such a strange creature, all the elite soldiers took a step back in unison and unsheathed their weapons.

On the other hand, Charles looked at his flame body, then pointed his finger at Daniel's dead body and cast [Incinerate] spell.

The next instant, a ray of crimson flame came out of his hand, landed on the dead body, and soon disintegrated it into pure flames!

'I've to create the elemental heart sooner.' He muttered inwardly and soon started to shape-shifted into a physical form.

In seconds, the flame body started to transform and soon formed into an appearance of a blonde-haired kid.

Charles looked at his naked body, then squatted down a little and picked up the long sword from the bloody ground.

Then, he turned his gaze towards 70 plus frozen soldiers and smiled.

"Scared already?" He asked while casting [Arcane Eyes] skill and analyzed their strength.

'47 elite soldiers are Expert Knights while the remaining 18 are Crystal Knights.' Charles calmly studied their movements and finally locked his gaze on the bald commander.

'His physical strength is almost similar to a Rank-4 Mystic. A Radiant Knight, huh!'

Meanwhile, a dead silence appeared on the battlefield.