Fire Mage

Chapter 225: Scheme

After two seconds, the demonized Elder's distorted face returned to normal, and he stared at Charles with a confused expression on his face.

He felt that the person in front of him had completely changed into a different person!

Before he could even say a word, Charles cast [Fire Seed] spell on him and soon became surprised.

Even after burning a few memories, he noticed that his spell was still in Elder's Inner World!

'Why isn't he using his second consciousness to erase the fire seed?' Again, doubt appeared in his mind.

'Could it be Natalia's spell not only destroyed his head but also erased his main consciousness?' His forehead furrowed.

Although Charles couldn't understand the situation, he could vaguely tell that Elder's Inner World was already weakened!

"This is interesting. I actually thought of asking questions to get information, but you became so unlucky today." His voice turned eerier as he controlled the [Fire Seed] spell and started devouring his memories.

'Edward Fletcher... 32-years old... Official member of Divine Order and also has a connection with a higher official of a Lawful Church... Other than the higher official's blurry image, there seems to be no information about him. That's how Elder got his hand on the Rank-4 Blood-Fiend Demon bloodline serum and became a Warlock... Warlock?' Charles's furrowed his brows.

'So, that's why he was able to cast multiple chaotic spells, huh.' A look of understanding expression appeared on his face.

'Sinful Demon Class actually comes under the Blood-Fiend Demon's bloodline, but there is a big difference...Warlocks will not face shackles for every rank and would only stop ranking up when they reach the threshold of the bloodline essence they injected into their body. If a human injected a Rank-4 bloodline essence into his body, he won't face any problem until he reaches Rank-4. After that, he has to find more bloodline essence to rank up further. But this class-gem path is completely different. He doesn't need to find the bloodline 'essence.' Instead, he has to find the corresponding class gems to rank up further. Hmm, these class gems seem to have some essence of 'bloodline' hidden in them.'

'Yes, my Trickster Class also appears like a 'bloodline' related one. It already caused my body to mutate to a certain extent and completely changed my race...' He nodded thoughtfully and continued to extract more information about Elder.

He also read memories about his involvement during the previous kidnapping incident and soon frowned.

At that moment, his [Fire Seed] spell burned a particular memory and sent a piece of information to his Inner World.

No, it's not a piece of information, but a simple sentence in a strange language.

Although he couldn't understand the meaning behind the sentence, he vaguely felt it was directed towards him!

As his [Fire Seed] continued to erase Elder's memories, he also received similar strange memories and became confused.

'Why there are strange sentences hidden in Elder's Inner World in the form of memories? Have his memories been already tampered with? From the earlier information, I can vaguely tell that some parts of his memories are not matching up... This guy might not be the real Elder... No, to put it more precisely, this guy might not be the 'Omen.' I need more information.' He massaged his temple for a moment and was about to read another memory but froze.

At that moment, he received another similar sentence in his mind.

But unlike the other ones, this one was in Blen Tongue!

Just as he glanced at the sentence, an eerie female voice echoed in his head!

'Good Luck, mortal.'

Charles's lips trembled all of a sudden!

'T-This voice... It's a trap!'

Before he could even think of erasing the link with [Fire Seed] spell, a drastic change happened in Elder's Inner World.

Countless memory clouds merged into an invisible mark, directly entered his [Fire Seed] spell, and disappeared!

Charles's pupil constricted.

'My [Fire Seed] was already vanquished... But why couldn't I sense anything abnormal in my body or Inner World? Damn it, I shouldn't have left the Inner World.' He hurriedly moved his invisible strings, crushed Elder's two hearts, and killed him on the spot.

[Target Eliminated! Due to the target's special identity, the host will get double Exp! 203,617 Exp points rewarded!]

Charles got utterly stunned for a moment and soon shook his head.

'Although I got so many Exp points, I actually lost against this stalking Divine or, should I say stalking Goddess. If I hadn't left the Inner World, I would have perceived the danger and vanquished my [Fire Seed] spell earlier.' He couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

'When the clone read Slave Master's memories, I felt something was off about this mission and thought of it as a trap set by the 'Divine.' As I had guessed, Elder did indeed made a trap by blocking the space and tried his best to kill Natalia and my clone. But what was the reason for his action? There seemed to be none! It was as if he was completely manipulated by another person.'

'No, I also felt something was off when his main consciousness was destroyed...'

'At that time, he just woke up from my clone's spells but acted swiftly. He didn't even try to dodge the 'Ice Needle' spell. Instead, he hurled the scythe towards Natalia and also cast [Chaotic Thinking] skill on my clone... How did he become so clear-headed during the final moment of his death? He could have replaced his second consciousness and hid in the Inner World. But he didn't. He seemed to be firm on killing her at that time. Did something happen during the short amount of time? Did he receive some external help? It is possible.' He suddenly recalled the incident when he used the System's [Time Stop] ability to flip the Red Prince's scheme.

'A few moments ago, I also have an opportunity to save Natalia, but when I realized that the Divine was behind this plot, I restrained myself and waited.'

'In the end, Natalia was indeed decapitated by the scythe and caused my clone to lose his calm. Then, she was resurrected by a strange reddish petal 'Divinity,' and this caused my clone to feel more emotional. Finally, 'Love' appeared in my Inner World.'

'At that time, I felt that the Divine's plan was just to help me get the 'Love' emotion for my clone. That's why I let down my guard, and choose to finish off the Elder by myself... But who would have that this sneaky Divine's main aim was not to create a 'Love' emotion for me, but to put some invisible curse on me? The 'Divine' seemed to have long predicted that I would show myself personally to read Elder's memory. This... This Divine placed the real trap in Elder's Inner World!' He shuddered a little.

'Why did the strange female's voice wish me 'Good Luck'? Did this 'Divine' place some terrifying curse on me?' He hurriedly opened the game interface and checked the status.

To his shock, no abnormality appeared in the status bar, which caused him even more anxious.

'The 'Divine' definitely did something to my body or soul.'

His expression turned into a grave one.

'I don't know who you are, where you are; but, I will make you regret your action.' A cold look appeared on his face.

He hurriedly stood up from the ground and soon noticed that the surrounding sky was breaking like glass.

Shaking his head, he went near Elder's withered human body and looked at his face.

Simultaneously, he took out a portrait from his space ring, compared the facial features with Elder's one, and soon sighed in disappointment.

"He is indeed a different person."

Then, he first checked his body and found a silver space ring.

Then, he also took the red scythes, went to his broken house, picked a few books that appeared to be 'Midday' potion recipes, and stored everything in his space ring.

After that, he conjured a ball of flame, tossed it on Elder's body, and enveloped his body in a crimson flame.

A moment later, he reappeared next to Natalia, picked her up, placed her on his shoulder, and disappeared from there.