Chapter 116: Urgency
As Lydia was about to pick the coin, Lydia suddenly saw a crimson face from the opposite building through the opened window and soon squinted her eyes.
'Crimson mask?' It was the first time she had seen someone using fire magic to cover one's face and steal! No, she saw that the person was not stealing but seemed to be doing something bad to the house owner!
At that moment, a thought appeared in her mind.
'Could it be 'him'?' She recalled the information she got from the Red Prince and soon shook her head.
'Although 'Charles' has some extraordinary luck, he is still a Rank-2 Fire Weaver from the information. There is no way a Rank-2 member could control fire element like this.' She instantly dismissed that thought and soon turned her gaze towards the Destiny Coin. In the Slum Borough, these types of crimes were always common. So, she didn't put much thought into the crime and directly pulled the coin from the cracked ceiling with her tiny fingers.
Crack!
As the coin separated from the ceiling, the crack also expanded, causing her face to turn pale!
Thankfully, the crack soon stopped.
'I need to change my house.' She wore a grim look and soon went near the opened window to close it.
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At the opposite two-storied house,
In his crimson masked appearance, Charles arrived in front of the wooden bed and soon zeroed his gaze on the sleeping middle-aged man. His short brown hair appeared messy and had a rough face.
Charles first took out a small vial from his space ring, opened its cap with his finger, and threw it towards the middle-aged man.
But it didn't fell on the middle-aged man, though. Instead, it floated in the air and soon appeared above the sleeping man's face!
It was the effect of the [Magician's Hand] skill!
Once the vial appeared above the middle-aged man's nose, a strange purple smoke came out of the vial and soon entered his nostril. Within seconds, the sleeping man started to twitch and soon went silent.
Charles knew that the Golden-Eye always placed his precious dagger in his void pouch from Leo's memories. But to get the dagger from his void pouch was not an easy matter. First, the void pouch was imprinted with his soul mark. To bypass this mark without alerting the other party, he needed to be an expert in that field. Charles clearly knew about his own skills, so he thought of another method.
That was to make the other party unconscious and then steal it without any worry.
Charles silently went near the sleeping middle-aged man, took the void pouch from his waist area, and soon put his hand into it.
After a few seconds, he finally caught a dagger, pulled it out from the void pouch, and breathed out a sigh of relief.
It was a silver dagger with a jade hilt!
'Success!' The corner of his lips curled upward as he stored it in his space ring and took a step back.
Then, Charles silently waved his hand as he extinguished the candlelight that was placed on the nearby table, and soon walked out of the bedroom.
In a few seconds, he walked out of the two-storied building and soon went towards the direction where the Slum Borough's main road was located.
…
An hour later, Charles stealthily returned to 11C Orchard Street and entered his bedroom.
'Although I manage to pull this off smoothly, I'm feeling uneasy inside.' A frown appeared on his old-looking wrinkled face as he sat on the soft bed and closed his amber eyes.
A moment later, his consciousness entered deep into the dark space and soon appeared in the Inner world.
He then opened his illusionary eyes and soon noticed that he was still standing in front of the small gloomy lake.
At that moment, the hidden memories, including his plan to get God's Blood, also appeared in his mind.
'A familiar face? Who is that blonde-haired man?' He furrowed his eyebrows in suspicion. The suspicion was not because of meeting the familiar-looking man, but due to the coincidence!
He was well aware of Red Prince's methods and soon grew serious.
'Am I thinking too much?' He thought for a moment and soon shook his head.
'I need to be extra careful. Unlike Riverdale City, this Chester City was a very large one with more than millions of residences. This is possibly the power of Fate!' A grim look appeared on her face.
'Next, who is the culprit? Is it Red Prince? Or, Destiny Lady?' He thought for a moment and soon frowned.
'He appeared somewhat familiar yet at the same time unfamiliar.' At that moment, Charles suddenly thought of the 'Mark of Imagination.'
'Could it be the Red Prince already found out about my location? Impossible! I didn't leave a clue.' He got confused inside.
'This Red Prince… I still underestimated him. Do I have to give up my previous plans? No… Something is wrong. If he really did found out my location, he would have killed me already. Then, who is this familiar face?' He suddenly recalled the blonde-haired man's face and soon squinted his eyes.
'His face somewhat resembles more like Saron's one!' A look of astonishment appeared on his face.
'Heh, so that's why I felt the familiarity, huh. Is he Saron's younger brother? Aren't they afraid that I would found the familiarity in his face?' He suddenly froze for a moment and soon widened his eyes.
'Could it be that they have very few numbers in their organization? It is entirely possible. Moreover, they seemed to have put more trust in the 'Mark of Imagination' ability.' Charles nodded his head in understanding.
'Does that mean the other party has a way to find me using the power of coincidence?' A troubled expression appeared on his face. At first, Charles deduced that it would take six months for the Red Prince to deduce his exact location.
'But to think that he would find my location in mere two months, he is indeed a worthy opponent.' Although the situation looks grim, Charles wasn't anxious at all.
'This city is not Riverdale. Even Red Prince personally comes here, he would not act rashly.' Charles knew that the Destiny Lady was watching the city from the Tower of Elements and grew confident.
'Although the other party has been searching for me all this time, my disguise had already fooled him. But what would happen when I appear too frequently? That blonde-haired man would definitely get suspicious of my identity! In this city, I currently have only two identities. One is the Crimson Mask thief while the other one is Oswald Raven. Wait… There is one more flaw here. My current name might also give some clue to the enemy.' His face turned gloomy.
'What should I do now?' He subconsciously thought of his subclass.
'Disguise skill! Yes, the upgraded version of my [Disguise] skill might give me a good surprise. Not only that, but the [Prevision] skill's corresponding skill will also give me a huge boost during battles.' At that moment, Charles suddenly felt that his main class and his sub-class appeared to be a perfect combination.
'This [Trickster] Class series has one big weakness, and that is the attack power. In the meantime, the Fire Mage Class series also have weaknesses like it doesn't have any prediction spells, disguising spells, and so on. But when combing these two classes, the result would be extraordinary. Even though I'm just a Rank-2 Mystic, I still got many benefits from these two classes.' He nodded his head and soon made up his mind.
'I need to Rank-Up my sub-class! But to rank up, I need thousands of Exp. Where can I get this much exp in a short time? Killing thieves from the Slum Borough? That would be a stupid idea.' Charles knew that killing too many thieves and criminals would definitely attract the Nobles' and Mages' attention, so he instantly dismissed the idea.
Then, he thought of the Fire Elemental Plane.
After he became the Traveler Tree's Twin Leaves owner, Charles had always kept his eye on the other side and knew that the goblins hadn't sealed the other leaf using space spells!
'That means they must have placed a big trap for me to jump in.' He instantly saw through their plan.
'Moreover, there is a planar restriction. Once I set my foot on the Fire Elemental Plane, I would feel dizzy, and I would also lose the ability to cast magic spells. In a minute, I will also face a severe planar restriction and might be pushed into a very dangerous situation. The enemy must have known about these effects, so they must have made some plan to trap me. But there is one thing I can still rely on. It's the strength of artifacts. Yes, artifacts won't be restricted by the plane and I have extraordinary artifacts like the Holem's Crown, Ember Pistol, and Starfall Codex Magic Book. With these artifacts, I can successfully take back the other leaf and escape from there using the Holem's Crown's travel spell! Then, I can choose a safe location to place the Twin Leaf and then execute my plan.' A smile appeared on Charles's face.
'It is a dangerous gamble. But it is better than being killed by the Red Prince.' After creating a detailed plan, Charles instantly closed his illusionary eyes and left the inner world.
A second later, he opened his eyes in his bedroom, stood up from the bed, and soon walked out of the bedroom. Then, he went downstairs and soon turned his gaze towards the entrance to the underground basement.
