Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 121: Half-Shifter

'[Vision]… It's an upgraded version of prevision skill and can allow me to see the most possible future in the next ten seconds. The next one is [Face-Change]. As the name implies, this skill can allow me to change my face into any other person. But to do that, I need to perfectly copy the target's image in my mind. Otherwise, there would be many defectives appear when activating the skill.'

'Then, the last one is [Hand of Mystery]. Hand of Mystery has many functions like it can allow the user to move materials from afar through the same invisible string, and then make things invisible. Not only that, it can even bypass the space and allows the user to take things from another side… Wait. Isn't this skill looks almost similar to Fate Swap spell?' Charles's illusionary jade eyes widened as he read the information.

'It seems I don't need to learn the Spell Matrix… No, I think this Fate Swap spell matrix can help me in the future. There are two materials I want to steal in the Tower of Elements. But stealing two materials at the same time would be an impossible task for me. But if I use the kids' help, I might achieve my goal without any difficulties.' He nodded thoughtfully.

After giving one last look at the mysterious game system cube, Charles turned his attention to one of the seven red stars and soon left the Inner World.

A second later, he opened his eyes in the underground basement and soon groaned.

The foul smell assaulted his nostril as he covered his nose and soon squinted his eyes as he saw his own hands.

Unlike before, a layer of green sticky substances covered his skin and appeared slimy.

'What is this? Is it due to the mutation that happened in my body?' He instantly checked his body and noticed that he could change his facial structure, shapes, skin tone, and even his voice.

'Except for gender, I can change myself into any man.' A look of astonishment appeared on his face.

'Next is about my race. Half-Shifter… Is it similar to the shape-shifter race from the fiction world? Possible. Moreover, the Trickster class series appeared to have some relation to bloodlines and its abilities.'

'Hmm, this is also a good thing, anyway.' He paused for a moment and soon shifted his attention to his current problem.

'Let's think about how to deal with the blonde-haired man. First, he must have some artifact to create a coincidence, and this coincidence artifact ability appears to be only working on me. In the past two weeks, I already met him five times in the Tower of Elements. If not for my quick action, he might have already found out about me.'

'But I also learned something in return. That is, this coincidence ability only works when I got closer to the other party. Moreover, there also appear to have some restrictions placed on this artifact. From my earlier calculation, I can assume that this artifact must have a cooldown of four days. Hmm, I'm in the dark, while the enemy is in the open. I can use this as an advantage and completely counter this coincidence ability.' He made a small plan and then stood up from the ground.

Then, he left the underground basement and directly went to the second floor.

Then, he opened the bedroom door, went to the attached bathroom, and took a long bath to clean the sticky substance.

After that, he walked out of the bathroom and then changed his cloth into a black formal one.

'Hmm, I'm planning to teach more about the drawbacks of the Summoning Ritual ceremony in today's lecture.' He went near the bed, took the black covered book placed on it, and stored it inside his space ring.

'After the lecture, my mission is to go to the fifth layer and get an appointment to meet professor Warren. He is the one who has full control over all ritual materials and sacrificial materials.'

While thinking deeply, he went downstairs through the spiral staircase and met his disciples in the reception hall.

Like him, they also worked hard during the past three weeks and improved their abilities to an unimaginable level. Although Charles helped them from time to time and gave many pointers, they did their work perfectly and showed their worth to him.

'The one who surpassed everyone is Noel. Not only did he improve his sword skills to peak levels, but he also became an apprentice Tower Guard with the help of the former commander's recommendation letter. Rhea also constructed her second spell while surpassing other students and already began to comprehend them. As for Titus and Jessie, both are completely focusing their attention on their personal missions and are progressing at a fast speed. If my calculation is right, all four of them might reach their peak level in two months. Then, it is up to their ability to buy their own class gems.' An amusing smile appeared on his face as he saw them working hard to do their daily work.

'I already told them to not rely on my help to get the Rank-2 class gems. Let's see how these kids going to earn money and rank up without my help.' He chuckled inwardly and went to the dining hall.

At that moment, Jessie and Rhea already placed the dishes on the dining table and waited for his arrival.

With the black cane's support, Charles arrived right beside the guest seat, pulled it a little, and sat on it before placing the napkin on his lap.

In the meantime, Rhea took the initiative and started to serve food for everyone.

Once she completed serving others, she went to her seat and put a scoop of stewed mutton, a grilled steak, mashed potatoes, and wheat bread.

Then, she also took a large jar and poured a cup of lemonade.

After that, she sat on her own seat, clapped her hand together, and thanked the Moon God for the food.

Meanwhile, others also followed her action and then started to eat slowly.

Once the breakfast was over, Charles bade farewell to the kids and left 11C Orchard Street.

Then, he entered the Tower of Elements, went to the third layer, and soon arrived in front of Room number 311 around 8.30 A.M.

He walked into the large hall, went near the ladderback chair that was placed behind the work table, and sat on it. After that, he opened the book about summoning ritual methods and started to go through today's topic.

Soon, students with different colored robes entered the hall one by one and sat on their own chairs.

On the other hand, Charles closed the book around 9 A.M, went near the blackboard while taking out a chalk piece, and wrote the title of today's topic.

"Drawbacks of Summoning Ritual Ceremony."

He then turned around, cleared his throat, and started his lecture in an old voice. First, he talked about the major mistakes one would make during the ritual creation. Then, he gave a detailed explanation about the backlash of ritual failure.

Following that, he also explained various types of failure and effects that were caused due to one's luck.

"Summoning Ritual Ceremony consumes many space elemental stones, precious materials, and also sacrificial materials. It is basically like a gamble. If you managed to summon a hybrid and powerful elemental creature using these precious materials, you will be the winner. If you then use the Enslavement Trinket on it and subdue the elemental creature, you would also get a trustworthy ally. Most of the non-combat mages, necromancers, and other non-combat mystics use this method to increase their strength and would go on missions to gather materials, artifacts from ruins, and so on." Charles paused for a moment and soon added.

"But if you end up summoning a small imp using these precious materials, then all you can do is blame on your own luck."

His words caused the whole hall to turn dead silent.

Soon, some robed students raised their hands and asked different kinds of questions.

In the meantime, Charles listened to their questions one by one and gave correct answers.

The lecture continued for hours, while he explained every drawback in a very detailed manner and ended the lecture around 1 P.M.

Following that, he cleaned the board using a chalkboard eraser and walked out of the lecture hall.

'Hmm, I need to get the appointment letter.' He thought to himself and soon went to the second floor to get an appointment letter to meet Professor Warren.

A few minutes later, he went to the Ritual Chamber's reception room and got a sealed letter.

Then, he walked out of the room and started walking towards the fifth floor.

Fifteen minutes later, Charles finally reached the fifth floor and soon went towards the right-side corridor. Although many wooden panel doors appeared on both sides, he didn't stop anywhere and continued to walk.

After another five minutes of walking, he finally appeared in front of a large metal gate at the end of the corridor, raised his black cane, and knocked on the door using it.

A few seconds later, he heard a clanging sound from the other side and smiled.