Chapter 163: Forewarning

Charles flew across the dense woods and saw two guards were running towards a concealed tunnel with a panic-stricken expression on their faces.

They were the two guards whom the blonde-haired man told them to go and ask for backup.

Unfortunately, they couldn't even reach the hideout's entrance before they saw one of their vice-leaders got defeated by a crimson masked man!

They ran towards the entrance with full speed and soon got overjoyed as they saw a group of iron-armored guards at the entrance.

At that moment, the other guards also noticed their presence and unsheathed their swords in a hurry.

"What happened?" Among the group, one tall, muscular man stepped forward and asked in a cold tone.

"Intruder-" One of the two guards was about to explain, but a ray of crimson light suddenly descended from the sky and incinerated him in an instant!

Before the other guards try to understand the situation, tens of crimson rays flew from the sky and bombarded them continuously.

They were completely caught off guard and stared dumbly at the terrifying rays before they got killed.

After a few seconds, Charles circled the entrance for a moment and soon landed on the ground. Then, he dismissed his wing spell and glanced at the notification icon.

'I got only 600 Exp points from killing these guys.' He let out a disappointing sigh and soon zeroed his gaze at the entrance.

At that moment, two black-robed figures dashed out from the underground tunnel and blocked him from entering.

"Oh? Two Rank-3 members?" A smirk appeared under Charles's masked face as he cast [Needle of Ember] spell and controlled it to move towards them at a fast speed.

Simultaneously, he conjured tens of crimson rays and started attacking them.

At that moment, the two black-robed Mystics also used their [Shadow Puppet] skill and created tens of shadows to confront him.

In the dark, a total of twenty-two figures dashed in different directions while holding various weapons and then started moving towards him like skilled assassins.

Meanwhile, their eyes were abnormally bloodshot, and they looked more maniacal as time passes.

'Is this some kind of side effect when using this shadow skill? But why did the blonde-haired man didn't face any obstacle?' Charles furrowed his brows and then started to search the original body using [Cryptic Analysis] skill.

He would have faced some difficulty if he were up against a Rank-3 mage or a Rank-3 double-class mystic.

Unfortunately, the enemies were just single-class mystics, and they even appeared weaker than normal ones!

Charles continued to back away while evading the attacks from all those robed humans and soon zeroed his gaze on a particular one.

Then next instant, he cast [False Blink] spell and appeared right behind the particular black-robed hooded man.

He then raised his hand, pointed his finger at his nape, and cast another [Needle of Ember] on him.

A moment later, the needle directly entered deep into the opponent's neck and then disappeared!

On the other hand, Charles cast [False Blink] spell and once again reappeared ten meters away from there.

Then, he curled his lips upward and spoke.

"Explode."

The next instant, the needle inside the black-robed man suddenly started to vibrate, broke into two, and then released a dense reddish flame.

The dense, chaotic fire enveloped the black-robed man in a blink and started invading his mind and body.

But the reddish fire didn't stop there, though. It soon started to burn the robed man's body fiercely and even moved to the nearby shadow puppets!

After ten seconds, the burning black-robed man couldn't suppress the flame from invading his mind and let out a painful cry.

Then, his body turned abnormally dark red and also started to bulge like a balloon.

The next second, he exploded!

[Target Eliminated! Due to Target's special identity, the Host will receive double Exp! 6,830 Exp rewarded!]

At this moment, Charles used this opportunity and finally found out the location of another Rank-3 black-robed man among the crowd of shadows.

He found out about the opponent's location mainly due to the death of the other guy.

Although these guys seemed psychopaths, Charles could tell that they were somewhat attached to the other organization members.

While the other black-robed man was shocked by his friend's death, he suddenly felt an itching sensation from his back.

At that moment, the other [Needle of Ember] finally found the right opportunity and entered inside his body!

The next instant, he felt that some evil force was invading his whole body and mind.

He tried to maintain his rationality for the next few seconds, but soon his mind went into chaos.

His body also started to bulge abnormally and then exploded!

[Target Eliminated! Due to Target's special identity, the Host will receive double Exp! 6,400 Exp rewarded!]

Charles soon saw the disappearing shadows and then breathed out a sigh of relief.

The only regret was he didn't have enough time to use the [Knowledge Absorber] spell on the two Rank-3 mystics.

'If it was one against one, I would have an easier time restraining the opponent. But against two, I still need to act carefully.' He nodded thoughtfully and then glanced at Exp bar.

'30,494 Exp points... These Divine Order members are my precious Exp...' Strange greed appeared in his mind.

Shaking his head, Charles instantly poured 19,463 Exp points into the sub-class section.

...

[19,463 Exp has been deduced for leveling up!]

[You became a Level-5 Mischievous Man!]

[1 Free Attribute point rewarded!]

[20 skill points rewarded!]

...

'Good.' Charles smiled lightly and was about to put the free attribute into wisdom but stopped.

At that moment, he felt a vague forewarning appeared in the depths of his mind.

'Does it have something to do with my Inner World? My current wisdom attribute has already reached 49 points... Once I add this free attribute, my mind will enter the realm of Rank-4 Mystics...' He abruptly stopped his footsteps and then cast [Red Wings] spell on himself.

Although the Divine Order members' Exp was delicious, he knew when to stop.

Without any hesitation, he flapped his wings forcefully and shot up in the sky.

He then made a U-turn and moved towards a random direction, leaving red sparks everywhere.

He then flew in multiple turns to avoid being tracked down by the Divine Order members and finally choose a place near the Helm Ville to land.

Following that, he removed the crimson mask, changed his appearance into an old man's one, and started walking into the woods.