Chapter 203: You Lost

Although Jessie could have explained it smoother, she didn't felt it was the right time to talk about the details.

'Time is tickling. We need to hurry.' Her second consciousness also urged her.

Meanwhile, Rhea and others' instantly turned serious as they heard Jessie's shout and silently followed after her.

The group soon appeared on the second floor, ran towards the left side corridor, and reached the spiral staircase within a minute.

Once again, they climbed up, went to the third floor, and arrived in front of a peacock-carved wooden door.

At that moment, Jessie's second consciousness spoke in her mind.

'Switch with me.'

...

Down Street, Merchants District.

Charles stood on the road and stared at 'Eric' and Vivian while stealthily observing what was happening in the mansion.

Once he noticed Jessie and other kids entered his room, his expression turned into a confused one.

He then stared at 'Eric' and noticed no change on his face at all!

'Hmm? It seems this female consciousness doesn't have any tie with the stalking' Divine.' If she really has some ties with 'Divine,' she would have already received news about a big variation in their plan... The chance of her being Necromancer is very high as they are the only people who are specialized in souls.' His eyebrows furrowed.

'But why did this Necromancer want to kill me? Under whose order did she come after me?... Wait... First, I sensed abnormal coincidences... Then, the Divine Order members, who mostly involve themselves in 'murders'... And there is the suspected 'Necromancer's consciousness'... This Necromancer has a habit of 'kidnapping' the children from all over the kingdom... It's Rodia's Gem's work! No, this female consciousness might be the current owner of the Rodia's Gem!' His amber eyes widened.

'But why did she want me dead? Something is definitely wrong with this incident... No, they also want to kidnap the children. More precisely, they want to kidnap Rhea! The Necromancer also has a strange habit of kidnapping children who were around 13 to 18 years of age... During the first ghost incident in Helm Ville, the skeletons entered our house and tried to kidnap these kids...'

'But at that time, I didn't put much thought into it. Then, the strange ghost that appeared on our way also used some 'time-dilation method and tried to delay our journey... Now, this 'female consciousness' and Divine Order members want to kidnap Rhea and others again... They don't want Rhea to be the Queen of Iron? Or, are they planning something else?' He frowned for a moment and soon raised his brows.

'Wait...This 'woman consciousness' is not as powerful enough to sense the trajectory of Fate. She might be merely a puppet of Rodia's Gem or the current owner of the Rodia's Gem.' While thinking so, he curled his lips upward, looked at 'Eric,' and spoke.

"You lost."

At that moment, a drastic change appeared on Vivian's face.

"Where are the kids?" She asked in a shocked tone.

…

A few moments ago,

Jessie widened her scarlet eyes as she heard her second consciousness's words and nodded her head.

A second later, her second consciousness took control over her body, went towards the side window, took a small key from the window gap, and returned towards the door.

Then, she inserted it into the keyhole, turned it towards the right side, and unlocked the door.

"How did you know the location of the Teacher's room key?" Confusion appeared on everyone's face as Titus asked the question.

Jessie's second consciousness was about to reply but paused.

At that moment, everyone heard a loud commotion from outside and went pale.

"Hurry up!" Her voice turned abnormally colder.

Saying so, she opened the door, gestured everyone to go inside, and locked it from inside.

After that, she touched the doorknob, pushed it a little, and spoke.

"Zeth."

The next instant, a yellowish sunshine aura enveloped the door and soon covered the room!

Multiple magic traps activated in an instant!

Without minding the yellowish layer, she appeared in front of a strange green tree painting on the right side wall and spoke.

"I'm going to do a small chanting in a unique language. All of you should repeat after me, got it?"

Currently, she acted more like their Teacher!

Without waiting for their response, she cleared her throat and started chanting the first verse in English.

Meanwhile, Rhea and others followed her words and recited after her.

Thirty seconds later, their bodies suddenly turned blurry and soon disappeared from there!

...

"Where are the kids?" Vivian's cold voice echoed in the street.

At that moment, a smirk appeared on Charles's wrinkled face as he raised his hand and opened his mouth.

"I got you, now."

Simultaneously, Eric heard an old man's voice from behind and widened his eyes.

'He is behind me the whole time!' A shock appeared on his face.

At that moment, a thin Ember Needle appeared behind him and directly entered his body.

A second later, a ripple appeared around the surroundings, and soon Charles's whole body began to break like crystalline glasses!

No, not only his body, but the whole surroundings began to break like glasses!

Only then did the female consciousness in Eric's body and Vivian realize that they were an illusion the whole time!

No, even the Rank-4 Tower Mages and other Mystics also didn't notice that they observed the illusion the whole time!

It was the Holem's Crown's [Elapsed Time] ability to create realistic 'past' illusions!

A few minutes ago, Charles used his [Wisdom Sight] skill and found out that the female consciousness could not release her 'wisdom power' using Eric's soul and perceive the surroundings.

The one who was constantly observing the surroundings was Vivian!

The earlier peace treaty gave Charles and the Holem's Crown an excellent opportunity to develop a perfect plan to fool the female consciousness in Eric's body.

If she was in her real body, they might have faced some difficulty when fooling her.

Fortunately, she only used some forbidden soul method to possess Eric's soul and maintained it to remain in the body temporarily.

The reason Charles didn't receive Exp after killing Eric was mainly due to this!

At this moment, everyone felt that this wrinkled old man completely outsmarted them!

The next instant, the [Needle of Ember] inside Eric's body began to crack and released chaotic flame all over his body.

Within a moment, his body turned abnormally darker and began to bulge like a balloon.

"I'm coming for you, lass," Charles said in a cold tone and soon enveloped in crimson flame.

A moment later, he disappeared from there and reappeared 30 meters away from the bulging Eric.

"Escape, Vivian!" An anxious woman's sound came out of Eric's mouth before he went silent.

The Necromancer woman's consciousness finally left Eric's body!

Vivian cast a fly spell while nodding her head, flapped the crystalline wings, and flew up towards the sky like a bird!

On the other hand, Eric's body couldn't hold on any longer and finally exploded!

...

[Target Eliminated! Due to Target's Special identity, the Host will receive double Exp! 77,450 Exp rewarded!]

...

'That's a lot of Exp.' Charles nodded inwardly and soon turned his gaze towards Vivian.

At that moment, she had long left the Merchants' District and was flying towards the city wall hurriedly.

'Haa, I'm exhausted.' An old man's voice echoed in his head.

'Me too,' A deep sigh came out of Charles's mouth as he glanced at the red gem-embedded bracelet and nodded his head.

Then, he turned his gaze towards the tall Iron Tower in the northern direction and shook his head.

"Those Mages are truly a bunch of clowns."

His voice echoed everywhere as his body soon bathed in crimson flame and disappeared from there.

A moment later, he reappeared in his mansion's reception hall, glanced around, and soon zeroed his gaze at the entrance.

In the meantime, a total of 10 masked assassins walked into the reception hall and soon froze as they saw a white-haired old man.