Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 261: Intellectual Artifact

Within a few seconds, Charles reached the dark sky and soon appeared in front of the greenish-blue spell model.

Just when he was about to open the game interface, the pain within his body began to increase.

"Cast the [Fire Born] spell and see if it could nullify the strange power." He spoke in a hurried tone.

Meanwhile, the clone Charles nodded and instantly cast the [Fire Born] spell on his body.

A red flame enveloped his body in an instant, and he looked more like an elemental being made of lave and fire!

Although the spell managed to reduce his body destruction, Charles wasn't satisfied by the result.

'This strange energy seems to have some mysterious power to bypass the elements and still harming my true body.' He couldn't help but show an anxious look on his face.

After that, he changed his attention towards the System Cube and fell into deep thoughts.

'Earlier, it gave out a warning and froze the time for me in the outside world. This indicates the 'System' can think on its own and has some level of intelligence. Or, someone else monitoring from afar and ordered it to use the 'Time Freezing' effect… But that possibility is very unlikely.'

He then glanced at the game interface, opened the skill book option, and soon shifted his attention towards the [Soul Heal] spell model.

The next instant, he saw a bunch of spell model names and descriptions.

He skimmed through those spell models one by one and soon stopped at a particular spell called 'Life of Fire.'

'This spell is more like a cheating death spell. As long as my brain and heart are not destroyed completely, I can use this spell and return to my original appearance. But I or my 'clone' needs to cast this spell from my Inner World within 30 seconds. Otherwise, the 'dark space' will crack and the body's connection with the Inner World will cut off permanently. This Life of Fire spell can also heal minor curses in my soul and also allows me to see my soul form… 193,500 Exp points.' He thought for a moment and soon chose to construct it.

The next instant, a strange ripple came out of the System Cube, enveloped the [Soul Heal] spell model and his illusionary consciousness, and froze the surroundings.

A moment later, countless runal words came out of the system cube and encircled the [Soul Heal] spell model.

Meanwhile, Charles noticed that the strange invisible energy that blocked him from approaching near the 'System Cube' disappeared!

'The Game System is finally allowing me to get near it?' He wore a surprised look and moved towards the large cube while avoiding the latitudinal and longitudinal runal lines.

He soon appeared near the cube and noticed that it was around five cubic meters in size.

Inside the cube, he saw two red gems and three black gems.

'There are only two [Fire Mage] Class Gems, and three [Trickster] Class Gems remaining, huh.' He nodded his head thoughtfully, extended his hand, and touched the cube.

The next moment, he received some information about the System Cube's functions.

It was as if that the System was sending the information on its own!

'T-This… This cube is indeed an intellectual artifact!' He widened his illusionary eyes and started reading the information.

The first one was the 'Time-Freezing' ability.

It was not a permanent ability.

From the information stored within the Cube, Charles learned that this ability wouldn't stop the 'Time.' Instead, this ability accelerates and decelerates the 'Time.' Moreover, activating this ability would also consume the 'Time Stone.'

Unfortunately, there was only one mysterious Rank-6 Elemental 'Time Stone' stored in the System Cube.

'From the System's observation, I can use this ability only 9 times.'

If the System uses this ability in the Inner World, it won't waste too much energy and could keep the ability for four to five days.

But if the System uses this ability in the outside world, the 'Time Stone' would be consumed sooner.

'That earlier countdown…' A look of understanding appeared on his face.

'I need to learn more about these elemental stones.' He nodded thoughtfully and shifted his attention toward other information.

The second one was about spell models and the construction process. The System Cube would help him construct the spell models up to Legend Rank. After that, he had to rely on himself.

The same goes for spell models. If he wants to construct the Rank-7 spell models in the future, he had to search for them and construct spell models independently.

He could also construct them through the enlightenment method.

The third one was about the protective measures against foreign consciousnesses.

The System could indeed help him eliminating up to Legend Rank Consciousnesses from invading his Inner World. As for Demi-God and God-level consciousnesses, it could not retaliate at all!

The fourth one was about Class-Gems.

Charles glanced at those gems one by one and soon learned the names.

'Rank-5 [Pyromancer] → Rank-6 [Fire Mage]… Then, Rank-5 [Cloner] → Rank-6 [Two-Facer] → Rank-7 [Faceless One]…'

The final one was about the 'Exp' and 'Level-Up' processes.

'It's actually a mechanism that could steal some soul essence from the souls, and return them in the form of attribute points… The reason it could also help him increase his physical attributes is mainly due to the presence of some strange 'blood' essence.' He glanced at the information and soon breathed out a sigh of relief.

'Most of the mysteries about this Game System are already solved. As for how it improved my Arcane Eyes skill, I still have no clue about it. Hmm, the System seems to be unwilling to give more information…' Although he was curious about it, he didn't put much thought into it and shifted his attention towards the Soul Heal spell model.

The construction process went smoothly.

After 40 hours of construction, a brand new spell model appeared in the sky!

It was a little bit smaller than other Rank-4 spell models and appeared azure-blue.

At that moment, the System Cube also retracted the 'Accelerate-Time' ability and started descending towards the ground.

But Charles didn't have any time even to study the System's movements.

At that moment, a wave of pain assaulted him from outside!

"Charles, switch place with me." He ordered.

The next instant, he left the Inner World and took control over his body.

Thankfully, the Holem's Crown managed to use its wisdom power and reduced the damage done to his space ring, heart, and head.

Otherwise, he would have long died!

He hurriedly placed his hand over his chest and cast the [Fire of Life] spell.

A moment later, a greenish flame enveloped his body and healed his severe injuries.

Within a few seconds, Charles noticed that the pain also disappeared from his body and felt relieved.

But it was just the start, though.

While he was in Inner World, only tens of seconds had passed in the outside world.

So, the strange energy hadn't disappeared yet and was still ripping his body!

Just before the invisible energy could cause serious injuries, he once again cast the Rank-4 [Fire of Life] spell on himself.

His body tissues started to destroy and reconstruct constantly.

It was more like torture!

Charles endured the pain and cast the [Fire of Life] spell from time to time.

The strange energy continued to destroy his body for the next few minutes, cracked the metallic door, and floor and even caused the room to shake.

If not for the mysterious inscriptions constantly acting on their own and repairing the room walls, the whole room would have long crumbled!

Fifteen minutes later, the strange energy started to diminish and soon disappeared, causing Charles to breathe out a sigh of relief.

Once again, he cast [Fire of Life] spell and healed his body to its peak state.

At that moment, his mind was utterly exhausted.

'I will rest here for some time and then go and check what happened to the tower.' He muttered inwardly, burned the blood using his fire magic, and closed his eyes to take some rest.