Chapter 54 - 54: The Jig is up

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Immediately Grey agreed, Cedric quickly got to work and all the arrangements were made as per Grey's plan and when everything was set, Grey, Charlotte along with the two 2 star mages all took a carriage while dressing differently like merchants. They got into a carriage that was less luxurious to the one that the town lord always used but it still carried the town's crest which was that of a black horse with a shield in front of it. Every single person that was tasked with the mission were all dressed like ordinary merchants making them seem harmless and not powerful or even mages at all. When everything was set and done, they all got in and the carriage set off speeding away from their town towards the next town that was trying to take over Grey's town. While the carriage was speeding off, those that were inside were all sitting down quietly and Grey liked the silence as he took the opportunity to continue cultivating. "Is he sleeping?" One of the 2 star mage asked. "How useless." The other one said with a scoff. "You do know that your loud voices is disturbing me right." Grey said with his eyes still closed. "And so what if it does, what are you going to do about it?" One of the mage asked. Grey just sighed and kept quiet. "I'm in no mood to pick a fight with weaklings." "Who are you calling a weakling you kid?" The other mage who looked to be in his mid twenties asked. "Mind you, we are 2 star mages which should give you a strong idea of our strength." "Tch! If only you knew." Grey mumbled and then he went back to what he was doing not minding the men rantings. "Guys! Let's focus please." Charlotte said and the men kept quiet at once. "Thank you! Now since we would be working together, it will be best if we knew each other's abilities right? So I will go first, I'm a water mage." "Wind magic." The man who looked to be in his mid twenties said. Sёarch* The NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Ice magic." The other man replied. 'Tch! They are really weaklings.' Grey thought. "Won't you say yours?" Charlotte asked. "Is there a need to? I thought every single person knows about me and my powers, isn't that why your dad called me?" Grey asked while opening one of his eyes. "For some of us, the rumours could be exaggerated." The wind mage said. "Then let it be… I have no need to prove anything to you all. All I care about is completing the mission and getting my reward." Grey said. "You do know that for your plan to work, we need to know your capabilities." The ice mage said. "You wanna know?" Grey asked finally opening his other eye. "Fine! For your information, I could easily kick all of your butts here without breaking a sweat." "How dare you!" The ice mage said and the whole carriage suddenly became chilly while Grey had a smirk on his face. "I will put you in your place now!" "Bring it on." Grey smiled and the ice mage was about to move when the carriage suddenly came to a halt. "Why the sudden stop?" Charlotte shouted out loud towards the driver. "Ma'am, we are already here." The driver announced. "Great! Let's get to work then." Grey said as he stood up and then smiled towards the ice mage. They all stepped out of the carriage and they could see a huge gate in front of them and spiraling towers on either side of the gates while some men were seen on it with their hands pointed out. Seeing this, Grey lifted his hands up above his head and so did the others. "We come in peace!" Charlotte said and then one of the men came down from the tower to speak with them. "State your business!" He demanded. "We need to see the town's lord of this town, we are here with his negotiation." Grey said. "From where?" The man asked. "We are from Kiten town." Charlotte replied. 'Kiten town! The town which we captured one of their citizens here? Ohh I see!' the man thought. "C'mon, I will lead you all to him." The man said. "Thank you sir." Grey forced a smile. 'I don't smell any threat from them, they even look more like merchants to me than mages.' the man thought and then he signalled towards the others and the gates opened up to reveal a small town in front of them. Walking into the gates and unto the streets, they could see that the town looked almost like theirs with little differences in the colours used there and other things. Signalling for a carriage, the man got on and asked the others to follow along and which they did and after a few minutes, they were finally in front of a big mansion bigger than Cedric's own. Going in, they were led into a huge courtyard but the man didn't stop there as he continued walking again and the man took a long winding stairs and the others followed along silently. 'I just hope this works.' Grey thought as they finally walked into a huge hall. The hall looked big enough to fit around 200 people comfortably without making it stuffy. Entering in, they could see a huge throne like chair at the back of the room with a bulky man on it who had a twisted smile on his face while several men stood around the room. Possibly around fifty men and without doubt they were all mages. "Welcome you all! I hope your lord sent you all with what I want?" The man asked. "Sure he did!" Grey smiled. "But before that, we need to see if he is okay." "He is surely fine, I wouldn't damage my bargaining chip." The town lord smiled. "Now let me have what I want." "No! I need to see my… the town's lord son." Charlotte said and Grey glared at her for almost slipping up. "Fine! Hey! Bring that brat over here now!" The man shouted. 'Why do I feel like something is wrong here? Why are there so many mages in the room? And this town lord, I don't think I'm imagining it, but he feels more powerful than lord cedric.' Grey thought as he heard footsteps coming in and a man was walking behind a young man in front of him who had blue hair on his head and a sharp look to his eyes. "That's him." Charlotte whispered. "See! He is fine, now let me have what I want." The town lord said. The young man surveyed the room and his eyes laid on a certain female and he was wondering if his eyes were playing tricks on him. 'Is that Charlotte? What is she doing here? Or is my eyes playing tricks on me?' he wondered when he rubbed his eyes and was still seeing the female in front of him. "Sister?! Charlotte! Is that really you?" The young man shouted and the town's lord looked around in confusion. "Sister?" He mumbled. "Aren't they merchants?" "Max you fool!" Charlotte mumbled as she slapped her forehead. "Did dad send you here to rescue me?" Max asked. "Is that your sister?" The town lord asked. "Sure!" Max smiled. And the town's lord laughed out loud. "I guess this my lucky day huh. All of you! Bring me that female and kill anyone who gets in your way!" Grey who was still standing, looked around and then glared at Charlotte. "You didn't tell me that your brother is an idiot!" "I think we missed that detail." Charlotte smiled nervously. "I guess the jig is up then." Grey sighed as he saw about thirty mages rushing towards them.

Chapter 54 - 54: The Jig is up

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