Chapter 60 - 60: Let's escape now!

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"Now. In order for me not to kill you in anger, tell me who the hell snitched on us informing you that we were coming?!" He asked with one of his hands erupting in flames. "I…" Bale stuttered as he could see Grey glaring at him and he was about to talk so he opened his mouth but he closed it back again. "You think I'm joking right?" Grey said and then he grabbed Bale on his face with his flammy hand which caused him to scream out loud in pain from the heat of the flames. "How does it feel to get burned by a power similar to yours?" "Arghhhhhh! Pl… please stop! Arghhhhhh!" Bale screamed loudly but Grey didn't stop. "I… I will tell you please, let me leave!" "Now that's a good boy." Grey said and then he let Bale's scorched face go. Tears could be seen dripping from Bale's face as he touched his blackened face that was peeling off already and it stung badly. 'This kid… he is mentally deranged! How can someone as young as him act this nonchalantly and maniacally? I can tell… I can tell that if I don't tell him what he wants, he would surely kill me and burn me alive.' Bale thought and then he sniffed preparing to tell Grey everything. "I had been told that Cedric had hired some powerful mages to come and rescue his son by his second wife… she was the one who told me that Max was in my town and hence his capture." Bale answered truthfully and everybody in the room were shocked especially the two mages since Charlotte was still knocked out by Grey's wind attack. "Why… why did she do it?" Grey asked. "That's because she wants her son to become the town lord when Cedric stepped down but since Max is older than him, he would naturally get the town." Bale replied. "Something still doesn't make sense here, why go through all these stress and at the end of the day, you get the town?" Grey asked. "That's because, if I get the town's deed, I was supposed to transfer it to her son's name and then my gain will be 30 percent of the town's revenue." Bale replied. 'So this was a political issue and I got dragged in it?! Darn it! Now I'm going to make that woman whoever she is pay for making me almost lose my life!' Grey thought in anger with his hands clenched into a fist while his fire magic receded and in it's place, the lightning magic took over. "I have told you everything I know, please let me go!" Bale pleaded as he saw the lightning forming all around Grey. Grey lifted his hands up and pointed it towards Bale who instinctively closed his eyes expecting to be shot a lightning bolt on the spot but he felt nothing and then he slowly opened his eyes to see the red haired individual pointing his hand away from him towards a certain unconscious female in the room. "Wake up you dumbass woman!" Grey shouted as a long thin bolt of lightning left his hand and crashed into Charlotte jolting her awake as she shot up from her laying position with her hands held out and water gathering around it. When she looked around to see the state of the room and what she saw immediately was her brother on the floor laying unmoving. "Max?! Max!" She shouted as she dashed towards him and quickly him around shaking him around with her heart thumping loudly and fearing for the worse. "Relax you over sentimental woman, he's alive. I wouldn't kill him and risk not getting my money and also having the whole town after me and my family." Grey said and then Charlotte shot him a glaring look as she stood up from her position and was about to charge towards Grey when the wind mage quick grabbed her by the arm. "Relax miss Charlotte! Your brother is alright… And don't go attacking him like that, we all know how powerful he is." The wind mage said the last part silently to only her hearing. And that was when Charlotte finally calmed down and breathed a sigh and walked towards Grey albeit with a frown on her face as she could see Bale on the floor injured and his face partly burnt. Turning towards Bale, Grey's hands lit up in flames again and then he glared at him. "Repeat all what you just told me word for word to her." "Huh?!" Charlotte said confused on what Grey was talking about. "Bu…" Bale was about to say when he could see Grey heading for him with his hands outstretched. "I will talk! I will talk!" "Good boy!" Grey smiled and then Bale told Charlotte everything he told Grey earlier about the snitch who the person was, and what their motives were. When he was done, Charlotte was in disbelief as she almost stumbled down but she quickly regained her footing and composure while also shaking her head refusing to believe what was been said. "How… why? Why did Janet mum do this?" Charlotte asked still in disbelief. "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear him saying it was for her personal gain?" Grey asked annoyed. "I don't care all about your family, all I care about right now is taking revenge for what she put me through today." "Don't you know anything other than revenge all the time? My family is going to be broken after what has been revealed." Charlotte shouted. "And it is my problem how?" Grey asked with a raised eyebrow. "Guys please! Stop your argument!" The ice mage said as he came over while the wind mage lifted Max up using his wind magic. "We would settle this family issue back at Kiten." "Right! Let's first decide on how to escape from here." The wind mage said and then Grey turned towards Bale. "Tell all your men at the gate and that are posted everywhere to let us pass through safely so you won't be harmed." Grey said and immediately without complaining, Bale complied as he channelled the mana through his throat and then shouted at the top of his lungs. "Listen up you fools! Let the people of Kiten pass through safely without harming them!" He shouted towards a mechanic in the room that projected his words to the right people. "I have done what you asked of me, now please let me go." "Sure, but first." Grey said and then Earth magic surrounded his hand and in a flash, he slammed it into Bale's head knocking him out cold. "What was that for?" Charlotte asked. "I was right, stupidity truly runs through your family… if I hadn't done that, and we left here, he would inform his men to stop us the same way he told them to let us go." Grey replied. Searᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Then why can't you explain that without calling my family stupid?" Charlotte asked while glaring at Grey. "Because you all are." Grey replied nonchalantly. "Guys please! This argument can continue when we get out of here. For now, let's get the hell outta here!" The wind mage said. "Sure! Let's go!" Grey said and they all jumped out of the hole in the wall leading outside so they could return back.

Chapter 60 - 60: Let's escape now!

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