Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1108 - 164: Arthur Burnfang (Triple-Length - !)

Chapter 1108: Chapter 164: Arthur Burnfang (Triple-Length Chapter!)

In fact, Arthur Burnfang had not been very close to Archduke Annan previously.

His understanding of Annan came from three parts common knowledge... and the remaining seven parts came from the confessions of penitents.

...Arthur wasn’t someone with low EQ. He, of course, knew that the penitents clearly had a strong fondness for Archduke Annan.

However, the penitents had already become deities, and Archduke Annan was also about to achieve Sublimation—they indeed belonged in the same world.

Unlike himself.

But even just from the penitents’ occasional mutterings... Arthur had already gotten to know Annan well enough.

Some might think of Annan as a remarkable person, some may see him as one who enjoys engaging in conspiracies, while others may view Annan as "their light."

But Arthur was different.

He was very envious of Annan.

Truly, deeply envious of Annan.

It wasn’t the Gold Family’s selection by the Book of the Celestial Chariot he envied... but the fact that Annan was born into the Winter family, with a loving father, an older brother, and an older sister.

— Yes.

Arthur took pride in his blood, yet he deeply despised the blood within him.

He was born into the Burnfang family, welcomed into the world amidst great expectations.

Yet, hope isn’t absolute... For some it’s the desperate wish that it arrives sooner, but for others, it’s a curse they hope never comes.

Much like the Winter family’s "Heart of Winter."

Arthur too was born with this innate Curse Binding... but unlike the Winter family, this Curse Binding is not a guaranteed inheritance in the Burnfang family.

It is the origin of the name "Burnfang."

The Curse Binding known as "Scar of Blaze Tooth"—like being branded with a hot, sharp iron, marking the flesh with scars. They bear these marks from birth, sharp and long like a wolf’s fang.

Babies with the "Scar of Blaze Tooth," from the age of one, would suffer from continuous fevers. Only around the ages of four or five would they start to return to normal. After that, their body temperature would permanently remain higher than that of a typical person.

Legend has it that this is proof of their unborn selves being bitten by a valley wolf in the womb. Attacked by a god signifying harvest, it meant they were born with the power to destroy "civilization."

...Though it’s not as exaggerated as that.

The reality is, each "Scar of Blaze Tooth" can take the place of "eyes", "fingers," "palms," and other body parts to cast Spells. Not only does it significantly increase the range of casting, but it also allows for spellcasting in many blind spots.

And this Curse Binding can be cumulative.

— For instance, if one has a "Scar of Blaze Tooth" on their back, they can cast Spells that "require eyes to see the target" from behind; if there is one on their chest, they can cast Spells that "require fingertips to point at the target" without raising a hand.

It’s like an "organ with no apparent use" that exists on their skin.

Similarly... since it’s an organ, it can be sacrificed for Twisted Spells.

This means they have more "organs" that can be discarded compared to an ordinary person.

Twisted Spells that require the sacrifice of an eye can only be used twice by ordinary people... but a Chaos Wizard bearing the "Scar of Blaze Tooth" can use them three, four times, or even more.

The cost is, every time the "Scar of Blaze Tooth" is used to cast a spell, it causes incessant bleeding. And fundamentally, it’s a type of fistula... if not properly placed or too numerous, it could be life-threatening.

Arthur was born with thirteen "Scars of Blaze Tooth." This number was unprecedented in the history of the Burnfang family.

If Arthur were a silver class, he would be the strongest Burnfang within that rank; and should he progress successfully to gold class, then he will undoubtedly become the next Tower Master of the Magma Forbidden Tower... in other words, the patriarch of the Burnfang family, and the true power behind the United Kingdom’s throne.

Here lies a problem.

That is, his parents could only be considered as middling within the family. The current patriarch had his own offspring, the Elders had long lusted after the position... and the Wizard’s Tower "Tower’s Child" mechanism allowed for outsiders to have the potential to enter the Magma Forbidden Tower—if so, it meant that this outsider Tower Master would have to intermarry with the Burnfang family.

Naturally, the target would be the Tower Master’s daughter or granddaughter.

But Arthur’s emergence had thrown the whole situation into chaos.

His parents were only of average ability, lacking value to attract sides; and he was merely someone with that "possibility"... Whether he could advance to gold was not something that bronzes and silvers could ascertain at a glance.

If they were mundane nobility, at this point they would either take him as an adopted son to the patriarch, or engage him, or outright kill him.

The Elders of Burnfang family and the consultants of Dennisiowa favored the third option. It was also the safest one.

However, a part of the "Burnfangs"—including the current patriarch, did not wish for him to die just like that.

A Chaos Wizard with thirteen "Scars of Blaze Tooth," even if unable to progress to gold, is a person of immense talent. Chaos Wizards are generally only knocked unconscious, controlled, and not directly killed due to their explosive death property after passing... but this issue does not exist in Arthur’s case.

Those "Scars of Blaze Tooth" hidden beneath his clothes could be transformed into "eyes" through the sacrificial ritual; and the ability to cast spells in a 360-degree radius without gestures gave him the strongest "deterrence."