My Free Will System: Transmigrating Into My Favorite Immersion Game

[New Task Available!]

[Task: Help Carius of the Flares to kill King Alaric, consequences be damned! Get more stories at m_vl_em_p_yr

Reward: 700 000 FWP, Intermediate skill

Failure: Nil

Time limit: Nil

Will you accept the Task?

〔Yes〕or 〔No〕

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'What! A task to join forces with Carius? And with that reward FWP?! That's crazy.

Does this mean the system wants me to help Carius? Why?'

Carius opened up his arms, "So what is it going to be? There isn't enough time, It's only a matter of time before the soldiers and mages get everything under control, then I'll miss my one chance at the king" He said

Elias had a troubled look on his face, "I've made my choice," He said, before choosing 〔No〕

"I will not be helping you kill the king," Elias declared boldly. Deep within his mind, Elias was crying about losing so many FWPs.

'No matter how tempting that offer was, I can't take it. Killing the King is a big No. Besides, why should I help Carius because the system wants me to?

What is the whole point of having free will if my next move or decision is based on what the system wants?

Am I not the one who is being steered away from fate?'

[+500 000 FWP]

"Look below you Carius, don't you see how big the kingdom is? So many people live their lives, each life a different universe from the next.

The path you're about to go down will end up destroying several of those universes and inevitably your own. I urge you to reconsider your choice if it is truly freedom that you seek." Elias said, in a last attempt to convince Carius

Carius looked over the edge of the sanguine crystal platform he stood on, and he saw the entire kingdom of Eldoria.

The kingdom of Eldoria was vast and wide, from where Carius stood, he could see that Eldoria resembled a flower. He could District Five, the largest District in the whole of the kingdom filled with packed buildings, houses both large and small. Its borders closing it in in form of a circle

The district was Surrounded by the other four districts, they had the same circular borders, but were significantly smaller than the fifth district in size, and not as packed.

Carius could see the rising black flames of the explosions he was responsible for, it was as large as he thought it was from where he was standing, but that didn't change the fact that it was there and he could see.

"If only you could hear the cries of the people down there as loud as I can. They cry for water, they cry for help, they point and blame in confusion, trying to pin their losses on something, something and they cry for their loved ones to come back, their loved ones that you robbed them of because of your actions.

Innocent people are dragged into something they know not about. This is what is happening, and it is going to happen on a much larger scale, if you go down this path Carius," Elias said, his tone low and sincere

Hearing Elias' words, a memory resurfaced in Carius' mind. It was the day his father went to the King to propose his solution to the King's 'problem' of the Flares. He remembered how his father begged and begged but still got killed, he remembered how Flares like him got forcefully put into shackles despite their pleas and cries.

He remembered how the rest of the people just watched as everything unfolded without offering help.

Carius' once-melting expression froze over in an instant, " Innocent people? Their cries? I couldn't care less!

There's no such thing as Innocent people in this kingdom, how can you call them Innocent when they watched as me and my people were collared like dogs and reduced to mindless pets left to be dragged around?

Everyone saw what happened and did nothing to help, not even a single word of opposition to the King's mad law. They are just as guilty as the king himself, and they deserve no pity, not the slightest.

Talking to me about tears, if I were to gather the tears shed by all the Flares, I could probably drown this forsaken kingdom ten times over!"

It was clear that there was nothing Elias could say that would convince Carius to change his mind. The man was boiling over with red rage, his words were like fire dragged from the hell of a life he had been put through.

"Carius…"

Carius raised his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, red particles began to form in the air, seeing this, Elias immediately covered his nose and mouth.

"Ward of null," He casted, and a barrier instantly engulfed him. All the crystal particles within the ward instantly disappeared. The ward of null, as its name implies, has the ability to nullify all magic that crosses into its range and territory.

Seeing as all the crystals disappeared, Elias dropped his arms to his side and shot Carius an intense glance

Carius asked, "Do you intend to fight me, Elias Ashdown?"

"Only if you attack me first," Elias replied

"I watched you fight, you're strong, very strong, and on a normal day, I wouldn't think of fighting you like this after what I witnessed.

But that's on a normal day, today isn't a normal day, is it? You fought those mages and used that massive spell.

That would have drained a lot of your mana, it's only a matter of time before your mana runs out and that ward of yours comes undone," Carius said

Elias smirked confidently, "I wouldn't be so sure if I were you," He said

"Elias Ashdown, you have chosen the wrong side, therefore you will die for it," Carius said and with a thought, he broke off the part of the crystal platform that Elias stood on

Gravity gladly took over and once again, Elias resumed his death fall.