From that moment on, Celine and her demon father became mortal enemies. Since childhood, she had been constantly evading her father's pursuit, until finally, when Norman Harris personally entered the continent of Feloman, she had nowhere left to run and began to fight back.

"I can't choose my birth, but I can choose the path I walk!"

"My father? Hmph! He's just a pile of shit in the abyss!"

"I swear I will kill him!"

"Oh, Luke Carter, you really are an interesting mage. Honestly, I think I've fallen in love with you. Hehe, you didn't take that seriously, did you?"

"Fool, I love watching you mortals act so silly."

During his previous life while doing quests, the words of Celine·芙兰 echoed in Luke Carter's mind, and every smile and frown of Celine was etched clearly in his heart.

Although she was just an NPC, the game company had crafted this NPC with incredible depth and detail—her pain, her perseverance, her mischievous temper, her stunning beauty, and that aura countless players called 'sweet evil'—all of it deeply fascinated Luke Carter.

For a long time, Luke Carter even had the illusion that this NPC truly existed.

However, Luke Carter quickly snapped out of it.

He knew that this Celine probably wasn't the infamous demon princess, because the woman in his memory had eyes as black as night, thick black hair, two tiny demon fangs peeking from her red lips, and two cute little horns on her forehead. But this Celine was blonde with blue eyes—the two were completely different.

"I'm really crazy, getting distracted by her at a time like this. She's just an NPC in the game. Maybe she exists in this other world, but she's definitely not the same person."

Forcing that unforgettable longing deep into his heart, Luke Carter followed Celine into the teleportation tower.

Inside the tower was a hall, with the floor covered in numerous runes. Around the hall stood four obelisks, their tops shimmering with a watery white light.

The teleportation tower was small, with only a single teleportation rune, allowing only one person to teleport at a time.

Looking at the teleportation rune, the quest issued by the game system resurfaced in Luke Carter's mind.

Cut off communications, prevent the dark elves from using the teleportation tower to contact the dark elf army outside the city—this quest's objective was crystal clear: to delay the arrival of the dark elf army.

Perhaps this would only buy an hour or two, but that time was extremely precious. The dark elves' operation was a surprise attack, every second counted, and every moment wasted could bring an unexpected turning point for the entire city of Greystone.

Originally, Luke Carter had intended to abandon the quest, but after witnessing countless tragedies along the way, he suddenly hesitated.

"Maybe I should destroy this tower. If I do, maybe I can save a lot of people," he thought to himself.

Celine's voice rang out again: "Hey, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep spacing out? Hurry up, I'm about to leave. You follow after me."

She was already standing on the teleportation rune.

Luke Carter looked up at her. At that moment, her beautiful face overlapped with the demon princess from his past life, deeply stirring Luke Carter's heart.

"Yes, the teleportation tower must be destroyed. Only then, after Celine leaves, will the dark elves be unable to use it to pursue her. And I'll get 20 free points—I can definitely find another way to escape Greystone City!"

Luke Carter finally made up his mind. He would complete the quest and destroy the teleportation tower.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Celine. He had a feeling that if he did, Celine would definitely stay and face it with him, which would be far too dangerous.

A faint smile appeared on his face. "I just thought of a magical problem and got lost in thought. You go first, I'll follow right after. I'll activate the teleportation rune for you."

Activating the teleportation rune was simple—just channel some mana into the activation rune.

Luke Carter tapped the activation rune with his wand. Instantly, the four obelisks around the hall shot four beams of white light toward a core teleportation rune at the top of the hall. The massive rune was immediately activated, and a pillar of white light filled with countless rune phantoms descended from above, enveloping Celine within it.

Celine's body was instantly swallowed by the white light. When the light faded, there was no trace of her on the teleportation rune.

With his last attachment gone, Luke Carter breathed a sigh of relief.

He activated the teleportation tower again. The obelisks around the hall once more emitted white light, but this time, there was no one on the teleportation rune.

After activating the teleportation array, Luke Carter turned and ran out of the teleportation hall. When he had run more than thirty meters away, the mysterious runes at the top of the hall once again sent down a pillar of teleportation light.

At that moment, Luke Carter turned and cast a Fireball at the teleportation rune.

The teleportation tower was a precise magical construct—destroying it was easy. As long as a small level-0 spell interfered during teleportation, the flow of mana would be thrown into utter chaos.

Within thirty meters of the teleportation tower, the use of magic was strictly forbidden—this was a rule of the Magic Academy!

'Bang!'