The Crimson-Nova Dao Flame

Even though Felix obtained the fourth task on his first day with all of the concubines, he didn't waste too much time on it, and therefore was reading about it now. 

[Main Mission 4.4 - The Crimson-Nova Dao Flame

The Nurenth Kingdom was established by the Crimson-Nova Family due to having this Dao Flame, but they've never been able to use it to its true potential. 

Since the king dared to try and take one of your women, it's only right for you to take something that he values more than his life. 

Obtain the Crimson-Nova Dao Flame from the one who it is with. 

Rewards - The system will help you fuse with the Dao Flame 

Failure - Cancellation of Mains Mission 4, and lose one of your Nine Imperial Queens.

Time Limit - 1 Month]

Luckily the system let him know where his destination was, due to which he wouldn't need to spend a long time searching for it. 

Even though the reward of only being able to fuse with a Dao Flame, wasn't very incentive. Felix had no choice but to do it, since the whole mission was at stake, along with how it foreshadowed that he'd meet another one of his Nine Imperial Queens. 

Walking. Felix found that he was moving further and further away from the palace which was supposed to be the centre of the kingdom. 

However what made it weird was that, the further he went the more lush and green his surroundings were. Furthermore, not a single person was seen even close to the direction he was going in. 

If not for how well the path and plants were maintained, Felix might've thought that he was going to an abandoned place. 

Walking until he finally reached his destination, Felix was unable to believe that such an important Dao Flame was allowed to stay in the small house before him. 

However as he thought about how one of his future Nine Imperial Queens was guarding it, it seemed to make sense. 

Going forward, Felix was about to knock when a voice came from the inside. 

"There's no need to knock."

Hearing the voice which despite being melodious sounded sharp enough to cut anything, Felix realized that her grasp over space was many times higher than him. Since he wasn't able to sense anything inside the house, but she sensed him. 

"You're finally here. I was beginning to think that obtaining the Crimson-Nova Dao Flame might not be your true goal."

As soon as Felix heard the voice one more time just after he stepped in, he felt like he had walked into a trap. But even then he wasn't able to feel any bad intentions from the voice he was hearing. 

If anything, he felt that the voice sounded... Excited?

"Who are you?"

"Oh me? I'm Freya. Or as you might know, the so called mysterious sword practitioner of the Nurenth Kingdom. I'm also the keeper of the Dao Flame which you came here for."

No wonder. Thinking that this was his body was on defence that something might pierce him out of nowhere, Felix now felt even more curious to see who she was. And what was her relationship to the Nurenth Kingdom. 

After all, given how strong he estimated her to be, there was no way that she could've been employed by them. And based on how she didn't seem too angry that his goal was the Dao Flame, she wasn't someone who was loyal to the throne either. 

So who was she? 

"What is someone like you doing in this small kingdom?"

"Waiting."

Though he was still unable to see her, or sense where she was, her voice sounded very clear, as if she was speaking right into his ears 

"Waiting for what?"

"Not what. Whom. I'm waiting for someone."

"And who is it?"

"A very very very very handsome man, that would make me want to marry him."

"Then why are you guarding the Dao Flame?"

"Oh, that? This is the deal I agreed to."

This time even before Felix could ask, Freya explained all about the deal on her own. 

"A long while back, during the reign of the previous king, I was a talented female who was the daughter of a noble family. After seeing me, the king wanted to marry me, but I rejected him since he wasn't handsome enough."

Hearing her, Felix felt that she was very straightforward. Because never had he heard of any woman rejecting to marry a king because he wasn't handsome enough. 

"Then when they tried to force me into the marriage I warned them that I'd kill myself. So we made a deal. As long I don't find the one I'm looking for, I should stay here and protect this Dao Flame. But once I find the one I'm looking for, I'm free to do whatever I want to."

"And now that I've found the one I'm looking for... Marry me..."

As those words echoed through the silent room no sound could be heard because a woman was standing before him, with a throat to his knife. 

"If you do, this will belong to you."

At the same time, she revealed the Dao Flame which Felix came here to barter, the very Crimson-Nova Dao Flame which George valued more than his life.

Because that was meant to be the one thing he would use to break the limits and become a powerhouse after ascending. Once he figured out a way to absorb it.

After all, throughout history, everyone that tried to absorb it died without even leaving their bones behind. And the Crimson-Nova family only became strong by absorbing the residual Qi around it.