Wizard Earl

Demon Spirit Grass is an extremely rare magical medicine. It is one of the important materials for many medicines related to demonic energy, such as resisting demonic energy, treating demonic damage, and cultivating demonic energy. However, because it is produced in very small quantities and is difficult to cultivate artificially on a large scale, at its peak, the price of Demon Spirit Grass on the market was as high as three thousand magic stones per plant, and it was priceless.

According to ancient records, Demon Spirit Grass often grows in places related to demonic energy or near underground magical beasts. The group of evil spirit spiders that just attacked Connor and his group are typical examples of underground magical beasts. In other words, this means that Demon Spirit Grass has a certain probability of appearing in this area, which is why Dezerby looked so annoyed just now.

Although Connor had just taken out a jade box and told Dezelby that all the magic herbs in the vicinity were inside, Connor was actually just lying to Dezelby to make him believe that he had really gone to dig for magic herbs in the past hour. In reality, the jade box was empty. And that was the truth, of course. In the past hour, Connor had been in that ancient tomb deep underground. How could he have had time to search for magic herbs in the surrounding area?

Furthermore, because Varga was an apothecary, Connor's spatial ring, while containing many different kinds of potions, had very few magic potions. He gave all the magic potions he acquired in battle to Varga, so naturally Connor wouldn't keep any magic herbs on hand.

Based on the foundation laid by their joint search over the past few days, Connor was certain that, given Dezelby's steady character, he would not be so rude as to ask to see if the jade box he had taken out truly contained the Demon Spirit Grass, as long as he said so. In the end, just as Connor had expected, Dezelby did not ask to see the jade box, nor did he suspect Connor in any way.

Therefore, this operation can be described as a great success for Connor. He not only deceived De Zelby, who was responsible for monitoring his movements, but also obtained the Crimson Cross sword from the ancient tomb. Connor himself was naturally very satisfied with such an outcome.

Two hours later, in the evening, Connor, De Zelby and his group finally arrived at their second and final destination in the Campania Mountains, a swamp called Dicasa. Dicasa was closer to the outer edge of the mountains than the previous location, making it less dangerous and producing potions such as Cotero flowers and Tomichi fruits.

Therefore, every year in September and October when the potions ripen, wizards come here to harvest them. As a result, there are some wooden huts left by the potion-harvesting wizards outside the swamp, which can be used by Connor, Dezelby and his group to live in, so that they don't have to live in tents or caves as they did before.

Because it was already late, and the risks of exploring the swamp were too great, and given that Connor and his group had fought a fierce battle with the evil spiders during the day, resulting in heavy losses for everyone, and after a two-hour forced march to reach the Decasa swamp, the group was exhausted. Therefore, Connor and Dezellby reached a tacit agreement to rest in the cabin for the night, and to discuss exploring the ruins in the swamp tomorrow.

Because there are only four cabins, only Connor and Dezelby, the two official wizards, can live in one cabin by themselves. As for the remaining church arbitrators, they can only make do for the time being and squeeze into the remaining two cabins.

Sitting in the cold, damp cabin, Connor carried a crudely made iron jug and drank one sip after another. He had no magic to control the effects of the alcohol on his body, letting the pungent liquid burn within him.

Although Connor's eyes weren't fixed on the small cabin twenty meters to his left, his mind was entirely on it—the cabin where Dezerby lived.

Although neither Christant nor De Zelby explicitly stated it on this trip, everyone knew that Christant, representing the Church of Storms, distrusted Connor, a dark wizard of the secret society. De Zelby and his team of arbitrators, ostensibly to help Connor search for the ruins, were actually there to monitor Connor Ferguson!

The person primarily responsible for monitoring Connor, the "real mission," was undoubtedly De Zelby, a formal wizard. During the day, when everyone was working together, De Zelby was naturally very dutiful in carrying out his mission, making Connor feel that he was being secretly watched from behind.

But once night fell and everyone was alone after work, that old man DeZelby seemed to have forgotten his mission, and he stopped monitoring Connor. This immediately made the naturally suspicious Connor suspicious of DeZelby.

Connor naturally didn't really believe that De Zelby had truly forgotten his mission and stopped monitoring him once night fell. In his view, De Zelby was fishing for him; he wasn't actually ignoring him, but rather he was monitoring him in a different way, trying to make Connor mistakenly believe that he wasn't monitoring him at night, thus lowering his guard and falling into his trap.

Connor believed that there were probably two ways to continue monitoring him under the current circumstances. The first was to use mental power, but Dezelby knew very well that he was a mental wizard with far stronger mental power than Connor. So, as long as Dezelby wasn't out of his mind and his intelligence was still normal, he would never try to show off his skills in front of him and humiliate himself in this way.

Therefore, the possibility of using mental power to monitor oneself can basically be ruled out. So the only remaining possible method is to use demonized items!

As an alchemist, Connor had long heard that five years ago, alchemists from the Church of Storms and the Church of Earth God each used some of their best skills to create a mysterious enchanted item that could allow wizards to be spied on without their knowledge. Many dark wizards unknowingly fell victim to this mysterious enchanted item and died without ever realizing that they had fallen into the trap of the two major churches.

Because these mysterious enchanted items are so incredibly valuable and difficult to guard against, many dark wizards are actively seeking information about them to avoid being harmed by them or falling victim to the underhanded tactics of the two major churches.