Wizard Earl

Connor sighed inwardly for a while. Seeing that Dezelby had been resting for some time and looked like he might wake up at any moment, Connor didn't dare to delay any longer and resumed his actions. He took out a peculiar bone pen from his spatial ring, which looked like it was made from the bones and hair of some kind of magical beast, and began to write something in the air.

As the bone pen was swung, a barely perceptible energy fluctuation filled the air. After writing for more than ten seconds, Connor's expression finally began to relax. Then he took out a colorful crystal ball from his spatial ring and placed it on the ground. As the crystal ball came into contact with the floor of the wooden house, a thick layer of grayish-white mist immediately rose into the space of the wooden house.

Connor, enveloped in this grayish-white mist, leisurely looked up at the wisp of steam above his head, and that eerie smile reappeared on his face.

Discovering the vapor meant Connor had solved the "arithmetic problem" of De Zelby's surveillance. But this didn't mean the end; on the contrary, it was just a new beginning. What Connor wanted was never to discover how De Zelby was spying on him. That was merely a necessary step in Connor's process to achieve his goal. What Connor wanted from the beginning was to avoid surveillance and do what he wanted to do.

In that case, a new problem arises: how should Connor deal with this cloud of water vapor floating above his head?

Avoiding surveillance would be simple. Connor, having discovered the cloud of vapor, could simply use magic to dispel it. However, if he did that, De Zelby, realizing he could no longer monitor Connor with the Crystal Book, would inevitably notice something was amiss. At that point, although Connor would have avoided surveillance, he would still have to face De Zelby and be unable to do what he wanted.

So, in order to avoid being monitored without letting De Zelby notice, Connor had to use his brain and come up with a way that would satisfy both sides.

After careful consideration, Connor has made his current decision: he will use illusions to deceive Dezellby and the crystal book.

Don't you, De Zelby, like to spy?

Alright, Connor will grant his request. He'll use illusions to create scenes that will mislead DeSelby into believing that the illusions he saw in the crystal book are what Connor is doing. With the illusions protecting him, Connor can then do whatever he wants without worry.

Having done all this, Connor, now completely at ease, first waved his hand to create an invisible and colorless barrier to shield himself from any potential energy fluctuations in his cabin. Then, he took out a long wooden box from his spatial ring.

Carefully opening the wooden box, one could see the crimson cross sword that Connor had obtained from the ancient tomb during the day lying quietly inside, awaiting Connor's arrival.

Connor's gaze settled on the cross-shaped sword, his expression becoming somewhat complex. During the day in the underground tomb, in his eagerness to meet Dezel, Connor had only briefly examined the sword and gained a general understanding of its fire attribute. However, such a short time in the tomb could not have yielded a comprehensive assessment. To better utilize the sword in the future, Connor needed to conduct a more detailed second examination to deepen his understanding of its properties.

Now that the problem of Dezerby monitoring him has been solved, Connor finally has the opportunity to examine this first Tier 3 enchanted item that he has come into contact with so far!

That's right!

This crimson cross sword is a genuine Tier 3 enchanted item; otherwise, given the stringent requirements for a soul to parasitize an enchanted item, the tomb owner's soul would not have been able to parasitize this cross sword.

When the cross sword shattered from the crystal coffin and appeared before Connor, Connor, being an alchemist with an extremely strong sense for enchanted items, immediately realized that this fire-attribute cross sword was different from other second-tier enchanted items.

When Connor realized this, he was naturally overjoyed. However, he also discovered the next second that there seemed to be something wrong with the cross sword, which made its power significantly weaker than that of a normal third-tier enchanted item described in the book. That's why Connor didn't use magic to knock it down in the ancient tomb, so as to avoid further damage to the cross sword.

Instead, they chose to use the Castia Staff to slowly subdue the fire-attribute cross sword. Although this took more time, it ensured that the cross sword would not suffer secondary damage.

After obtaining the cross-shaped sword and eliminating the soul of the tomb's owner that was parasitizing it, Connor immediately conducted his first examination of the sword.

The results of this first test immediately dampened Connor's excitement at obtaining a Tier 3 enchanted item. While there was no doubt that the fire-attribute cross sword was a Tier 3 enchanted item, its internal rune structure was damaged by about 30%, and some of this damage was irreparable and permanent.

According to alchemical theory, if more than 50% of the rune structure inside a demonized item is damaged, there is a 90% or higher chance that the item will be scrapped. Therefore, 30% damage to the rune structure is already a very serious injury. If the damaged rune structure is more than 10 percent higher, approaching 50%, then even if this fire-attribute cross sword is not scrapped, it will not be able to maintain its rank as a third-tier demonized item.

Although it's unknown what happened to this fire-attribute cross sword and its ancient tomb owner hundreds of years ago, judging from the damage to the sword's rune structure, Connor initially concluded that the tomb owner must have encountered some danger before his death. This is why the exceptionally powerful fire-attribute cross sword suffered such severe damage. Otherwise, in a normal crisis, a third-tier enchanted item would not have been damaged to such an extent.

Furthermore, considering that the tomb owner did not come to maintain or repair the cross sword despite its severe damage, it is possible that the tomb owner died shortly after encountering danger, leaving no time for any maintenance of the cross sword.