Wizard Earl

During their meeting at the bookstore in Frosinone, Firo had told Connor that while the Blood Golem could protect him from the Storm Church's methods, it would severely deplete his mana, leaving him in a state of mana exhaustion and weakened to the point of being only one-tenth of his former strength. That's why he needed Connor to provide him with alchemical bombs, recovery potions, and other items to help him through this difficult time.

However, in reality, Firo's words were just an excuse he used to get things from Connor. Casting the Blood Puppet would not cause a formal wizard like Firo to suffer from mana depletion or enter a period of weakness!

While this is true, the massive consumption of mana is unavoidable when using the Blood Puppet, a technique that almost grants a wizard an extra life. Although this mana consumption won't leave Philo completely depleted and in a weakened state where he has only a fraction of his original strength, it will certainly have a significant impact on his power.

Moreover, although the Blood Demon Puppet helped Philo withstand the deadly attack that the Storm Church had laid in his place, Philo himself still suffered a small portion of the damage. As a result, Philo's divine sea was also slightly injured. Therefore, the injury to his divine sea, coupled with the consumption of mana, resulted in Philo's current strength being roughly equivalent to about 60% of what it was like a few minutes ago before Milik crushed the white gemstone ring.

Under normal circumstances, if a wizard's strength is reduced to only 60% of its peak due to injuries and depletion of magical power, there is a greater than 90% chance that he will disappear and find a safe and reliable place to recuperate and recover his magical power. If it weren't for the big trouble of Milik by his side, Firo would have done the same.

Unfortunately, because of Milik's presence, Firo's current situation has become less normal. Firo can certainly leave and find a place to recuperate, but in doing so, he will lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of Milik. Once Milik, that mad dog, gets through this difficult time, given his personality, he will definitely not let Firo go and will relentlessly pursue and bite him.

After all, Milik already had the mission of eliminating Firo assigned to him by the Church of Storms, and coupled with the current grudge of losing his arm, he would absolutely not rest until he killed Firo. And now, he had already suffered serious injuries from the alchemical bomb explosion, and had lost an arm.

Undoubtedly, although Philo's strength is only 60% of his peak, now is the best opportunity for him to strike while the iron is hot, to take advantage of his weakness, and to get rid of the big problem that is Milik. If he misses this opportunity, he may never have another chance like this!

Hearing Milik's painful groans in his ear, Philo knew that the choice was now in his hands. Whether to "fight" or "run," he had to make a decision as soon as possible. After all, time waits for no one, and if the situation changed again, it would be very troublesome.

While "fighting" carries considerable risk at present, it could very well be a permanent solution, whereas "running away" may be safe now, but it will likely lead to trouble later...

After hesitating for three seconds, Philo gradually made up his mind. He looked regretfully in the direction from which Milik's groans came, but still ran into the depths of the forest without looking back. In the end, he made his choice and gave up the opportunity to kill Milik.

Making this decision was undoubtedly bitter for Philo. If he were ten years younger, he would never have made this decision. He would have immediately turned back and fought to the death with Milik, killing this bastard who caused him to lose his Demon Blood Puppet!

However, as he grew older, while taking away Philo's reckless courage, he also gained a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of issues.

For Firo, putting aside the crucial question of whether he could defeat Milik with 60% of his strength, the benefits of defeating Milik were not as great as he had expected!

Genius wizards like Milik, who represent the future of the Storm Church, have their spiritual imprints left at the church headquarters. As soon as they fall, the church will notice. So even if Philo manages to kill Milik with all his might, while solving the problem of Milik, he will bring even greater trouble upon himself. At that time, there is no doubt that a second-level wizard from the Storm Church, the Divine Punisher, will come to hunt him down personally!

Although Filo had previously decided to strike first, the situation was completely different then. Back then, he hadn't used his Blood Puppet yet, and eliminating Milik first would save him the Blood Puppet. Besides, Milik hadn't suffered such severe injuries then.

Because of his injuries, even if Milik goes crazy, as long as his brain hasn't been damaged by the alchemical bomb and he still thinks about his own safety, he can't immediately chase after Firo to bite him. He must first find a safe place to heal his wounds. Only after this wolf cub has licked his wounds clean will it be time for him to continue chasing Firo and fight him to the death!

So the current situation is that Firo has actually temporarily gotten rid of Milik, whereas at the time, Firo could not get rid of Milik, this fanatical extremist believer of the Storm Church, except by having a fierce fight and trying to kill him.

Since the loss of the Blood Demon Puppet is now inevitable, and he has already effectively gotten rid of Milik, there is not much benefit that Firo can gain from fighting Milik now, except for venting his anger!

Besides these reasons, there was another reason that made Philo give up and take advantage of Milick's illness to kill him, and that reason was related to Connor.

The reason Connor was willing to provide him with resources and a series of assistance, such as alchemical bombs, in that bookstore was not because Connor and Firo had a particularly good relationship, except that they had a secret collaborative plan.

The main reason Connor was willing to help Firo was that he needed Firo to live and to share the pressure from the Church of Storms, so that if Firo was killed by the Church of Storms, all the pressure would be concentrated on him alone.

If it weren't for this reason, why would Connor be willing to forge such a troublesome alchemical bomb for Philo, who was an enemy not long ago?