Wizard Earl

Could it be that what Philo said was true?

Upon discovering that both of Milik's arms were intact and that there were no unusual energy fluctuations on his body, Connor couldn't help but wonder.

With this question in mind, Connor returned to his original position and began to meditate to recover while secretly observing Milik, who was meditating with his eyes closed not far away. In this slightly eerie atmosphere, Connor, Milik, and De Zelby waited for the other arbitrators who had scattered and fled, amidst the sound of the cascading waterfall.

Over the next hour, two more arbitrators, both intermediate wizard apprentices, returned to the small waterfall in a sorry state, having escaped the Blackblood Fox Bear's pursuit.

Looking at the five Storm Church Arbitrators beside him, Dezelby, who was in charge of leading the team, had a very ugly expression. As an experienced veteran first-level wizard, he clearly understood that the golden time to get rid of a magical beast like the Blackblood Fox Bear was one hour. After one hour, the possibility of escaping from the Blackblood Fox Bear's pursuit could be described as extremely slim.

When he left Frosinone, it was a full squad of ten Arbitrators! Now, only a few days later, the squad has dwindled to just five, a loss of half its manpower. In the Church of Storms, this is a major casualty incident. Even though Dezerby is a formal wizard with a prestigious position in the church, returning to the Church of Storms with such a result would be undeniably culpable, and he would be severely punished by the higher-ups.

After waiting another ten minutes and seeing that no one had returned, Milik opened his eyes from his meditation, glanced at everyone, and said in a low voice, "They simply returned to the embrace of the Storm Goddess before us." After saying this, Milik immediately began to chant a spell.

"Martinian Kaku... Kudbama... Longan Kustanai Shasa... Andrei Fusakoz...

As Milik began chanting, all the wizards of the Church of Storms present, including Dezelby, began chanting spells. The deep, resonant sounds of the spells filled the area around the small waterfall.

Although Connor was not a wizard of the Church of Storms and did not know the meaning of the incantation being chanted by these wizards, he could still clearly feel the sorrow contained in the deep incantation. Obviously, this incantation was a spell used by the Church of Storms to soothe souls and summon spirits.

The incantation lasted for about three minutes, ending with Milik, the Arbiter of Storms who had died at the hands of the Blackblood Fox Bear. He glanced at Connor and Dezelby, then spoke: "Now I deliver an order to you all: Filo, a first-class wanted criminal of the Storm Church, is currently in this Navas Forest!"

"Cardinal Hummels has issued the order! All members of the Storm Church must hunt down Philo with all their might, alive or dead!"

After saying this with murderous intent, Milik took out a round crystal token with a red heart in the center from his spatial ring!

Connor, a dark wizard not affiliated with the Church of Storms, didn't know what the crystal token was. However, he observed that while Dezelby's expression remained unchanged upon seeing it, his hands clenched into fists. The arbitrators beside Dezelby, who were only apprentice wizards, lacked Dezelby's composure. Upon seeing the crystal token, their expressions all changed. One of the arbitrators muttered to himself, "This is the Cardinal's Storms Token..."

Although the arbitrator's voice was very soft, it still reached Connor's ears very clearly, and Connor's eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing it.

According to some rumors in the wizarding world, whenever a cardinal, second only to the Pope, is born into the Church of Storms, the church's alchemists will create a Storm Token for him based on the characteristics of his cultivation, thus symbolizing the cardinal's authority within the Church of Storms.

Because they were custom-made according to the characteristics of cultivation, each Storm Token is unique. After the Cardinal passed away, the Storm Tokens were collected by the church.

Rumor has it that besides symbolizing the Cardinal's immense power within the Storm Church—a position second only to the Cardinal himself—the Storm Token also holds significant other uses, though the specifics of these uses remain completely unknown to anyone outside the Church's highest echelons…

Judging from Milik's words, the Storm Token he presented should be the exclusive Storm Token of Hummels, the Cardinal with the highest probability of succeeding to the Pope in the Storm Church. The fact that Hummels was able to hand over the Storm Token, which symbolizes his power, to Milik shows how much he trusts Milik.

Thinking of this, Connor couldn't help but quietly focus his attention on the Storm Token in Milik's hand. As an alchemist, Connor was naturally very curious about the Storm Token, a mysterious alchemical item that represented a certain chill and possessed some unknown secret.

From an alchemist's perspective, it's clear from its appearance that the main material of this Storm Token is crystal. And judging from the feedback Connor received, the crystal used in this Storm Token is not an ordinary crystal, but seems to be the Antich crystal, which contains the highest level of energy and is the most mysterious in the wizarding world.

This small discovery immediately excited Connor. If he guessed correctly, this Storm Token belonging to Hummels really did use Antich Crystal as its main material. In that case, he had truly broadened his horizons today!

Antich crystal, a top-tier alchemical material, is said to be produced only on a mysterious island in the Storm Ocean, completely controlled by the Church of Storms.

It is said that Antich crystals only grow in small quantities over hundreds of years, and the mine is located deep in the sea, making the mining environment extremely harsh and difficult, and the mining risks are also very high.