Wizard Earl

The current situation is different. Milik now wants Connor and Dezel to compare what they've been doing in the Navas Forest: hunting down a vicious black wizard named Firo who practices blood magic. Leaving aside how powerful Firo is, and whether there are any clues to find him...

But even in their current environment, the monsters in the Navas Forest are enough to give them a hard time. The bloody example of their recent encounter with the Blackblood Fox Bear is right in front of them. Why not learn from this lesson?

This time, encountering a family of Blackblood Fox-Bears was considered lucky. Blackblood Fox-Bears aren't particularly fast, and they were fast runners. Although four Arbitrators were killed, none were seriously injured, and the survivors maintained basic combat strength without major injuries. However, if they followed Milik's orders to hunt down Filo in the Navas Forest, the probability of them encountering magical beasts again would be practically inevitable. And if they were unlucky, total annihilation was entirely possible…

If the storm token that Milik produced did not belong to Hummels, but to another cardinal, then as an experienced and senior official wizard in the Church of Storms, Dezelby might have been able to find a way to either evade or deflect Milik's order and simply get away with it.

However, the cardinal Milik represented was Cardinal Hummels, the most powerful cardinal under Pope Ilsank of the Storm Church. Disobeying Milik's orders was, in a sense, offending Hummels and the next pope of the Storm Church. Thinking of this, Dezerby, who had spent his entire life in the Church and deeply felt the immense authority of the papacy, couldn't help but tremble from the depths of his soul…

Time ticked by, and after a moment of deliberation, Dezelby, caught in a dilemma, still hadn't made a final decision. He carefully chose his words and said to Milik, "Milik, what you've said is of great importance. As the leader of our team, I need to consider it carefully and plan it thoroughly!"

At this point, Dezerby glanced at the already dim sky and continued, "It's getting late, and it would be dangerous to act at night, so let's rest here for the night!"

Sensing Dezerby's somewhat insincere attitude, Milik was genuinely dissatisfied. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Dezerby preemptively said earnestly, "Milik, allow me to rest for the night. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow morning!"

Seeing that Dezerby had put it this way, even though he held the Storm Token of Cardinal Hummels, Dezerby was also a first-level wizard with extensive connections within the church. If he were to press Dezerby further, he might be able to force him to agree, but it would feel somewhat like abusing his power. If this got back to the Storm Church and his colleagues, who already had reservations about his style, found out, they would have even more grounds to impeach him.

Thinking this, Milik swallowed back the words he was about to say. He glanced at Dezerby, figuring the man wouldn't dare disobey the Storm Token representing Cardinal Hummels. He hesitated for a moment, then said to Dezerby in a low voice with a hint of warning, "Since Dezerby wants to rest for the night, that's fine, but you should think carefully. This is Cardinal Hummels's order!"

Although Milik reluctantly agreed to De Zerbi's request, the coercive intent he used through Cardinal Hummels was obvious to everyone, not just De Zerbi. However, De Zerbi was a very shrewd man; his expression didn't change, and he nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

Now that an agreement had been reached, Milik didn't say anything more about it, and returned to his seat to close his eyes and begin cultivating. Seeing Milik like this, a barely perceptible glint flashed in De Zelby's eyes, and then, in front of Milik, he said to Connor, "Connor Ferguson, you'll stand guard for five hours tonight, and then I'll take your place!"

Connor didn't say anything to De Zelby's instructions. He just glanced at De Zelby and then turned to accept the order, heading into a nearby forest to keep watch. Seeing that Connor understood his meaning, De Zelby's eyes became slightly complicated, but the cunning old fox quickly returned to normal, sat back down in his seat, and closed his eyes to meditate and recover.

Although De Zelby and Connor's exchange took place in front of Milik, Milik, who was in meditation, was unaware of anything unusual and remained immersed in his recovery. In recent days, in order to make up for his mistakes, kill Philo, and win back Cardinal Hummels' trust, Milik could truly be described as risking his life. Just now, in order to save De Zelby and his group, he fought a fierce battle with the Black Blood Fox Bear. Milik was now greatly exhausted and in dire need of meditation to recover.

In Milik's view, although their group had gained temporary safety in this area of ​​the small waterfall, they were still in the Navas Forest, where monsters roamed in large numbers, and danger could strike at any time.

Especially at night like now, under the influence of the Blood Moon, the monsters are extremely excited. One second it may be calm and peaceful, but the next second it may be the start of a killing spree. So under such circumstances, it is very normal to arrange for people to be on guard and keep watch for everyone.

As for the selection of people to take night duty, Dezerby arranged for him and Connor to be in charge. Although it seemed a bit surprising at first glance, Milik thought about it and realized that it was actually reasonable. After all, those church arbitrators only had the cultivation of wizard apprentices. If they were to take night duty, those powerful magical beasts might have already gotten close to them before they even reacted.

Therefore, for everyone's safety, the person in charge of the night watch should be a formal wizard in the team. Since Dezerby couldn't command himself, who possessed Cardinal Hummels' Storm Token, he could only arrange for him and Connor Ferguson to take the night watch.