Wizard Earl

Without a shared interest or nuclear threat, Connor and Philo might not only be willing to unite, but could even fight each other to the death over blood witchcraft. Therefore, the level of trust between them is really low, and it is not surprising that they distrust each other and keep their own secrets.

To be honest, Firo's suspicions weren't unfounded. Connor had indeed considered the possibility of eliminating both Firo and Milik, and was even tempted by it. He had even included some unspoken contingency plans within the magic array when setting it up, in case the situation changed...

However, given the current situation, after careful consideration, Connor did not intend to do such a thing as discarding someone after they have served their purpose. At least for now, he still needed Firo's presence. Firo still played an irreplaceable role for him. First of all, in order to find the possible ruins in that forest, Connor still needed some key information from Firo to corroborate his judgment.

Furthermore, as long as Philo lives, he can tie down a lot of the Storm Church's energy. Even if the Storm Church intends to take action against Connor Ferguson, they will be unable to focus on dealing with him because of Philo's existence.

Having dealt with Philo's situation, Connor turned his attention back to Milik, who was trapped in the magic circle. Since being trapped, Milik had been attacking the magic circle for quite some time. However, this guy was quite decisive. After discovering that no matter how he attacked, the Anseron Maze remained unmoved, and that the energy consumed by casting spells inside the magic circle was many times greater than outside, Milik immediately gave up attacking the magic circle. He then hid in a corner of the magic circle, taking potions to maintain his energy reserves while remaining vigilant and waiting for the opportunity to break the magic circle.

Although Milik's actions were arguably the best option given his current situation, Connor wasn't particularly concerned. He simply maximized the array's pressure, increasing Milik's energy consumption within it. In Connor's eyes, given Milik's strength, falling into the array was practically a death sentence. The only remaining question was how Milik would die...

Because some time had already been wasted in his conversation with Connor, Philo only rested for twenty minutes before stopping and standing up. Seeing that Philo was ready, Connor, who was holding the compass and controlling the magic circle, did not hesitate and pointed directly at the compass. The magic circle immediately showed a light gate that could only pass through one person at a time.

Although the appearance of the portal did not have any effect on the magic circle where Milik was, the moment the portal appeared, Milik, who was on guard in the corner of the magic circle, noticed its location and realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for to break out of the formation had arrived. Milik immediately took action, and his whole body transformed into a white stream of light in the magic circle and headed straight for the portal.

Milik was fast and his movements were sudden, without any prior warning. However, Connor, who was controlling the array, had already anticipated that this guy waiting for an opportunity would pull such a trick. A mocking smile immediately appeared on his face. The next second, Milik, who was heading straight for the light gate, crashed heavily into the light barrier of the array and was bounced back hard. It turned out that the light gate was just a decoration, and in reality, it was just a thick light barrier.

Meanwhile, opposite Milik, another portal of light appeared. Philo swiftly entered the magic circle through this portal. As soon as Philo entered, the portal vanished. Then, under Connor's control outside the magic circle, a thick green mist appeared out of thin air within the circle…

Feeling the green mist further suppressing his mental perception, Philo, whose body had just crashed hard into the light barrier and broken several ribs, ignored the pain of his broken bones and immediately took out the blue light ball from his spatial ring. He carefully observed the surrounding situation, searching for Philo's whereabouts hidden in the green mist.

As a wizard of the Church of Storms, Milik received very orthodox and comprehensive wizarding knowledge in the monastery of the Church of Storms as soon as he became a wizard. Although he is not an alchemist or apothecary, he has a certain understanding of alchemy and potion making.

So, although he didn't know what kind of formation had trapped him, Milik had basically figured out its characteristics based on his knowledge. It was a formation with limited offensive power, focusing on trapping enemies and concealment. Otherwise, even though he had a premonition of danger outside, he wouldn't have been completely unable to discover this hidden formation.

It was precisely because he realized this that Milik made that choice just now, stopping his attack on the light barrier and waiting for an opportunity to appear. Unfortunately, although Milik made the right choice, Connor was clearly a step ahead, manipulating the array with a mix of feints and real attacks to deceive Milik.

Now that he saw Filo infiltrate the formation, in Milik's mind, this undoubtedly meant that the other party did not intend to delay him any longer, but was preparing for a quick victory!

Under the cover of the green mist, Philo silently took out a dagger from his spatial ring and held it in his hand, quietly approaching Milik in the corner of the magic circle. Although the dagger looked ordinary and had nothing special about it, Connor, as an alchemist who was very sensitive to enchanted items, noticed his presence immediately.

"This Philo really does have some wealth!"

Sitting outside the magic circle, holding a compass, Connor murmured in surprise. Before this moment, Connor only knew that Firo had a very strange harmonica that could produce a clear bell sound. It was a top-tier second-order enchanted item with extremely powerful energy. Connor had even suffered from this harmonica in his battle with Firo.

But Connor really didn't expect that Philo, besides that harmonica, also had this dagger!

Although the dagger held in Philo's hand was inconspicuous and its purpose was unknown, its status as a top-tier second-order enchanted item was undeniable. Although Connor knew from their previous interactions that Philo was quite wealthy, the fact that he possessed two top-tier second-order enchanted items was still completely unexpected.