Wizard Earl

Upon hearing Jason's explanation, Pastor Chiesa seemed to have finally made a decision. He turned to Jason beside him and said, "You and I, two old men, are only responsible for observing the situation here. The current situation is beyond our capabilities and is not something we should concern ourselves with. In short, let's report it and let the higher-ups handle this matter!"

As soon as old Chiesa finished speaking, and as Jensen was pondering, the crystal ball representing Milik, which had already dimmed, suddenly emitted a clear sound.

"Click!"

With a crisp sound, the crystal ball shattered into several small pieces, which fell to the ground. Seeing this, the two priests, Jansen and Old Kiesa, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. After exchanging a glance, they immediately followed procedure. Jansen cast a spell to put the crystal ball fragments into a dark, specially made metal box, while Old Kiesa took out a padlock and carefully locked the metal box himself.

After doing all this, old Chiesa nodded emphatically to Jensen, then took the box from his hand, hurriedly walked out of the secret room, and went down into the depths of the underground Church of Saint Antis. After passing through a series of restrictions and guard checks, old Chiesa, carrying the specially made metal box, appeared in front of the door of a secret room.

Although the door was tightly closed and there was no one in front of it, old Chiesa still dared not be careless. He bowed deeply to the door and then raised the black metal box high with both hands.

Three seconds after old Chiesa lifted the metal black box, something strange happened. The seemingly heavy metal black box mysteriously floated in the air, and the tightly closed door of the secret room opened a crack, allowing the metal black box to fly in. After the metal black box flew in, a deep and aged voice came from behind the door of the secret room.

Tell me, who died?

"Reporting to Lord Valdes, it is Milik!" Old Chiesa said respectfully to Valdes, who was cultivating in the secret chamber.

"I understand, you can leave!" Having received the answer he wanted, Valdes said calmly from inside the secret room.

Upon hearing Valdes's order, old Chiesa instinctively wanted to obey and leave, but then he seemed to remember something and froze in place, his expression hesitant.

"Chiesa, is there anything else you want to tell me?" Seeing Chiesa standing still, Valdes, who could only be heard but not seen in the secret room, seemed intrigued and asked again:

When questioned by Valdes, the old priest Chiesa, who had hesitated to speak, immediately spoke without reservation: "Lord Valdes, it's like this. Before the crystal ball representing Lord Milik shattered, its light completely dimmed, and then it shattered..."

Old Chiesa's words immediately caught Valdes's attention in the secret chamber. No sooner had Old Chiesa finished speaking than Valdesa confirmed, "Chiesa, are you saying that before Milik died, his crystal ball had already lost its light? How long did that last?"

"That's right, that's how it is. When I discovered this, I was still hesitating whether to report it to you, Valdes. Just as I was hesitating, the crystal ball shattered into pieces. As for the crystal ball not shining, it lasted for about five minutes!" Old Chiesa thought for a moment and honestly told Valdes in the secret room about his discovery.

After Old Chiesa finished speaking, Valdes behind the door of the secret room fell silent. This silence made Old Chiesa increasingly uneasy, seeing that Lord Valdes cared so much about the detail of the crystal ball's dim light.

Old Chiesa began to realize that if the disappearance of the light from the Milik crystal ball was such a big deal, then his hesitation about whether to report it was just a waste of time.

Thinking of this, the white-haired old Chiesa began to feel a little regretful. Why did he have to be so talkative and tell Valdes about this situation? Wouldn't it have been better to just leave as Valdes ordered?

Just as old Chiesa was in turmoil, Valdes' deep voice came again from the door of the secret room.

"I know about this. Besides you, who else in Chiesa knows about this?"

"Jansen! We were on duty today, and we both witnessed the crystal ball's light disappear!" Terrified, old Chiesa betrayed his longtime friend Jansen without hesitation when questioned by Valdes.

"I don't want anyone else to know about the disappearance of the light from the Milik Crystal Ball. If I hear about this from anywhere else, you should know the consequences for Chiesa!" Valdes' calm voice clearly reached old Chiesa's ears.

"Please rest assured, Lord Valdes, Jansen and I will keep our mouths shut!" Old Chiesa immediately declared with unwavering conviction.

"Very well, you can leave now!" Valdes said to them.

Having finally received the order to leave, old Chiesa's joy was palpable. However, he still bowed deeply once more before the secret chamber where he was, before quietly departing. Little did the old man know that Valdes wasn't alone in that chamber…

Are those two people reliable?

Sitting in the secret chamber, Christant looked serious and asked Valdes in front of him. If it weren't for the crystal ball symbolizing Milik, which was now in the metal black box in front of him, he would find it hard to believe that the arrogant Milik had died in the Navas Forest.

Although this fact was extremely shocking, since it had already happened, he could only accept it.

"Your mouth is still tight enough!" Valdes said, pushing the black metal box that Chiesa had sent in front of Christant, and continued, "I can buy you at most three days. Christant, you have three days to search through these crystal fragments for the truth about Milik's death. After three days, I will deliver these crystal fragments, along with the news of Milik's death, to Cardinal Hummels!"