Wizard Earl

Although both tests yielded the somewhat embarrassing result of finding no suspicious signs, this did not dispel Connor's doubts; on the contrary, it aroused even more suspicion in Connor!

Clean!

It's so clean!

There's absolutely no problem!

As Reyes's student and the only person in the world to have been taught "Reyes Alchemy" by Reyes, Connor naturally knew the characteristics of the alchemy created by his mentor Reyes.

Reyes' method of setting up arrays stemmed not only from his being a psychic wizard, whose mental power directly influences array formations, but also from his meticulous attention to the concealment of their effects. Even alchemists with deep knowledge of arrays would find it difficult to detect their presence without understanding Reyes's array-setting habits.

This is why Connor has such doubts even though he hasn't found anything in these five small hills. From a rational perspective, Reyes's alchemy skills and magic array abilities are undoubtedly far superior to Connor's, the student.

Therefore, under these circumstances, Connor felt it was normal that he hadn't found any clues about the magic array in this nameless hill. If he had seen the clues of the magic array in this nameless hill at a glance, then either Reyes had deliberately revealed it, or it wasn't a magic array set up by Reyes.

Thinking of this, Connor turned his gaze back to Philo on the nameless hill. Philo was standing on the hill, looking up at the blood moon in the sky, looking very melancholy.

In the past few hours, he has thoroughly searched this nameless hill, and even the family of earth-fire rats that have been thriving underground for countless years were all dragged out by Philo without missing a single one.

Even though Philo had done almost everything he could, he, like Connor who was lurking in the shadows and secretly observing, found nothing in that nameless hill...

Seeing that his and Firo's plans had reached a dead end, Connor took out his pocket watch and looked at it. He saw that nearly four hours had passed since he and Firo parted ways. Connor nodded slightly. Although four hours was still a bit tight, it was about enough time. He could take a look around Green Leaf Slope and then run back and forth from here. If he went back now, it wouldn't arouse Firo's suspicion.

Quietly emerging from the bushes, Connor pretended to have just returned from Green Leaf Slope and flew dusty towards the nameless hill where Philo was. Philo, who was currently at a loss and quite frustrated, was slightly surprised to see Connor return so quickly. However, after glancing at the sky and realizing that several hours had passed, his expression returned to normal. Once Connor was behind him, he proactively asked, "How's the situation at Green Leaf Slope?"

Faced with Philo's questioning, Connor, who hadn't gone to Green Leaf Slope at all, could only shake his head vaguely. Perhaps Connor's acting skills were too superb, and coupled with his thick skin, he could lie as easily as ever, so Philo didn't find any flaws and a hint of regret appeared in her eyes.

"Did you find anything here?" Connor, having successfully fooled Philo, noticed the regret in her eyes. After a moment's hesitation, even though he knew Philo was there and hadn't found anything, he still feigned curiosity and asked her, so as not to let Philo know he hadn't gone to Green Leaf Slope.

Unaware that everything he had just done had been seen by Connor, who was hiding in the bushes, Philo, already feeling helpless, showed a bitter expression on his handsome face after hearing Connor's question. He then carefully chose his words and said to Connor, "I haven't found anything yet, Connor, you can take a look..."

Connor, who already knew the answer, nodded slightly, then asked again, "Philo, didn't you say you could sense the blood coagulation beads your father left here? Have you found the blood coagulation beads your father left behind?"

When Connor asked his second question, Philo's face immediately turned extremely awkward. He didn't know how to bring it up with Connor. He had previously been so certain that the Blood Clotting Bead left by his father was here, but now he had not only failed to find the ruins, but he also couldn't find the Blood Clotting Bead itself.

Although Philo hadn't explained yet, seeing his liver-like face, Connor knew the result. He shook his head and didn't press further. Then he began to conduct a third inspection of the unnamed hill.

Seeing that Connor seemed quite interested in the small hill, Philo was somewhat surprised. Just now, Connor had been very dismissive of the hill and his explanation, and had refused his invitation to inspect it together. Why was Connor now starting to inspect it when Philo had found nothing?

Connor Ferguson did this because he found nothing at Green Slope either, so he regarded this hill as his last hope, or perhaps he discovered something here that he had not found on his own.

Just as Philo was pondering Connor's motives, Connor suddenly pointed to the center of the hill and said to Philo, "Dig a pit over there that's at least twenty meters deep and five meters wide and long. Make sure the pit is as sturdy as possible, so it doesn't collapse when washed away!"

Hearing Connor give him orders, Philo instinctively wanted to refuse, but the words caught in his throat. He hesitated, then asked Connor, "What do you need this pit for?"

"Explode!" Connor answered Philo's question without any pretense.

"Explosion? What exactly do you want to do?" Although Connor gave a very direct answer, Philo, who didn't have a deep understanding of alchemy, didn't understand what Connor wanted to do at all, and asked in annoyance:

Although he really didn't want to explain to the idiot Philo what he was doing, Connor, thinking about how he would need Philo's help with what he was about to do, explained somewhat helplessly, "Philo, since you're so sure the ruins are hidden in this nameless little hill, I'll just trust you this once!"