Wizard Earl

Looking at the empty room, Giovanni sighed helplessly. While Christant, who had spearheaded the operation, didn't show his disappointment as openly as Giovanni, the dejection in his eyes was clearly visible…

"They haven't been gone long!" Although there were no obvious traces in the room, the experienced Christant immediately came to this conclusion after looking around the room.

After saying this, Christant walked out of the room, seemingly to chase after Bisping and Southgate, while Andrew, with a big beard, followed closely behind, leaving Giovanni alone in the room.

Seeing this, Giovanni adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and gestured to his men downstairs to prepare to inspect the room. Just then, an unusual energy fluctuation erupted from the room. Giovanni, sensing the energy fluctuation, was merely surprised, but Christant, who hadn't gone far, suddenly changed color and roared frantically, "Giovanni, you bastard, run! There's an alchemical bomb!"

Reminding Giovanni, Christant, while Andrew flew downstairs, commanded the twenty-four Storm Church Arbitrators who were on standby below: "Saint Cato's Golden Light Array! Immediately!"

At this critical moment, the Arbitrators, who had undergone years of training and worked together seamlessly, heard Christante's command and immediately began to cast spells with the magical items in their hands.

Although they didn't know where the alchemical bomb was, Giovanni chose to trust Christant and immediately ran out of the window and flew downstairs.

The moment Giovanni flew out of the room, a deafening explosion erupted from within, sending flames bursting forth. Although Giovanni had been blown out of the room before the explosion, the massive shockwave from the blast nearly caused him to fall to the ground while still airborne.

Fortunately, at that moment, the magic circle formed by the twenty-four Storm Church arbitrators below the residential building was completed, creating a huge pale golden barrier that covered the entire building. Under the effect of the magic circle, the explosion in room 301 was instantly brought under control. Although Giovanni was covered in dust, he was lucky enough to land safely on the ground.

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One minute after the explosion in the Academian neighborhood, on the Frosinone-to-the-outside Fabugares Avenue, a brown-haired young man in a worker's uniform squinted and looked back in the direction of the Academian neighborhood.

"These guys have a really sharp nose..."

After a complex look of mockery and doubt flashed in his eyes, Southgate, disguised as the brown-haired young man, muttered to himself:

As an alchemist, Southgate naturally understood an alchemical principle: existence leaves traces. No matter how he tried to conceal or cover it up, as long as the people of the Storm Church were capable enough and had enough methods, they could still find some clues in that room 301.

So, before leaving, Southgate simply planted a lycanonical bomb in the room. After Southgate and Bispin left, any wizard entering the room would trigger the bomb and cause an explosion…

This way, all traces would be destroyed by the shockwave from the explosion, which would better help him and Bispin to hide, and also alert Southgate to the speed at which the enemy was approaching.

Although he had received a warning from the professor and knew that his and Bispin's hiding place in the Akkadian community had been exposed, the Storm Church had launched an operation in just half an hour. Southgate was secretly surprised by the speed of the operation, and at the same time, he felt a little grateful and awe for Reyes, the professor of the secret society.

Without Reyes' warning, there's no doubt that he and Bispin, completely unaware of what was happening, would have been caught red-handed in the Akkadian community. Given the Storm Church's strength in Frosinone, both Southgate and Bispin would likely have been doomed. From this perspective, it's not an exaggeration to say that Reyes saved his life.

And most importantly, if the Church of Storms wanted to eliminate him and Bispin, it would conservatively require at least three official wizards. The joint operation of three official wizards would be no small matter in any wizarding organization, and could be considered top secret intelligence.

The fact that Reyes was able to obtain this intelligence before their operation and pass it on made Southgate realize just how deep the waters ran in this matter, and this involuntarily instilled in him a sense of fear towards Reyes…

Furthermore, taking all this information into account, a question involuntarily arose in Southgate's mind!

Was someone within the upper echelons of the Storm Church secretly tipping Reyes off? Otherwise, how would Reyes know about such top-secret movements of the Storm Church?

With his doubts in mind, Southgate walked along the Avenue of Fabrice Gareth and the outline of the Demiral Estate, where Reyes had sent them to meet, began to emerge in his field of vision.

Five minutes later, Sosgues slipped into the manor without a sound. Just as he was wondering where to look for Reyes in this vast manor, a gentle, very magnetic baritone voice suddenly rang in his ear without any warning.

"Long time no see, Southgate. Please come to the central tower of the manor; I'll be waiting for you there."

Although some time had passed since Southgate parted ways with Reyes at the Bernabéu in the capital, he immediately recognized Reyes' voice and his expression turned serious as he looked toward the central tower.

The central tower, over twenty meters tall, was constructed entirely of gray stone bricks, giving it a very simple appearance. In a world where the construction industry was not yet highly developed, it was already considered a very tall building. In Southgate's view, at the very top of the tower, in a small pavilion, a middle-aged man dressed in white with a refined demeanor was sitting in a chair, leisurely reading a book.

This middle-aged man was none other than Professor Reyes, the boss of Southgate and Bispin, and the number two figure in the Secret Society!