Wizard Earl

Although he had known Reyes for decades, Southgate could still sense a chilling terror emanating from Reyes every time he met him.

Taking a deep breath, Southgate removed his disguise, revealing his true appearance. He then ascended the tower and stood before Reyes. He silently observed Reyes, whose expression remained as calm as ever, engrossed in a book of unknown contents. A question once again arose in Southgate's mind…

Although he followed Reyes's instructions and left the wizarding world's center, Bernabéu, to hide in a remote and impoverished area like Frosinone, this did not mean that Southgate was out of touch with the wizarding world. On the contrary, he was well aware of all the recent rumors circulating in the wizarding world.

In recent months, the biggest rumor in the wizarding world has undoubtedly been the fight between Professor Reyes of the Secret Society and McKennie, a third-level wizard of the Cult of the Earth God, in the capital city of Bernabeu. Although Reyes, a second-level wizard, was seriously injured by McKennie, he also managed to injure McKennie and retreated calmly!

According to this rumor, even if Reyes wasn't seriously injured, he was still severely wounded. How come he seems to have recovered almost completely in less than a year? If it weren't for the fact that Reyes' breathing was still a bit uneven, Southgate would have doubted whether the rumor that Reyes was seriously injured by McKenney was true.

Despite Southgate's best efforts to conceal his observation of Reyes, making himself appear extremely discreet, at such close range, observing Reyes—a second-level mental wizard with exceptionally keen intuition—was undoubtedly futile. No amount of effort would prevent Reyes from detecting his movements.

Setting down the book whose title he didn't know, Reyes, sitting in his chair, smiled slightly at Southgate and then snapped his fingers.

"clatter!"

With the snap of his fingers, Southgate, standing to the side, was surprised to find a stone chair appearing behind him. Just as Southgate was somewhat at a loss, Reyes smiled and said to him, "Southgate, you should already know, I fought with McKenny of the Earth God Cult and was seriously injured. Some of these wounds haven't healed yet. Southgate, please sit down and wait a while. It looks like Bispin won't be here for a bit longer."

Hearing Reyes so frankly answer his questions, Southgate quickly expressed his loyalty, saying, "I hope you take good care of yourself, Professor. If it weren't for your reminder, I'm afraid I would have perished at the hands of those bastards from the Church of Storms. If you have any orders, I will serve you to the death!"

"Excellent! Southgate, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"

Reyes nodded slightly at Southgate's statement, a clear smile appearing on his angular face, indicating his satisfaction with Southgate's response.

Just as Southgate was about to say something more, Reyes raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "Bispin isn't much slower than you..."

Upon hearing this, Southgate immediately realized that Bispin had arrived. He then extended his mental energy outward and saw a burly figure fly into the manor. This person was none other than Bispin!

The next second, Reyes' lips moved slightly, and Bispin, who had entered the manor, flew towards the tower. A dozen seconds later, Bispin appeared in front of Southgate and Reyes.

Bispin seemed somewhat surprised to see Southgate arrive before him, but he didn't say much, simply nodding slightly to Southgate as a greeting before turning to Reyes and saying, "Professor, Elena has appeared in Frosinone!"

Although it was unclear how Bispin had obtained this information, Southgate was immediately startled upon hearing the name "Elena." In the Kaman Empire, while there weren't many women with such an Odin-esque name as Elena, there must have been at least several hundred. Although there were many women named Elena, Southgate knew very well that the Elena Bispin was referring to could only be one person: the Cardinal Elena of the Storm Church!

Although he had already learned from rumors that the Church of Storms was very concerned about what was happening in Frosinone and had sent many first-level wizards, led by Christant, the intelligence director of the Black Organization, Elena's arrival still shocked Southgate.

This is the Cardinal Archbishop of Storms Church, whose position is second only to Pope Ilsanker!

Having spent so many years in the wizarding world, Southgate had heard of the Storm Church dispatching cardinals only a handful of times, countable on one hand. And each of those instances of cardinal dispatch was a major event that shook the wizarding world.

Reyes was oblivious to the shock in Southgate's eyes. Meeting Bispin's gaze, he said calmly, "I know. Also, Elena is now a level two wizard, and Ilsank has returned the Frostfire Staff to her!"

After Reyes finished speaking, without waiting for Bispin and Southgate's reactions, he snapped his fingers again, conjuring a stone chair behind Bispin and gesturing for him to sit down.

Sitting on the stone chair, Bispin and Southgate looked at each other, unsure of what to do. Seeing their expression, Reyes was not surprised. He calmly continued, "Currently, in Frosinone, the Storm Church has one second-tier wizard, Cardinal Elena, and four first-tier wizards: Christant, the Infant Supervisor of the Black Organization; Andrew, the Arbitrator Leader of the Rui Diocese; Giovanni, the Inspector of the Black Organization; and Bishop Quadraco of Frosinone. Among them, Quadraco is not skilled in combat and is not a combatant."

Reyes paused here, glancing at the expressions on Bispin and Southgate's faces, before continuing, "In the coming week, the Church of Storms will continue to send wizards to Frosinone. The exact number and strength of the personnel are unknown, but conservatively speaking, it will include a Level Two Wizard, the Divine Punisher, drawn from the Church of Storms' headquarters, the Cathedral of Saint Antis, and an Arbitrator from the Cagliari Diocese to command Level One Wizards!"