Wizard Earl

"This time, Elena has decided to compete head-on with Hummels and challenge his position as a candidate for the next pope. I think this is the result of several forces within the church working together to push things along. The elders within the church who are dissatisfied with Hummels have already secretly met with Elena."

"Furthermore, I even suspect that His Holiness Ilsank's exchange of the Frostfire Staff for Elena, increasing her power, may very well be intended to counterbalance Hummels. In recent years, Hummels and his men have indeed been too arrogant within the Church, incurring widespread wrath. His Holiness Ilsank may want to use this incident to give Hummels a warning, making him more restrained!"

"However, even so, Hummels is far ahead of others in the race to become the next pope. Even if Elena's strength has increased greatly and she has support within the church, she can only pose a slight threat to Hummels at best, and is far from being a rival."

"And once Hummels recovers, with his tough methods and ruthless tactics, Elena will have a hard time dealing with him. Her chances of survival are slim. Once Hummels really unleashes his power, how many of those who currently support Elena will still stand by her side?" Margaret said worriedly. She and Elena were in the same boat; if Elena was in trouble, she wouldn't be able to escape either.

"Margaret, if that's what you're saying, then I'm actually quite interested in meeting your sister Elena!" After carefully considering Margaret's words, Connor looked up and muttered to himself. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt Margaret grab his ear. At that moment, her beautiful eyes were gleaming coldly as she stared at him.

"Connor Ferguson, I'm warning you, if you dare to philander again, don't blame me for wiping out the Ferguson family line!" Margaret said, making a menacing gesture to warn Connor.

Seeing how sensitive Margaret was, Connor was truly at a loss for words. It took him a while to calm her down before he explained, "Margaret, are you worried that Elena's increased strength has led to overconfidence turning into arrogance, causing her to blindly challenge Hummels without considering the gap between them?"

"That's right, the gap is too big. Elena shouldn't have been provoked into challenging Reyes... Sigh!" Margaret said helplessly.

Hearing Margaret's thoughts, Connor shook his head and said, "Margaret, my opinion differs from yours. I think that Elena's direct challenge to Hummels this time, while influenced by being provoked and her own increased strength, was more out of necessity!"

"From your description, Margaret, Hummels is a very sensitive and assertive person when it comes to the issue of who will become the next pope. He persecutes every candidate who could threaten his chances of becoming the next pope."

"Previously, Elena might have been able to dispel Hummels' suspicions by showing indifference towards power and the position of Pope, but now that she has become a Level Two Wizard, she has broken Hummels' advantage in cultivation. Hummels will definitely keep an eye on her!"

"Therefore, no matter how well Elena tries to protect herself and show that she has no interest in becoming the next pope, Hummels will certainly not let her go and will do everything he can to deal with her. Now, for Elena, since Hummels is determined to deal with her anyway, she might as well take the initiative. This way, she can at least unite some people and forces who are dissatisfied with Hummels and increase her chances of defeating him." Connor explained his views on this matter to Margaret in his arms.

After listening to Connor's analysis, Margaret pondered for a while before slowly saying, "Connor, what you said makes a lot of sense. It seems I misunderstood Elena..."

At this point, Margaret suddenly changed the subject, staring at Connor calmly and saying, "Connor, you haven't even met my sister Elena yet, and you already know so much about her. Once you do, you two will definitely get along very well!"

Although Margaret's tone was very calm, Connor could still clearly sense the sarcasm and jealousy in her words. He waved his hand helplessly and then said to Margaret, "No jokes, Margaret, the church should have received news of Milik's death by now, right?"

"Of course! Milik was a staunch supporter of Hummels, so Hummels was furious about Milik's death and ordered Christante to solve the case within a limited time!" Margaret said seriously, getting back to the point. She then gave Connor a serious look, and said with a half-smile, "Connor Ferguson, do you think the murderer who killed Milik is right here?"

Since he had already mentioned Milik's death to Margaret, he naturally wouldn't hide it from her. Moreover, given that Margaret was so direct and knew his ways well, he had no need to conceal anything from her.

So, meeting Margaret's gaze, Connor shrugged and said quite frankly, "Milik did die at my hands, but I was at most an accomplice. The mastermind was Firo. Milik stuck to him too tightly; without him dead, Firo couldn't extricate himself from searching for the ruins. So the two of us set an ambush and killed him!"

"You two did a pretty clean job. Christant still hasn't figured out who killed Milik, but even without finding any evidence, he plans to frame you and Filo!" Margaret warned Connor.

Although Connor had been prepared for Christant's plan before killing Milick, he still couldn't help but sigh when Margaret confirmed it. However, he didn't regret it. The situation left him no choice but to join forces with Filo to kill Milick.

Seemingly sensing Connor's worries, Margaret calmly said, "Although Christant is trying to pin this on you to deal with the task Hummel gave him, he's no longer the commander-in-chief of Frosinone. Even if he wanted to frame you, he would need someone's approval; he can't make that decision on his own!"