Wizard Earl

"Since these aren't people Reyes transferred from elsewhere, is it possible that they were planted by Reyes in Frosinone long ago?" Although her idea had been subtly rejected by Christant, Elena didn't give up. After a quick thought, she came up with another hypothesis.

In response to Elena's hypothesis, Christant immediately replied, "Lady Elena, your guess is correct. The Secret Society does indeed have some people hiding in Frosinone. However, because there are reports that Reyes is a native of Frosinone, in order to weaken the Secret Society's influence, the Church has conducted several large-scale purges in Frosinone over the years, eliminating many Secret Society members in and around Frosinone."

"While I can't say for sure that there aren't any members of the Secret Society in Frosinone, the Church has basically wiped out most of the Secret Society's forces there. It's impossible for there to be an elite force capable of annihilating the guards of Secret Warehouse No. 3 in a short time. So, logically speaking, it doesn't make sense that the attack on Secret Warehouse No. 3 was carried out by members of the Secret Society!"

"And most importantly, the seafood stored in Secret Warehouse No. 3 is extremely valuable and precious to other dark wizarding organizations, but Professor Reyes of the Secret Society is an alchemist, and a great alchemist at that. That seafood is nothing to him. If he wanted it, he could easily refine it himself. Going to such lengths to attack Warehouse No. 3 is basically meaningless!"

As expected of the intelligence director of the Black Organization and the top intelligence chief of the Storm Church, Christant had already made a comprehensive analysis based on the limited information he had available in just over ten minutes since the incident occurred.

After listening to Christant's analysis, Elena nodded somewhat reluctantly, which was considered an acceptance of Christant's analysis.

Although he couldn't see Elena nod, Christant roughly understood her thoughts from her silence and offered his advice: "Lady Elena, I suggest you place the Church's forces in Frosinone on full alert and refrain from any rash actions. Also, urge any reinforcements en route to Frosinone as quickly as possible. Although there's no evidence yet, I have a very strong feeling that Reyes' actions this time will be even more reckless and dangerous than his last one in Rune..."

Although Elena strongly disliked and resented Christant because he had chosen to support Hummels in their competition, she still greatly admired Christant's professional competence in intelligence work as the Director of Intelligence for the Black Organization. Therefore, she lowered her head and pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "I understand!"

Although he only received a somewhat ambiguous "I understand" from Elena, Christant, who knew Elena's personality well, clearly realized that this meant Elena was prepared to accept his advice, which was naturally good news for him in a bad mood.

After thinking for two seconds, Christant seemed to have thought of something, and carefully chose his words before speaking: "Lady Elena, regarding the matter of the mole, our Black Organization has made some progress. Please wait patiently for a while, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Upon hearing Christant's words, a sharp glint flashed in Elena's eyes, and she said in a deep voice, "Don't keep me waiting too long!"

"Understood!" Christant assured him.

After Christant finished making his promise, Elena, who had no other thoughts, ended the communication with Christant and lowered her head to ponder.

Seeing Elena deep in thought, Jovich, who had been sitting quietly to the side, had a strange look in his eyes and asked Elena, "Elena, I have a question I don't understand. Could you answer it for me...?"

Hearing Jovic's question, Elena snapped out of her reverie, glanced at Jovic, and cautiously replied, "Jovic, what I can tell you, I naturally won't hide from you!"

"Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony. Elena, could you tell me what that batch of seafood you mentioned in your call with Christant, stored in Warehouse Number Three, is? I am the Church's Punisher, and also His Holiness Ilsank appointed to assist you in your work. I believe I am qualified to know some of the Church's confidential secrets within Frosinone!" Jovic said slowly.

Elena considered Jovich's request briefly and found it reasonable. Given his status and position, she saw no need to hide anything from him. Without further hesitation, she said, "Sea goods are just a euphemism. What's actually stored in Warehouse Number Three is a batch of alchemical items. While the quantity is considerable, there's nothing particularly valuable. These alchemical items were originally transported from Rune and were destined for the Odin Empire. I don't know who stole them..."

"I see!" Jovic nodded as if he suddenly understood, then said with a hint of self-deprecation, "When I heard it was seafood, I thought it was monster materials from the Storm Ocean."

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While the high-ranking members of the Church of Storms were exchanging opinions, in the study of the villa at number 27, De Jong Street in the center of Frosinone, Reyes was sitting comfortably in a recliner by the fireplace, engrossed in a book with a title, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

Reyes's leisure time didn't last long; five minutes later, Bispin gently knocked on the study door.

"Please come in!"

Reyes closed the book in his hand, looked at Bispin standing in the doorway, and then smiled and said, "I suppose you've come to bring me some good news!"

"Yes, Professor, the Dark Beacon has succeeded and transported the goods to our designated location!" Bispin reported respectfully. Although he still didn't know what this man, whose true nature was always unfathomable, intended to do next, Bispin could already sense Reyes's ruthless and iron-fisted methods from his actions...

"very good!"

Upon hearing Bispin's news, Reyes nodded in satisfaction and smiled, saying: