Wizard Earl

"As for the second possibility, it's that this message wasn't sent by Elena, and another cardinal has arrived in Frosinone!" Margaret hesitated for a moment, but still shared her guess with Connor.

Hearing the implication in Margaret's words, Connor seemed to realize something, his expression changing slightly. He then whispered to Margaret for confirmation, "Margaret, do you think Hummels has also come to Frosinone?"

Although Margaret just presented two possibilities, Connor feels that Margaret actually only mentioned one possibility!

According to Margaret's account, Reyes has essentially wiped out the Storm Church's high-ranking members in Frosinone. Therefore, it can be said that the Storm Church in Frosinone is currently leaderless, posing no threat to Reyes and unable to stop any of his actions.

So even if Reyes did capture Elena alive, or obtained the Storm Church's secret communication method from Elena's memories to send a message, what he should have done was to eliminate the threat completely, not to send a message to tell Elena's subordinates to go into hiding. No matter how you look at it, that would be redundant.

Therefore, the first possibility is unnecessary, so only the second possibility remains: the Church of Storms has a new cardinal in Frosinone!

The Church of Storms has only three cardinals: Hummels, Sabitzer, and Elena. Sabitzer, the most senior and oldest, is in seclusion, attempting to break through to the third level of wizardry. The chances of him emerging from seclusion after breaking through to the third level are, without exaggeration, less than one in ten. This possibility can be basically ruled out.

So now, the only cardinals in the Storm Church who can operate outside are Hummels and Elena. Elena has now fled to Frosinone and her fate is unknown. If a new cardinal is to be appointed, then it will be Hummels, the most powerful cardinal in the Storm Church.

"It's still just a guess..." Margaret said softly in response to Connor's question.

After speaking, Margaret thought for a moment and added, "I think the possibility is still very high. When they discovered that Jovic was the mole, Elena and Christant contacted Pope Ilsank immediately. Undoubtedly, Pope Ilsank would take this unprecedented storm in the Church's history—the possibility that a member of the Church's divine punishment might be a mole—very seriously."

"And clearly, neither Cardinal Elena nor Christant, the intelligence chief of the Black Organization, has the authority to make decisions in this matter, nor the power to punish a divine punisher. The Pope's position is of paramount importance and he cannot easily leave headquarters. Therefore, Hummels is the most likely candidate to be involved. He is the most reasonable and suitable person to handle this matter right now..." Margaret said softly, her expression somewhat forlorn.

Standing aside, after carefully considering the whole matter, Connor said to Margaret with some suspicion, "Can Hummels get here so quickly? Even by the fastest train from the Church of Sant'Antis to Frosinone, without stopping in any of the cities along the way, it would take several days. And from the time this happened until now, it's only been a few hours. That's not enough time for Hummels to get here."

Margaret shook her head, then whispered to Connor, "About fifty years ago, the Imperial government, in conjunction with the Earth God Cult and the Storm Church, launched a project codenamed 'Magic Mirror.' The specific details of this project are unknown, but it was kept extremely secret. It was personally decided and implemented by His Majesty Ilsank, the Imperial Royal Family, and the High Priest of the Earth God Cult, Mandertans. The level of secrecy is extremely high."

"I don't know much about the specifics of the Magic Mirror Project. I've only heard Elena mention it occasionally. The Magic Mirror Project brought together the best alchemists in the Kaman Empire, including Grand Alchemist Fabianski and Grand Alchemist Maciej, and started a secret project in thirteen major cities of the Kaman Empire. Part of the Magic Mirror Project is to establish a spatial teleportation array connecting these thirteen major cities..."

"A spatial teleportation array? Connecting thirteen major cities?" Before Margaret could finish speaking, Connor exclaimed in surprise.

As an alchemist, although Connor's main research focuses on enchanted items and magic arrays, and he doesn't have much experience with spatial matters, he still understands some basic common sense. For example, the greater the distance of teleportation, the more difficult it is to set up a teleportation array.

In fact, Connor himself had set up a spatial teleportation array with the help of an auxiliary chip. For example, when he obtained the fire-attribute cross sword, a third-tier enchanted item, in the Navas Forest, he used a spatial teleportation array. However, the spatial teleportation array that Connor set up that time had a teleportation distance of tens of meters. In the realm of spatial teleportation arrays, it was not even considered small, but rather a miniature spatial teleportation array. From a technical point of view, there was no need to consider many factors such as spatial turbulence and energy support, so setting it up was not particularly difficult.

Setting up a spatial teleportation array that can connect thirteen major cities is a completely different story. It requires considering many factors such as spatial turbulence, teleportation energy consumption, and the damage to the teleportation array caused by energy impacts. It would be extremely complicated, requiring hundreds of billions, or even trillions, of calculations, and there could not be the slightest deviation. To be honest, as an alchemist who knew how difficult this was, Connor was not very convinced by Margaret's explanation.

Sensing Connor's skepticism, Margaret continued to explain, "I don't know much about the specifics of the teleportation array, but I've heard Elena mention that the teleportation array connecting the thirteen major cities in the Magic Mirror Project took more than twenty years to build and was only completed five years ago."

"The spatial teleportation array has been completed, but according to Elena, it consumes a great deal of energy each time it is used. Even for a powerful organization like the Storm Church, which has countless cultivation resources, using it once is very costly. Apart from a test run after its completion, it has not been used since..."