Wizard Earl

But now Elena has been severely injured by Reyes, and even the newly acquired Tier 3 enchanted item, the Froststorm Staff, is badly damaged. To be honest, in Connor's eyes, it's hard to say whether Elena can even survive in Frosinone, let alone deal with Reyes!

Therefore, since Elena can no longer defeat Reyes, Connor and Elena no longer share a common enemy. Consequently, it can be understood that the basis for cooperation between Connor and Elena has been lost, and Connor no longer has any need to cooperate with Elena...

If it were simply because there was no need for cooperation, then Connor wouldn't refuse Margaret's offer. After all, in a sense, helping Elena was helping Margaret. Even if there was no need to help, it wouldn't be a big deal for Connor to lend a hand and give Elena a boost!

But now the problem is that Hummels has arrived!

According to Margaret, Elena's most trusted confidante, Hummels's purpose in coming to Frosinone was likely to target Elena, aiming to eliminate her as the biggest threat to his becoming the next Pope of the Church of Storms. Therefore, Elena dared not approach the alchemists she knew, fearing that Hummels would use this information to his advantage, so she set her sights on herself.

When Connor heard Margaret recount this story, he was speechless. Although he admired Elena for her shrewdness in scheming and even targeting him, Connor wanted to curse Elena's ancestors even more.

Are you afraid Hummels will follow up on you? Don't you think I'm not?

At this critical juncture when Hummels is dealing with Elena, he goes to repair Elena's Frost Staff and help her regain her strength. Isn't that just walking into Hummels's line of fire?

If Hummels weren't in Frosinone, Connor might have gritted his teeth and done the impossible for Margaret, and might have helped her. But now that Hummels is in Frosinone, it's impossible to hide the fact that he helped Elena repair the Frostfire Staff from Hummels.

After all, Frosinone is currently the only alchemist at the wizard level, and he is the only one capable of helping Elena repair the Frostfire Staff. So as long as Hummels hears that the Frostfire Staff has been repaired, he will definitely think of his existence.

Connor, without even thinking, knew that if Hummels discovered he was helping Elena, he would face the wrath of the most powerful and influential cardinal of the Storm Church. Moreover, being a dark wizard himself, Hummels wouldn't need a decent excuse to target him…

Currently, Reyes alone is already causing Connor a great deal of worry and anxiety, let alone another one, Hummels, who is just as formidable as Reyes!

In the wizarding world, you should never offend such a person if you can avoid it. Even if you have to offend them, you shouldn't do it under their noses.

Besides, Connor isn't a lone wolf who only has himself to worry about; he also has Varga and the entire Ferguson family. If Hummels really wants to deal with him, these will be his Achilles' heel!

Therefore, for Connor, repairing the Frostfire Staff for Elena was a completely harmful and pointless endeavor. Anyone with a brain knows what choice to make.

Although Connor had just told Margaret that he had spent half an hour trying to figure out why he could help Elena, he had actually made his choice after hearing Margaret's explanation. During those half-hour of silence, he was thinking about how to politely refuse Margaret's request and minimize the damage this would cause to his relationship with her.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned in the end, and he and Margaret parted on bad terms. Thinking about this, Connor felt a headache coming on. He shook his head, took out his wallet, took out a one-pound note, placed it on the table, and then quietly left the café without alerting anyone.

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"Splash! Splash!"

Early in the morning, just as Gagliardini, who was tied to a wooden stake, was sleeping soundly, a splash of cold water was suddenly poured on his head, instantly waking him up from his sleep.

Gagliardini, who was dreaming of clapping with the young widow next door, instinctively wanted to curse, but when he saw the fierce-looking, burly man in front of him carrying a bucket of water, his mouth immediately closed, and a fawning smile quickly appeared on his face.

At this moment, Gagliardini was as humble as could be, but he didn't care. For someone like him, simply being alive was more important than anything else; dignity was a luxury he didn't need.

Despite Gagliardini's attempts to ingratiate himself, the fierce-looking man seemed unmoved. He gave Gagliardini a threatening look and then silently retreated to a corner of the room.

Just as Gagliardini was wondering what to do next, the deep voice that had asked him the same question before rang out again in the dimly lit room.

"Gagliardini, your answer today was fairly honest. I have one more question for you: Do you know the exact name of the person behind Marat Griegren?"

Upon hearing this question, Gagliardini immediately shook his head vigorously, then said with absolute certainty, "All I know is that this man is a very imposing old man with a cane and bodyguards. Marat Grigorian is extremely respectful to him, constantly bowing and scraping, calling him Master Ferguson. That's all I know!"

After Gagliardini finished speaking, the voice remained silent for several minutes. During those minutes, the burly man who had been standing in the corner of the room shifted his menacing gaze to Gagliardini, seemingly eager to attack him...