Wizard Earl

Chapter 119 Advancing and Retreating Together!

The small snake mark at the end of the signature was undoubtedly the mark of Mr. Snake Eyes, the senior wizard apprentice of the Benfica Hermitage that Connor and Margaret were worried about. Only this senior apprentice could knock on the door silently and leave silently in front of Connor and Margaret, whose mental strength was equivalent to that of an intermediate apprentice.

Connor and Margaret carefully read the letter Snake Eyes had given them, and both fell silent. After a long while, Margaret broke the silence first, asking Connor, "What do you plan to do?"

"What do you plan to do?" Connor asked, brandishing the letter in his hand. "This Mr. Snake Eyes is clearly determined to have us cornered. What else can we do but confront him head-on?"

Upon hearing Connor's suggestion to confront him head-on, Margaret's expression visibly softened as she continued, "Connor, I knew I hadn't misjudged you. If we join forces, we might actually have a fighting chance against this Snake Eyes!"

Connor's gaze was fixed on Margaret. He could understand why Margaret was so quick to make it clear that she wanted to join forces with him to fight against Snake Eyes, the high-ranking wizard apprentice!

Snake Eyes' letter was extremely forceful in both tone and content. Of course, a high-level wizard apprentice's advantage in strength was enough to allow him to be domineering when facing a junior wizard apprentice and an intermediate wizard apprentice. However, this same forcefulness left no room for maneuver. Connor and Margaret were left with only two paths: either give up and surrender their fate to Snake Eyes, or fight to the death!

Connor and Margaret are not ordinary people; they both have their own unspeakable secrets. Putting aside everything else, their personalities alone mean that they would never allow themselves to entrust their fate to someone else.

Most importantly, in terms of combat strength, Snake Eyes is a senior apprentice, and there is no doubt that he is stronger than Connor and Margaret. However, he is not so strong that he is no match for Margaret and Connor when they join forces.

So from beginning to end, there was only one path facing Connor and Margaret: to fight Snake Eyes to the death!

Since they had decided to fight, they had to assess the situation of both sides. The reality facing Connor and Margaret was that the difference in strength between them, whether he or Margaret faced Snake Eyes alone, was too great. There was no suspense at all, especially since Snake Eyes had already set his sights on them. Even if one of them wanted to sacrifice himself to save the other from escaping, it was impossible!

"The Eye of Arbitration?" Staring at Margaret's resolute face, Connor hesitated for a moment before tentatively asking:

"This is the only way!" Margaret nodded heavily.

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, Connor and Margaret smiled knowingly. They both knew very well that if they wanted to fight Snake Eyes, they had to trust each other. Only by trusting each other could they have a chance of survival. Otherwise, if they fought each other against a powerful senior apprentice, they would have no chance at all. At present, the only way was the Eye of Arbitration to help them build an unbreakable trust.

"Under the witness of the Arbitration Eye, I, Connor Ferguson, swear that for the next week, no matter what happens, I will stand with Margaret Rodriguez through thick and thin, sharing her joys and sorrows..."

"Under the witness of the Arbitration Eye, I, Margaret Rodriguez, swear that for the next week, no matter what happens, I will stand with Connor Ferguson through thick and thin, sharing his fate..."

As before, after a brief discussion of the oath's contents, Connor and Margaret entered into a new oath for the second time under the watchful eye of the arbitrator.

With the oath completed, Connor and Margaret, without any hesitation, immediately began discussing how to deal with the threat from Snake Eyes.

"Why would Snake Eyes be so bold as to personally deliver letters to you and me? Isn't he afraid of revealing his whereabouts and attracting the attention of Audrey's four high-ranking wizard apprentices?" Margaret frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.

"The small boat in the third-floor warehouse was specially prepared for Audrey and her group. They left the Ivanka an hour ago in the small boat!" Connor said in a deep voice.

"What? Audrey and the others have left?" Margaret exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Connor's news.

"In front of me!" Thinking of the middle-aged man known as "Uncle Ham," Connor couldn't help but smile wryly again, and said definitively:

"So it was Audrey and the others who left. No wonder Snake Eyes dared to be so arrogant!" Margaret murmured to herself.

"Don't think about that too much for now. Dealing with Snake Eyes is the most urgent matter!" Connor brought the discussion back to the main topic. He pondered for a moment and then said, "Snake Eyes wants us to disembark at San Jose Island tomorrow and go to the Newcastle Beer House, instead of taking us down just now. He's probably worried that if things get out of hand on the Ivanka, even if he manages to take us down, it won't be easy to clean up the mess."

"And by the time we get to San Jose Island tomorrow, we might not even make it to the Newcastle Beer Hall, and that Mr. Snake Eyes will come after us!"

"Our original plan was to disembark on San Jose Island, so why don't we just go with the flow and disembark there, and let Snake Eyes mistakenly believe that we are going to that Newcastle beer hall to comply with his request..." Margaret revealed her plan.

Connor pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Staying on the ship and not disembarking might make Snake Eyes hesitant to act, which might provide temporary safety, but it was not a foolproof solution. If Snake Eyes really decided to make a move, it would all come to nothing in the end. Rather than that, it would be better to follow Margaret's suggestion and play along. Perhaps it could really yield surprising results!

"My blood witchcraft has a secret technique called Blood Possession, which can temporarily boost my strength to that of an advanced wizard apprentice, lasting for about three minutes!" Having finalized her plan, Margaret pondered for a moment and then revealed her biggest trump card to Connor.

"A temporary boost to Advanced Wizard Apprentice? With such a powerful effect, there must be many limitations, right?" Upon hearing that Margaret could temporarily raise his cultivation to Advanced Wizard Apprentice, Connor didn't react with elation, but instead frowned and asked:

(End of this chapter)