Wizard Earl

Chapter 130 Departure

Just as Connor was hesitating, a hint of embarrassment and annoyance appeared on Margaret's pretty face, and she said in a cold voice, "Don't forget it!" After saying that, she made a move to put the crystal bead in her hand back into her spatial ring.

"Yes! Why wouldn't I want it..." Connor grabbed the bead before Margaret could react.

As Connor rubbed the crystal beads with his palm, he felt a cool and refreshing sensation wash over him, which also relieved the pain from the mental strain he had been enduring.

"Check it carefully, so you don't discover the bead is tampered with when I'm trying to sabotage you!" Margaret said irritably, watching Connor rub the crystal bead between his fingers.

"Hehe..." Seeing that Margaret had seen through his little scheme, even with Connor's thick skin, he couldn't help but blush. He gave an awkward laugh and didn't say anything, turning around to continue driving the carriage.

Turning around, Connor's smile vanished instantly. He had used all his magic and spiritual power to carefully examine the Nourishing Bead, but he still couldn't find anything unusual about it. There were only two possibilities for this mining incident: First, the Nourishing Spirit Bead that Margaret gave him was really just a Nourishing Spirit Bead.

The second possibility is that Margaret's actions with the Nourishing Bead were so skillful that Connor couldn't detect them.

This so-called Spirit Nourishing Bead is a relatively well-known enchanted item in the alchemy world. Its refining method is not complicated, and it belongs to the category of second-level enchanted items. However, the Spirit Nourishing Bead is extremely rare and valuable on the market because of its characteristics. It can nourish spiritual power and has a significant effect on healing spiritual injuries.

The importance of mental strength to a wizard is self-evident, so the Spirit Nourishing Beads have also become very popular. Although the production process of the Spirit Nourishing Beads is not complicated, the main raw material for refining them, the Tranquilizing Crystal, is extremely rare and is mined under a monopoly by the imperial government, so it is very rare to see them on the black market.

However, Connor wasn't surprised that Margaret, given her status, had obtained the Spirit Nourishing Pearl. After playing with it for a while, he still felt uneasy and mentally commanded, "Chip, using the Spirit Nourishing Pearl refining method from 'Reyes Alchemy,' scan and inspect the Spirit Nourishing Pearl. Let me see if there's anything wrong with it!"

"Beep! In accordance with the will of the subject, the task has been established. Estimated time: ten minutes!"

As the bead was examined by the chip, Connor's gaze unconsciously fell on Margaret. Sitting in the carriage, Margaret sat cross-legged, eyes closed, lost in meditation, her pale face devoid of color…

"Beep! The scan results are in. Based on the knowledge from 'Reyes Alchemy,' the chip shows that there is nothing wrong with the Spirit Nourishing Bead in the subject's hand. It can be used with confidence!"

Listening to the report from the auxiliary chip, Connor was stunned again. Could it be that all his speculation was actually wrong, and he had just been overthinking things?

Although somewhat surprised, Connor chose to accept the reality before him. After all, there's a saying: when all the impossibilities are removed, the truth, no matter how absurd, is the truth!

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An hour later, Connor looked around and parked the carriage on a hillside in the suburbs.

"Why did we stop here?" Margaret, who had been meditating in the carriage, opened her eyes and asked Connor:

Connor pointed east and said, "Our destination is just east of here. Before that, there's a plain with no cover. A carriage would be too conspicuous and easily spotted. We'll walk there; it's not far, only a kilometer!"

Upon hearing this, Margaret nodded without saying anything more and walked to Connor's side.

Smelling the faint, alluring fragrance emanating from Margaret, Connor's expression became complicated. He had been thinking for an hour, but he still couldn't figure out why Margaret had lent him the Nourishing Spirit Pearl...

Silently reciting the meditation techniques of the Abyss Secrets, Connor put all these things out of his mind. Having come this far, his top priority was to find that item and then safely return to Rune by boat; everything else was secondary.

Connor and Margaret discussed it briefly and decided not to waste any time. Connor would take care of the crew issue, while Margaret would go to the place where the smugglers were hiding the boat to retrieve it.

As Margaret walked away, Connor knew his chance had come. At Margaret's speed, the round trip from the hiding place to the village would only take a little over half an hour. In that short time, he had to resolve everything; otherwise, if Margaret found out, she might very well take a share of the spoils…

Glancing at the village in the distance, Connor took a deep breath and pushed himself to the limit.

Quietly sneaking into the village, Connor found his target based on the fat manager's memory—a tower where the smuggling gang was hiding. According to the fat manager's memory, there were four people in the tower, one of whom was the fat manager's brother-in-law, and the thing he wanted was handed over to his brother-in-law by the fat manager.

Taking a deep breath, Connor leaped into the air, his powerful physique allowing him to jump onto the tower's three-meter-high balcony in one go.

Ignoring the noise, Connor's face flashed with ferocity as he charged straight in from the balcony. As soon as he entered, Connor saw a muscular man carrying an old-fashioned hunting rifle. Upon seeing Connor, the man immediately tried to fire, but as soon as he raised his gun, Connor knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

Connor glanced at the man's face and frowned slightly. This man was not his target. He then ran towards the other rooms in the tower, knocked out two more people, and finally caught his target in a bedroom.

Ignoring the terrified look in the thin man's eyes, Connor didn't waste any words. He simply placed his hand on the man's head and instantly began searching his soul with his mental energy...

A minute later, Connor released his hand from the man's head, his face showing nothing but ecstasy.

After glancing at the gaunt man whose soul had been damaged and turned into a living dead by his own forced soul search, Connor unleashed a Flame Spell on him, and flames instantly rose from the man's body.

Ignoring that further, Connor, following the clues from the soul search, retrieved a box from a hidden mechanism under the bed in the bedroom…

(End of this chapter)