Wizard Earl

Chapter 174 The Hunt in Progress!

Reyes originally had plenty of mithril for Connor to craft the Castiel Staff, but Connor used some mithril to craft the mithril necklace for Varga last time. Although the remaining mithril is enough to craft the Castiel Staff, the pursuit of a perfect crafting process means that more mithril, such a top-grade alchemy material, is always better!

As he felt the soul crystal in the alchemy furnace shrinking under the tempering of his spiritual fire, Connor became extremely careful with his movements. He had already roughly simulated the process of refining the silver pendant when he last refined the mithril necklace, so he was still very confident. The most difficult part of refining the silver pendant was his current step—tempering the soul crystal!

He would use his spiritual fire to meticulously remove the minute impurities from the soul crystal, retaining only the purest spiritual power. This step was crucial, directly affecting the amplification effect of the finished silver pendant on Connor's spiritual power.

The original Silver Light Pendant's core was essentially the Phantom Demon's magic core. However, Connor replaced it with a Soul Crystal. The simulation results from the auxiliary chip showed that the Silver Light Pendant with the Soul Crystal as its core possessed 137% of the original's power. This result solidified Connor's idea. Apart from the core, the other parts of the Silver Light Pendant were secondary and posed no challenge for Connor. He simply used a metal with good mental conductivity to fix the core.

Time passed second by second. As the Soul Crystal shrank to the size of a walnut under the tempering of the Spiritual Fire, it could no longer be tempered. Connor nodded to himself. He knew that the Soul Crystal had reached the limit that the Spiritual Fire could temper it to. To temper it again, he would need external help!

Connor carefully took out a small bottle from his spatial ring and poured some of the pink powder inside into the alchemy furnace.

As the pink powder entered, a magical change instantly occurred in the alchemy furnace. The surface of the soul crystal, which could not be refined before, was covered with a layer of pink light. Seeing this change, Connor carefully put the small bottle containing the pink powder back into his spatial ring with a pained expression.

The pink powder in this small bottle is called Mana Burning Powder. It is a treasure recorded in "Reyes Alchemy" that is very helpful in refining enchanted items. Connor also studied it for a long time before he refined this small bottle. He treasures it very much!

The Demon-Burning Powder was incredibly effective, quickly causing the walnut-sized soul crystal to condense and refine at a visible rate...

Feeling gratified as he observed the changes in the soul crystal within the alchemy furnace, Connor knew that everything was proceeding according to his plan.

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Two days later, in the early morning, in a grove of trees outside Greenwood Wharf on the outskirts of Rune, Connor glanced at the pitch-black sky and put on his coat.

His own cloak, on a dark and windy night, just the time for the SHA people to set fires!

It was 2:50 a.m., and Connor's mental power clearly sensed that a medium-sized passenger ship was slowly docking at Greenwood Pier.

The so-called Greenwood Wharf will absolutely not appear on any official Loen map published by any reputable publisher in Loen, because it's a fictitious wharf; it truly exists, yet it doesn't...

Greenwood Pier was under the jurisdiction of the Morgan gang and was their main shipping and receiving point for smuggling. In addition to shipping and receiving goods, the pier also engaged in smuggling.

Connor, wearing a cloak, put a "sugar cube" in his mouth, then took out several pottery-like objects from his spatial ring and smashed them on the ground. Countless wisps of gray smoke poured out from the shattered pottery jars and spread everywhere with the help of the wind.

A smug smile appeared on Connor's lips. He was currently upwind of Greenwood, and in less than a minute, or more precisely, thirty-odd seconds, the gray smoke he released would spread to the Greenwood docks.

The result of this would be that all the ordinary people at Greenwood Docks would fall into a coma, allowing Connor to calmly begin his killing spree.

According to Connor's observation, dozens of Morgan's gang members are stationed at Greenwood Dock year-round. In order to prevent Walker from sending the message back through some unexpected means, Connor must kill Ramsey before Walker meets with Ramsey. This forces Connor to choose to make his move at Greenwood Dock, which in turn creates another problem!

Should Connor kill the dozens of Morgan Hei gang members at Greenwood docks?

If one chooses to go all the way and kill them all, the matter is not difficult to handle. However, dozens of lives are by no means a small matter. For the newly appointed Bishop Edel of Rune, even if he wanted to suppress it, he might not be able to!

If I don't kill them, there's a chance I'll be exposed since I'm doing this at the dock!

So, faced with this dilemma, after much deliberation, Connor chose this method: to use the fog to put the ordinary people to sleep, and then sneak in and kill the two unlucky guys. Although this might alert the enemy, Connor was very confident in his current strength. Even if he gave up the sneak attack and fought two opponents openly, he was confident that he could finish the battle within five minutes!

Holding two shadowy daggers in his hands, Connor walked into the brightly lit Greenwood docks with a cold smile on his lips. At this moment, the Greenwood docks were filled with gray smoke, and the bodies of some strong men lay scattered on the ground.

Connor's mind stirred, and the silver teardrop-shaped pendant he wore around his neck suddenly became hot. As the pendant heated up, Connor's mental energy instantly covered the entire Greenwood Wharf.

He clearly sensed the locations of the two individuals within the range of his mental power who appeared to be the prey in the portrait Margaret had given him. Without hesitation, Connor headed straight for the dock where the passenger ship was moored. In his mind, eliminating Ramsey was a much higher priority than Walker.

Meanwhile, Mr. Asamoah, one of Connor's prey, had clearly sensed the danger approaching from the gray smoke. Having just disembarked from the passenger ship, he alertly returned to it and went to the bridge, intending to steer the ship away from this terrifying place.

Unfortunately, once the passenger ship has shut down its engines and docked, it's unlikely to set sail again so quickly...

(End of this chapter)