Wizard Earl

Chapter 200 The Eleven Missing Persons

Looking at the mine in front of him, reason told Connor that he had checked within a 50-kilometer radius around it and found no trace of magic stone ore, so he wouldn't find any magic stone ore in the mine either.

"FUCK!" Connor muttered under his breath, his figure blurring as he reappeared a few seconds later, inside the high walls of the mine.

Reason prevails, and the disappointment of not finding a magic stone mine as he had hoped still weighed on Connor's mind. So, even though he knew the chances of finding magic stone in the mine were extremely slim, Connor still wanted to come and see for himself. After all, this "prison" that the miners saw as their prison was a place Connor, an intermediate wizard apprentice, could come and go as he pleased, and no one could affect him in any way.

As Connor's thoughts stirred, the invisibility effect of the black robe was activated, and the Demon-Detecting Staff also became transparent. The Demon-Detecting Staff was placed on the ground, and under the impetus of Connor's mental and magical power, it silently released detection waves into the depths of the ground.

A minute later, the probe returned information to Connor: the mine contained multiple veins of black tungsten ore. While this result was not unexpected, it was still quite disheartening. Connor's last hope of finding the magic stone mine had been shattered!

Although the results were terrible, Connor did not give up. He decided that since he was already there, he would try it out in several different places in the mine.

Half an hour later, just as he had arrived quietly, Connor also left the black tungsten mine with a dark face. He had changed locations more than a dozen times in the mine to test the mine, but he had not found anything, not even the shape of a magic stone mine!

Back in his rented room, Connor, still in a bad mood, found a bottle of whiskey and chugged it straight down the drain. He didn't use any magic to clear his head of drunkenness.

Leaning back on the sofa, although he was in a semi-drunk and semi-sober state, Connor's mind was working very fast. In just a few days, he had thoroughly searched all the rural areas around Tunguska City. If he continued to search further, he would be leaving the territory of Tunguska City!

Although Connor was unwilling to admit it, the facts were now before him. His search for the magic stone mine had failed, and if the information broker Ryan also found nothing in a few days, then the possibility of his deduction that Snake Eyes had discovered the magic stone mine in Tunguska would be greatly reduced.

Even so, Connor still held to his opinion that, as he guessed, Snake Eyes had used a disguise array to conceal the magic stone mine.

In short, after Connor's own search failed, all he could hope for was that Ryan, the Glazer family's intelligence broker, could bring him good news!

A few days later, at the appointed time, Connor appeared in a private room at the Lexid Tavern, and standing in front of him was Ryan, the information broker he had hired.

"I don't know if accepting your employment is a good thing for me..." Ryan said with a wry smile as soon as he saw Connor.

Upon hearing this, Connor was immediately overjoyed. Clearly, Ryan had found something, otherwise he wouldn't have said that. Without hesitation, Connor tossed another three hundred gold pounds from his wallet onto the table. He stared at Ryan and said, "Tell me everything you've found, and this money is yours!"

Ryan glanced at the banknotes on the table, a hint of greed surfacing in his eyes. Although he was an information broker with a decent income, he wouldn't earn too much in a small place like Tunguska. Otherwise, he wouldn't have tried to make Connor back down with just three hundred gold pounds. The previous three hundred gold pounds, plus the current three hundred gold pounds, totaled six hundred gold pounds, enough for Ryan to work for several years.

Ryan collected the banknotes on the table, looked at Connor with a smile, and said, "I like bosses like you the most. I believe what I found will be helpful to you!" After saying that, Ryan handed a brown paper bag to Connor.

Connor took the brown paper bag, opened it, and found only two or three thin sheets of paper inside. After reading them, Connor closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.

According to the documents Ryan gave him, more than one person had seen Snake Eyes around Lake Mercedes on the western outskirts of Tunguska about a year ago, and Snake Eyes had bought a large quantity of bread from a bakery several times between a year ago and a few months ago.

However, Snake Eyes disappeared from Tunguska City a few months ago, and no one has seen him in Tunguska City since. According to Connor's calculations, the time when Snake Eyes disappeared from Tunguska City was very close to the time when he and Margaret met. Obviously, the reason why Snake Eyes disappeared from Tunguska was because he and Margaret killed this monster!

"I can guarantee the contents of this document are 100% true, but there's one guess I'm not entirely sure about. I wonder if you'd be interested, sir?" Looking at the pensive Connor, Ryan carefully chose his words and said in a low voice:

A flash of anger crossed Connor's eyes, but he quickly concealed it. He pulled three hundred gold pounds from his wallet, tossed them onto the table, and said calmly, "Speak."

"Sir, you've misunderstood. You've already given me three hundred gold pounds too much. Ryan isn't the type to take advantage of others. The reason I didn't write this information in the document is because I wasn't sure if it was accurate. In our line of work, we must strive for accuracy!" To Connor's surprise, this time Ryan didn't pocket the money as he had before. Instead, he solemnly returned the three hundred gold pounds to Connor.

"Speak!" Connor's voice was devoid of any emotion, without even glancing at the gold pound that had been pushed back at him.

"A year ago, in our neighboring city of Leicester, there was a missing persons case. All the missing were young adults. According to the Leicester Metropolitan Police Department's report, six people went missing. However, according to my sources, eleven people went missing in Leicester. Leicester said these young adults were a group heading to the New World to pan for gold, but my sources tell me that this group was definitely not going to the New World to pan for gold. These people had no contact with each other before they disappeared, and there wasn't a single clue during their disappearance!"

"To this day, those eleven missing people have never reappeared!" Ryan said in a deep voice, a hint of doubt and even fear appearing in his eyes as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)