Wizard Earl

Chapter 210 The Secret Beneath the Reeds!

Over the next few days, Connor left Averova in his rented apartment without worry, and went to the western suburbs alone with his magic wand, carefully inspecting every inch of the land!

As for Averova, Connor wasn't worried about what tricks she might pull. The spell Connor had cast on her wasn't just for show; all of Averova's magic and mental power had been temporarily sealed by Connor. If Averova tried to break the seal, Connor would know exactly what was going on. Not only that, Connor had also rearranged a series of traps in the rented house. These might not be able to stop Averova in her normal state, but in her current imprisoned state, Averova had no way to escape them.

In short, the rented house is now a prison for Avilova. If Avilova shows even the slightest abnormality, Connor will notice, and then without hesitation, he will activate the spell on Avilova. The next second, Avilova will spontaneously combust and perish, and the rented house will become her grave... This is the confidence Connor has to leave her alone in the rented house while he goes out to find magic stone mines.

The western suburbs were deserted at night, except for the persistent Connor, who tirelessly used his magic-detecting staff to search for underground magic stone mines in the dead of night.

Although he still hadn't found the magic stone mine, Connor could clearly feel the enhanced effect of his magic-detecting staff after its performance upgrade. Centered on the staff, nothing within a three-mile radius could escape Connor's perception. To Connor's dismay, although he hadn't found the magic stone mine in the past few days, he had discovered some commissioned iron ore in the western suburbs. What he wanted to find was nowhere to be found, but what he didn't want to find came to him!

As the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race. In the past two or three days, Connor had only searched half of the western suburbs, but he was certain that there were no magic stone mines in the areas he had searched.

"Sigh..." Gazing at the beautiful, shimmering waters of Lake Mercedes under the moonlight, Connor sighed softly. The investigation was only halfway complete, and he was starting to feel uncertain. Although the magic stone mine was worth the effort, he had invested far too much time and energy into it. If he still couldn't find it in the western suburbs, Connor planned to search all the outskirts of Tunguska City. If he still couldn't find it, he intended to return to Rune and reconsider.

As he gazed at the lake, a thought arose in Connor's mind: Could the magic stone mine be hidden beneath the lake?

The moment this thought appeared, it immediately caught Connor's attention. After careful consideration, a glint appeared in Connor's eyes. He seemed to have been trapped in a misconception: that magic stone mines were stored underground. However, according to records from more than one book, some magic stone mines could also be formed underwater. Although this was very rare, it was a real phenomenon!

If the magic stone mine that Snake Eyes found is also like this, then wouldn't that mean...?

Execution has always been a quality that Connor is proud of. Since he had this idea and it was feasible, Connor immediately put it into practice!

He found a small boat and, under the cover of night, steered it to the center of Lake Mercedes. With great anticipation, Connor touched the water with his magic-detecting staff. A minute later, although the staff still didn't detect any trace of magic stone ore, a look of joy appeared on Connor's face.

Lake Mercedes is just a freshwater lake, and the water is not deep. The deepest part is only eight to ten meters, and most of the water is about three to five meters deep. Although Connor has not yet found the magic stone mine in the riverbed beneath the lake water, he discovered several very typical magic stone mine veins in the lake water, including black tungsten ore, using his magic-detecting staff!

Upon receiving this news, Connor was immediately jolted. Under such circumstances, he absolutely refused to believe that the formation of these mineral veins beneath Lake Mercedes was a mere coincidence!

Taking a deep breath, Connor knew that he needed to stay calm, especially in times like these, because the last leg of a journey is the hardest.

Connor released all his mental energy and used the Demon-Detecting Staff to carefully sense the direction of these parasitic mineral veins. After a while, Connor withdrew his mental energy and focused his attention on a reed bed near the shore!

As Connor steered his small boat into the reed marsh, before he could even use his demon-detecting staff to explore further, he was drawn in by the dense resentment emanating from the marsh. Logically, with such a heavy concentration of resentment, the marsh should have been teeming with vengeful spirits, but apart from the resentment, there was not a trace of any vengeful spirit to be seen.

Although he was curious about why this was happening, Connor couldn't care less about that at the moment. He immediately inserted his magic-detecting staff into the water to check if there were any magic stone mines.

A minute later, Connor still hadn't found any trace of the magic stone mine in the reeds, but the smile on Connor's face grew even wider, because he discovered a magic circle hidden in the reeds. Although he hadn't examined it closely yet, based on Connor's experience, he judged that the hidden magic circle had an eight or nine-tenths effect: concealment!

With concealment arrays and parasitic mineral veins, Connor felt the probability of finding magic stone ore here was already high enough!

Connor retrieved some trinkets from his spatial ring and began carefully examining the magic circle in the reeds. After a while, a hint of doubt appeared in Connor's eyes. He found the magic circle quite interesting. In addition to its concealment effect, the magic circle also generated resentment, but it also restricted the resentment, preventing it from condensing into a vengeful spirit. Furthermore, the magic circle also had some functions such as connection and stabilization!

After careful consideration, Connor abandoned his plan for a violent demolition, shook his head, and actually took a boat back to the lake shore, then returned to his rented room. Connor was certain that a magic stone mine was hidden beneath the concealment array in the reeds, but the array's effects made him somewhat hesitant. The array's complex effects clearly indicated that the magic stone mine hidden beneath it must be something special!

Connor could forcibly demolish the structure now, but he doesn't want to do that. Now that he has found the magic stone mine, there's no rush. Connor wants to deduce the normal way to activate this magic circle and then see what secrets it holds!

(End of this chapter)