Wizard Earl

Chapter 230 I Admit I'm Not a Good Person

Just as the silver cross sword was about to collide with the chained shield in front of Connor, a layer of blood-red spider web suddenly appeared at the tail of the silver cross sword. The web firmly adhered to the tail of the silver cross sword, temporarily fixing it in mid-air! As Connor watched this change in astonishment, he suddenly heard Margaret's anxious voice in his ear:

"Connor, you idiot, what are you standing there for!"

Hearing Margaret's exclamation, Connor was jolted awake and quickly dodged. The blood-red spider web that Margaret had desperately created bought Connor a full five seconds. By the time the silver cross sword broke free of the blood-red spider web, the light on the cross sword had dimmed considerably.

Don't underestimate those five seconds. For a wizard like Connor, five seconds is not a short time in such a life-or-death moment. When Connor reappeared, he was already a hundred meters away. The unwielded silver cross sword could no longer catch up with Connor. After a while, the last bit of magic Scarface had applied to it was exhausted, and the light on the cross sword dimmed. Only then did Connor swing the Shadow Chains, smashing the silver cross sword straight to the ground.

Connor picked up the cross sword from the ground, his expression complex, and slowly walked to Margaret's side.

Margaret looked utterly wretched; bleeding from all seven orifices, her breath ragged and chaotic, she collapsed to the ground. Looking at Connor approaching, a wary glint flashed across her pale face as she said to him in a low voice, "Are you planning to leave me here too?"

Upon hearing Margaret's question, Connor paused, then a bitter smile appeared on his face as he said self-deprecatingly, "Margaret, I admit I'm not a good person, but I can't bring myself to repay kindness with enmity!"

After saying that, Connor took out a bottle of potion from his spatial ring and placed it on the ground around Margaret along with the silver cross sword.

"This is a deep-sea potion, it'll be very effective against your current mana backlash. And this sword is all yours now. I'll keep half of what's in Scarface's spatial ring for you, and I'll give you 50% of the magic stone ore's share..." Connor earnestly explained his compensation to Margaret. He knew that Margaret's current mana backlash was entirely because of him. She had just been unable to sustain the Blood Mist spell due to insufficient mana, but to help him, she cast the Crimson Spider Web again before she had even recovered, delaying the Cross Sword. Without Margaret's Crimson Spider Web, Connor himself didn't know if he could have withstood Scarface's final attack!

"Enough! Connor Ferguson, you're a bastard, a complete bastard!" To Connor's surprise, before he could continue, Margaret, who was slumped on the ground, shouted angrily with wide eyes:

"Huh? What's wrong with me? If you're not satisfied with this compensation, we can talk about it!" Although he found Margaret's anger somewhat inexplicable, Connor remained very patient. He didn't know what was wrong with this woman today; she was acting completely out of character. He had risked the backlash of his magic to help him through a life-or-death crisis, and now that he was offering her compensation, she wasn't even negotiating with him; instead, she was cursing him.

"Get out of here!" Seeing Connor's bewildered expression, completely lacking the shrewdness expected of someone plotting to kill Scarface, the advanced wizard apprentice, Margaret assumed he was deliberately feigning ignorance. Enraged, she snapped, "Get out of here!"

Seeing Margaret's exasperated expression, Connor didn't know why, but since this woman told him to "get lost," he might as well leave! He paused for a moment, then said seriously to Margaret, "Consider this a favor I owe you!" After saying that, he immediately slipped away.

Leaving Margaret's side, Connor walked to Scarface's corpse. Looking at Scarface, whose heart had been pierced by the Shadow Chains and who was beyond dead, Connor first removed the spatial ring from his hand, checked it for a while to make sure it was safe, and then carefully placed it in his pocket. Next, Connor took a deep breath, placed a hand on Scarface's head, and channeled all his mental energy to cast a Soul-Capturing spell.

A moment later, Connor felt a sharp pain in his head and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. He then regretfully stopped casting the Soul-Seizing Technique, removed his hand from Scarface's head, and released a fireball that completely incinerated Scarface's body.

Scarface is a high-level wizard apprentice with mental strength surpassing Connor's. As a psychic wizard, Connor's mental strength is top-tier among intermediate wizard apprentices, barely enough to cast a soul-capturing spell on Scarface and capture some fragments of Scarface's memories.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Connor's eyes flashed with excitement. Although the forced use of the Soul-Seizing Technique had caused him some mental trauma, Connor felt that these injuries were very worthwhile, as they had resolved several hidden worries in his heart.

First of all, Connor's guess was correct. Scarface didn't come to Tunguska initially because of the magic stone mine, but because he had his eye on Avilova. So he came to Tunguska secretly. In short, both Scarface and Avilova were intentionally concealing their whereabouts to avoid being caught by their respective dark wizarding organization, the Benfica Mystic Order!

Having realized this, Connor immediately relaxed a lot. He was really afraid that if he killed the younger one, the older one would come. If that happened, even Scarface, the senior wizard apprentice, had died this time, and the next time the Benfica Secret Society would definitely send a formal wizard. If that happened, in order to reduce his own losses, Connor would probably have no choice but to tell the secret society about the magic stone mine. If he gave it to the secret society, he could at least get a share of the magic stones.

Secondly, the fragments of Scarface's memories captured by Connor all hint at one thing: Scarface has always been a double agent, and countless souls have fallen under his cross-shaped sword. Scarface has always been a loner in the Benfica Secret Order, trusting no one. He carries almost all of his wealth in his spatial ring, and the rest, which is difficult to carry, is hidden in a secret location known only to him!

As the saying goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This time, Connor went to great lengths and risked his life to kill Scarface, and the spoils followed. Not only did he get Scarface's spatial ring, but Connor also discovered the location where Scarface hid his things through soul search!

(End of this chapter)