Wizard Earl

Chapter 288 Rune's Business Report

At this moment, the opera being performed on stage was at the point where La Traviata's lung disease had reached its terminal stage, and the male lead, Alfred, arrived just in time to see La Traviata for the last time. In such a sad and desolate atmosphere, many sentimental women in the opera house were moved to sobs and shed crystal tears.

While Varga, who was enjoying the opera alone in her seat, did not shed tears, her delicate hands clenched into fists, and her beautiful eyes brimmed with endless hatred.

"Gulsi, you'd better die!" Varga murmured softly, her cherry lips slightly parted.

That night, Varga believed it was her grandmother Mary, far away in heaven, who had protected her from humiliation. Before that night, Varga had never imagined that her always respected teacher, Gulsi, could be so vicious and disgusting, going so far as to drug her so that he could force himself on her with his son, Ceballos…

If it weren't for her quick wit that day, sensing the abnormality beforehand, and a bit of luck, Varga couldn't imagine how she would face her beloved Connor after being treated like that... Although Varga never considered herself as ruthless as her Connor, she would never be lenient with anyone who wanted to destroy her happiness, even if that person was her teacher!

She will make Gulsi and her son pay the price they deserve!

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In the villa at No. 16 Land Street in the East District of Rune, Connor leaned back on the sofa, holding the latest issue of the Rune Business Daily in one hand and his coffee cup in the other.

Before Varga brought him the treatment specially prepared to cure the so-called Grey Tarot Virus, it was best for Connor not to use his mental power to prevent the Grey Tarot Virus infecting his divine sea from spreading further. As a mental wizard, not allowing Connor to use his mental power meant that most of Connor's abilities were restricted.

Therefore, based on this situation, Connor made such a decision: rather than enduring the embarrassment of not being able to use his mental power while still having to study alchemical golems, he might as well steal a few days of leisure and give himself a break. Anyway, it wouldn't be long before Varga returned with the healing potion to cure him of the Grey Tarot virus.

Connor leaned back on the soft sofa, and on a whim, he began to imitate the old aristocrats he remembered, slowly sipping a rich cup of coffee, savoring the aroma in his mouth, and then contentedly squinting his eyes to read the newspaper.

Although Connor's imitation was somewhat deliberate and lacked the natural flow of the old guys' movements, Connor felt that it wasn't bad at all!

The fighting reignites in North Lecce, with Hoffenheim suffering heavy losses!

Is the Lance tribe making a strong move, determined to conquer North Lecce?

What is the purpose of the East Hoy Company's urgent 100,000 gold pound arms order?

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Looking at the various reports on the situation on the Hoy Continent in the "Runen Businessman's Daily," Connor's interest was immediately piqued. The Runen Businessman's Daily, the Runen Evening News, and the Imperial Daily were all very influential media outlets in the Runen region, practically authorities in the Runen news industry. The content they published was generally quite truthful, and unreliable news rarely appeared.

Ten minutes later, after reading through the news reports and situation analyses in the newspaper, Connor's expression suddenly became somewhat doubtful and uncertain.

It turned out that the day after De Sciglio arrived in Rune, the Kingdom of Hoffenheim, which was actually controlled by the East Hoy Company, clashed with the Lance, a large Hoy tribe on the border of North Lecce and the Central Hoy continent. According to the latest war report from the East Hoy Company, which was reprinted by the Rune Business Daily, the conflict was caused by the Lance tribe launching a surprise attack on the Hoffenheim Kingdom's garrison in North Lecce. The Hoffenheim Kingdom's army suffered thousands of casualties, and nearly half of North Lecce fell to the enemy.

"The Lance tribe has taken too many blue pills, and now they dare to take action against the East Hoy Company?" This was Connor's first thought after reading the news report.

In Connor's memory, the East Hoy Company was extremely powerful on the Hoy continent. After gradually gaining control of the East Hoy region in recent years, it was actively trying to expand its sphere of influence to the entire Hoy continent. The first target was undoubtedly the Lance tribe located in the Central Hoy region. In recent years, the Lance tribe had suffered repeated defeats in its struggle against the Hoffenheim Kingdom, which was supported by the East Hoy Company. If it weren't for the two neighboring countries of the Kaman Empire, the Odin Empire and the Posis Kingdom, constantly providing it with resources to stop the East Hoy Company's expansion and aggression on the Hoy continent, the Lance tribe would have been incorporated into the Hoffenheim Kingdom's territory several years ago and become a puppet supported by the East Hoy Company.

When the navigators of the Kaman Empire discovered the continent of Hoy, the Kaman people wanted to conceal the fact, but the matter was too great for the Kaman Empire to handle. Just a few months after the Kaman Empire found the new continent, the Odin Empire and the Kingdom of Persis, two of the Kaman Empire's neighboring countries, as well as the Fast Empire, an empire located to the east of the Byzantine continent where the Kaman Empire was situated, all learned of the new continent. Although these countries' shipping industries were far less developed than the Kaman Empire's, and their shipbuilding technology lagged behind, they still found the continent of Hoy no later than two years after the Kaman Empire discovered it.

However, their kings lacked the foresight of Emperor Raul in establishing the East Hoy Company and gradually expanding their influence. For a long time, these nations appeared on the Hoy continent as absolute conquerors, always standing in opposition to the native Hoy people. This situation only improved when the East Hoy Company received continuous support from the empire due to the development of its shipping industry, finally tearing off its hypocritical mask and revealing its ambition to conquer the Hoy continent.

Everyone understands the simple principle that "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold." In order to prevent the East Hoy Company from becoming the only dominant force on the Hoy continent, many insightful people among the Hoy people began to cooperate with the Odin Empire, the Fast Empire, and the Persis Kingdom, which represent interests on the Hoy continent, to unite their strength against the increasingly aggressive East Hoy Company!

(End of this chapter)