Wizard Earl

Chapter 313 The Secret Society's 100% Participation

Connor thought he had hidden it very well, and his expression did not show any major abnormalities. However, little did he know that Margaret, who already knew he was a member of the secret society, clearly observed the change in his eyes. However, Margaret did not choose to expose him. She quietly looked at Connor, and her beautiful red lips, as red as roses, slightly curled into an alluring arc.

"Connor, the scene you're seeing now was recorded a month ago in Granada. At that time, the Church was investigating the Secret Society. The middle-aged, muscular white man in the scene is named Bispin, and he has the qualifications of a formal wizard. He was originally a trusted aide to Conti, the third-ranking figure in the Secret Society. According to our very reliable sources, he participated in the last major upheaval in Loen. After the upheaval was quelled, the Secret Society suffered heavy losses, and Conti, the third-ranking figure, died. Bispin has information that he followed the Secret Society's mysterious second-ranking figure, 'The Professor!'" Margaret calmly explained after Connor had carefully examined the scene on the screen.

However, for some reason, when Connor heard Margaret say, "The Secret Society suffered heavy losses; its third-in-command, Conte, is dead," a strong sense of sarcasm seemed to be hidden beneath her calm tone...

"The Church discovered Bispin's whereabouts a month and a half ago, but after discussion, the Church decided not to arrest him. Instead, they planned to play the long game, hoping to find clues about the professor through Bispin. The Church knows very well that the professor was the mastermind behind the last great upheaval in Rune. He has been placed on the highest hunting list. Once the professor is found, they will kill him at all costs!" Margaret's voice grew lower and lower, causing Connor's heart to sink completely. After working with Margaret for so long, he was no longer the novice who knew nothing about the Storm Church!

He knew very well what the Supreme Hunting List was like within the Storm Church. To put it another way, once you were on this list, no matter how powerful you were or how strong your cultivation was, you and the Storm Church were now locked in a life-or-death struggle with no room for reconciliation!

It's important to understand that while the Storm Church has always been very aggressive and radical on the issue of dark wizards, aiming to exterminate any dark wizard they encounter, they mostly target apprentice-level dark wizards. Once you become a full-fledged wizard, given the destructive power of full-fledged wizards, even a powerful church like the Storm Church will mostly turn a blind eye to your existence. As long as you don't act too recklessly and court death, the Storm Church won't specifically target you. However, if you enter the Storm Church's highest hunting list, the situation will be very different. The Storm Church will fight you to the bitter end, regardless of the cost!

As a student of Professor Reyes of the Secret Society, Connor was already mentally prepared for his mentor to be on the Church's highest hunting list. However, hearing the news from Margaret still put him under immense pressure. After all, it was a fact that Connor Ferguson was Reyes's student, and having received so many benefits from Reyes, he could no longer sever his connection with him.

Connor had once fantasized that if his wizarding identity were exposed, perhaps his noble status could offer some leeway, or at the very least, he could flee for his life and escape the Church's extermination. After all, there were so many dark wizards in the Empire, and even the powerful Storm Church wouldn't bother with a mere intermediate-level wizarding apprentice like himself.

However, now that Reyes has been placed on the Storm Church's highest hunting list, if the church finds out that Connor Ferguson is Reyes's student, not only will his Ferguson family be doomed, but even if Connor were a prince of the Kaman Empire, he would certainly be finished. At that time, the Storm Church, such a huge organization, would be doing everything in its power to hunt him down. Connor doesn't think he will be so lucky as to be able to escape the church's search.

Thinking of this, Connor looked at Bispin on the screen again and immediately felt nervous. He had met Bispin before and knew that he was Reyes's student. If he was captured alive and confessed everything, Connor Ferguson would be finished!

"The Church is truly something else, its vision is truly grand!" In front of Margaret, Connor feigned surprise and clapped his hands in admiration of the Church. Then, changing the subject casually, he asked, "Did Bispin bring up that professor? I've heard that professor is very mysterious, and some even believe that he doesn't exist at all!"

Hearing Connor's words, Margaret shook her head, saying with some regret, "The professor definitely exists, and the Church has confirmed his cultivation level: a peak level two wizard! After discovering Bispin, not wanting to alert him, they didn't deploy heavy troops to monitor him, only assigning one person to guard him. This scene was recorded by that person using a recording bead and sent back to the Church. After sending the photo, that person was killed, and Bispin and the gray-clad man disappeared again. The Church hasn't found any trace of Bispin or the gray-clad man since!"

Hearing that the church had found no trace of Bispin, Connor felt instantly relieved. Bispin hadn't been captured, so he was undoubtedly safe. After a moment of contemplation, Connor shifted his attention to the problem they now faced: the demonized knight. Pointing to the gray-clad man speaking with Bispin on the screen, he said in a low voice, "This person should be Pioli!"

"That's right! This person is Pioli. After the Church obtained this footage, it took them three days to identify him. A week later, the Church found the island where the mysterious organization, posing as the Salok Knights, was turning knights into demonized knights. However, when the Church found the island, it had already been abandoned, and all the facilities had been destroyed. Even so, the Church's experts still managed to glean some information from the remaining clues on the island. The mysterious organization recruiting knights under the guise of the Salok Knights is probably not a secret society, but someone else entirely!" Margaret said confidently.

"However, although it was someone else, the Secret Society was 100% involved in the matter of the Demonized Knight..."

(End of this chapter)