Wizard Earl

Chapter 317 On the Verge of Eruption

Although old Victor said he came here to protect his own safety, only he knew the truth. When he thought of that third possibility, the usually cautious Connor couldn't help but be more wary of the sudden appearance of old Victor, and his words were full of probing intent!

Old Victor, perhaps unaware that Connor was testing him, hesitated for a moment before saying, "This will end here; they won't attack you again!"

Hearing old Victor's almost commanding promise, Connor's lingering doubts about Margaret's words vanished. The implication was clear: Margaret was right; the mysterious organization experimenting with the demonized knights was connected to the Secret Society! Furthermore, old Victor clearly knew who they were; otherwise, he wouldn't have stopped there with such nonsense as "they won't attack you again!"

An angry look gradually appeared on Connor's face. He retorted to old Victor, "Butler Victor, what are you talking about? That's the end? You're telling me that's the end?"

"Do I have to repeat myself?" Sensing the dissatisfaction in Connor's words, the hunched-over old Victor's face also turned cold.

"Is this your attitude? Or the mentor's attitude? If it's the mentor's, Connor, as a student, will certainly obey. But if it's yours, then..." Connor's tone changed at the end, no longer as respectful as it had been at the beginning, and there was even a hint of sarcasm in it.

"How come becoming an intermediate wizard apprentice has made you so presumptuous, young master Connor?" Old Victor coldly retorted to Connor's sarcasm, his tone full of disdain.

"Hahahaha, hahahaha!" Connor burst into laughter in the apartment as if he had heard a hilarious joke. He laughed for a long while before finally raising his head and staring at old Butler Victor, saying slowly and deliberately, "Butler Victor, I hope you understand that I respect you! But you should know that if I had been a little unlucky today, I would be the one dead! You wouldn't have had the chance to come here in this apartment and spout this nonsense about 'that's enough'!"

"If you were dead, the organization would avenge you, but you're still alive, so this matter ends here! Do you understand, Connor Ferguson? I'm saying this one last time!" Butler Victor didn't take Connor's words to heart. His hawk-like eyes were fixed on Connor, and his words at the end were laced with threat!

"In that case, there's nothing more to say. Butler Victor, please!" Connor was too lazy to waste any more words with Victor. He pointed to the door to "send off" the old Victor, while simultaneously making the Castia Staff ready for use in his spatial ring.

"Connor Ferguson, you're asking for death!" Connor's attitude was indeed influenced by old Victor. After the old butler finished speaking in a sinister tone, he waved his large, ghostly hand in front of him, and two handprints flashing with dark green light slapped towards Connor.

"hehe!"

Seeing that old Victor had finally decided to take action, Connor, who was already prepared, immediately sneered. The Castilian Staff in his spatial ring immediately activated, and the barrier attached to the staff protected Connor's entire body!

"Bang! Bang!"

Old Victor unleashed two dark green handprints that struck the protective barrier around Connor, producing two muffled thuds. The light flowing across the barrier flickered only slightly before completely absorbing the power of the two dark green handprints.

"Huh?" Seeing the dark green handprint that he had expected to make Connor remember it so easily being neutralized by Connor, old Victor exclaimed in surprise. However, it was unclear whether he was surprised because he recognized the Castilian Staff in Connor's hand as a top-tier second-order enchanted item, or perhaps he was surprised because Connor's strength exceeded his expectations.

A cold glint flashed in Connor's eyes. Without hesitation, he locked onto Old Victor with the mental amplification from the silver pendant and unleashed three mental shocks in quick succession. At the same time, Connor waved his hand, and as if some mechanism in the apartment had been triggered, three steel needles shimmering with an eerie blue light shot out from the wall behind Old Victor toward his arm!

Taking a beating without fighting back wasn't Connor Ferguson's philosophy, especially since this was his territory, protected by countless traps and restrictions. Connor was confident that within his apartment, he would be invincible even against old Victor.

Although Old Victor's cultivation was a whole realm higher than Connor's, and his strength was far superior to Connor's, he didn't seem to have expected that Connor would dare to fight back. Furthermore, he didn't expect that after the amplification of the silver pendant, Connor's mental impact would be so strong. After taking three mental impacts from Connor, he let out a muffled groan, seemingly having suffered a slight loss!

Even so, the experienced butler Victor reacted immediately. Facing the steel needles that had already shot towards him, a glint of light flashed in Victor's eyes. He casually waved his hand as if swatting away mosquitoes, and the three steel needles that shone with an eerie blue light all broke in two and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Connor's gaze swept over the steel needles on the ground, all of which were broken in half. A barely perceptible look of shock flashed in his eyes. These steel needles were one of the most powerful traps he had set in this apartment. In terms of hardness, these steel needles had reached the standard of enchanted objects. Moreover, the reason why the steel needles shimmered with a ghostly blue light was because Connor had coated them with a kind of deadly monster venom.

In order not to completely enrage old Victor and make their fight uncontrollable, Connor did not aim the three poison needles at vital points such as the back of Victor's head. Instead, he chose Victor's arm. However, the old Victor's easy response made Connor realize that this old guy was much stronger than he had imagined!

The brief exchange made both Connor and old Victor realize that their opponent's strength had completely exceeded their expectations. Especially for old Victor, the surprise Connor brought him was far beyond his expectations. This made him, who had not thought much of Connor before, now look at Connor with a hint of caution in his eyes!

(End of this chapter)