Wizard Earl

Chapter 319 Unexpected Events

Compensation? Employer?

A cold smile crept across Connor's lips. Ask him to consider the bigger picture? Heh, he'd already anticipated this outcome. But if he'd meekly chosen to end things here in front of old Victor last time, would he have even mentioned compensation?

The word "employer" in Reyes' reply greatly surprised Connor. Judging from Reyes's words, it seemed he had been wrong from the start. He and the organization that experimented with the demonized knights didn't have a grudge against him as Connor had assumed, but rather, like an assassin organization, they were hired to assassinate him! In that case, the organization that experimented with the demonized knights was probably neither the Celta Cult nor the Benfica Secret Order!

After a moment's thought, Connor wrote on the telepathic note: "Connor will obey his mentor's orders!"

"A wise choice. Their compensation and the employer's information will be mailed to you in a few days. Now that you're an intermediate wizard apprentice, you can try accepting tasks from the secret society. In the study of my villa, I've arranged for someone to place some things there. Take them and do as instructed!"

"Yes, sir!" After carefully reading Reyes's reply, Connor wrote two large characters neatly on the communication paper. After Connor finished writing and sent the message, the communication paper lit up with white light again. However, this time, having completed its communication mission, it turned into ashes!

"I'd like to see who's trying to kill me!" Looking at the ashes of the communication paper on the floor, Connor's eyes flashed with chilling killing intent as he spoke in a low, sinister voice:

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"Is this what Reyes is going to give me?" Standing in Reyes, Connor looked at the rolled-up parchment and Rubik's Cube on the bookshelf in front of him, frowning as he thought to himself:

Upon receiving Reyes's order, Connor immediately followed his mentor's instructions and went to Reyes's villa near Green University. In the study that originally belonged to Reyes, everything seemed the same as usual. The study only contained books, bookshelves, a desk, and a chair... It seemed that there was nothing Reyes wanted to give to Connor.

However, Connor, who was in the same lineage as Reyes and was well-versed in Reyes's life-long work, "Reyes Alchemy," immediately saw that what seemed ordinary was actually an illusion created by Reyes!

Shrugging, Connor chanted the incantation according to the method described in "Reyes Alchemy." As the incantation was recited, the illusion in the study was quickly broken, and the Rubik's Cube and the rolled-up parchment that Connor was now seeing appeared on the bookshelf.

After carefully examining the rolled-up parchment and the Rubik's Cube from top to bottom, confirming that there was nothing wrong with them, Connor didn't hesitate to put them into his spatial ring. Taking the parchment and the cube, Connor didn't turn and leave immediately. Instead, he glanced around the study with some suspicion. Now, in the study where he had broken the illusion, apart from the rolled-up parchment and the Rubik's Cube appearing on the bookshelf, everything seemed the same as before. However, for some reason, Connor felt that there was something wrong with the room…

"It's normal for Reyes' study to have problems; it would be abnormal if it didn't..." Having thoroughly examined every corner of the study with his mental energy, Connor could only shake his head with a wry smile, trying to console himself:

After consoling himself, he decided to give up since he couldn't find Connor. He locked the study and the villa, and quickly left. However, to Connor's utter surprise, a strange light began to flicker on the bookshelves in the study after he left. At the same time, in a quiet café on the commercial street of Green University not far from the villa, a middle-aged blonde woman with gold-rimmed glasses and an intellectual charm took a sip of her richly aromatic coffee and then wrote with interest on a piece of paper:

"Senior, your student has already obtained the item. As expected of your student, his intuition is incredibly sharp. If he were a senior wizard apprentice, he might have completely discovered all my little tricks..."

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After leaving Reyes's villa, Connor took a public carriage all the way back to his apartment on Rand Street. However, before Connor could even get back to his apartment, he discovered that among the neat rows of pine trees along Rand Street, a little girl was hiding and intently observing him.

Connor narrowed his eyes slightly, pretending to look for the keys, and then focused his mental energy on the girl who was secretly watching him. The little girl was just an ordinary person, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with bright blonde hair and a very beautiful appearance.

Although she was wearing an inexpensive linen dress, a precious silk lining was visible beneath it, clearly indicating that this girl was someone of unusual status. Moreover, the little girl seemed quite excited to see him return, as if she had come specifically for him. However, judging from the way she hid among the pine trees along the street, it seemed that this little girl was doing this for the first time, leaving very obvious traces.

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but Connor didn't make a sound about being spied on. He remained calm and, as usual, took out his keys and went into his apartment.

After entering the apartment, Connor, still not understanding what the little girl was up to, focused his mental energy on her, observing her every move. Although he didn't understand what she was trying to do, his intuition told him that this girl wouldn't be a threat to him. After all, whoever sent her to monitor him would never send someone as inexperienced as her, someone he could detect without even using his mental energy!

After observing for a while, Connor's face showed a wry smile. The little girl hiding in the pine forest, after he returned to his apartment, actually... also quietly walked towards his apartment, but she didn't seem to intend to use the front door; instead, she was going to climb over the wall of his apartment's back garden...

(End of this chapter)