Wizard Earl

Chapter 341 Energy Dissipation

Facing the gazes of the three people in the conference room, Ms. Lena remained calm. Instead of directly answering Bishop Edel's question, she composedly shifted her attention to Margaret, who was sitting at the back, and asked, "Margaret, you were a direct witness to the explosion in the Rune district. Could you share your thoughts with us?"

Seeing that Ms. Lena had somehow passed the buck to her, Margaret's face flashed with confusion, but she still stood up and nodded, saying, "I agree with the intelligence department's assessment. That bomber is very likely an alchemist. We went there to investigate a few hours before the storm at the nearby church detected energy fluctuations in that building. I examined the ruins of the building that exploded in the Rune district, but found no valuable traces. The bomber cleaned up his tracks very thoroughly; he was clearly a very cautious person!"

"Personally, I believe that the bomber was engaged in some kind of energy activity in that room, inadvertently causing an energy leak that was discovered by the Eye of the Storm. The bomber was very astute; he realized the risk, so he decided to abandon the house, clear out all traces, and then placed the alchemical bomb inside!"

"I think he planted the bomb for two reasons: first, to completely cover up and eliminate any trace of himself in the house; and second, to test whether the church had discovered the house!"

"Frightening...frightening..." Ms. Lena looked at Margaret with admiration, clapped her hands lightly, and exclaimed, "Margaret, you truly are someone Cardinal Elena values; your thinking is exceptionally clear!"

"Lady Lena, you flatter me!" Margaret wasn't particularly excited by Lena's praise. She gave Lena a slight bow and then returned to her seat.

"Three hours after the explosion in the city of Luen, I went to the scene to investigate, and I found this there!" As she spoke, Ms. Lena took out a broken piece of floor tile from her spatial ring and showed it to the other three people in the conference room.

This piece of tile is about half the size of a fist. It is milky white in color and has some decorative patterns engraved on its relatively smooth surface. Overall, it looks like a piece of a tile that sells for five pence at the Rune market.

"What is this?" Compared to Edel and the taciturn masked man, Margaret, who had just been embarrassed by Ms. Lena's display of this object after saying she hadn't found any traces in the explosion ruins, seemed impatient and took the initiative to ask:

"This is a Felipe brand floor tile, mostly used in mid-range renovations. The North District of Luen has a thriving renovation market; it retails for seven pence a tile and wholesales for five pence. The tile itself isn't important; what's important is what happened to it in that house," Ms. Lena explained calmly.

"Energy is leaking out!" The gray-robed, masked man, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice:

"That's right! Lord Langley is correct, there are traces of energy emanating from this floor tile!" Lady Leo smiled and nodded at the gray-robed, masked man.

Upon hearing Ms. Lena utter the words "energy dissipation," Margaret's expression instantly changed to one of sudden realization, as if she had understood something.

"As we all know, the phenomenon of energy dissipation is caused by array formations. When an array formation is built in a certain place for a long time, the energy of the array formation will inevitably gradually erode the surrounding environment. This phenomenon is difficult to avoid unless the person who sets up the array has a very, very deep understanding of the art of array formations. Although the phenomenon of energy dissipation can be cleared up later."

"However, the process of clearing it will be very troublesome and will take a long time. Although the energy dissipation phenomenon on this floor tile exists, it is not very clear. To discover this situation, one needs the mental strength of a formal wizard. This is why Margaret did not discover this situation at the explosion site."

"The energy dissipation phenomenon on this floor tile indicates, just as Margaret said, that the bomber was aware of the threat and was forced to abandon the house, rather than evacuating it in a planned manner. Otherwise, given his cautious nature, he wouldn't have left these traces of energy dissipation on it!" Ms. Lena recounted the details of the broken floor tile in one breath.

"I read in the incident assessment report that the breach of the protective array at the Mallorca secret warehouse was also related to the array?" After carefully listening to Ms. Lena's account, Edel narrowed his eyes and said:

"That's right! The traces of energy dissipation on this broken tile and some items from the explosion site of the Mallorca secret warehouse were given to Master Smalling for examination three days ago. Before this meeting began, Master Smalling had already given me his examination results!" At this point, Ms. Lena's ever-present faint smile faded, and she said with a serious expression:

"Master Smolin can basically conclude from the energy dissipation from that broken piece of floor tile that the main function of the magic array set up before the explosion of the houses in the Rune city was concealment. Furthermore, the master believes that although the method of setting up the array is rather ordinary, the structure of the array is extremely ingenious, which is inconsistent with the skill level of the person who set it up!"

"Regarding the explosion at the secret warehouse in Mallorca, after examining the numerous items I sent, Master Smalling believes that the bomber who caused this incident was able to break through the secret warehouse's protective array because he used some kind of magic array!" At this point, Ms. Lena, with a serious expression, shook her head regretfully and said:

"This bomber is cunning. He knew he didn't have much time to cover up the looting in the secret warehouse, so he used an unusual explosion to conceal everything. Now it seems he achieved his goal. Due to the explosion, many traces in the ruins of the Mallorca secret warehouse have been covered up. Otherwise, we might have been able to deduce his strength, level, and more information based on those traces!"

"Intermediate Wizard Apprentice! That bomber is an intermediate wizard apprentice!" The mysterious gray-robed masked man, whom Ms. Lena had just referred to as Mr. Longley, spoke again in his unusually hoarse voice:

(End of this chapter)