Wizard Earl

Chapter 345 New Discoveries in the Secret Passage

Connor casually wiped the steak sauce from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, then took out two ten-pound notes from his wallet and handed them to Williams, who was standing nearby serving him carefully.

Seeing the huge sum of money right in front of him, the poor waiter, still unaware of what was happening to him, suddenly had greed and desire in his eyes. Connor, with his keen senses, could even clearly hear the waiter swallowing. For ordinary restaurant waiters like Williams, in a major city like Rune, where the cost of living was among the highest in the entire Kaman Empire, their monthly income, including tips from customers, was only three or four shillings. Life was extremely difficult. After deducting daily expenses, being able to save one gold pound a year was already considered very good. Twenty gold pounds was enough for them to buy an average two-bedroom apartment in one of the other three districts of Rune, excluding the East District!

"Mr. Connor, the gentleman who asked me to deliver your meal has already paid!" Greed for money did not cloud Williams' judgment; he bowed his head respectfully and said to Connor:

"Oh! Then consider this your tip!" Connor said calmly. If he weren't afraid of scaring the poor waiter, Connor wouldn't have minded giving him a little more.

"A tip?" Williams said in utter astonishment. In his world, a few pence was already a lot, and a tip of twenty gold pounds was something he had never even heard of. By the Goddess of Storms, the total price of this meal was only one gold pound. To give him a tip of twenty gold pounds? This young nobleman must be crazy, talking nonsense.

"If you don't want it, then forget it?" Williams's shocked reaction did not surprise Connor. He remained calm and said, while making a gesture to take the money back.

Seeing such a large sum of money about to disappear because of his hesitation, Williams quickly stepped forward and took the two thin banknotes from Connor's hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Connor, thank you, Mr. Connor..." Williams, who had just received the money, was extremely excited and bowed deeply to Connor repeatedly, almost kneeling down at Connor's feet and kissing his boots.

"I'm finished eating. You can leave after you tidy up these things!" Connor said, getting up from his chair and glancing at Williams before heading up to the second floor of the apartment building.

Ten minutes later, Williams, having finished tidying up, stood in the lobby of Connor's apartment building. Mustering all his courage, he respectfully called out, "Mr. Connor, you've given me so much money; as they say in chivalric romance novels, you must have something for me to do. Please give me your orders, sir. Williams will risk his life to complete it for you!"

Having finished speaking, Williams, perhaps completely under the spell of chivalric romance novels, stood expectantly in the hall, carrying the huge food box, waiting for Connor's reply. However, to his utter disappointment, Connor seemed to be asleep and completely ignored him. Feeling foolish, Williams could only slink away from Connor's apartment. Perhaps genuinely grateful for the twenty gold pounds tip Connor had given him, Williams, standing at the entrance of Land Street, bowed deeply once more towards Connor's apartment.

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Walking through the bustling port of Sassuolo, filled with dockworkers, horses, and mules unloading cargo, at this moment...

Connor also looked like a wealthy young businessman with shrewdness and cunning in his eyes.

After carefully avoiding everyone's comments, Connor quietly arrived at Warehouse No. 7 in Sassuolo Harbor.

The Secret Society's safe house in Rune is just below. Today's Connor Ferguson is no longer the naive man he once was. He has already secretly investigated and found that Warehouse No. 7, which looks deserted and is out of place with the bustling scene of the other warehouses in Sassuolo Port, has been leased to a small shareholder of Sassuolo Port for a full fifty years.

This appears to be a normal business transaction, but Connor discovers that this minor shareholder, who on the surface seems to have no business dealings with the Valenciva Chamber of Commerce, has a history of wealth accumulation that reveals the shadow of the Valenciva Chamber of Commerce, an economic behemoth on the west coast of Rune!

Therefore, it is quite obvious that the actual owner of Warehouse No. 7 in the port of Sassuolo, which hides a secret society's safe house underground, is the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, which Connor has confirmed countless times to be related to the secret society.

After entering the deserted Warehouse No. 7, Connor sneaked into the secret passage leading to the safe house. The moment he entered, Connor's brow furrowed. In this passage where the walls were infused with the powder of the Disorientation Stone, his mental abilities, still at the level of a wizard apprentice, prevented him from using them. However, this did not affect Connor's keen intuition as a mental wizard. He could vaguely sense a very strange aura within the passage. It didn't seem like the aura of a wizard, but rather like the eerie aura emanating from the demonized knight Connor had once encountered and fought fiercely with!

Realizing this, Connor's expression instantly became extremely serious. He had come here simply to obtain the arcane potion that Varga had placed in the safe house, but he never expected to encounter traces related to the demonized knight!

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Connor carefully sensed the traces belonging to the demonized knights. If he was not mistaken, the aura of these demonized knights had been deliberately concealed. If it weren't for the fact that Connor, as a mental wizard, had a natural intuition that was stronger than others, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect the existence of these auras.

Connor quickly began to think. If these auras appeared in the secret passage, then there was a possibility that a demonized knight might be in the safe house behind the bronze door below. Should he continue down to the safe house to take the arcane potion, or should he think it over and decide?

After a few glances, Connor quickly made a decision. He was willing to take the risk for the Arcane Potion. Once he made up his mind, Connor, who was always very decisive, immediately took action. He carefully walked down the secret passage to the safe house. The Arcane Potion that he had painstakingly had Varga refine was now in the safe house, which was only a few hundred meters away from him. How could he give up just because of the possible existence of a few demonized knights?

(End of this chapter)