Wizard Earl

Chapter 362 Skull and Bones

The Church of Storms received very reliable information that both the second-in-command of the Secret Society, Professor, and the Grand Alchemist of the Skull and Bones Society, Southgate, had studied at the Turin Academy. Furthermore, the Church's Black Organization speculated that the two might have known each other while at the Turin Academy! Connor was quite certain of this speculation from the Black Organization, since the mention of "Class Three" in the section on Southgate in "Reyes Alchemy" clearly proved this point.

The Skull and Bones Society is the name of the mysterious dark wizard organization that Connor has always wanted to know about, which studies enchanted knights. Compared to the Secret Society, whose activities are mostly concentrated in the Byzantine continent, the Skull and Bones Society's activities are more concentrated in the Hoy continent. The Skull and Bones Society is not very active in the Empire. According to the records of the Church of Storms, the Skull and Bones Society was founded ten years ago. The founding of the Skull and Bones Society was without any warning, as if it was founded overnight.

In the ever-changing wizarding world, the Skull and Bones Society, which has only been established for ten years, is undoubtedly just a newly emerging dark wizarding organization. Although it is a newly emerging dark wizarding organization, this does not mean that the Skull and Bones Society is weak. On the contrary, the Skull and Bones Society is very strong. In the early days, the newly established Skull and Bones Society did not attract the attention of the Church.

After all, there are over a hundred known black wizard organizations existing within the Kaman Empire alone. A newly established black wizard organization is merely a drop in the ocean of the wizarding world. In the wizarding world, the establishment of new organizations and the destruction of old ones are very normal occurrences. Every so often, one or several new organizations are established. Therefore, according to convention, the establishment of the Skull and Bones Society is not particularly noteworthy for the Church of Storms.

However, the Skull and Bones Society's growth momentum was extremely strong. In the first three years after its establishment, they swallowed up three small dark wizard organizations on the Hoy Continent. Their methods were extremely cruel and barbaric. Members of the swallowed dark wizard organizations who refused to join the Skull and Bones Society faced only death. This fierce momentum immediately attracted the attention of the Storm Church's branch on the Hoy Continent. However, because the Storm Church's branch on the Hoy Continent was not very strong, its style was not very aggressive. In addition, after the Skull and Bones Society swallowed up three dark wizard organizations, it needed to digest everything it had gained. Therefore, the Skull and Bones Society disappeared again and went into hiding.

In the past two years, the Skull and Bones Society's activities have become more frequent again. First, they launched a lightning-fast raid on the headquarters of the Church of Evolution, a well-known black wizard organization on the continent of Hoy, nearly causing its collapse. Then, during the investigation and search of the Secret Society, the Church uncovered that the Skull and Bones Society had intricate connections with the Secret Society and confirmed that the bizarre technology that could transform ordinary knights into demonized knights was researched and practiced by the Skull and Bones Society.

Whether it's the research into the Demon Knight or the collusion with the Secret Society, it's enough to make the Storm Church take the Skull and Bones Society seriously. It has to be said that the Storm Church is too powerful and influential. After it took the Skull and Bones Society seriously, the Black Organization obtained a lot of information about the Skull and Bones Society!

The Skull and Bones Society has a very tight structure. Its leader is a second-level wizard who calls himself the Skeleton King, and below him is a full wizard named Reinhardt. Both Reinhardt and the Skeleton King have very secretive identities. According to the information in Epstein's mind, the Church's Black Organization only knows Reinhardt and the Skeleton King. When the Skull and Bones Society raided the headquarters of the Church of Evolution, they each killed a full wizard of the Church of Evolution!

Within the Skull and Bones Society, below Skeleton King and Reinhardt is Grand Alchemist Southgate. Much information is available about Southgate's background. He studied at the Turin Academy for ten years. After graduating, Southgate received invitations from numerous wizarding organizations, including the two major churches of the Empire, imperial secret agencies, and those throughout the Byzantine continent. However, he rejected all invitations, citing his immersion in alchemy and lack of interest in joining any wizarding organization. After refusing these invitations, Southgate traveled throughout the various countries of the Byzantine continent. During this time, he became a fully-fledged wizard, crafting the third-tier enchanted item, the Demon-Suppressing Ring, and was recognized as an alchemy master by the wizarding world!

Ten years ago, Southgate vanished without a trace, and news about him rarely appeared in the wizarding world. Everyone assumed he had met with an accident and felt great regret over the disappearance of such a brilliant alchemist. However, after the Church of Storms investigated the Skull and Bones Society recently, they learned that Southgate had joined the Skull and Bones Society ten years ago and had been devoted to alchemy ever since. The technology within the Skull and Bones Society that can transform ordinary knights into enchanted knights is the result of Southgate's research during those ten years!

"The results of the magic circle part of the Demon Knight technology were provided to Southgate by the mentor. Southgate will lead some Demon Knights to leave the Skull and Bones Society and join the Secret Society..." Recalling the most crucial information he obtained from Epstein's mind, Connor's eyes became somewhat confused.

Margaret had once told him that there was a connection between the Secret Society and the Demon Knights, and that her "distant relative" Politano was connected to the Secret Society. Now that the connection between the Secret Society and the Demon Knights has been basically clarified, the Secret Society and the Skull and Bones Society have jointly developed a technology to transform ordinary knights into demon knights. So what is the connection between Politano and the Secret Society?

For some reason, Connor's intuition told him that once he figured out the relationship between Politano and the Secret Society, he would be very close to solving the biggest mystery in his heart: in the wizarding world, a world where human relationships are cold and equal exchange is valued, why was his mentor, Professor Reyes, the second-in-command of the dark wizarding organization, the Secret Society, so almost selflessly "kind" to him, Connor Ferguson?

What kind of shocking conspiracy is hidden beneath Reyes' smile?

With a wry smile, Connor shook his head and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. Regarding the results of this operation, Connor felt...

It has both advantages and disadvantages. Although killing the soul seed of the new leader of the Church of Rune Storms, Langley, inevitably offended Langley, it was an uncontrollable situation. No one would have thought that Langley had planted a soul seed in Epstein.

(End of this chapter)