Wizard Earl

Chapter 433 Unexpected Plan

As Connor waved the banknotes, Reverend Kevin's eyes nearly popped out. The stack of banknotes didn't look very thick, only a dozen or so, but they were all ten-gold-pound notes. This stack would be worth at least one hundred and five hundred and sixty gold pounds!

One hundred and fifty or sixty gold pounds is a considerable sum even in a city like Rune, where the cost of living is high. The mayor of Rune's annual salary is only about that amount!

"Sir, this way please!" Looking at the gold pound in Connor's hand, Kevin thought about his own commission and, without any further words, led Connor directly to the back of the church, towards a classical and solemn metal door.

Walking behind Pastor Kevin, Connor sensed the ancient aura emanating from the door. A look of surprise and astonishment flashed in his eyes, and his heart tightened again. When Martina introduced the powerful force to him yesterday, she hadn't mentioned at all that the door to the Fatica Church was a talisman!

In the churches of the Storm Church in the Kaman Empire, there is usually an inner hall that is only open to the powerful and noble. Commoners would not even be able to see it, let alone go in. As the heir to the Earl of Connor, he would not have had any problem entering the inner hall of the church.

But the reason Connor went to such lengths, disguising himself as a middle-aged businessman from the continent of Hoy, was precisely to prevent his true identity from being exposed to the Storm Church. Although he had Margaret as an inside man within the Storm Church who could inform him, Connor hadn't forgotten that she had killed the spiritual seed of Langley, the current Arbitrator of Rune. Langley was still searching for him among the millions of people in Rune City, seeking revenge!

Before seeing this metal door, Connor's plan had been very successful. He could easily enter the inner hall with the priest's guidance by spending a little money. However, the appearance of this door made Connor feel a bit uneasy. The surface of the metal door was very smooth, but as an alchemist, Connor knew that this was just a disguise technique. In fact, the door was covered with various runes.

As he drew closer to the metal door, despite his best efforts to determine its function, Connor had very little time. He could only discern that the metal door had a certain ability to shield against mental energy; as for its other functions, he was currently unable to do so.

Connor's heart sank. What if this door, like the Eye of the Storm of the Church of Storms, could detect energy fluctuations and wizard auras? He might be doomed here today. But having come this far, it would be too unusual and attract too much attention if he suddenly stopped going. In a flash, Connor's mind made a quick decision. He decided to trust his ability to hide and take a gamble!

Showing no sign of anything amiss, Connor, disguised as a middle-aged man, wore a slight smile, seemingly quite excited about his upcoming visit to the inner chapel to worship the Storm Goddess. Seeing his "patron's" expression, Pastor Kevin inwardly cursed him as a "country bumpkin!" but his actions betrayed his true feelings. He not only diligently opened the metal door for Connor but also introduced him, saying, "Sir, please come in. Beyond this door lies the inner chapel of our Faticaro Church, specially prepared for esteemed members of high society like yourself!"

Connor nodded slightly and stepped through the metal door. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he felt two spiritual forces testing him. Judging from the strength of these two spiritual forces, they should be an intermediate wizard apprentice and a novice wizard apprentice. In Connor's field of vision, there was an auditorium with an area of ​​only about 100 square meters. In the center of the auditorium was a statue of the Storm Goddess that was taller and more exquisite than the one he had just seen. At the tables and chairs under the Storm Goddess statue, a few well-dressed and distinguished gentlemen and ladies were sitting scattered around.

Connor secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he had won his gamble. When he walked towards the metal door, it didn't react abnormally at all. This meant that either the door didn't have the function of detecting energy fluctuations like the Eye of the Storm, or his concealment methods were so good that the metal door hadn't detected his hidden energy fluctuations.

Connor's gaze swept discreetly over the second seat from the left in the third row, where a very thin middle-aged man with a scar on his left cheek sat. A slight unease ran through him; he thought to himself, "How could this be the person I was supposed to meet?"

Connor did not immediately sit behind the contact person as Martina had instructed, because he noticed that a handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in a dark blue Storm Church priest's robe, was standing next to the statue of the Storm Goddess, scrutinizing him with a look of disapproval.

Connor turned and met the gaze of the young pastor. Before Connor could speak, Pastor Kevin, who had brought Connor there, greeted the young pastor, who was about the same age as his son, with a fawning smile and great respect, saying, "Sir Van Helsden, this gentleman is extremely devout in his faith in the goddess. In order to enter the inner sanctuary to worship the goddess, he is willing to donate one hundred and fifty gold pounds to the church. I was moved by his piety, so I specially brought him here. I hope that you, Sir Van Helsden, will not punish him!"

Although he didn't use his mental power, Connor's body, strengthened by Odin's blood pool, was extremely powerful. He heard Kevin's words about "Lord Van Heusden" clearly. When he heard the elderly Pastor Kevin address this young man, who was about his age, as "Lord," Connor immediately realized that this Lord Van Heusden was, without a doubt, a pastor of the Church of Storms.

After hearing Kevin's introduction, the pastor known as Van Helsden looked at Connor again. Connor smiled and drew a storm church blessing symbol on his chest. Seeing Connor's action, the young pastor known as Van Helsden had no more questions, nodded to Connor as a greeting, and then pushed open the metal door and walked out of the inner hall.

"Sir, you've also come to the inner hall, so...?" After Van Helsden left, Kevin approached Connor and asked with a meaningful smile:

(End of this chapter)