Wizard Earl

Chapter 438 Giving Martina a hard time

Martina's current predicament is largely due to her not expecting Connor to attack her directly. In addition, her questioning of Connor earlier had brought them too close, less than a meter apart. Furthermore, Connor's actions were so fast and sudden, without any warning, that Martina had no time to react and was instantly subdued. Now, with Connor holding her by the neck, her life or death is entirely in his hands.

Martina was filled with regret. After getting that "book," why did she come back? Why did she return to Connor, that madman? Looking at the madness in Connor's eyes, she knew that Connor really had the guts to kill her here.

"What did you tell me back then? That there were people from your side inside the Fatica Church, and that all I had to do was go to the inner chapel to meet them and retrieve the items, right? Tell me why there were church wizards in the inner chapel?" As he spoke, Connor increased the pressure in his hand. The terrifying strength of his body, enhanced by Odin's blood pool, made Martina, whose neck was being gripped, struggle like a fish out of water. But unfortunately, her struggles were meaningless and could not shake Connor's strength at all.

Feeling that the time was right, and that Martina would really kill herself if he continued playing around, Connor gave her a shove, and Martina's tall figure was thrown against the wall of the apartment like a kite with a broken string.

"Cough cough..." Martina, who had regained her breathing, coughed violently in the apartment, looking quite disheveled.

"The organization must give me an explanation for this mission. I trusted the organization, I trusted Old Victor, and I trusted you, Martina, which is why I went to the Storm Church's Faticalo Chapel. If this matter is not resolved, I will report to my mentor, Reyes," Connor threatened in a deep voice, staring at Martina.

When Connor threatened to report his mentor Reyes, Martina, who had just recovered from the shock, had a flash of disdain and mockery in her eyes. Although she quickly concealed this disdain and mockery, Connor still caught it.

"This was just an accident! Those church arbitrators were just part of a recent random patrol. If it really was a trap, Connor, do you think you could walk out of Fatica Church?" Suppressing her anger, Martina coldly said to Connor:

"An accident? Miss Martina, if you die in my apartment, I'll tell the Secret Society, I'll tell Victor, and that'll also be an accident, okay?" Connor said to Martina grimly.

Having already experienced Connor's formidable power, Martina wisely chose to remain silent in the face of his blatant death threat.

"Get out of here! Tell old Victor what I said!" Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Connor let Martina leave.

Having received Connor's instructions, Martina's cold and beautiful face showed a hint of humiliation, but for the sake of her own life, she did not make any irrational decisions and slunk back over the wall of Connor's apartment building.

Watching Martina's departing figure, Connor's face immediately flushed an unnatural red. The next second, Connor opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of dark red blood. As the blood was expelled, Connor's complexion gradually faded and returned to normal, but Connor's breathing was much weaker.

Leaning weakly against the sofa, Connor's face was terribly gloomy. A week ago, after discovering that his mental power had been eroded, Connor had been trying to eliminate the green light spots that were invading him. Although these green light spots only accounted for a negligible amount of his total mental power, they were extremely troublesome and difficult to remove. In desperation, Connor could only choose to completely sever the eroded mental power. Although this would completely eliminate the green light spots, it would inevitably cause Connor to lose some mental power as well. It was a case of hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of his own!

After a week, although Connor had eliminated the green light in his mental energy, he also suffered a significant backlash from it. He is currently recuperating and cannot easily use his magic. Connor's initial treatment of Martina—throwing things at her and closing the door without saying a word to her—was partly to show his attitude and partly because he didn't want to see her. If Martina saw him, she would likely notice his physical condition.

But Martina of Temo is really ungrateful. Despite how he treated her, she still sneaked in. So Connor had no choice but to use his magic to teach her a lesson!

Connor knew that after he dealt Martina such a harsh blow, she wouldn't let him off so easily and would definitely embellish her story to Old Victor. But that was exactly what Connor wanted. He only mentioned that there was a Storm Church wizard at the rendezvous point, and didn't mention anything else. Old Victor would only think that his harsh treatment of Martina was just revenge for Martina's mistake in the intelligence regarding the Faticalo Church, which put him in danger. He would never suspect that Connor already knew about all the underhanded tricks he planned to use against him!

If Connor doesn't show any anger this time, it would be very unusual given his past behavior. Old Victor, being so cunning, would definitely be suspicious.

Martina's attack was brutal. While it was satisfying, it also exacerbated Connor's injuries, which he shouldn't have had to use his magic to recover. What would normally take about a week to heal may now take a month.

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One morning, Connor finished his training early, changed into a clean black robe, and set off from his apartment toward the safe house he and Margaret had agreed upon. Today was the day of his "one-month agreement" with Varga. If everything went smoothly today, Varga would tell him everything, and the estrangement between him and Varga would completely melt away, restoring them to their former close relationship.

Since being tricked by the radiation source last time, Connor realized that Old Victor had gradually accelerated his actions, and his methods against him were endless. No matter how careful and cautious he was, he could not defend against them all. Besides, there is no such thing as a thief who can guard against a thief for a thousand days.

(End of this chapter)