Wizard Earl

Chapter 439 Factional Struggle within the Secret Society

Therefore, Connor was eager to learn some secrets about the Secret Society from Varga to see if it could help him. He knew very well that Varga was in a key place like the hospital that provided the Secret Society with medicine, so she must know a lot of valuable things. After successfully joining forces with Margaret as an accomplice, Connor had a rough plan on how to deal with old Victor, but he was struggling to figure out how to clean up the mess after killing old Victor.

Connor arrived early, activated the magic circle to enter the safe house, but Varga had not yet arrived. However, Connor was not in a hurry. She sat in the quiet room of the safe house and began to meditate and recover from her injuries. It had only been a few days since she had taken Martina to the apartment and forced her to attack. In these few days, only a small part of her injuries had recovered, but it was not a big deal. The remaining injuries would heal with proper rest.

Varga didn't keep Connor waiting long. Just two hours after Connor arrived at the safe house, the safe house's magic circle was activated once again, and Varga's aura, which Connor found extremely familiar, appeared within Connor's mental energy field.

Upon noticing Varga's arrival, Connor slowly stopped meditating in the quiet room, a gentle smile appearing on his face, and stepped out of the safe house's quiet room.

"Connor, what's wrong with you?" Varga, standing outside the quiet room, looked at Connor, who was smiling at her, and a bright smile returned to her face. However, after carefully observing Connor, she immediately asked him with concern:

"It's nothing! It's nothing! It's just a minor injury, it'll be fine in a few days!" Connor waved his hand and said. He wasn't surprised that Varga had noticed his injury. Varga was a pharmacist and extremely sensitive to injuries. Although he had managed to control his own injuries, it was still difficult to hide them from Varga's eyes.

Seemingly noticing that Connor's injury wasn't serious, Varga nodded in relief. They exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, walked towards the main hall of the safe house, ready to get down to business.

"To paraphrase what our professors always said when we were in class at Green University, essentially, my relationship with the Secret Society is one of mutual exploitation. I concoct potions for them and assist them with some experiments, and..." She paused here, looking at Connor who was staring at her, and continued, "Secretly monitoring Professor Gulsi!"

Hearing Varga's words, Connor was somewhat surprised. After thinking for a moment, he asked Varga, "Doesn't the Secret Society trust Dr. Gulsi?"

"No! To be precise, Connor, your mentor, Professor, has wavered in his trust in Dr. Gulsi!" Varga shook her head and continued, "Connor, I don't know what the Secret Society is like in your eyes, but as far as I know, it's not a monolithic entity. Your mentor, Professor, and the supposedly deceased former number three figure of the Secret Society—Martina's uncle, the second-level wizard Augudo Conti—have joined forces to form one faction within the Society. Meanwhile, the rumored leader of the Society, the third-level wizard King, leads and controls the other faction!"

"While these two factions within the Secret Society aren't exactly sworn enemies, their harmony is merely superficial. In reality, undercurrents flow between them. The western coast of the Empire, centered on Rune, and the continent of Hoy are the sphere of influence of your mentor, Professor Conti. Within this sphere, all Secret Society activities are led by the Professor and Conti. However, due to the last major riot, it's rumored that Conti was killed by Jovich, the Punisher of the Storm Church. Therefore, the actual controller of your faction now is your mentor, Professor Connor!"

"Apart from the western coast of the Kaman Empire, the Persis Empire, and the Odin Empire, the entire territory of the Duke's secret society is under the control of the Duke. The activities of the secret society in these areas are all under the Duke's control. As far as I know, Connor, your mentor Professor only maintains a superficial respect for the Duke. In reality, he has always been seeking a split. Connor, you should already know this, right? The Skull and Bones Grand Alchemist Southgate plans to lead his enchanted knights to break away from the Skull and Bones Society and join the secret society. He is joining the professor's faction."

"Gulsi's husband was always on the professor's side, and Gulsi's high level of expertise in potion-making was closely related to the potions the professor provided to her. After her husband's death, all of Gulsi's hopes were placed on her son, Ceballos. In order to get the professor to provide Ceballos with advanced meditation techniques, she agreed to concoct potions for the professor's side and train potion-makers."

"However, a few years ago, the professor's faction discovered that Professor Gulsi was secretly selling potions that should belong to the secret society on the black market in order to obtain cultivation resources. The professor's butler, old Victor, launched an investigation into Professor Gulsi. This investigation led Victor to discover Professor Gulsi's secret: Cevallos was nominally traveling in the Byzantine continent, but in reality, he had been staying in the capital of Kaman. And the main buyers of the potions that Dr. Gulsi sold on the black market were the royal faction of the secret society!"

If Connor was only slightly surprised to hear that Varga was spying on Gulsi, then after hearing Varga's account, his heart was filled with turmoil. Because he was afraid of exposing his identity, Connor was very cautious in the underground wizarding world of Rune, rarely communicating with the outside world. Occasionally, he tried to inquire about the secret society, but because the secret society was so secretive, very little information circulated outside, and much of the information that did circulate was rumor, which sounded very unreliable. So, after a while, Connor, having gained nothing, rarely tried to find out about the secret society. What Varga said today was something he had never heard of before.

"So, the killing of Dr. Gulsi was actually ordered by the Secret Society?" After carefully processing the information Varga had given him, Connor looked up at Varga and asked in a deep voice:

"No! I wanted to kill Gulsi and Ceballos myself!" Meeting Connor's scrutinizing gaze, Varga spoke without hesitation, her voice firm and resolute. When she mentioned Gulsi and Ceballos, Connor could clearly see a hint of hatred and resentment in Varga's beautiful, clear eyes.

(End of this chapter)