Wizard Earl

Chapter 449 A Tacit Understanding

"what!"

Struck by Connor's mental shock, Paredes immediately groaned, blood seeping from his eyes and nose. Although he looked terrible, the emaciated Paredes continued to move forward, desperately trying to escape.

Just as Connor burst out of the thick white fog and unleashed his mental attack on Paredes, Paredes had already detected Connor's presence again. But it was too late. While Paredes hesitated, Connor had already advanced rapidly under the cover of the white smoke. By the time he emerged from the fog and appeared under Paredes' mental detection, the distance between Connor and Paredes was only fifty meters!

Fifty meters isn't exactly close for a wizard apprentice, but it's enough for Connor to attack Paredes!

"what?"

Connor, who was in full pursuit, was surprised to see the gaunt wizard, suspected to be Paredes, who, despite being hit by his mental attack, was still running and had widened the distance between them by more than a hundred meters. Just as Connor had imagined, this guy was only at the intermediate wizarding apprentice level, but he was clearly not an ordinary intermediate wizarding apprentice. Connor hadn't held back at all with that mental attack. If it were an ordinary intermediate wizarding apprentice, after being hit by Connor's mental attack, he wouldn't be completely incapacitated by now, but he certainly wouldn't be able to run this fast!

A cold smile appeared on Connor's lips. With a thought, he activated the lightness spell on his black magic robe. Combined with his advantage as a high-level wizard apprentice, Connor's speed increased instantly. The distance between him and Paredes, who had run away first, immediately decreased from a hundred meters to thirty or forty meters.

Feeling the intense energy fluctuations behind him, Paredes turned around and saw Connor grinning maliciously, releasing two black chains dozens of meters away. Paredes, whose face was already pale, turned even more ashen with fear. Although he didn't know what those two black chains Connor was, judging from the chains and the terrifying energy fluctuations of the black flames emanating from them, they were clearly something that could tear him to shreds in one strike!

"Young Master Connor, don't do it! Don't do it! We're on our own!" Just as Connor had unleashed his innate spell, Abyss Chains, and was about to launch another attack on Paredes, Paredes suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around, and pleaded with Connor in fear:

Paredes's voluntary surrender disrupted Connor's plans. Connor had originally intended to pretend not to know Paredes's identity and kill him outright, but now that Paredes was so sensible, it gave Connor some different ideas. He was genuinely curious about how Paredes, with only the cultivation of a mid-level wizard apprentice, could evade Connor Ferguson's mental power and spy on him.

"Who are you?" Although he had basically confirmed in his heart that the pale-faced, beardless man with triangular eyes, who was hard to forget at first glance, was Paredes, the second assistant of that old man in Runevicdo besides Martina, as Varga had mentioned, Connor still asked again out of caution.

Paredes gave Connor a wry smile and bowed deeply, then said very respectfully, "Good day, Master Connor! I am Paredes, assistant to Butler Victor. I was the one who delivered the letter to you at the Tottenham Hotel last time!"

Upon hearing this guy readily admit his identity, a flash of murderous intent crossed Connor's eyes. Although this Paredes wasn't very strong, his methods of spying were truly impressive. Most importantly, he was Old Victor's assistant. Once he found out how he was spying, he absolutely couldn't be allowed to live!

"Why should I believe you?" Connor said calmly, then focused all his pressure as a senior wizard apprentice on Paredes.

"Butler Victor requests to meet you on the 12th at Villa Sensi, No. 17, in the suburbs of Rune!" Under Connor's pressure, Paredes repeated the contents of the letter that old Victor had placed in Connor's mailbox. He spoke slowly and his words were not very clear. At the same time, a fine layer of sweat appeared on his fair face. All of this showed that Paredes was in a very difficult situation under Connor's pressure.

"Very well! Since you're old Victor's assistant, why are you following me? Don't tell me old Victor ordered you to do this." Maintaining the oppressive aura he exerted on Paredes, Connor asked with a half-smile:

Hearing Connor's question, Paredes's bitterness became even more pronounced. He knew that Connor clearly understood that his surveillance was on Old Victor's orders, but Connor's awareness and his aloud were two different things. In any case, this was a tacit secret between him and Connor, something that couldn't be brought up openly; otherwise, he would have no way to explain it to Old Victor!

Paredes bowed deeply to Connor again and asked very respectfully, "Young Master Connor, I heard from Butler Victor that you have a very high level of expertise in alchemy, so I would like to ask you some questions about alchemy, but I don't know how to start, so..."

"Want some alchemy knowledge? How come you know alchemy? What's your question? Tell me." Connor's eyes flashed with mockery, but he didn't say anything and walked towards Paredes without making a sound.

Seemingly oblivious to any danger emanating from Connor, Paredes flipped his hand and retrieved a silver bowl from his spatial ring. The bowl appeared to be quite old, engraved with various patterns, and he handed it to Connor, explaining earnestly, "This silver bowl is a magical item I acquired three months ago from a wizard who came to our Rune from the capital. It's said to have been found in a Byzantine-era ruin somewhere in the capital, and it exhibits energy fluctuations. However, I don't know its purpose or how to use it. I hope Young Master Connor can offer some guidance."

The appearance of this silver bowl immediately caught Connor's attention. Although he had not yet examined it in detail, Connor could tell from the runes carved on the silver bowl that it was definitely a magical artifact from the Byzantine period, and certainly not an ordinary item!

(End of this chapter)