Wizard Earl

Chapter 494 Martina's True Identity?

Martina, who was trapped in the Castia magic circle by Connor, actually calmed down. She activated her combined enchanted items to form a protective shield around her, and then quickly took out a red and blue potion from her spatial ring and swallowed it. After drinking the potion, Margaret's condition immediately recovered a lot, and her breathing became stable.

Seeing this situation from outside the magic circle, Connor's eyes revealed a faint sense of helplessness. The entire process of trapping Emerson in the magic circle and killing him seemed easy, but in reality, it still consumed a lot of energy from the magic circle. After all, Emerson was a high-level wizard apprentice. Therefore, Connor was unable to attack Martina the moment he trapped her in the magic circle.

Several incantations were cast into the formation, and moments later, ten Black Knights, under Connor's command, lay in wait in the black mist near Martina. Having done this, Connor turned to Margaret, who was also taking a potion and meditating, and said seriously, "This woman has a combination of enchanted items. Margaret, you cover me. If she breaks out of the formation, immediately use blood magic to kill her!"

"I know, Connor, be careful. Her combined magical items are very powerful!" Margaret nodded, showing concern as she advised Connor.

Connor smiled at Margaret and stepped into the Castilian magic circle, secretly holding the silver pendant in his hand. Just as Connor was about to launch another mental attack on Martina, Martina seemed to sense that Connor had entered the magic circle and said softly, "Connor Ferguson, I think we can talk. I originally wanted to build trust with you through Varga, but now we might need to be more direct!"

"Believe me! I'm not trying to stall for time, nor do I need to! It won't do you any harm for Connor to talk now!"

Upon hearing Martina mention again that "Valga" was about to launch an ambush, Connor hesitated. He didn't know what Martina was planning. After a quick decision, Connor decided to give Martina a chance. He whispered, "Ten seconds. Tell me what you want to say!"

"That's impossible! First, I need to understand what your relationship is with that Margaret, Connor!" Martina shouted angrily when Connor gave her only ten seconds.

However, Connor seemed unconcerned by her anger. His deep voice echoed again within the Castilian magic circle: "You have five seconds..."

With her beautiful eyes glaring angrily at the black mist surrounding her, Martina, in the last second of the ten seconds Connor had given her, gritted her teeth and said, "James Trading Company!"

"Martina, who are you?" Having received the answer from Martina, Connor did not launch another attack on Martina ten seconds later. Instead, after pondering for a moment, he asked Martina the question again.

"Connor, I've already answered one of your questions. Now it's your turn to answer mine. What is your relationship with Margaret? Have you joined the Church of Storms?" This time, Martina didn't compromise. She asked Connor very seriously and earnestly:

"Margaret is just my friend, nothing more. I have nothing to do with the church!" After thinking for a long time, Connor decided to answer Martina's question.

"Connor, neither of us are children, and I've known you for a long time. Do you think I would believe that you and Margaret are just friends? Would you risk so much for a friend?" Martina retorted with a cold smile, emphasizing the word "friend" as if to imply that she knew something.

Realizing that Martina seemed to have misunderstood his relationship with Margaret, Connor frowned. However, it was clear that under the current circumstances, Connor couldn't explain everything to Martina. Was he supposed to tell her, "Oh! I know Margaret knows forbidden blood magic, Margaret knows my true identity, I have leverage over her, and she has leverage over me. We have too many intertwined interests, we're tied together?"

"Think what you want, but I have nothing to do with the church!" After hesitating for a moment, Connor said calmly. He emphasized again that he had nothing to do with the church to avoid Martina misunderstanding. As for his relationship with Margaret, since Martina had already misunderstood, he might as well let her continue with the misunderstanding. Anyway, Martina's way of thinking could explain everything that happened.

"Very good!" Martina seemed quite satisfied with Connor's attitude. She pondered for a moment and then spoke to the black mist of the magic circle, "Connor, Varga should have told you about the factional relationships within the secret society, right?"

"Martina, I don't have much time to waste on you. You'd better get straight to the point!" Connor was getting impatient with Martina's caution. He wanted to hear something that interested him from Martina.

"I am a spy planted by His Highness the Duke in the Professor's faction!" After hesitating for a moment, Martina finally revealed her secret.

Although Connor had already vaguely guessed Martina's identity from her mention of "James Trading Company," hearing the news directly from her still excited him greatly.

"If I remember correctly, Martina, your last name is Conte?" Although excited, Connor remained cautious and asked a question that puzzled him greatly.

"It seems you don't understand the Secret Society, Connor. We are a wizarding family, with hundreds of people in our family bearing the surname Conti. I am just one of them. To Augudo Conti, that is, Lord Conti, I am merely a junior with some potential. However, because of my status, I am extremely valuable to the King. Do you understand, Connor?" Martina did not mince words in response to Connor's doubts but gave a very clear explanation.

Listening to Martina's explanation, Connor fell into deep thought. He was both excited and conflicted. He had to admit that Martina's explanation was quite reasonable to him, enough to convince him that Martina was a pawn planted by the Duke in the Professor's faction. However, reasonable reasons did not mean that everything Martina said was true. There are many things in the world that have reasonable reasons, but how many of them are true?

(End of this chapter)