Wizard Earl

Chapter 497 Reactions from All Parties

Sensi Villa, on the outskirts of Ruen.

Old Victor, who was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, suddenly opened his cloudy eyes. A fleeting glint of light flashed in his two old eyes. Then, he reached into the space with his aged hand and took out a wooden puppet that was about the size of a fist.

This puppet is incredibly lifelike. Its eyes, nose, and other organs and parts are all exquisitely crafted, making people smile. It is clearly the work of a master. However, if you look closely at this puppet, you will find that it is very similar to Paredes. You could even say that this puppet is a miniature version of Paredes.

Old Victor stared intently at the puppet, his eyes filled with solemnity and doubt. However, just a few seconds later, without any warning, the puppet, which looked very much like Paredes, began to crack in a very strange way under Old Victor's gaze. In just a few seconds, the puppet, which had just been exquisitely crafted, was immediately covered with cracks and became very broken.

Looking at the broken puppet in his hands, old Victor fell into deep thought. After a long while, he gently blew on the puppet.

"call···"

An even more unbelievable scene unfolded: with Old Victor's last breath, the cracked wooden puppet turned into powder like quicksand, scattering across the room's floor tiles.

When old Victor, who was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, saw the wood chips appear, his eyes instantly turned icy cold. After a moment of contemplation, old Victor bit his finger and dripped a drop of deep red blood from the wound onto the pile of powder that the puppet had turned into. As if possessing some incredible magic, old Victor's blood turned into a ball of flame that burned fiercely on the powder.

"Kovakusai... Achebi..." Flames burned on the powder, and old Victor himself was not idle either. He kept chanting ancient and obscure Byzantine incantations. These ancient incantations and the eerie flames burning on the powder made the entire quiet room look extremely evil and mysterious.

After Old Vic chanted his incantation for more than ten seconds, an evil energy fluctuation began to emanate from the quiet room. Then, a dark red light screen appeared above the flames burning on the powder. The image on the light screen was not very stable, but one could vaguely see that Paredes, covered in blood, was lying on the ground, howling in pain. Countless ants crawled on his body, gnawing at his flesh and internal organs. The scene was extremely bloody.

Upon seeing the scene on the screen, old Victor's aged face turned completely dark, and the murderous aura emanating from him could no longer be concealed. He looked extremely menacing, as if he might explode at any moment.

The light screen displaying Paredes' gruesome death lasted only seven or eight seconds before collapsing completely, and the flames burning on the powdered puppet were extinguished as well.

After taking in everything on the screen, Old Victor fell into a long silence. It took a long time for his killing intent to subside. Once he had restrained his killing intent, Old Victor took out a blue, ancient jade pendant in the style of Kaman from his spatial ring. Then he cast a spell on the jade pendant, and the pendant immediately began to radiate a bright blue light.

"I absolutely must see you; it's very important!" Old Victor said in a low voice, his aged hand holding the jade pendant.

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"Margaret returned home fifteen minutes ago, Edel, your plan has failed!" In the Storm Cathedral, the elegant Ms. Lena walked into Edel's room with a cold face and said very seriously to Edel, who was sitting on the sofa:

Upon hearing Ms. Lena's words, Edel, without a second thought, immediately turned extremely grim, his previously calm and peaceful expression turning ugly.

"I don't care what your men did at the Zaka textile factory, Eder, but you must stop everything you're doing now! Immediately! Right now! The Black Organization has already started paying attention to you!" Ms. Lena, completely unfazed by Bishop Eder's dark expression, stated firmly.

"I understand." After a moment of silence, Edel didn't refute Ms. Lena's suggestion, but nodded and said:

"Edel, if you want to be punished by the church, then go ahead and do it yourself. Don't drag me into it!" Although Edel only said "I understand" without giving a definite answer, Ms. Lena knew that for Edel to say such a thing was already a significant concession, and he would do as she said. Therefore, Ms. Lena's attitude softened, and her tone was not as harsh as before, but she still warned Edel:

"What tricks is Lenglet up to now?" Sensing the implication in Ms. Lena's words, Edel's eyes flashed with a cold light as he spoke in a chilling voice:

"Sigh..." Ms. Lena sighed, carefully choosing her words before continuing, "Langrei may have heard something, or perhaps he's discovered something. In any case, he's sent several spies to infiltrate the Zaka textile factory. However, my men beat him to it, stopping his spies outside the factory. The Zaka textile factory is now under martial law; without my order, no one can enter!"

After hearing Ms. Lena's explanation, Edel's expression softened, and he sincerely thanked her.

"At this crucial juncture, let's skip the thanks. I want to know, Edel, how do you plan to handle this? You should know very well that Lenglet, ever since he suffered a loss at your hands last time, losing so many of his men from the Black Organization, although he's temporarily lying low, he's still harboring resentment and wants to cause you trouble. He currently controls all of the Black Organization's informants in Rune, and now that you've given him this opportunity, Edel, he certainly won't sit idly by. He'll definitely try to seize this opportunity to attack you!" Ms. Lena continued, her face tense.

"If I remember correctly, the Black Organization has very few people in its branch in Rune, and since you took office, Lena, they have been suppressed by the intelligence agency you lead?" Edel thought for a moment, then squinted and slowly said:

(End of this chapter)