Wizard Earl

Chapter 551 Connor's Choice

Wanda's plan was excellent, but the situation took a turn for the worse than she had imagined. Sandro, as Wanda had planned, was eager to succeed and wanted to break into Ferguson's apartment directly, but Connor Ferguson himself remained elusive. Without finding Connor Ferguson, even if Sandro searched the entire apartment, he might not be able to get what he wanted. In this case, Sandro, like the mantis, failed to catch the cicada, and Wanda, like the oriole hiding behind the mantis, naturally also gained nothing!

After deliberating for several minutes, under Perrin's watchful gaze, Wanda shook her head and said in a low voice, "Don't take action against Sandro for now. Continue monitoring Ferguson's apartment. Connor Ferguson might not keep something so important in this apartment where he hasn't been back for so long. Let's not alert him!"

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"FUCK·····FUCK·····"

Inside the safe house's magic circle, Connor stared at the crystal ball in front of him, which remained completely still. He immediately lost his temper, his face darkening as he uttered two curses.

In the past five hours, Connor has exhausted every possible method he could think of—alchemy and spiritual—to open the crystal ball encased in a crimson gem.

As for the result, it was similar to what Connor had expected. The second layer of the crystal seal was indeed related to the soul. After Connor used methods related to the soul and spirit, the crystal ball did respond. However, because Connor's soul wasn't the original Connor Ferguson's, he was ultimately unable to activate the crystal ball...

Perhaps centuries ago, the Ferguson family's ancestor, Mr. Stip Ferguson, who brought this crimson gem from the Celta Cult, foresaw that outsiders would use the Ferguson family's bloodline to break the first layer of the crystal seal. Therefore, after the first layer of the crystal seal, he designed a second layer of the crystal seal, so that the gem would be completely in the hands of the Ferguson family.

Based on Connor's experience from so many failures, to successfully open the second layer of the Crystal Seal, which is the crystal ball in front of him, the normal way is to have a member of the Ferguson family whose cultivation has reached the intermediate wizard apprentice level and whose soul aura is pure!

"There's no way! I probably won't be able to get the gem out of the crystal ball anytime soon. The Ferguson family probably doesn't have any information about this gem. The Celta Cult's relentless pursuit of this gem—could it be that they know its purpose? Stip Ferguson came from the Celta Cult, so they might know the gem's function and the method of the crystal sealing technique!" Connor thought to himself.

His situation was extremely awkward. He knew that breaking the second layer of the crystal seal required the soul essence of the Ferguson family, but he lacked it. Therefore, to break this second layer, he could only resort to brute force to destroy the crystal ball and retrieve the gem. However, even that was beyond his current capabilities. Thus, Connor's only way to extract the crimson gem from the crystal ball was to obtain the secrets of the crystal seal, see if he could find its weakness at its source, and then break the seal.

Thinking of this, Connor's attention shifted back to the ruby ​​preserved inside the crystal ball. Although he didn't yet know what the ruby ​​was or what its purpose was, the fact that a wizarding organization like the Celta Cult was searching for it like a vicious dog meant that the ruby ​​was undoubtedly a very important treasure. Perhaps he could take some risks to try and find information about the Crystal Sealing Technique from the Celta Cult members for this treasure.

Connor's eyes flickered, and he seemed hesitant. Given the current situation, with the Celta Cult coming on strong and old Victor sitting back and watching the fight, it seemed that staying in the safe house to avoid the storm was Connor's best option at the moment.

Although Connor was able to fight again after a few days, his strength was clearly not at its full potential due to the backlash from his magic, and he dared not get injured again during this time.

Connor believed that if he were in his prime, uninjured, and could pinpoint Alex Sandro's location, a one-on-one ambush could potentially eliminate him. However, Connor was currently injured, and concerned about further damage and the long recovery period, so whether he could even defeat Alex Sandro was now uncertain, let alone take him down…

If he were to hide for a while, he might be able to outlast the Celta Cult from Rune. Even if he didn't, once Connor's mana backlash injuries had healed considerably, his chances of winning a counterattack would be much higher! Furthermore, Margaret would be back from the Heart of Storms in just over a month. With this well-cooperative partner to help him, Connor's confidence in facing the Celta Cult would be greatly boosted!

If Kang wants to make contact with the Celta Cult soon and obtain the method of the Crystal Sealing Technique, he must find a helper and cannot go it alone!

Aside from his own injuries, the most important reason was Martina's secret letter. It stated that although only Alex Sandro, a high-ranking wizard apprentice, had been discovered, there was a high probability he had accomplices, and the Celtic Church might have other wizards lurking in the shadows! Connor Ferguson, even now, might struggle to handle a wizard of similar rank like Alex Sandro. Adding the possibility of Celtic wizards appearing, if Connor chose to go it alone, he would either be insane or risking his life!

Martina? Varga? Or both of them?

When Connor thought of his helper, besides his first choice, Margaret, two other names and three more options came to mind.

From a suitability standpoint, Varga is clearly a more perfect assistant to Connor than Martina. First, she is loyal to Connor, so he doesn't need to explain much to her. Second, her performance in the battle against the Kararov couple showed that she was quite capable and wouldn't hold Connor back.

(End of this chapter)