Wizard Earl

Chapter 632 A Scheme Within a Scheme

Just as the green will-o'-the-wisps erupted, Martina, who was hurriedly fleeing from the pine forest in the distance, seemed to sense it. She stopped, removed her ghost mask, revealing her stunningly beautiful face. Gazing at the center of the forest where the green will-o'-the-wisps were erupting, a strange smile appeared on Martina's face as she murmured to herself, "Connor, are you ready? Our game is about to begin..."

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In the basement of Connor's safe house on Ramsey Street in the northern part of Luen.

With a gloomy expression, Connor leaned back on the large sofa, his eyes carefully examining the iron arrow in his hand that gleamed with a faint green light. Just a few hours ago, this same iron arrow had pierced Tusam's temple, killing him instantly and completely annihilating his soul, rendering Connor's soul-capturing technique useless against Tusam.

In the chase just now, the mysterious man who shot the green arrow fired a total of six green arrows, but because the last five of them exploded on the Castia barrier, only this one ended up in Connor's hands, the one that killed Tusam.

Although I hate to admit it, the facts are undeniable: Connor Ferguson was outmaneuvered. He and Tusam fought like peas in a pod, but in the end, someone else profited from the conflict.

Upon returning to Rune and before heading to the safe house, Connor went to the Rune train station. There, pretending to be a passenger, he learned from the station staff that the train Tusam was supposed to take from Rune to Garotenia had been abruptly canceled by the Rune Railway Administration the night before its scheduled departure! The reason for the cancellation was simply—unknown!

Although the train station staff didn't give any reason, Connor couldn't help but understand why the train, which should have started normally, hadn't been suddenly canceled, after Tusam was killed with a cold arrow right in front of him. There was no doubt that someone was behind this! And this person was probably the mastermind Tusam had mentioned, most likely the one who shot the green arrow that killed Tusam in the pine forest!

According to the information revealed by Tusam, the reason why Tusam was able to attack Varga was because of the mastermind behind it. After Tusam attacked Varga and achieved the mastermind's goal, Tusam was no longer of any value to him, so he wanted to silence Tusam!

Thinking of this, Connor's eyes darkened, and he threw the iron arrow he was holding to the ground. Tusam was right; this mastermind was like a venomous snake, lurking beside him!

The metal cube he found inside the trunk of the large pine tree was a mental energy emitter that created mental fluctuations to attract his mental energy lock, all to make him mistakenly believe that the green arrow had been fired from somewhere. At the time, in order to catch up with the person who fired the arrow as quickly as possible, Connor was caught off guard and fell into the trap of the metal cube, which led him to the vicinity of that large pine tree.

However, what Connor never expected was that the metal cube was not only a diversionary tactic to lure him away so that the mastermind could leave at will, but also a trap within a trap. The metal cube was very cleverly designed. Although it was a psychic emitter, it contained Quilin's venom.

The so-called Quilin venom is the venom of a magical beast called the Quilin Serpent. An adult Quilin Serpent is equivalent to a high-level wizarding apprentice, and venom is its primary attack method. The Quilin Serpent's venom is extremely terrifying. Unlike the venom of ordinary snake-like magical beasts, Quilin venom, while liquid in its normal state, spontaneously combusts and transforms into a vast, all-encompassing ball of poisonous fire when attacking an enemy. This poisonous fire is highly lethal; many high-level wizarding apprentices in the wizarding world have perished from this Quilin poisonous fire, thus establishing its formidable reputation.

Although Connor didn't know how the metal cube had managed to conceal such a highly dangerous and corrosive substance as Quilin's venom inside, he knew that if he hadn't smashed the metal cube to the ground in anger, exposing the venom to the air, it wouldn't have taken long for the venom to completely corrode it. If Connor, as an alchemist, had then tried to study the metal cube and store it in his spatial ring, the consequences would have been unimaginable; Connor himself might not even know how he died!

In a sense, Connor's anger when he realized he had been tricked, and his furious slam of the metal magic wand onto the ground, in a way, saved his life. Thinking about it now, Connor still feels a chill down his spine and is extremely grateful to have escaped with his life! However, amidst his relief, Connor noticed two unusual things and realized that the mastermind behind it all was extremely familiar with him!

Firstly, the mastermind knew he possessed extraordinary mental power, capable of locking onto someone's location the moment they made a move. That's why they set up the trap of the metal cube as a mental energy emitter. Mental locking sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult to execute. Even Connor, a psychic wizard, spent considerable time mastering it. As for other advanced wizarding apprentices, saying only one in a hundred can master mental locking might be an exaggeration, but saying at most one in fifty is no exaggeration!

Secondly, this mastermind also knew about his obsession with alchemy. A psychic emitter like the Metal Cube is an extremely rare item in the wizarding world. Although Connor had heard of it, he had never seen it in person. Therefore, it was very tempting for an alchemist like Connor. In fact, after Connor smashed the Metal Cube on the ground, he regretted it and wanted to pick it up and put it in his spatial ring, preparing to study it carefully after returning to Rune.

Having been familiar with Connor the alchemist's habits and knowing that Connor could achieve mind lock, it's clear from these two points that this person who has been hiding in the background and has never shown himself has an extremely deep understanding of Connor Ferguson.

(End of this chapter)