Wizard Earl

Chapter 650 Unacceptable

What Martina found even more unacceptable was that Tusam was so foolish as to let Varga see through his secrets and was even cornered by Connor in Kevin Town. If Martina hadn't been prepared, Tusam, this inhuman and beastly demon knight, might have sold himself out to save his own life without even realizing it!

However, just as Martina was regretting that her plan hadn't achieved its intended two-birds-with-one-stone effect, she accidentally discovered a huge secret. By chance, she learned that the secret society's mole in the Church of Rune Storm had put pressure on old Victor. This mole demanded that old Victor resolve all the troubles and restore peace to Rune within a month.

Although Martina didn't know who this undercover agent was, she knew that this undercover agent held a very high position in the Storm Church of Rune. The fact that the Secret Society was able to maintain such strength in Rune without being wiped out by the Storm Church was largely due to the care of this undercover agent. His words had a very strong influence on Old Victor. In other words, Old Victor had to accept his warnings and pressure even if he didn't want to!

Upon learning this news, Martina felt a sense of relief, as if a glimmer of hope had appeared. She knew that Old Victor had to make a move against Connor in a very short time. Besides Old Victor himself, the Secret Society in Rune only had her, Roberto, and Varga—three high-level wizard apprentices. Although there were a few mid-level wizard apprentices, against a mental wizard like Connor with his uncanny mental attacks, wizards of lower cultivation levels wouldn't have an overwhelming numerical advantage and would only be easy prey.

Varga is an apothecary and not good at fighting. In old Victor's eyes, she has such a close relationship with Connor Ferguson. Martina knows that old Victor absolutely cannot let Varga participate in the hunt, so only she and Roberto are left. But even if she and Roberto bring along a few other intermediate wizard apprentices, the chance of successfully killing Connor Ferguson will never exceed 50%!

Now, under pressure from this mole of the Church of Rune Storms, old Victor has no time to bring in people from outside Rune. So, the best and only way to safely get rid of Connor Ferguson is for old Victor to take action himself!

When Martina realized this, she felt like she had been hit by a huge pie, so happy she almost fainted. For Martina, ever since the James Trading Company, the stronghold that the Duke had planted in Rune, was taken down by Old Victor, even though she hadn't left any trace in the James Trading Company because of her vigilance, she could still sense that Old Victor had begun to suspect her, unlike when she first came to Rune and trusted her as much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent Tusam, a complete stranger, to investigate her in the first place.

The reason Martina had kept herself alive until now, before old Victor made a move, was twofold. Firstly, she was still valuable to him; old Victor lacked capable allies and needed her assistance. Secondly, the old man hadn't obtained sufficient evidence to prove she was an undercover agent. However, the most crucial factor was Connor Ferguson's presence, acting as a decoy to draw old Victor's attention. Martina was certain that once Connor Ferguson was dead, the freed-up old Victor would conveniently and permanently eliminate her!

Therefore, whether Connor is killed by old Victor, or old Victor is killed by Connor in collaboration with Margaret, it's not in Martina's interest. In Martina's eyes, while Connor alone might not be a match for old Victor, with Margaret as his ally, the two of them working together could certainly put old Victor to the test. The most advantageous scenario for Martina would be for both of them to be severely injured and die, allowing her to reap a huge benefit.

Connor sent Martina two secret letters. The first letter was Connor asking her about Varga. Although she didn't see any probing in the letter, Martina still didn't reply to Connor. The more she did, the more flaws she would reveal. Besides, she had previously told Connor that old Victor had begun to suspect her and that he should stop contacting her. With this groundwork laid, Martina wasn't afraid that Connor would bring things to the table.

However, the contents of Connor's second secret letter greatly surprised Martina. Connor told Martina that he had made a decision to eliminate old Victor and hoped that Martina could tell him about old Victor. After receiving this secret letter, although she was a little puzzled as to why Connor had suddenly made a decision, Martina was really restless. She knew that this was the best opportunity to achieve her goal of making Connor and old Victor both suffer heavy losses. Once Connor realized that old Victor was going to take action against him personally, given Connor's personality, he was likely to preemptively strike first!

So after much deliberation, Martina decided to keep the appointment. She had to make Connor aware of the danger and alert him. Otherwise, if Connor didn't realize the imminent crisis and was ambushed and killed by old Victor, Martina would also suffer the same fate.

As Martina pondered, the image of Connor's narrowed eyes and disapproving look after she gave him the message flashed through her mind. A faint smile appeared on Martina's usually aloof face. Having known Connor for so long, she knew he was someone with exceptional control over his emotions and facial expressions. For him to react that way was already a sign of considerable shock.

So Martina deliberately didn't answer Connor's question in the secret letter about where Old Victor was, and even suggested that Connor run away. This was partly because Martina knew the answer to Connor's question and could find out through Varga, and partly because she wanted to provoke Connor, make him feel the crisis, and thus accelerate the outbreak of a major battle between Connor and Old Victor.

Feeling that the carriage was approaching the city of Rune, Martina drew the curtains of the carriage just in case and began to close her eyes to rest. However, Martina had only closed her eyes for less than three seconds when she opened them again, a look of alertness appearing in her eyes.

At the same time, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the trees on both sides of the road where Martina was riding.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet flew out of the barrel instantly, tearing through the air. Before the coachman who was driving Martina could even realize what was happening, the bullet struck his temple.

(End of this chapter)