Wizard Earl

Chapter 676 Last night

"Roberto!" Connor stared intently at the massive figure beneath the alchemical telescope, his expression serious, a name flashing through his mind.

If he wasn't mistaken, this big guy should be Roberto, the confidant of old Victor that Varga mentioned, and the guard at Dr. Ivanka's private hospital. When Varga told Connor about Roberto's existence that day, she also described Roberto's tall and strong physique to Connor. So, seeing this build, he immediately thought of this Mr. Roberto, whom he had heard of. After all, his height of 1.9 meters was very eye-catching!

With Roberto's identity confirmed, the identities of the five intermediate wizard apprentices he commanded were naturally beyond doubt. Without a doubt, these people were all members of the Secret Society. In Connor's eyes, the reason these people were placed outside when Old Victor entered the Semedo Mansion was naturally to prevent any unforeseen circumstances. If Martina were to manage to escape from Old Victor's clutches by sheer luck, these people would kill her!

Seeing that old Victor had brought so many helpers, Connor's eager heart immediately sank. Putting aside old Victor, whose strength far surpassed that of an average high-level wizard apprentice, even with Roberto, a high-level wizard apprentice, plus these five mid-level wizard apprentices, Connor Ferguson had virtually no chance. If he really tried to take action, he would probably be blasted to smithereens before he even got close to old Victor.

Up in the apartment building, although he realized things were hopeless, Connor persisted in using the alchemical telescope to observe the situation. At that point, he still held onto a sliver of hope: if Margaret could arrive, with her distraction, Connor felt he had a chance to infiltrate the Semedo Mansion. He believed that with Martina's strength, even if old Victor was capable of defeating or even killing her, it wouldn't be easy. Once inside the mansion, Connor felt he could take advantage of the battle between old Victor and Martina to launch a surprise attack on old Victor!

Connor waited another five minutes on the apartment building before another group of people arrived. However, this time it wasn't Margaret, whom Connor was waiting for, but rather a group of wizards. This group numbered about thirty people, led by a senior wizard apprentice, with five or six intermediate wizard apprentices and the rest being junior wizard apprentices. Although they were dressed in civilian clothes, just like the secret society wizards led by Roberto, this group clearly looked more disciplined.

These thirty-odd wizards, seemingly under orders, showed no intention of approaching the Semedo Mansion area. Together with the already-positioned officers from the Rune Metropolitan Police Department, they firmly guarded Levandowski Avenue and its surroundings, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. Although no trace of the Storm Church was found on these thirty-odd wizards, Connor's intuition, the evidence Margaret relayed to him via telepathy, and the fact that only the Storm Church could locate these thirty-odd wizards in Rune all pointed to their identities—arbitrators of the Storm Church!

If the appearance of Roberto and the five intermediate wizard apprentices only chilled half of Connor's heart, the appearance of the Storm Church Arbitrators completely chilled the remaining half as well. Although Connor had a premonition that the sudden movement of the Storm Church Arbitrators was related to Semedo Mansion from the message Margaret sent on the communication paper, he could still have some illusions before the facts were laid out before him. But now that everything had settled, all Connor could do was sigh and reluctantly abandon his plan to reap the benefits at Semedo Mansion.

The secret society wizards and the church arbitrators together numbered nearly forty wizards. Even if Margaret had finally arrived, Connor himself felt it would have been futile. Although he and Margaret were not afraid of either of them in a one-on-one fight, there was no way to defeat an elephant with sheer numbers.

However, just as a helpless Connor was sitting in his room, drinking beer on the sofa in frustration, preparing to wait for the mental mark he had placed on Martina to disappear, for Martina to fall at the hands of old Victor, and for the Metropolitan Police Department and the Church to lift the blockade of Lewandowski Avenue and leave the Simone community, Connor heard several loud rumbling sounds coming from the Semedo Mansion. Upon hearing this loud noise, Connor's eyes immediately turned strange.

Although the sounds of alchemical bombs and ordinary bombs are almost identical, Connor, a skilled alchemist, could immediately tell the difference between the two. He knew that someone had used an alchemical bomb in the Semedo Mansion, and judging from the sound, the alchemical bomb was quite powerful.

Although we only heard the sound and didn't see who used it, from a normal perspective, alchemical bombs, which are said to kill a thousand enemies but also harm eight hundred of your own, are more than 90% used by the weaker party against the stronger party. And now, in the Semedo Mansion, is it obvious who is stronger between Moadina and old Victor?

Realizing that Martina possessed such an extremely dangerous alchemical bomb, Connor's heart immediately stirred, and hope was rekindled. Since Martina had an alchemical bomb to deal with Old Victor, it meant that although she was hiding in the Semedo Mansion, she was not unprepared for Old Victor to discover her hiding place.

With Martina's strength and preparation, Connor believed that Martina might be able to escape from Old Victor's clutches. Right now, there were too many of Old Victor's helpers near the Semedo Mansion, and he had no opportunity to use them. However, if Martina managed to escape and move to another place, and Old Victor chased after her, he might not be as well-prepared as he was now.

Thinking of this, Connor, on the apartment building, began to pray silently for Martina, hoping that she could break out of the Semedo Mansion. Martina did not disappoint Connor, who was praying for her. After another alchemical bomb explosion, Connor could feel that his mental coordinates on Martina began to shift towards the outside of the Semedo Mansion.

(End of this chapter)