Wizard Earl

Chapter 695 The Message in the Crystal Ball

Connor paid no attention to the strange disappearance of the crystal ball, but remained immersed in the information it conveyed to him. Rather than saying that the crystal ball was left to him by old Victor, it was more accurate to say that Reyes placed it with old Victor as a reward for him after old Victor felt that he had passed the test.

Connor now finds himself unable to understand Reyes; his mentor, Reyes Ferguson, is far more mysterious and enigmatic than he imagined…

Reyes left a message in the crystal ball that said a lot, but it can be summarized into five points!

Firstly, Reyes told Connor that from the moment he obtained the crystal ball, the Secret Society would hunt him down. However, Reyes believed that since Connor had obtained the crystal ball, it meant he had reached the pinnacle of a high-level wizard apprentice and could attempt to break through to become a full-fledged wizard. Therefore, as his mentor, Reyes prepared a set of training resources for Connor to help him break through to become a full-fledged wizard. These resources would be mailed to Connor's Ferguson apartment at 16 Land Street in the next three days!

Secondly, Reyes told Connor that Connor's long-held suspicions were correct. The reason he had devoted so much effort to training Connor and teaching him advanced meditation techniques and alchemy, the culmination of his life's work, was not without reason. Besides wanting Connor to inherit his mantle and pass on his legacy, he also needed Connor to do something for him, and this matter was related to the secret arts of the Abyss. Reyes did not deny the danger of this matter, and at the same time, he gave Connor a choice.

Reyes told Connor that he could choose to refuse, but if Connor chose to refuse, Reyes, as his mentor, gave Connor a piece of advice: do not try to break through to become a formal wizard. If you must break through to become a formal wizard, then do not use the Abyss Secrets as a meditation method to break through to become a formal wizard!

Thirdly, Reyes resolved a question in Connor's mind. Reyes had written to Connor, asking him to decide whether to leave Rune and go to the place he dreamed of. At the time, Reyes' letter completely confused Connor, who did not understand what this place Connor dreamed of was.

But now Reyes has given Connor the answer in this crystal ball, and the answer is—the city of Frosinone in the Carman Empire, where the Ferguson family is located!

In addition, the information recorded in the crystal ball also told Connor that if Connor successfully broke through to become a formal wizard, then as his mentor, he had prepared a gift for Connor to celebrate Connor becoming a formal wizard. This gift was left by Reyes in the Ferguson family's old house. After Connor became a formal wizard, he could decide whether to obtain and use this gift prepared by Reyes as his mentor, according to his own situation and needs.

At the same time, Reyes also hinted to Connor that if Connor wanted this gift, it wouldn't be free; he would have to pass a test. Reyes personally set up a set of highly dangerous traps around the treasure, and Connor would have to break through these traps to obtain the treasure. In the process of breaking through the traps, Connor would be in mortal danger!

Fourthly, Reyes frankly stated that if Connor wanted to obtain more information about him, the Ferguson family in Frosinone would be a good place to go. Reyes also told Connor that he was currently in the capital city of Bernabéu and had matters to attend to, so he wouldn't be visiting Connor for a while. However, he would go to the Ferguson family in Frosinone to find Connor in three years, and he hoped that Connor would be there waiting for his arrival!

Fifthly, Reyes told Connor that he believed Connor had learned about the inner workings of the Secret Society through various channels, including the existence of the Royal Faction and its relationship with him. Reyes also told Connor that he had come into the Royal Faction's sights, and that in order to deal with him, the Royal Faction would inevitably contact Connor.

Perhaps knowing that his opposition would be futile, Reyes did not mention in the message that Connor should not contact the Duke's faction. However, Reyes advised Connor to exercise his own judgment during the contact and not to become a pawn to be manipulated.

There were five points in total, a lot of information, but Connor found that he seemed to have found some clues in them.

Reyes's purpose in training him must be related to the Abyss Secrets, an advanced meditation method that Reyes personally taught him!

The message Reyes left in the crystal ball seemed to offer Connor a choice, but it was actually a calculated move. Reyes knew Connor's ambition very well, so he used this method to tell Connor that using the Abyss Arcane to break through to become a formal wizard would be a trap! A trap that could devour his life!

Reyes knew Connor wouldn't tolerate him remaining forever at the level of a high-level wizard apprentice. As a high-level meditation technique, the Abyss Arcane Arts, while powerful, also cultivated extremely domineering magical and mental attributes. Therefore, if Connor wanted to switch to another meditation technique, the magical and mental attributes granted to him by the Abyss Arcane Arts had to be completely cleared away.

If Connor does this, it means that he will suffer irreversible damage to his body and soul, turning from a peak advanced wizard apprentice back into an ordinary person. He will need to start training again to become a wizard. With such severe injuries, Connor would not be able to break through to become a formal wizard. In fact, if he could recover to his pre-training state at the end of his life, he would be incredibly lucky!

Because of this, Reyes was confident that even knowing Connor knew that using the Abyss Secrets to become a formal wizard was a trap, he would still willingly jump into it, using the Abyss Secrets as his meditation method to break through and become a formal wizard! Because Connor had no other way, and although the message he left in the crystal ball didn't explicitly say so, it implied that if Connor used the Abyss Secrets to break through and become a formal wizard, he would naturally understand why using the Abyss Secrets to become a formal wizard was a trap!

Thinking of this, although Connor had anticipated this situation, a bitter smile couldn't help but appear on his angular face. As his mentor, Reyes had indeed predicted his student's fate too accurately. It seemed that he had no choice but to follow the path that Reyes had prepared for him.

(End of this chapter)