Wizard Earl

Chapter 722 The Sabitzer Brothers (1)

"And most importantly, Martina's role as an undercover agent for the Royal Faction wasn't due to any loyalty she had; it was entirely driven by the lure of profit. Now that Martina's identity has been exposed, and she's severely injured, her potential to become a full-fledged wizard has greatly diminished. Therefore, she's no longer of much use to the Royal Faction. This is why Martina fled to the continent of Hoy, not to return to the Royal Faction!"

Upon hearing Connor's explanation, Varga nodded, no longer doubting that Martina was behind the appearance of the Duke's men on the train.

After hesitating for a moment, Varga asked Connor, "Connor, did the Duke's men come looking for you to deal with your mentor?"

"Perhaps that's what they're planning. This is our first meeting, and they haven't told me much!" Connor said casually.

Seemingly remembering something, Connor asked Varga, "Varga, have you ever heard of the name Isabella within the Secret Society?"

Back in the fishing village of Alavés, Martina had told Connor that she was the only one left in Ruen from the Royal Faction. Before that, she had asked the Royal Faction for help, and they sent two high-level wizard apprentices skilled in combined magic, the "Sabitzer Brothers," to Ruen to support Martina. However, the Isabella that Connor just saw on the train was a woman, clearly not the Sabitzer Brothers that Martina had mentioned as her reinforcements. From this perspective, Connor still has some doubts about Isabella's identity, who claims to be from the Royal Faction.

"Isabella?"

Upon hearing Connor mention the name, a hint of surprise seemed to flash in Varga's eyes, as if she was curious why Connor would bring up this name.

"Varga, do you know her?" Seeing Varga's expression, Connor's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but ask again:

Varga composed herself and nodded, saying, "Regarding this woman, Isabella, although I haven't seen her in person, I've heard about her within the secret society. It's said she's a high-ranking wizard apprentice and extremely beautiful, with many suitors among the Duke's faction. However, it's rumored that she's very close to the Duke's right-hand man, the first-level wizard Vermaelen, and there are even rumors that she's Vermaelen's mistress!"

"Connor, how do you know about this woman, Isabella?" After recounting what she knew to Connor, Varga asked him with some curiosity.

"The one I just kicked off the train, a member of the King's faction, calls himself Isabella!" Connor's eyes flashed with slight surprise as he made no attempt to hide it from Varga.

Upon hearing that the person from the royal faction who had contacted him on the train, as Connor had mentioned, was actually Isabella, a slight look of surprise appeared on Varga's pretty face.

Connor patted Varga's soft cheek, shrugged, and said with a smile, "Get ready. Since the Duke's faction could show up on the train looking for me, they might also know that our train tickets say Tunguska is our destination, and then show up at the train station ahead. We're only about ten kilometers from Tunguska now. To prevent them from blocking us at the train station, we'll jump off the train and walk to Tunguska!"

Seeing that Connor had already made arrangements, Varga obediently nodded. Although the speed of trains in this era was incomparable to the high-speed rail on Earth that could easily reach hundreds of kilometers per hour, it was only a mere forty kilometers per hour. However, even at this speed, an ordinary person jumping off a train would either die or be seriously injured. Of course, for advanced wizard apprentices like Connor and Varga, there was basically no risk.

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"Didn't find them? Aren't you quite sure Connor and Varga's destination was Tunguska?"

In the most luxurious room of the Catherine Hotel in Tunguska at dusk, Isabella, wearing a dark green veil, angrily berated two men in their thirties dressed in gray robes not far from her:

The two men who were being reprimanded by Isabella looked very similar, especially since they both had very noticeable hooked noses. The only difference between them was that one had a mole on his left chin and the other had a mole on his right chin. Apart from the location of the moles, the two men were almost identical in appearance and build.

There was no doubt that the two men were twin brothers. At this moment, the two brothers stood there helplessly, accepting Isabella's reprimand.

If Martina were in this room at that moment, she would immediately recognize the grey-robed, hook-nosed twin brothers as the reinforcements sent to her by the Duke's faction—the Sabitzer brothers. The one with a black mole on his left cheek was the elder Sabitzer, and the one with a black mole on his right cheek was the younger Sabitzer.

Faced with Isabella's accusation, young Sabitzer seemed somewhat unconvinced, raising his head to say to Isabella, "I'd like to inform Miss Isabella that the apothecary Varga who was with Connor bought train tickets at the Rune train station with this small town as the destination. My brother and I don't know why Connor and Varga didn't get off at the Tunguska train station; perhaps something happened on the train..."

Before Sabitzer could finish speaking, his older brother, Sabitzer the Elder, standing beside him with a mole on his left chin, quickly interrupted him with a cold voice.

"shut up!"

Upon hearing his brother Sabitzer's order, Sabitzer Jr., who had wanted to say something more, obediently shut his mouth under his brother's authority, even though he was still resentful of Isabella.

Having stopped his brother, Sabitzer turned to Isabella, whose eyes were cold, and immediately bowed deeply to her. He then said in a deep voice, "I am very sorry, Miss Isabella! Please forgive my brother's offense!"

Isabella ignored Sabitzer's bow and apology, turning her gaze to the still somewhat disgruntled Sabitzer and coldly saying, "Are you accusing me of alerting the enemy?"

Faced with Isabella's questioning, the disgruntled young Sabitzer was about to say something when he felt the gaze of his older brother, Sabitzer the Elder. Reluctantly, he could only follow his brother's example, bowing ninety degrees to Isabella and saying in a deep voice, "I wouldn't dare!"

(End of this chapter)