Wizard Earl

Chapter 724 Breaking the Promise

Seeing that Sabitzer Jr. had realized the seriousness of the situation, Sabitzer Sr. comforted him, saying, "Miss Isabella, we've already said we'll let what happened earlier go. As long as we diligently complete every task Miss Isabella assigns us and help her deal with that Connor Ferguson guy, this might just be an opportunity for us brothers to shine in front of that important person!"

"If we gain that lord's favor, my future in the secret society will be absolutely bright. It's even possible that we'll both become official wizards and live for hundreds of years!"

As he finished speaking, a fleeting glint of ambition flashed in Sabitzer's eyes.

Upon hearing his brother Sabitzer's words, Sabitzer, who had just been filled with remorse for talking back to Isabella, was stunned for a moment. Then, as he pondered his brother's words, his expression gradually became excited.

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Meanwhile, a hundred kilometers away from the Catherine Hotel where the Sabitzer brothers and Isabella were staying, deep in the mountains on the outskirts of Tunguska, Connor Ferguson, unaware that he was being watched, looked at his familiar surroundings and slowly nodded. Then, he cast a spell in each of his surroundings. As Connor cast the spells, ripples appeared in the forest scene in the dead of night. A few seconds later, the illusionary magic circle that Connor had set up was dispelled by Connor, revealing its true form—a very well hidden cave.

Connor waved to Varga beside him, signaling her to follow, and then took the lead and walked into the cave.

He lit the kerosene lamp he had left in the cave, and the orange-yellow light instantly illuminated the entire cave as if it were daytime.

Varga surveyed the cave, her beautiful eyes sparkling with curiosity. After a few seconds, her gaze shifted to a pile of black slag in the corner of the cave. She examined it with interest for a moment, then pointed to the slag and asked Connor:

"Connor, what are these things?"

Faced with Varga's question, Connor glanced at the black slag he hadn't had time to deal with in the corner of the mountain and fell silent, unsure how to answer Varga's question. He never imagined that one day he would bring someone else to this secret cave, even if that person was Varga.

Seeing Connor remain silent and lost in thought, Varga, understanding that Connor had some unspeakable difficulty, didn't press further. Instead, she turned to Connor and asked, "Connor, when do you plan to start trying to break through?"

"Valga, wait for me in the cave. I need to go out alone to retrieve something. I'll start trying to break through when I get back." Valga's understanding touched Connor slightly. He carefully chose his words and said softly:

Hearing Connor's vague explanation, Varga was still somewhat puzzled, but she suppressed her doubts and didn't press for further questions. She obediently nodded to Connor, indicating that she would stay in the cave.

Connor nodded slightly to her, then turned and walked out of the cave towards the reeds on Lake Mercedes in the western suburbs of Tunguska, where the magic stone mine was located, just as he remembered. As with the previous times he had taken magic stones from the magic stone mine, Connor successfully obtained tens of thousands of magic stones. However, this time, while taking the magic stones, Connor destroyed the ten mining golems that were mining the magic stones and buried the remains of the alchemy golem in the abandoned mine tunnels of the magic stone mine.

Although crafting mining golems was an extremely difficult task, Connor had no choice. This time, his departure was not a short trip of a few weeks or a month; he would likely not be able to return to Rune for several years. If he couldn't return to Rune, these alchemical golems he crafted would become completely unusable in a short time without having their parts replaced and maintained due to the radiation from the magic stone mine. Furthermore, it was impossible to move ten alchemical golems out of this magic stone mine, which was dozens of meters deep below the ground.

Furthermore, if Connor is unable to return to Rune for an extended period, the ten alchemical golems corroded and rendered unusable by the magic stone mine will remain there, causing some pollution to the mine itself and affecting the quality of the magic stones produced in the future. Therefore, although crafting alchemical golems capable of mining magic stone is a very troublesome matter, in the long run, what Connor is doing is undoubtedly the right thing to do. After all, as long as Connor is alive, he can craft ten more alchemical golems capable of mining magic stone whenever he has the materials.

After temporarily shutting down the magic stone mine, in order to ensure its secrecy and safety, and to prevent it from being discovered by others while he was away from Rune, Connor rearranged the original hiding magic circle on the reeds above the magic stone mine. Several hours later, after dealing with the magic stone mine issue, Connor hurriedly returned to his secret cave, where Varga was quietly waiting for him.

Looking at Varga, who was behaving obediently in the cave and was already preparing to help him break through to the protective barrier, Connor felt a soft spot in his heart. He hesitated for a moment, then finally whispered to Varga, "Varga, do you know why I'm here, establishing this secret base?"

"Connor, didn't you say this was the place you used when you broke through to become an advanced wizard apprentice?" Although she didn't know why Connor brought this up, Varga answered without hesitation:

"That's part of the reason, but the biggest reason I ended up in Tunguska, such a godforsaken little town, is that when I was still an intermediate wizard apprentice, I discovered a magic stone mine here. However, my abilities were limited at the time, and I couldn't mine the magic stone mine by myself, so I found Margaret, who was in the Church of Storms, to cooperate in mining this magic stone mine."

"This cave is where I'm responsible for refining the raw magic stone ore I've mined. As for the black slag you just saw, that's impurities I extracted from the raw magic stone ore!"

"Valga, the reason I didn't tell you earlier is because Margaret and I had an agreement that neither of us could reveal the existence and location of the magic stone mine to anyone else!" Connor said slowly, looking at Valga.

"Connor, you really found a magic stone mine here?" Upon hearing Connor's account, Varga, who knew just how valuable a magic stone mine was, was visibly surprised.

(End of this chapter)