Wizard Earl

Chapter 738 Miscalculation

If Margaret were still in that secret room at this moment, and saw the glass ball that Jenna Moretti had dug out of her mouth, she would surely recognize it with great annoyance. This crystal ball was the legendary Oakes Glass Ball, created by the alchemist Oakes. Its only function was to disguise the loss of life force; it had no other uses. Clearly, Jenna Moretti had been very cunning, using this Oakes Crystal Ball to feign unconsciousness and deceive Margaret.

Jenna Moretti glanced at Kevin Sosa, who was lying unconscious against the wall, covered in blood. Out of consideration for their shared membership in the Church of Storms, she hesitated for a moment before taking a pale green pill from her pocket and placing it in Kevin Sosa's mouth. It seemed that Jenna Moretti's pill was quite effective; only a few seconds after the pill entered his stomach, although Kevin Sosa had not yet woken up from his unconsciousness, his breathing had become steady.

Seeing that Kevin Sosa's vital signs had stabilized, Jenna Moretti felt relieved and ignored him. Instead, she walked towards the crystal vase placed in the corner of the secret room. By now, because of Margaret's departure, the invisible wall that had blocked Kevin Sosa from rushing towards the crystal vase had disappeared. Jenna Moretti easily walked over, picked up the crystal vase, took a deep breath, and slammed the crystal vase heavily onto the floor.

"Afraid of getting it wiped clean!"

With a crisp sound, the crystal vase that had been smashed to the ground shattered into pieces. As the crystal vase broke apart, a mechanism in Kevin Hotel was triggered, and brightly colored fireworks were ignited, instantly shooting straight into the sky!

Margaret, who had already walked several hundred meters away from Kevin's Hotel, sensed the fireworks the moment they went off and turned back to look in the direction of Kevin's Hotel.

As she watched the dazzling fireworks light up the sky above Kevin's Hotel, Margaret was startled and instinctively blurted out a curse.

After swearing, Margaret still didn't know why the mechanisms at Kevin's Hotel had been triggered even though she had knocked everyone, including the guests, unconscious. But Margaret didn't have time to think about that now. She turned around and ran quickly into the forest in the distant suburbs.

In Margaret's original escape plan, she would have six hours to run away, and she only needed three hours to board a train from Rune to any city. By the time Edel realized that the information had been hijacked and discovered his true identity, she had already left Rune by train and randomly arrived in an unfamiliar city. Edel would have no chance of finding him.

However, the fireworks display above Kevin's Inn had completely disrupted Margaret's plans. As a former high-ranking member of the Church of Rune Storms, Margaret knew very well how close Kevin's Inn was to the Church of Michia. According to the church's arrangements, the Church of Michia, as one of the most important churches in Rune, was the arbitrator for one senior wizard apprentice and two intermediate wizard apprentices. According to regulations, once a secret outpost like Kevin's Inn issued an alarm and distress signal, the surrounding churches had to provide support immediately, or they would be severely punished by the church!

Therefore, Margaret felt that it would take no more than ten minutes before Storm Church pursuers appeared behind her. Given her current injured physical condition, although she was not without the ability to fight the pursuers, she was clearly not in a good position to fight. So Margaret's top priority was to run as far away as possible and avoid the pursuers behind her.

Since her original plan to leave from Rune Train Station had failed due to the fireworks display over Kevin Hotel, Margaret now had no choice but to activate her backup escape plan.

Before arriving at Kevin's Inn, Margaret had studied the map around the inn. If she remembered correctly, after passing through the forest in front of her and crossing a small hill, there would be a small town called Hames. Although there was no train station in that town, the railway from Rune to Massachusetts, a major city in the central part of the Carman Empire, passed through it. Although Margaret was injured, climbing onto the train was not difficult for her.

Despite Margaret's best efforts to run faster, her injuries inevitably slowed her down. Half an hour later, enduring the pain of her injuries and rushing forward in the forest, Margaret had to stop due to the unbearable pain. She took out healing potions from her spatial ring to recover.

However, just as Margaret swallowed the potion and prepared to meditate to neutralize its effects, her eyes suddenly narrowed as she sensed a cold light approaching. Without a second thought, she dodged, and a half-meter-long ice spike, gleaming with a chilling light, struck directly at her location.

Having just dodged the rapidly approaching ice blades, Margaret, realizing she was being caught by pursuers, sighed inwardly. Not wanting to fight the pursuers, Margaret was about to use her lightness technique to continue running away. However, before she could make a move, she saw a gaunt old man in a white robe appear not far in front of her.

Upon seeing the appearance of this gaunt old man, Margaret's heart sank. The church's pursuers had arrived faster than she had imagined, but what she hadn't expected was that the newcomer was none other than Kohler, that old dog. Decades ago, when Kohler broke through to become an advanced wizard apprentice, Kohler had received some favors from Edel, and for the past few years, Kohler had always been loyal to Edel and faithfully carried out all of Edel's orders, regardless of right or wrong!

Although Kohler was a despicable person, Margaret, who had worked with him before, was very clear about his strength. Having spent so many years as an advanced wizard apprentice and tried to break through to become a full wizard several times, Kohler had long lost hope of breaking through to become a first-level wizard. However, his years of experience at the advanced wizard apprentice level had given him considerable strength at that level.

The fact that he appeared here so quickly to stop me from escaping shows that he understands the importance of the information the Nightingale sent me, and he wants to take back this important information about the Valencia Chamber of Commerce from me!

(End of this chapter)