Wizard Earl

After a moment's thought, Varga decisively used her lightness spell to fly into the pink pollen mist she had released. No matter where the scarred man was hiding, as long as she was in the pollen mist, she would be safe, and the scarred man would have no chance to ambush her!

The moment Varga made a move, the scarred youth's bronze dagger struck the spot where Varga had just been standing without warning.

Having narrowly escaped the pink pollen, Varga gazed at the scarred youth wielding a bronze dagger. A look of seriousness appeared in her eyes. Although she didn't know whether this scarred youth was from the Duke's faction, sent by the professor, or had some other identity, his ability to stealthily assassinate was truly unparalleled. If she hadn't had a premonition, her throat would probably have already been slit open by this scarred youth's bronze dagger, and she would have fallen victim to his wickedness!

Time ticked by, and just as Varga and the scarred youth were locked in a strange standoff where neither dared to leave the pollen mist, the scarred youth wielding the bronze dagger suddenly seemed to be attacked, swaying and nearly falling to the ground.

Seeing the scarred youth's reaction, Varga assumed he was trying to trick her into leaving the pollen mist. She remained unmoved, showing no intention of leaving. However, just a few seconds later, the scarred youth, who had nearly collapsed under her gaze, seemed to abandon his assassination attempt. Just as Varga was feeling puzzled by this, a very familiar voice reached her ears.

"Varga, stop him!" Seeing the scarred youth trying to escape in the distance, Connor, without thinking, shouted at Varga, who was hiding in the pollen mist.

Upon hearing Connor's voice, Varga suddenly realized why the scarred youth had almost fallen to the ground and why he had given up on attacking her. Without hesitation, Varga waved her hand again, and several dark green vines flew out from her body, heading towards the scarred youth who was trying to escape.

Despite the threat of death and the interference from the vines released by Varga, the scarred youth remained unmoved and continued to advance at high speed, actually thinking that he could withstand Varga's vines head-on and escape immediately!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!..."

Varga's dark green vines struck the scarred youth, immediately creating several bloody holes. However, the scarred youth was clearly a ruthless person; he endured the pain without uttering a sound, swiftly severing the dark green vines that were stuck in his body, and continued running away into the distance.

Just as Varga was at her wit's end and could only helplessly watch the scarred youth escape, Connor, a first-level wizard, arrived just in time. With a thought, he unleashed a mental storm directly at the scarred youth.

The first time Connor unleashed his mental storm on the scarred youth, the distance affected its power, and it didn't render the youth helpless as Connor had expected. It only severely damaged the youth's spiritual core. However, thanks to Varga's intervention, the distance between Connor and the scarred youth, who were flying at high speed, had been greatly reduced. Therefore, when Connor's mental storm struck the scarred youth this time, there was no suspense. The scarred youth, bleeding from all seven orifices, struggled for a moment but still collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that the scarred youth had lost all ability to resist, Connor decisively stepped forward and examined the youth's mind. As expected, he found a self-destruction restriction in the youth's mind. If he used his Soul-Searching Technique to forcibly search the youth's mind, the youth's head would explode into a rotten watermelon!

Faced with this situation, Connor's lips curled into a cold smile. If he were still a senior wizard apprentice, he might have been helpless against such a self-destruction restriction and not know what to do. But now that he was a first-level wizard, such a self-destruction restriction was not a big problem for him!

With a thought, Connor multitasked, using his mental power to stabilize the self-destruction restriction in the scarred youth's mind while simultaneously using his Soul-Seizing Technique to cautiously invade the youth's mind. Although the scarred youth was a high-level wizard apprentice, under Connor's powerful mental invasion, his fate was no different from that of Arbeloa, who only had the cultivation of a mid-level wizard apprentice. Within minutes, Connor had breached his mind, allowing him to examine his memories.

Five minutes later, after finishing the soul search on the scarred youth, Connor showed no mercy. With a slight flick of his finger, a black streak of light pierced through the scarred youth's brow, destroying his divine sea and sending him straight to heaven.

After dealing with the scarred young man, Connor turned to Varga, who was clutching her still-bleeding arm, and asked with concern, "Varga, is your arm injury alright?"

In response to Connor's question, Varga shook her head and said, "It's just some superficial wounds, nothing serious. I'll go back, remove the bullet from my arm, take some medication, and rest for a while. I'll be fine!"

At this point, Varga took out a small, sealed ceramic jar from her spatial ring and tossed it to Connor, then explained, "Connor, this is some metallic powder I found in a secret compartment in Danilo's house. Take a look and see what it is."

When Varga mentioned that she had found it in Danilo's house, and even in a hidden compartment, Connor immediately became interested in the contents of the small jar. He unsealed the jar and looked at the metallic powder inside with a silvery-white luster, a hint of doubt appearing in Connor's eyes.

With a light tap of his finger, Connor released a small pinch of metallic powder from the ceramic jar into his palm. After a careful examination, although Connor still didn't understand what the metallic powder was or what its purpose was, he was certain that it wasn't composed of a single metal. Instead, it was formed by mixing multiple alchemical materials together using a special alchemical process. Connor could distinguish four alchemical materials from the powder: mithril, Patrice black gold, sulfuric acid refined using the Hamas technique, and mandragra iron.