Wizard Earl

Danilo certainly didn't know that Connor's mental power not only sensed Reyes's restriction from him, but also that this restriction was the Pastree Restriction, a restriction method that Reyes found in Byzantine texts.

Although, like a regular self-destruction restriction, the restriction will trigger a self-destruction once the soul of the restricted wizard is invaded by someone's mental power, what makes the Pastree Restriction even more terrifying than a regular self-destruction restriction is that it will list some of the restricted person's memories as secrets. When the restricted person mentions these secrets to others, the Pastree Restriction will also be triggered, and the restricted person's head will also explode.

This means that everything Danilo, whose brain hasn't exploded, just told him was a lie!

After Danilo learned that his identity had been exposed to Connor, he was determined to die. His feigned cowardice and greed were a ruse to deceive and mislead Connor.

As for why Connor knew from the beginning that Danilo was lying to him, yet still cooperated with Danilo's act, it was because he wanted to use Danilo's lies to deduce something from them.

For example, the clue mentioned by Danilo—the note in the book "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Kästner" in reading room number three of the Frosinone City Library—would definitely lead someone who isn't Danilo's superior. And Danilo's statement is undoubtedly an attempt to frame this person!

Connor retrieved a jade box from his spatial ring, placed Danilo's head inside, and then carefully put it back into the spatial ring. Although breaking the Pastry Restriction in Danilo's body was extremely difficult, Connor had the help of a powerful auxiliary chip, so it was not entirely impossible to break through part of the Pastry Restriction and obtain some memories!

After carefully collecting Danilo's head, Connor examined his body and the rest of Danilo's apartment. Finding no other valuable clues, Connor took out a can of his specially made kerosene from his spatial ring and poured it on Danilo's body and the apartment.

"Whoosh..."

Connor struck a match and threw it onto Dani's body, which was covered in kerosene. Instantly, flames erupted, and within seconds, Dani's magnificent apartment was engulfed in flames. In the center of the inferno, Dani's body had turned to ashes.

Seeing this scene, Connor nodded in satisfaction. His black robe flashed, and he reappeared downstairs at Danilo's apartment building. By this time, the fire at Danilo's apartment building had already attracted the attention of the surrounding residents. A group of men, women, and children of all ages gathered downstairs at the apartment building to watch the fire.

"Fire! Help! Where's the well? Have you called the fire department?"

"Whose house is on fire? Are there any women or children inside?"

"Whose house is so unlucky? This fire will surely reduce its value by at least half!"

"Serves them right! Everyone living here is rich; they deserve to be burned!"

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As the crowd chattered amongst themselves, Connor, who had intended to take advantage of the chaos to leave, spotted a completely black carriage at a street intersection about 500 meters away. Although the carriage looked no different from others on the outside, and the horses pulling it were ordinary, Connor, being an alchemist, immediately discerned something special about it.

The steel plates used for this black carriage are rune-infused steel plates that have been hammered and polished tens of thousands of times. Not only that, but defensive and acceleration runes are also engraved on the rune steel plates. As a result, the defensive level of this black carriage is almost comparable to a level one defensive enchanted item. The acceleration runes engraved on the carriage steel plates make the horses that pull the carriage almost useless. Even without these horses, this black carriage can still run by being powered by the magic stone energy source!

In order to conceal the runes engraved on the steel plates of the carriage from being discovered, the black paint used on this black carriage was also extraordinary. It was a kind of paint carefully prepared by an alchemist, which could not only shield energy fluctuations to a certain extent, making people unable to sense the existence of the runes on the steel plates of the carriage, but also block the detection of the mental power of wizards below the first level.

Even an alchemist with ten years of alchemy experience would find it difficult to detect the special features of this black carriage if they were in close proximity to it. If it weren't for Connor, who possesses both powerful mental abilities to perceive and extensive alchemical knowledge to discern, Connor would also have had a hard time discovering the special features of this black carriage from such a distance.

A glint of light flashed in Connor's eyes. The resources and alchemist's effort required to create such a black carriage were no less than those required to craft a level two enchanted item. Therefore, the person who could use such a black carriage was undoubtedly no ordinary character!

Connor was quite surprised by the appearance of the black carriage at this time and place, but he immediately became alert. Although he didn't know where the black carriage came from or whether it had any connection with Danilo, Connor, who didn't want to cause trouble, only glanced at the black carriage before intending to disappear and leave without getting entangled with it. However, to Connor's complete surprise, although he wanted to settle things peacefully and didn't want to cause trouble, it was clear that the people in the black carriage did not have the same intention as him.

The black carriage followed closely behind him, about 300 meters away. It moved quickly when Connor was fast and slow when Connor was slow. It was obvious that the people in the black carriage were watching Connor.

Realizing the situation, Connor's heart sank. Although he didn't know why the people in the black carriage were after him, seeing that several attempts to accelerate and conceal themselves hadn't shaken off the carriage's pursuit, Connor steeled his resolve. He knew he couldn't lead the carriage to his and Varga's hideout, so he headed in the opposite direction from the Ferguson family's safe house—to Anderson Valley, another suburb of Frosinone.

After arriving at the outskirts of Anderson Valley a dozen minutes later, Connor stopped running and looked at the black carriage that had chased him all the way from the Hoffenheim community.