Wizard Earl

"Connor, do you remember when I told you about Filo appearing in Spal?" Margaret countered.

"Of course I remember, Margaret, you also told me that the Church of Storms and the Church of Earth God organized a joint team, led by a formal wizard, to the town of Spal!" Connor nodded slightly and said.

"According to the information I received, after the joint team arrived in the town of Spal, two more girls went missing. However, since then, no more people have gone missing in Spal, and the town has returned to its usual peace. Therefore, Spal was deemed a successful mission, and the mission report was stored in the archives."

"However, the joint team sent to Spal by the Church of Storms and the Church of Earth Gods did not return to Frosinone after their mission was successful. All members of the joint team, including Reina, the official wizard of the Church of Earth Gods, did not return to Frosinone. Within a few days, for various reasons, they received transfer orders from their respective departments right there in Spal and were reassigned to other locations!" Margaret said in a deep voice.

"The entire joint squad has been transferred?"

Upon hearing from Margaret that such a thing had happened, Connor was initially shocked, but then a look of doubt immediately appeared in his eyes.

From a normal perspective, the mission of this joint squad is actually quite ordinary. There was an incident in the town of Spall where a black wizard was harming civilians, so they were sent to deal with the black wizard. This kind of mission is a very normal mission in the white wizard camp. It happens on average every week throughout the entire Kaman Empire, so there is nothing unusual about it.

Under normal circumstances, this type of task generally only has three possible outcomes!

The first possibility is that the white wizard sent either killed the troublemaking black wizard or captured the black wizard alive.

The second scenario is that you didn't kill or capture the dark wizard, but you managed to drive him away, or he fled before you even arrived. In this case, if he hasn't gone far, you can give him a chase; if he's far away, you can issue a warrant for his arrest.

In the White Wizard's eyes, both of the first two outcomes would be considered mission success, resolving the problem.

However, the third outcome is that the mission fails. Although this situation is serious, it is not difficult to deal with. It simply involves sending a stronger wizard to resolve the problem.

The situation described by Margaret should theoretically be one of the two possible outcomes of a successful mission. If things had proceeded normally, the Marquis would have disbanded the temporary joint task force after completing the mission, with its members returning home to their original units to continue their previous work.

It should never have been as Margaret described, where he was transferred directly to the mission location, Spal Town, without returning to Frosinone. Clearly, this seemingly ordinary mission to capture the Black Wizard in Spal Town has encountered some unknown twists and turns.

The final outcome of the mission should certainly not be as simple as the mission report stating that the mission was successful. As for why all the members of that joint team were transferred away, Connor boldly guessed that someone within the church wanted to use this to cover up what happened in the town of Spal.

After considering his options, Connor asked Margaret, "Margaret, have you discovered anything?"

"No! Nothing at all. That damned Philo just vanished into thin air. I managed to get my hands on the mission report through some connections, but there's not a single valuable clue on it," Margaret shook her head, somewhat dejectedly telling Connor.

Just as Connor sensed the frustration in Margaret's voice and was about to say something to comfort her, Margaret continued to speak to him telepathically:

"Connor, you need to be careful. Although I haven't found anything, the joint team that was sent to the town of Spal not only included wizards from our Storm Church, but also wizards from the Earth God Church. However, they were all transferred away without exception. This means that there is a powerful figure with connections within the church who has taken action!"

"Although we don't yet know which bigwig in the church did it, the Black Organization is the largest intelligence agency of the Storm Church with enormous power. Even within the Earth God Church, it has considerable influence. If the intelligence director of the Black Organization wanted to do this, he could absolutely do it!" Margaret's tone became increasingly certain as she finished speaking.

Margaret's words once again silenced Connor. The meaning behind Margaret's words was clear: she was telling Connor that Philo's disappearance and the changes in the town of Spal were likely related to Christante!

Before Margaret reminded him, Connor hadn't considered this possibility. But after Margaret's reminder, Connor thought about it carefully and realized that this matter might actually be related to Christant.

First, based on Connor's judgment, Christant's purpose in coming to Frosinone to find him wasn't for Connor Ferguson, but for the Secret Society and Reyes. And Philo's purpose was also Reyes; at least in terms of their objectives, Philo and Christant were highly aligned.

Secondly, as Margaret said, Christant had the ability to transfer all the members of the joint squad away, and at this time, he also appeared in Frosinone. Therefore, a powerful figure from the Church of Storms who is capable, has a purpose, and is also here, makes Connor think that Margaret's suspicion that Firo's disappearance is related to Christant is not just a figment of her imagination. On the contrary, Christant should indeed be the most suspicious person!

"Connor, I have to go now. Contact me anytime if you need anything!" As Connor pondered, the opera "La Traviata" on stage finally ended amidst applause and cheers from the audience, and Marguerite also bid farewell to Connor telepathically.

"Yes! Take care of yourself too!" Hearing Margaret's farewell, Connor ended his thoughts and also gave Margaret some advice:

After saying goodbye to Margaret, Connor also left the Rossi Opera House. However, disguised as a middle-aged red-haired man, Connor naturally did not go straight back to Ferguson's mansion in the Hoffenheim community. Instead, he strolled around the streets of Frosinone for a while, and only after making sure that no one was following him did he quietly return home.