Connor Ferguson, who had no idea what had happened to Flosinone, was currently at the edge of Navas Forest with Dezerby and the others.
In the past few days, Connor, Dezerby and the others had searched the Decaza Swamp in the Sierra de Campania Mountain Range and found nothing. After that, they searched several other suspected locations, but they still found nothing. The atmosphere in the team gradually became restless, so in order to calm the team and avoid unnecessary trouble, Connor had no choice but to lead them here.
Looking at the endless forest in the distance, Dezerby looked at Connor, who was beside him, hesitantly. Although Dezerby didn't say anything, Connor already knew what he wanted to say. He shook his head slightly and said, "Navas Forest is the last place I can think of where the relic might exist. If it still isn't here, then I won't be able to guess it!"
Hearing Connor's words, Dezerby obviously looked a little disappointed, but he could only sigh helplessly and said, "Then I hope we can find it here …"
Dezerby glanced at Connor, intentionally or unintentionally, and felt a little bitter in his heart. Before this operation, when he was still in Flosinone, when he met with Cristante, Cristante not only gave him the crystal book and instructed him to use it to monitor Connor Ferguson, but also gave Dezerby a secret mission on behalf of the Church!
For the Church of the Storm, Reyes was a thorn in their side that they wanted to get rid of as soon as possible! Connor Ferguson was the only student of Reyes, the Secret Society's Professor. Therefore, in the eyes of the Church of the Storm, Connor's value was that he could help them find the relic where Reyes might be hiding, so that they could beat Reyes when he was seriously injured and weak, and take his life!
If Connor did not help the Church of the Storm in finding the relic, it meant that Connor was no longer of any value to the Church of the Storm. Everyone knew what kind of ending a dark Magus without any value would have in the Church of the Storm!
Therefore, the secret mission that Cristante gave to Dezerby was to get rid of Connor if he failed to find the relic. The team of Arbiters that followed Dezerby was the helper that Cristante had given to Dezerby to complete this secret mission!
After receiving this mission from Cristante and knowing that there would be a team of Arbiters to help him complete this mission, Dezerby was bursting with confidence. He patted his chest and promised Cristante that as long as Connor failed to find the relic and trigger this secret mission, he, Dezerby, would definitely complete the mission and live up to the Church's expectations of him.
Unfortunately, as the mission progressed, especially after the battle with the group of Ghost Spiders in the Sierra de Campania, Dezerby, who was originally very confident that he could complete the secret mission, felt increasingly bitter. He even faintly hoped that Connor would be able to find the relic and not trigger the secret mission that Cristante had given him.
Don't misunderstand. The reason why Dezerby had such thoughts was not because Connor had saved his life when he was facing the group of Ghost Spiders, as well as the Blood-Patterned Ghost Spider that was comparable to an official Magus. Therefore, he was grateful to Connor for saving his life, and did not wish to engage in a life and death battle with Connor.
For a veteran rank 1 Magus like Dezerby who had lived for more than a hundred years and was used to the fickleness of human nature, Connor's saving of his life was nothing at all. It was already very good that he could praise Connor in his heart. If it really came down to it, Dezerby would definitely not be merciful to Connor for saving his life!
As for the real reason why Dezerby hoped that Connor would find the relic and not trigger the secret mission, it was because of the strength that Connor had displayed during the battle with the group of Ghost Spiders. It could be said that the strength that Dezerby had completely refreshed his understanding of him!
Before this great battle, although Dezerby had been warned by Connor using his spiritual force in front of Ferguson Mansion, Dezerby had only thought that in terms of spiritual force, Connor was definitely stronger than him. However, if they were to really engage in a fight, he would definitely not lose to Connor, as a rank 1 Magus. Even if he could not win against Connor, he would definitely not lose to him. At that time, Dezerby could be said to be very confident in his strength.
However, after observing Connor's terrifying strength at close range during that great battle, Dezerby's confidence completely crumbled. He clearly understood that if he were to face Connor one on one, not only would he lose miserably, he might even die at the hands of Connor!
Even if there were only nine Arbiters left, and they could assist him in dealing with Connor Ferguson, Dezerby did not have the slightest bit of confidence in killing Connor Ferguson. Furthermore, this secret mission was given to him by Cristante, who was the Director of Intelligence for Blake's Organization. As a member of the Church, Dezerby obviously could not go against it no matter what.
Therefore, for the sake of his own safety, Dezerby sincerely hoped that Connor could find that damned ruin. If that did not trigger the secret mission given to him by Cristante, Dezerby would naturally not have to face such a dangerous person like Connor!
At this moment, Connor Ferguson had no idea what Dezerby was thinking, but he also had his own thoughts. Six hours ago, Connor received a message from Varga, who was in Flosinone, through the communication jade token that he refined himself.
Previously, when he met Firo at the bookstore, Firo had already told him about Milik and emphasized that the possibility of conflict was very high. Therefore, Connor was not very surprised that Firo and Milik would really fight.
What really surprised Connor was that the location where Firo and Milik fought was coincidentally the Navas Forest, a very sensitive place!
According to the Church of the Storm's internal information given by Marguerite, the Church of the Storm was organizing people to capture Firo, and because of the alchemy bomb, Cristante had already suspected Connor. Therefore, Marguerite warned Connor not to invite trouble by meeting Firo!
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