It was precisely because Pope Ilsanke was facing such a problem that Marguerite believed that Ilsanke was preparing for the future by returning the Blizzard Staff to Elena and hinting at Elena's support during their meeting.
Ilsanke wanted to help Humail break through to become a rank 3 Magus and allow the Church of the Storm to smoothly take over. However, he didn't want to give up his authority over the Church of the Storm and accept the impact of Humail's breakthrough to a rank 3 Magus on his authority. Thus, Ilsanke needed a helper to do things that Ilsanke couldn't do openly, and to help Ilsanke keep Humail in check.
The current power structure of the Church of the Lord of Storms was one Pope and three Red Archbishops. The Pope was naturally Ilsanc himself. As for the remaining three Red Archbishops, they were Humail, Sabitz, and Elena.
Sabitz had been holding on to his last hope of breaking through to a rank 3 Magus in recent years as he was nearing the end of his lifespan. However, he was already very old, and the chances of him successfully breaking through were too low. Unless a miracle happened, he would pass away in another two or three years. Thus, Red Cardinal Sabitz had basically withdrawn from the power struggle of the Church of the Storm.
With Sabital's death, the Church of the Lord of Storms was left with only Humail and Elena, the two Cardinals. Hence, if Humail became a rank 3 Magus in the future, she would have a huge impact on Ilsanke's authority. To Ilsanke, Elena was a natural chess piece that he could use to keep Humail in check!
Previously, Elena was able to break the convention that only rank 2 Sorcerers of the Church of the Lord of Storms could become Cardinals. She became a Cardinal with the cultivation of a rank 1 Sorcerer. Other than the fact that Elena was considered to be gifted by the entire Church of the Lord of Storms, and that her breakthrough to rank 2 Sorcerer was a certainty.
To a large extent, it was because Pope Ilsanke had given face to Elena's teacher who had passed away, Camille, and used his authority as the pope to go against the objections of the masses and forcefully pass the law in a meeting of the upper echelons of the Church of the Storm. Hence, although Elena had become a Red Cardinal with the help of Pope Ilsanke, due to her unstable foundation, her prestige in the Church of the Storm was not as high as before. The other two Red Cardinals, Sabitz and Humail, were basically just Red Cardinals in name only. In the safe house of the Church of the Storm, they had the title of Red Cardinal, but they did not have the actual power to match their position.
Although Elena had broken through to become a rank 2 Magus and obtained the Violent Frost Staff that was very compatible with her meditation from Pope Ilsanke, her strength had increased greatly. However, whether it was her own strength or her authority within the Church, she could not be compared to Humail, who was at the peak of her power.
However, after becoming a rank 2 Magus and gaining the value of the Violent Frost Staff, Elena's ambition naturally grew along with her strength. In her heart, she wanted to compete with Humail for the position of the next pope. Hence, the greedy Elena knew that Ilsanke's support was only to use her to keep Humail in check, but she was still willing to be controlled and manipulated by Ilsanke.
Realizing this, Marguerite, as Elena's confidante, could not help but have a hint of worry in her eyes. Humail had a very strong personality and was known for being vengeful. Now that Elena was helping Ilsanke keep Humail in check due to her greed, Humail might not be able to do anything, but Ilsanke was, after all, old. The day he passed away, it would be time for Humail to retaliate …
Although Marguerite was aware of this possibility, it seemed that Elena had already made up her mind. As her subordinate, it was not her place to say anything. She could only secretly pray to the Storm Goddess in her heart that Humail would not succeed in breaking through to become a rank 3 Magus. If not, she also hoped that Humail would not succeed in breaking through to become a rank 3 Magus so that Elena could at least have some time to increase her strength.
In addition, during this meeting, although Elena kept asking to meet with Connor, she always changed the topic and did not mention her purpose of meeting with Connor. However, even though Elena did not say it, Marguerite could more or less guess her purpose.
It was obvious that after breaking through to become a rank 2 Magus and taking back the rank 3 magic item, Violent Frost Staff, which was given to her by her mentor, Camille, and secretly receiving the support of Pope Ilsanke, Elena, who originally had no desires in the Church of the Storm, started to have real intentions of competing with Humail for the position of Pope.
Under such circumstances, Elena took the initiative to take the risk and asked to meet with Connor. Either she wanted to use Connor to set Humail up, or she wanted to obtain some information about Reyes from Connor. She wanted to have an advantage in dealing with Reyes, so that she could establish her authority in the Church of the Storm and expand her influence.
Therefore, after realizing Elena's purpose, Marguerite felt that meeting with Elena would not pose too much of a risk to Connor, so she finally agreed to Elena's request. However, she also told Elena that she wanted to go to the Navas Forest and personally arrange this matter.
Milik was Archbishop Humail's subordinate, and his death in the mission was not a small matter. As the person in charge, Cristante would definitely investigate to the end. Although she did not know what happened in the Navas Forest and how Milik died, for some reason, Marguerite had a feeling that Milik's death was related to Connor.
And if it was really Connor's doing, then Connor would be in danger if Cristante found out. Even if Connor was innocent, as long as Cristante could not find out anything, he would most likely shirk the responsibility and try to make Milik and Connor Ferguson, the two dark Magi who were enemies of the Church of the Storm, take the blame. Therefore, no matter how one looked at it, Connor was in great danger in the Navas Forest.
Now that Varga was in the Ferguson Residence and was being watched by the Church of the Storm, they could not touch him unless it was absolutely necessary. Therefore, the only one left who could go to the Navas Forest to support Connor was Marguerite. Therefore, for the sake of Connor's safety, Marguerite decided to go to the Navas Forest to support Connor, even if she had to bear a great risk.
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