"Following the secret passage, I soon returned to the entrance of the secret passage. However, it wasn't as smooth as I'd imagined. The altar that I'd moved away when I entered the secret passage actually moved back and blocked the entrance of the secret passage once more. As for Firo, who I suspected had broken free from Ersakin's barrier, he actually died at the entrance of the secret passage!" Connor took a deep breath and said solemnly.
"Connor, do you mean to say that you didn't kill Firo?" Margaret, who was sitting in Connor's arms and quietly listening to him, had a hint of surprise on her pretty face. Soon after, she asked, "What are you talking about?
That day in the secret passage, she had seen Connor pass out as if he had been severely injured. Not far from Connor was Firo's corpse. She immediately assumed that a battle had broken out between Connor and Firo. Although Connor had killed Firo, he had been severely injured, which was why he had fainted. It was exactly because of this that she had assumed so. When Marguerite rescued Connor from the secret passage, she had been rather curious as to why the secret passage was so clean, without any signs of battle.
"No! When I saw Firo, he was already completely dead. Apart from the fact that his corpse was extremely cold, there were no other suspicious signs. It seemed like he had died because of a mistake in his cultivation. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Connor seemed to have thought of something. He took out a crystal ball from his space ring and placed it in Marguerite's hand. A faint smile appeared on his face as he continued, "At that time, Firo's soul had already begun to dissipate. Although I vaguely sensed that Firo's death wasn't as normal as it seemed, I didn't delve into it."
"I immediately used the Soul Assimilation Technique to try and obtain the 'Blood Moon Codex' from his memories. My luck was pretty good. After resolving a few small problems, I actually managed to obtain the contents from Firo's memories. I recorded the contents into this crystal ball. Marguerite, take a look and see if this is what you want!"
Before Connor could finish his sentence, Marguerite's eyes lit up when she realized that the crystal ball in her hand contained the 'Blood Moon Codex'. Without hesitation, she sank her mind power into the crystal ball to observe the contents of the 'Blood Moon Codex'.
Ten minutes later, Marguerite withdrew her mind power from the crystal ball and directly launched a 'surprise attack' on Connor. She hugged Connor tightly and pressed her tender red lips on his. After a long kiss, Marguerite finally recovered from her excitement. She said excitedly, "With the 'Blood Moon Codex', I won't have to worry about any mistakes in my cultivation anymore!"
Hearing that, Connor gently looked at Marguerite. He had finally fulfilled his promise to Marguerite. He didn't disappoint Marguerite.
After putting the crystal ball containing the 'Blood Moon Codex' back into her spacial ring, Marguerite blinked her eyes. She seemed to have thought of something. She raised her head to look at Connor and asked, "Connor, since you used the Mind-manipulating Spell on Firo and obtained the 'Blood Moon Codex' from his memory, did you find out how Firo died?"
Hearing Marguerite's question, Connor's expression became a little bitter. He shook his head and explained, "At that time, most of Firo's soul had already dissipated, but his recent memories were still preserved. However, I don't know how Firo came out of Urzakun's enchantment, how he came to the entrance of the secret passage, and what caused his death. Everything was erased by something. I didn't find any valuable clues from the remaining memory fragments."
Noticing that Connor had used 'something' instead of 'someone' in his description, Marguerite's expression changed slightly. She asked Connor in a low voice with some surprise, "Connor, are you suspecting that the person who erased Firo's memory and killed Firo was not a Magus, but some kind of monster?"
Connor nodded honestly in response to the question from his confidante, Marguerite, and indicated that she was right. He then took out a space ring and showed it to Marguerite.
"This is Firo's space ring?"
After taking a few glances at the space ring that Connor had taken out, Marguerite recognized the origin of the ring. Back then, in order to obtain the Bloodmoon Codex to solve her cultivation problem, Marguerite had used the Church of the Storm's intelligence system to keep track of Firo's news. That was why she could tell at a glance that this ring belonged to Firo.
"That's right, this is Firo's space ring. When I first saw Firo's corpse, this space ring was still on Firo's body, and there were no traces of it being touched. Think about it, if Firo was a human Magus, would he not know the value of this space ring and the cultivation resources in it?"
"If he knew the value of this space ring and its contents, wouldn't he be tempted? In addition, whether it was in the underground palace or in the secret passageway, I did not find any traces of other Magi! "Connor's eyes revealed a trace of doubt as he spoke in a deep voice.
Hearing Connor's thoughts, Marguerite looked at the space ring in Connor's hand and pondered for a few seconds before slowly nodding her head. It was obvious that she agreed with Connor's thoughts.
Seeing this, Connor continued, "Back then, when I discovered that there might be monsters hiding in the dark, I naturally didn't want to stay in the secret passage any longer. I immediately wanted to leave. Unfortunately, the secret passage's entrance was blocked by the altar. I tried all kinds of conventional methods, but I couldn't open the altar."
"The structure of the secret passageway was too fragile. If I used an alchemy bomb to blow up the altar, the entire secret passageway would probably collapse due to the explosion of the alchemy bomb. It would be very difficult for me to survive. So when I was in a dilemma, Marguerite, fortunately, you appeared …"
Connor lowered his head to look at Marguerite who was in his arms. His eyes were full of gratitude. To be honest, even now, if Marguerite did not appear, Connor did not have any special methods to safely escape from the dangerous secret passageway.
After carefully thinking about the information that Connor told her, Marguerite asked curiously, "Connor, did you see the monster you mentioned?"
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