After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Leoni tactfully walked away, leaving the living room to Connor and Marguerite.
After Leoni's departure, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became oppressive. Neither Connor nor Marguerite had the intention to speak first.
Looking at Marguerite, who was sitting leisurely on the chair and swirling the wine glass, Connor's heart was filled with anger. He muttered to himself for a while, and took the initiative to speak first, "You're hiding in my apartment. It seems that the matter is very serious."
"Have you heard of the God's Punishers of the Church of the Storm?" Seeing that Connor was the first to lose his cool, Marguerite smiled proudly. She did not directly answer Connor's question, but instead asked Connor a question in return.
"God's Punishers of the Church?" Connor was a little confused. Although he did not know what the name meant, from the literal meaning, the so-called God's Punishers should refer to the people who represented God in carrying out punishments. From this point of view, the God's Punishers in the Church of the Storm, which worshipped the Goddess of the Storm, most likely belonged to the upper echelons.
After deliberating over his words, Connor did not pretend to know what he did not know. He cautiously shook his head.
Rolling her eyes at Connor, Marguerite began to explain, "In the Church, the Pope is in charge of everything. He is the spokesperson of the Goddess of the Storm in the world. He is inviolable. Below him are the Cardinals and the God's Punishers. The Cardinals and the God's Punishers are more like administrative positions, dealing with various matters of the Church, while the God's Punishers are the symbol of the Church's military force. Every God's Punisher in the Church has the cultivation of at least a level-2 official Wizard!"
After carefully memorizing the secrets of the Church that Marguerite had told him, Connor's expression changed. He looked at Marguerite and said, "Do you mean that this matter is related to the God's Punishers of the Church …?"
"That's right!" Marguerite nodded heavily and continued, "Initially, the higher-ups sent a Divine Punisher named Abidal to handle this matter. However, the severity of the matter was far beyond the Church's expectations, so they sent another Divine Punisher named Jovic to assist Abidal. In the battle a few days ago, Abidal fell while Jovic was injured. Do you understand what I mean?"
Along with Marguerite's words, Connor put on a dumbfounded look, but in fact, his brain was working fast.
Although Reyes had never told Connor about his cultivation level, Connor already knew that Reyes was a level-2 wizard or even higher. However, Connor never expected that Reyes would play such a big game. Two level-2 wizards like the God's Punishers of the Church of the Storm that Marguerite mentioned were killed and injured.
Combined with Reyes's words of "the situation is settled", Connor increasingly felt that Reyes, who treated him like his own son, was too unfathomable.
Seeing that Connor seemed to be frightened by her words, Marguerite's eyes flashed with a hint of slyness.
After a long pause, Connor pretended to know nothing and asked Margaret in a low voice, "One God's Punisher is dead and the other is injured? Do you know who did it? "
Seeing that Connor was still pretending, Marguerite sneered in her heart. She opened her red lips slightly and spat out two words, "The Secret Society."
As expected, Connor heard the name "Secret Society". He thought it would be too fake if he pretended not to know about the Secret Society at this time. He frowned and said to Marguerite, "The Secret Society did it?"
"You know about the Secret Society?" Seeing that Connor was still pretending, Marguerite said with a faint smile.
"I've heard a little about it. I know that there's a person in their organization called the Professor. He's very powerful!" Connor pretended to be serious.
"The Professor was the one who did it this time! He colluded with another high-ranking member of the Secret Society, Conti, to plan everything. According to the internal information of the Church, although Abidal's Divine Punisher has fallen, Conti of the Secret Society is also dead. The Professor was seriously injured on the spot and had to flee thousands of miles away. Not only that, most of the Dark Wizards who were motivated by the Professor to attack the Church have been eliminated by the Church's arbitrators led by Captain Edward. Among them, the leaders, Balero, Kanselo, and others were killed by Captain Edward himself! "Marguerite said as she finished the wine in her hand.
Hearing Marguerite's explanation, Connor was secretly suspicious. If Marguerite was wrong, then the Secret Society should have been defeated this time. Why did Reyes give him a message in the safe house that the outcome was already decided?
Moreover, Reyes asked him to go to his villa tomorrow. Didn't Marguerite say that he should be seriously injured and flee thousands of miles away?
The more he thought about it, the more Connor felt that there was too much going on here. Perhaps he could only find out if he went to see Reyes in the villa tomorrow.
"Connor, I'll give you a word of advice. If you still plan to stay in Loen, remember to be careful. Edward is now frantically eliminating the Dark Wizards in Loen in order to increase his political achievements as the new Loen Bishop. Your aristocratic status can't guarantee that you'll be safe!" Marguerite solemnly exhorted.
Connor nodded and thought for a moment. He then said to Marguerite, "Marguerite, can you help me get a set of alchemy equipment? It's best if you have a good alchemy furnace! "
"Are you going to break through and become an intermediate Apprentice Magus?" Hearing Connor's request, Marguerite was silent for a moment before saying.
"If I can resolve my mental trauma this time, it might be a blessing in disguise. Therefore, I'm planning to prepare for a rainy day. If I break through, I'll make preparations. Time is tight!" Connor deliberately confused Marguerite.
"Sure! I'll help you keep an eye out for this! "Not rejecting Connor's request, Marguerite agreed.
"Due to my current cultivation, I don't have a Spiritual Flame. The development of alchemy has been greatly restricted. Once I become an intermediate Apprentice, refining a level-2 magic item will be a matter of course!" Perhaps to prevent Marguerite from only saying it but not actually doing it, Connor narrowed his eyes and gave Marguerite a meaningful nod.
Looking at Connor with a faint smile, Marguerite said indifferently, "Since I've promised you, you don't have to worry!"
"That's for the best!" Seeing that Marguerite understood his meaning, Connor nodded in satisfaction.
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