Sensing the admiration in Marguerite's eyes, a hint of pride flashed across Connor's eyes. He lightly clapped his hands, and a metal plate that was used to experiment with magic artifacts popped out from the floor of the hall.
Glancing at the metal plate, Marguerite's beautiful eyes flickered. Without the slightest hesitation, she continuously waved the crimson cross sword in her slender hand. Instantly, four to five crimson light slashes landed on the metal plate.
"Bang! Bang! … … "
The crimson light slashes collided with the metal plate, producing several muffled sounds. This metal plate that was specially refined by Connor immediately had four to five deep metal cracks on it.
Seeing that the metal plate wasn't completely destroyed, Marguerite's eyes revealed a hint of astonishment. However, before she could say anything, an even more shocking thing happened on the metal plate. Under Marguerite's gaze, the deep cracks that were originally created on the metal plate were slowly closing up.
"This is … …?" A minute later, seeing that the surface of the metal plate had already returned to its original smooth state, without the slightest trace of the cracks caused by her own sword, Marguerite meaningfully asked Connor.
Smiling at Marguerite, Connor once again clapped his hands, and that magical metal plate returned to the floor of the hall.
Swirling the "Conti" in his wine cup, Connor downed it in one gulp, then leisurely said to Marguerite, "It's just an experimental product. I just finished refining it not too long ago. How is it? Are you satisfied with the cross sword?"
Seeing that Connor didn't want to say anything more about the metal plate, Marguerite rolled her eyes at him. She didn't ask for a snub, but waved the crimson cross sword in her hand and said with surprise, "Connor, I didn't expect you to bring me such a surprise. I originally only wanted you to change its appearance, but I didn't expect you to change it so much. I can actually use its full power now."
After Marguerite finished speaking, Connor and her looked at each other and smiled. The original cross sword was a typical magic artifact used by body refining wizards like Scarface. Such a magic artifact could be used by normal wizards like Marguerite who walked the path of magic, but they definitely wouldn't be able to use it to its full potential. However, after some manipulation by Connor, not only did the color of the cross sword change from silver to crimson, but Connor also added an energy attribute to it, allowing normal wizards to use the full potential of this magic artifact.
"That's right, this is for you!" After dealing with the cross sword, Connor took out a portal ring from his pocket and placed it on the guest table between him and Marguerite. He then pushed it in front of Marguerite.
"Let's see, Scarface is richer than I thought! I've already taken half of mine, and half of yours is in there! "Connor pointed to the space ring he handed over and said seriously," I've already taken half of it.
Glancing at the serious face of Connor, Marguerite's beautiful face revealed a smile. She picked up the ring that Connor pushed in front of her, but didn't immediately check it. Instead, she fiddled with it for a while, then probed it with her power of the will.
A moment later, after checking the contents of the portal ring, Marguerite came back to her senses and murmured, "So the theft of Baron Surrey's treasury was done by Scarface!"
Although Marguerite's voice was very soft, the two of them were so close that Kang Na heard it clearly. He was stunned for a moment, and after looking at the contents of the portal ring, he immediately frowned and said with some surprise, "You're saying that the gold bars in the portal ring are the ones that were stolen from Baron Surrey's treasury half a year ago!"
In response to Connor's exclamation, Marguerite coldly glanced at Connor, and then said with some disbelief, "You just found out?"
A look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry appeared on Connor's face. He originally only wanted to keep his promise, but he didn't expect to accidentally give away a hot potato. Fortunately, he didn't let his greed get the better of him and kept the gold bars in the portal ring. Otherwise, he would be in serious trouble.
"Are you sure that these gold bars are really the ones that Baron Surrey lost?" After calming down, Connor said seriously to Marguerite.
Seeing that Connor actually doubted her, Marguerite rolled her eyes at Connor, and then said with some dissatisfaction, "After Baron Surrey's treasury was stolen half a year ago, the wizards of the Metropolitan Police Department and the arbitrators of the Church of the Storm all went out to find these gold bars. Although the gold bar imprints in the portal ring have been erased, the weight and appearance of these gold bars are exactly the same as the ones that Baron Surrey told the church about. Do you think they're the same batch?"
Listening to Marguerite's narration, Connor fell silent. If what Marguerite said was true, then these gold bars were the ones that Baron Surrey lost from his treasury. This was really troublesome. Baron Surrey wasn't scary, but this guy's brother, Mauricio Surrey, was very powerful. He was an admiral of the empire's navy and commanded the empire's Ocean of Storm fleet. Over the years, Baron Surrey had relied on his brother Mauricio's connections to do import and export trade. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that he made a lot of money every day. Even in Loen, where the rich were everywhere, Baron Surrey could firmly enter the top five richest people in Loen.
"Eh! That's not right! I remember that it was an uproar in the city at that time. It was said that Baron Surrey's treasury was ransacked, and he lost at least 200,000 pounds of gold bars! The value of the gold bars in Scarface's interspatial ring was at most 15,000! "As if he had thought of something, Connor asked Marguerite.
"Baron Surrey was actually his brother, General Mauricio's white glove. The gold in the treasury was nominally Baron Surrey's, but it was actually General Mauricio's. The reason why General Mauricio was able to secure his position as the admiral of the empire's navy and the commander of the Ocean of Storm fleet, other than his outstanding military service, was because General Mauricio was a rank 2 Magus. Baron Surrey's treasury was said to be refined by a great alchemist of the royal family. Even an official Magus would take a long time to break through it!"
"Scarface couldn't break through the array and steal the gold inside by himself, so Scarface was just a small fry in the theft of the treasury. Oh right, Baron Surrey's treasury didn't lose a gold bar worth 200,000 pounds, but a gold bar worth 50 pounds!" Marguerite hesitated for a moment and told Connor a secret about the gold bars!
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