"This time, I obtained about 23,000 Magic Stones from the Tunguska Magic Stone mine. According to our agreement, I'll be in charge of the refinement, and you'll bear 10% of the losses during the refinement process. Furthermore, you'll pay me an additional 10% of the commission. You'll take 30% of the refined Magic Stones, so here are the 7,000 Magic Stones you deserve. In an abandoned factory building in the western suburbs of Loen, Connor took out an interspatial ring and handed it to Marguerite, who was wearing a purple veil.
After returning to Loen with the Magic Stones, Connor originally wanted to get Leoni to pass Marguerite the share she deserved to Marguerite. But for some reason, Marguerite rejected his suggestion and specially arranged for today's meeting.
After receiving the interspatial ring from Connor, Marguerite looked like she trusted Connor very much. She directly placed it in her pocket.
Seeing Marguerite's actions, Connor knew that his guess wasn't wrong. This time, Marguerite had specially come to meet him, and taking the Magic Stones was just a matter of convenience!
Indeed, after putting away the interspatial ring, Marguerite pondered for a moment and asked Connor, "Connor, do you have any news regarding the Skull and Bones Order recently?"
"News about the Skull and Bones Order?" Upon hearing Marguerite's question, a hint of surprise flashed across Connor's eyes. He guessed that Marguerite had something to do with this meeting, but he never expected that this matter seemed to have something to do with the Skull and Bones Order. Connor originally thought that Marguerite wanted to ask about the Silver Light Pendant replica that he had promised to research for her, but now it seemed like the Skull and Bones Order was up to something again in Loen.
"Margaret, as you know, I've been refining magic stones in the Tunguska mine for the past few days. I've just returned to Loen, so I have no idea what happened. Of course, if you need me, I can help you ask around, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the information you want …" Connor's eyes flickered, and he answered Margaret's question very cautiously, "I'm not sure if I can get the information you want.
Connor's calm answer obviously didn't satisfy Marguerite. After glaring angrily at Connor, she could only helplessly say, "There's reliable news that a batch of assassins from the Skull and Bones Order has snuck into Loen. That old bastard, Edward, gave me a team of arbitrators and told me to find this batch of assassins as soon as possible. I've looked for this team of arbitrators in Loen for a few days, but there's no clue at all!"
"The Skull and Bones Order has sent assassins to Loen? What are they trying to do? " Hearing this information from Marguerite, Connor immediately paid attention. If he remembered correctly, the great alchemist of the Skull and Bones Order, Southgate, was about to lead his magical knights to join Reyes's faction in the Secret Society in the near future.
"Who knows? I don't know their numbers, goals, or strength. I only know that they're here, and I've been searching everywhere like a headless fly. That old bastard Edward is urging me every day!" Marguerite's face was bitter as she complained to Connor about the Church.
"Didn't your Church's intelligence department give you any support? Did you arrange so many Eyes of the Storm and informants in Loen? " Connor asked with a frown. He knew very well how deep the Church of the Storm's intelligence network was in Loen. Back when he was in the safe house, he had only leaked out a little energy fluctuation, and it was caught by the Eyes of the Storm in the nearby cathedral. The arbitrators had come knocking on his door that night. If not for Connor decisively abandoning the safe house in time, he might have been caught on the spot.
Connor's question seemed to remind Marguerite of some bad memories. She said with some irritation, "Now, the intelligence department's main focus is on other matters. The few pieces of information they've provided me not only cover a large area, but their accuracy is also shockingly low. I've organized a few searches, but I haven't even seen a shadow of the assassins!"
"I'll help you ask and try my best to give you an answer within a week!" Connor replied to Marguerite after pondering for a moment. In another three days, he would be meeting Varga. When the time came, he might as well help Marguerite ask Varga. Apart from Varga, he really had no one else to ask. After all, he couldn't ask Martina or Old Victor, right?
Just as Connor thought that his meeting with Marguerite would end like that, Connor's next sentence attracted his attention again.
"Connor, do you think that Great Alchemist Southgate is in Loen?" Marguerite's eyes under her veil stared intently at Connor as she asked mysteriously, "Do you think that Great Alchemist Southgate is in Loen?"
Marguerite's question immediately made Connor widen his eyes. Moments later, Connor reacted as he frowned and said to Marguerite, "You mean to say that this batch of assassins from the Skull and Bones Association is targeting Southgate?"
Marguerite didn't directly answer Connor's question and instead asked with a deeper meaning, "The news of the Skull and Bones Association dispatching assassins to Loen came from the church's headquarters, Blake's Organization. The news didn't mention the number of assassins, their strength, or their goal, but there was one piece of news that was very thought-provoking. The Skull and Bones Association had been preparing for at least a month to organize this batch of assassins!"
After carefully thinking over every word Marguerite said, Connor had no choice but to admit that the Skull and Bones Association dispatching assassins to kill an official Magus and a Great Alchemist seemed very absurd, but after careful consideration, it wasn't without logic.
Southgate wasn't only the third in command of the Skull and Bones Association, but he was also a Great Alchemist. A Great Alchemist was a very precious existence to any dark Magus organization or light Magus organization like the Church of the Storm, the 9th Bureau, or the Religion of the Earth.
It could be foreseen that if Southgate, as a Great Alchemist, really led the Magic Knights under his command to leave the Skull and join the Secret Society, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Skull and Bones Association. As long as the Skull and Bones Association's Rank 2 Magus Skeleton King had a bit of temper, he definitely wouldn't watch Southgate betray him and join the Secret Society without doing anything!
'Since I can't stop you from leaving me, I might as well destroy you and let others know the price of betraying me. Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!' This kind of logic was based on the belief in strength and the strong were respected. In the Magus World that was filled with slaughter, it wasn't rare and was a very normal thing!
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