Loen City's eastern district, 16th Rand Street.
Leaning on the sofa, Connor Ferguson, who was covered in bandages, squinted his eyes with a faint smile on his face as he casually played with a light purple ring on his finger. On the desk beside him was a rather classical pocket watch.
These two items were the spoils of war he'd found on Charles' body!
After killing Charles, apart from lamenting that Man proposes but God disposes, Connor had immediately used the soul manipulation technique recorded in the Abyssal Secret Arts to check Charles' memories. However, Charles seemed to be a ruthless person. He'd actually set up countless restrictions in his soul. In order to check his memories, one had to break through these restrictions and remove them. Furthermore, if there were any mistakes in the process of removing these restrictions, it would cause Charles' head to explode like a bomb. * Bang! *
Fortunately, Connor had the auxiliary A.I. Chip with a powerful computing ability. In addition to the powerful soul manipulation technique recorded in the Abyssal Secret Arts, Connor was able to quickly break through a small portion of the restrictions in Charles' soul and obtain some of Charles' memories.
According to the A.I. Chip's analysis of the memories, Connor obtained a few pieces of useful information.
Firstly, Charles' identity on the surface was that of the chairman of the Charles Foundation. The Charles Foundation owned shares in dozens of companies. Secretly, Charles was a black-market merchant who specialized in laundering his dirty deeds through the companies he had shares in. He also charged a high commission for this!
Secondly, as Loen was within the traditional sphere of influence of the Church of the Storm, there weren't any large-scale black markets. However, there were many small black markets. What made Connor overjoyed was that Charles' memories clearly recorded a black market under the cover of the Prosper Club. Every once in a while, it would secretly organize a gathering between Magi!
Furthermore, the portion of Charles' memories that he'd deciphered recorded the correct method to come into contact with the Prosper Club!
Thirdly, Charles had two magic artifacts in his possession. They were the rank 2 magic artifact, the Violet Ring, and the rank 1 magic artifact, the Inspiration Pocket Watch! The Violet Ring was the magic artifact that Charles had used to release a purple shield of light during the fierce battle. The Inspiration Pocket Watch was an auxiliary magic artifact. This magic artifact could automatically warn others of spiritual force detection, but there were many restrictions to its use. For example, after the warning, it needed a period of time to store energy before it could be used again.
According to Connor's estimation, Charles was able to discover that he was following him because of the Inspiration Pocket Watch. In the following battle, Charles didn't discover him hiding behind the tombstone because the Inspiration Pocket Watch entered a dormant period to store energy after the warning.
Although Connor still had many questions regarding Charles, it was undoubtedly a difficult task to break through most of the remaining restrictions in his soul. Even with the assistance of the auxiliary A.I. Chip and the Spirit Assimilation spell, Connor would need at least seven days to complete the task. A person's soul would completely disappear after twenty-four hours after death. Hence, breaking through all the restrictions in the soul was undoubtedly a false proposition!
Realizing this, Connor decisively gave up. He no longer bothered with Charles' memories and carefully cleaned up the scene of the battle. After erasing all traces of himself, he immediately left silently.
With regards to the Violet Ring and the Inspiration Pocket Watch, Connor was rather satisfied. The energy in the Gwendelin Badge that his mentor, Reyes, had given him was about to be depleted. According to the A.I. Chip's estimations, the Gwendelin Badge could only be used once more before it was scrapped.
Although the Gwendelin Badge and the Violet Ring were both rank 2 defensive magic artifacts, there was still a huge difference between the two. The Gwendelin Badge was a magic artifact that Connor's mentor, Reyes, had made when he was young. It was a semi-finished product that could not be reused and had a limited number of uses.
On the other hand, the Violet Ring was a magic artifact that could be reused permanently. Although its energy had been depleted by Charles, once it landed in the hands of a Magus like Connor, in theory, as long as Connor was able to provide it with an endless supply of magic power, the Violet Ring's purple light shield could be used continuously.
Compared to the Violet Ring, the Inspiration Pocket Watch seemed to be of little use to Connor. The Inspiration Pocket Watch was a rank 1 magic artifact. According to the A.I. Chip's estimations, the Inspiration Pocket Watch could only detect the probing of the spiritual force of an intermediate acolyte. Hence, it was more like a magic artifact that was specially made for mortals. Mortals had no way of manifesting their spiritual force, so they could not detect the probing of a Magus' spiritual force.
On the other hand, Connor was a Magus. Due to his innate spiritual force and the fact that he had trained in secret abyssal techniques, although he had not reached the level of an intermediate acolyte, his spiritual force was very close to one. The spiritual force probing that the Inspiration Pocket Watch could detect could be detected by Connor himself. However, the spiritual force probing that Connor could not detect could not be detected by the Inspiration Pocket Watch either.
"According to Charles' memories, there are still three days until the next gathering of the Prosper Club. Looks like I need to make some preparations!" Connor leaned against the soft sofa and stroked his chin as he pondered. Although killing Charles was not his intention, as a black market merchant who laundered dirty goods, Charles was not a good person either. Killing him was not a big deal.
Connor placed great importance on the Prosper Club. He saw it as an opportunity, an opportunity that would help him step further into the Magus World. However, from the information he obtained from Charles' memories, other than the fact that the Men's Club was a place where hidden Adepts regularly met in private, as well as the method to enter the Men's Club, there was almost no other useful information. Therefore, even though Connor was interested, he was still very cautious.
Who knew what kind of people would gather at the Prosper Club? Would they be the evil dark Magi who killed people like flies? Or would they be the underground Magi who were struggling to survive under the high pressure of the Church of the Storm? Or perhaps both?
Hence, due to the fact that the Prosper Club's structure was still unclear, and he had to be responsible for his own safety, Connor felt that if he was going to attend the gathering three days later, he needed to make some preparations just in case.
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