Connor glanced at van der Beek for a while, then fixed his eyes on the mysterious man in a grey cloak. His intuition told him that this man was the real deal. More importantly, for some reason, this man gave Connor a familiar feeling, as if he had seen him somewhere before and even fought against him.
After looking at Connor for a few seconds through the cloak, this mysterious Mr. K whispered to van der Beek, who was very nervous and on guard at all times, "The Red Mountain coffee in this coffee shop is pretty good, please order two cups for us and bring them back!"
Although van der Beek was inexperienced, he was not stupid. He understood that Mr. K wanted to send him away so that he could face the "target" in front of him alone. This made him a little confused. In his eyes, the three of them were all level-1 wizards. No matter how he looked at it, they would have an advantage in a two-on-one fight. Why did Mr. K want to send him away so that he could face the "target" alone?
Although van der Beek didn't understand Mr. K's intention, he saw Mr. K's firm attitude and remembered that Cristante had told him to listen to Mr. K's orders except for matters of principle. After hesitating for a while, he gave Connor a fierce look, signalling Connor not to act rashly. He then opened the door and walked out of the private room.
After van der Beek left, only Connor and Mr. K were left in the private room. Mr. K, who was wearing a grey cloak, looked at Connor's scrutinizing eyes and shook his head with a wry smile. Without wasting any time, he took off his hood in front of Connor.
"Firo, it's you?"
Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Connor squinted his eyes and said with a little surprise. Half an hour ago, Connor was in the middle of the secret room.
Under the enhancement of the Silver Light Pendant's spiritual force, Connor discovered their traces in this coffee shop. After observing for a while and evaluating the enemy's strength, Connor decided to show up and have a talk with the other party.
The Church of the Storm's aura on van der Beek was so strong that Connor recognized him almost immediately. At first, Connor also thought that this mysterious man in a grey cloak was also a wizard from the Church of the Storm. After feeling that the man seemed familiar, Connor was a little curious about his identity. After all, apart from Marguerite, he hadn't met many official wizards from the Church of the Storm. Therefore, when he found out that this mysterious man was Firo, Connor was a little surprised.
"It's been a while since we last met. Connor, should I call you Count Ferguson now?" Firo, who had introduced himself, smiled meaningfully and said to Connor.
"It's just a form of address. Firo, you can call me whatever you like!" Connor waved his hand and casually replied to Firo's question. Then, he sized up Firo and changed the topic. He asked tentatively, "A while ago, I heard that Firo met with some trouble, so I thought you were dead. I didn't expect you to appear here. How did you make a meteoric rise and join the Church of the Storm?"
Although it was hard to believe that Firo would appear here, Connor quickly accepted this fact and began to think about it based on this fact.
Before coming to Iprua, he and Marguerite had specially talked about Firo when they met at the Rossi Theater. Marguerite told Connor that the joint small team of the Church of the Storm and the Religion of the Earth that was sent to Spar Town to deal with Firo had been transferred away from Flosinone due to some secret. The person who did this was most likely Cristante, who was suspected to be the chief intelligence officer of the Church of the Storm and Blake's Organization!
To be honest, Connor had seriously thought about what exactly happened between Firo and the Church of the Storm in Spar Town that caused an entire joint small team to be transferred away immediately. However, due to the limited clues he had at hand, Connor couldn't come up with any conclusion.
But now, it seemed that Cristante had appeared here with the Church of the Storm Magus by his side. The result was self-evident. Firo was most likely in cahoots with the Church of the Storm. The reason why the joint small team that was sent to deal with Firo was immediately transferred away was most likely because the Church of the Storm wanted to keep Firo's identity a secret.
Firo was not stupid. He naturally understood the probing in Connor's words. He smiled wryly and didn't hide anything. He said helplessly, "Connor, you're right. I did run into some trouble some time ago. Your mentor Reyes sent Bisping to deal with me. Bisping and I met near Spar Town and had a big fight. Although I successfully forced Bisping to retreat, I was also seriously injured.
"So I hid in Spar Town to heal. I didn't expect to be exposed and be targeted by the Church of the Storm and the Religion of the Earth …"
Speaking up to this point, Firo sighed, then took out a token from his interspatial ring. He showed it to Connor as he said, "By chance, I met a benefactor, so I became like this. I became an informant of the Church of the Lord of Storms, Blake's Organization, working for the Church of the Lord of Storms!"
Looking at the simple token that Firo showed him, which was carved with mithril with runes of the Church of the Storm, Connor knew very well that the benefactor that Firo met was most likely Cristante, the intelligence director of the Blake Organization and the biggest intelligence chief of the Church of the Storm. Only Cristante had the ability and courage to turn a Dark Warlock who practiced blood witchcraft into a lackey of the Church of the Storm.
Seeing that Connor saw his token clearly and recognized his new identity, Firo put the token back into his space ring. He then asked Connor seriously, "Connor, do you know what happened recently?"
Although Firo didn't say what he was referring to, Connor immediately understood what he meant. He pondered for a while and asked, "Firo, are you talking about Reyes and the level-3 Warlock from the Religion of the Earth, McKenna?"
"That's right! It seems that you've heard about it, Connor. Since that's the case, I won't beat around the bush. What I told you before has happened. What do you plan to do next, Connor? "Firo stared at Connor and waited for his answer.
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