Scientific Wizard

"Devil's lackey..."

"We should report to the kingdom now and arrest William, stripping him of his title!"

As Cody continued to speak passionately, several bishops and priests inside the church were furious, their voices rising in condemnation.

Especially Nord, whose face was as dark as water, exuding an icy air. If Archbishop Losak hadn't spoken yet, he would have stormed into William's mansion long ago.

The catastrophic defeat outside the count's domain, the countless soldiers and comrades dying before Nord, fueled his inner fury.

As a pawn for the wizards, William had sent an endless stream of supplies to the land of the wizards. Even descending into hell wouldn't be enough to ease Nord's resentment.

"Since William is working for those wizards, why did he choose to share those two pieces of information with me?" Losak continued to inquire.

Regarding the abnormality of the second prince, Hatar, the Church wasn't entirely unaware. Most nobles in the kingdom had some inkling, given Hatar's exceedingly clumsy performance in the great hall.

What they hadn't anticipated was their audacity to seize the throne by force. There was no other explanation aside from being enticed by the devil, leaving them blindsided.

"It's Master Herlram, William's contact person, who's deceased..." Cody hesitated in his speech.

Under the confessional narrative, the power of divine arts slowly faded, and Cody regained some consciousness. Yet, facing the most powerful man in the kingdom and the Church's archbishop, he dared not utter any lies, knowing they would be easily exposed.

He had divulged too much information already; everything that should and shouldn't have been revealed had slipped out. At this moment, continuing to speak was the only chance for a glimmer of hope.

"And... There seems to be trouble in the land of the wizards. The mist in the Sea of Mist has shown signs of dissipating lately. So, Lord William believes that the end of those wizards is imminent..."

"The Sea of Mist?" Nord and the others paused involuntarily, immediately turning to Losak. This was the first time they had heard of that alleged wizard's sanctuary, the demonic stronghold situated on the other side of the Sea of Mist!

Losak remained completely composed. The changes in the Sea of Mist had been prophesied within the scriptures two months prior.

"Could the rebellion of the mine slaves be related to these heretic worshippers from the land of the wizards?" Nord rebuked sharply.

"William doesn't know much about this matter. The newly appointed wizard doesn't trust us. However, William seems to have discovered that Lord Anthony appeared on the battlefield," Cody said in a hushed tone, spitting out his words.

"Anthony..." Losak murmured softly, not unfamiliar with the name. He was well aware that this grand wizard had established a magical school operating within the capital.

He didn't rush to take action against these people. Firstly, there were overt and covert barriers within the royal family, and secondly, he wanted to uproot the kingdom's internal decay using this opportunity.

But unexpectedly, they had entangled with the land of the wizards, resulting in a massacre of tens of thousands.

"How many wizards from that accursed place have reached the kingdom's borders, and who leads them?" Losak inquired.

"I don't know, but their numbers shouldn't be too large. The leader is a male wizard named Lynn, appearing quite young, and is the current controller of Iyeta," Cody paused before continuing. "I heard he arrived in Iyeta from the Sekas Empire just two years ago."

Losak strangely recalled the intelligence provided by Nord and others, mentioning a peculiar hellfire. With a thought, a golden codex detached from his waist, flipping open spontaneously, stopping at a certain page, and presenting itself before Cody.

[

Name: Karl (Unconfirmed True Name)

Extremely Dangerous (Grand Wizard)

Crimes: Killed the Empire's Archbishop, obliterated three thousand Black Armor Guards (Elite-guard), destroyed half of a coastal town!

Cautions: Proficient in elemental and shaping magic, able to control an extremely resilient fire.

Bounty: 50,000 Sekas Gold Coins

]

"Except for the name mismatch, this should be the wizard in charge of Iyeta," Cody recollected the information he had gathered from the Iyeta Harbor, speaking with certainty.

After pondering for a while, Losak suddenly placed his hand on Cody's head.

The divine art of probing memories instantly rushed into Cody's mind. Compared to Cody's words, Losak trusted what he saw with his own eyes more.

About two to three minutes later, after scanning Cody's memories, Losak was 100% sure of this.

No wonder Duke Rickman's army collapsed so swiftly; their opponents were two grand wizards!

From Cody's memories, Losak discovered numerous crucial pieces of information.

Whenever they navigated through shipping routes, they used a special compass to locate the land of the wizards, preventing themselves from getting lost at sea.

However, this vital tool had been taken back by the new controller of Iyeta.

Apparently, after Herlram's demise, there was indeed a rift between William and those wizards. Now, the transportation affairs had nothing to do with William.

Those wizards were transporting a massive amount of ore through a miraculous alchemical apparatus that could fly in the sky, most likely for weapon production, preparing for war.

Regarding the purpose of inciting the mine slave rebellion, Losak could guess: creating internal chaos within the kingdom to divert attention, thereby delaying the Church's extermination of this sinful land.

Thinking of this, Losak gazed coldly at Cody, speaking.

"The Lord is forgiving and merciful. Go and tell William that if he wants to absolve his sins, he needs to show more sincerity. This is your only chance!"

Since these wizards could freely traverse between the two locations, they undoubtedly possessed the means to locate the land of the wizards.

The Church had been preparing for a war to exterminate the land of the wizards two months ago. The reason for the delay in action was merely due to the ship sent to find the land of the wizards not having returned yet.

If he could obtain the compass to locate the land of the wizards or even seize that strange alchemical apparatus that could fly in the sky, it would undoubtedly be a tremendous achievement!

Seeing Archbishop Losak inclined towards forgiving William, Nord and the others were extremely discontented. In their view, William was merely a fence-sitter, not even worthy of repentance. He was only pretending to repent because those wizards were about to be exterminated, adopting a hypocritical stance.

Such a person should be condemned to hell forever.