Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 131 is just for currying favor with powerful figures.

Wright breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Byron hadn't done anything foolish, and immediately chased after him to ask about the key topic.

"The people who can travel by land are likely waiting for us outside. What are your plans? Are you going to force your way through?"

The three of them moved very quickly, and the exit was already within reach.

"Once I'm out, I'll immediately release a fog that blurs vision, and at the same time, signal the Wizard Tower. Those who travel by land should know to stop if they don't want to fall out with the Wizard Tower."

"What if they continue to attack us?" Wright clenched his fist. Judging from Thor's description, there were probably quite a few enemies outside. "Fight back? There's a three-masted sailing ship that can travel on land outside."

"We can't let ourselves be held back," Bill disagreed. "Even though the evil spirits won't enter the sunlight, it's getting late. We must leave Handle Valley as soon as possible and not be blocked by the outsiders. Once we're out, take advantage of the fog I release and find a weak point to break through immediately."

Wright clenched his fist. There were usually no formal wizards on a three-masted sailing ship. As long as they were careful of Herman, they still had a good chance of escaping together.

Byron, who was in the lead, did not participate in the discussion.

He remained silent, as if he was still troubled by the matter of Thor.

Wright believed that Thor was definitely not going to survive.

The evil spirit has been trying to devour their souls ever since it appeared. If it catches up with Thor...

His fate is not hard to imagine.

Soon, Byron and his two companions could see the sunlight streaming into the cave.

Byron suddenly put a hand into his mouth and pulled out three test tubes.

Before stepping out of the hole, he threw the test tube out.

The fragile glass test tube shattered instantly upon hitting the rock, and a large cloud of white smoke spread out, instantly enveloping the entire entrance to the cave.

Bill glanced at Byron, knowing that he didn't believe in him.

Naturally, he wouldn't completely trust Byron either.

Bill stopped at the entrance, opened his mouth, and a similar white smoke billowed from it.

However, just as his white mist began to overflow, something suddenly crashed into the entrance.

"boom--"

A sudden earthquake shook the ground, the cave entrance collapsed, and rubble tumbled down.

Sand and dust instantly engulfed everything.

The people on land opened fire immediately.

Wright suddenly crouched down behind the two men, pressing his hands to the ground, and a huge earthen wall emerged.

The cave entrance was destroyed by artillery fire, but this also exposed most of the underground chamber.

But as the ground continued to collapse, more smoke billowed out from underground.

The smoke covered a large area, making it impossible to discern its source.

Suddenly, a dark shadow shot into the sky, bursting open in the azure sky and blooming into a giant black rose.

After blooming, the rose petals fell one after another, making a giggling sound as they rubbed against the air.

It's a signal from the Wizard Tower.

However, the attacks from the outside world did not stop because of this signal that revealed their identity; instead, they became even more intense and urgent.

One shell after another fell from the cliff to the ground, and the powerful impacts quickly left the valley floor riddled with holes.

However, in the brief moment between the shells landing, three figures rushed out from a crack.

Bill was surrounded by white mist, his figure appearing and disappearing in the mist, and soon it changed from one figure to two, and then to more.

It's hard to tell which one is the real one.

Another shell flew in, and a murderous glint flashed in Bill's eyes.

The mist around him seemed ethereal, but it turned into soft foam the moment it came into contact with the shell.

Although the shell got stuck in the foam, it lost its destructive power.

When it pierced through the white mist and fell to the ground, it had already turned into an ordinary lump of iron, only able to smash a small crater into the ground with a "bang".

There were not as many people traveling by boat on land as they had imagined.

To avoid the shells, they stayed far from the exit and were unable to form an encirclement.

This actually makes it easier for them to escape.

Bill glanced at the others.

Wright doesn't need to worry; his earth magic is very suitable for defense.

But to Bill's surprise, Byron did not run away.

He broke away from the group and ran to the underground passage they had initially entered.

The cave that Thor pointed out, located on the cliff.

"What is he going to do?" Bill's pupils contracted, and an unbelievable guess surfaced in his mind.

Byron ignored everyone else's thoughts and, carrying Nick on his back, rushed into the cave on the cliff.

Byron walked quite a distance and randomly chose a fork in the road to drop Nick off.

He then took a few small bottles out of his mouth and placed them next to Nick.

"Self-isolation cannot solve the fundamental problem."

He left Nick there with just that one sentence and entered the underground passage himself.

After Byron left, Nick, who had been unconscious, slowly opened his eyes.

Confusion, fear, pain, sadness... a series of negative emotions flashed through Nick's eyes, making his face twist like a demon.

But a moment later, Nick struggled to his feet and looked at the passageway in front of him.

"Is Byron going to save Thor?" He struggled to suppress his turbulent emotions. "What's the point now? Does he even think Thor can survive?"

Nick pressed his palm against the rough stone and gripped it hard, blood instantly flowing from his fingertips.

The pain brought Nick to his senses somewhat. "Bill still attacked Thor. How could a second-level apprentice like me get involved in a battle between mentors? Sending Thor to Sailtown was already an extremely dangerous choice."

He struggled in the cave, constantly telling himself to keep a low profile.

But Nick's feet involuntarily lifted, and he followed Byron into the downward passage.

"I'm just trying to curry favor with the tower master."

Nick convinced himself by mimicking Saul's previous use of language.

……

The bombardment had been going on for some time, but against a group of level three wizard apprentices, the effect of physical bombardment was indeed limited.

On the land-based vessel side, an apprentice, unable to contain himself any longer, approached Hermann, who was clad in silver armor, and exclaimed, "Lord Hermann, we've already used up a lot of cannonballs. At this rate, our supplies will soon be depleted. Should we halt the attack and send men to charge?"

Herman gave him a cold look.

"Do you even know they're third-level apprentices from the Wizarding Tower? Charge in? With your trash? Keep bombarding them, exhaust their magic and sorcery!"

Hermann gently twisted his right hand, where there was a wound that had just healed.

Underground, he encountered two members of the Wizard Tower, resulting in this wound.

Herman believed his strength was no less than any of theirs, but dealing with multiple opponents simultaneously was still difficult. The few Level 3 fighters around him were basically useless cowards who only knew how to obey orders.

It's still unclear how many people are on the Wizard Tower's side; he must weaken their strength as much as possible.

In this situation, the natural course of action would be to use long-range weapons to launch a full-scale attack first.

"It's just a pity about that boy..." Herman narrowed his eyes. "When he escaped, he seemed to know exactly which passage was safe and which was dangerous. Was it because he was familiar with the area, or did he have an extraordinary sense of danger?"

Whatever the reason, Herman became interested in the boy.

He no longer wants to kill the boy; if he could, Herman would even like to take him back and study him carefully.

Cut open every inch of his skin, dig out his brain, and see what gave him the ability to escape.

(End of this chapter)