Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 186 Ralph Manor

Now that the other party had stopped attacking and even emerged from the shadows, Thor relaxed a bit on the surface. "Who are you? Are you the official wizards of this place?"

"Ahem!" The white-haired old man coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed. "How could that be? I'm only a level three... I'm a wandering wizard named Kron. This is my apprentice, Swan, who just reached level one."

Level three? That means a level three apprentice, not a level three full-fledged wizard.

But then the other person mentioned a wandering wizard. Although this term could be used to refer to all wizards and wizarding apprentices, Thor felt that the other person was deliberately obscuring their identity.

Just then, Swann, the boy who had been injured by Thor's pebble, limped over to the old wizard's apprentice and glared at Thor with resentment.

The boy looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, a little younger than Thor.

The other person's pants had a hole in the calf, and there was an abrasion on their skin.

Saul smiled slightly at Swann. "Sorry, I'm a bit of a coward. If someone is watching me from the shadows, I'll attack first."

Swann's eyes widened, and he was about to speak when his teacher stopped him.

"Swan is only a level one, you don't need to apologize to him. Spying on a high-level wizard, you're already showing him mercy by not killing him."

Upon hearing this, Swann's expression immediately turned somewhat aggrieved.

The atmosphere finally eased somewhat, and the not-so-young third-level apprentice, Kron, pointed to the manor not far away.

"Are you here to try your luck too?"

"Try your luck?" Thor asked rhetorically.

"Ralph Manor," Kron said, pointing to the weathered manor behind him. "A wealthy out-of-town merchant was once tricked into buying this manor. But he didn't know that a long-standing wizarding family once lived here."

"The wealthy merchant went out on business, and his family and all his servants disappeared overnight. The manor became the most terrifying legend in the town of Sampo."

"For an ordinary person to move into a wizard's residence is indeed suicidal. But he couldn't have bought this house without inquiring... It seems someone deliberately concealed the truth." Thor pondered for a moment before slowly saying.

Kron's eyes lit up. "That's what I thought too. And in the past two years, that wealthy merchant has spent a lot of money to send adventurers into the manor to help him transport out the treasures hidden inside. But none of them have come out alive. Half a month ago, he even persuaded a nobleman here to send a team of knights in..."

Thor suddenly interrupted, "This wealthy businessman has been sending people into the manor for the past two years? Surely he doesn't know this used to be a wizard's residence after all these years?"

Kron shrugged. "Of course he knew, but the things on the manor were too important to him, so he made money while hiring people. Eventually, no one was willing to take the risk anymore, so he went to find more powerful knights. But those knights never came out after they went in."

Thor squinted, sensing something was off.

Even the wealthiest businessman can't afford to waste money like this, right?

And what could be in the manor that kept him going for two years?

Thor looked up at the smiling Kron and the pouting boy Swan. "You were also hired by a wealthy merchant?"

Swann muttered, "How could an ordinary person, with just a little money, possibly afford a teacher?"

Kron, however, said, "It's more of a collaboration. He told me about what had happened in the past two years and the layout of the manor, and I helped him bring something out of the manor."

"You're telling me all this..." Thor frowned.

"You... are you an apprentice at the Wizard's Tower?" Kron chuckled, revealing Thor's true identity.

Upon hearing this, Swann looked at his teacher in disbelief, then glanced fearfully at Saul, his earlier displeasure vanishing from his face.

Saul neither confirmed nor denied it.

Seeing that Thor remained silent, Kron didn't press the matter further.

"As you've probably guessed, I want to invite you to cooperate and enter the manor together."

"Daksi, oh, that rich, sucker-like merchant, has brought quite a few capable people into the manor in the past two years, including some first-level apprentices. But all of them are trapped inside the manor and haven't been able to get out. Not only that, but even the residents living outside the manor have been affected."

"My analysis of the strange phenomena here suggests that, after two years of fermentation, they have become even more dangerous. This also means that the extinct Bloodthorn family must have left behind some witchcraft-related artifacts."

"The most important thing is the secret hidden within this manor. However, the Bloodthorn family, which has since been wiped out, once produced a formal wizard. There are definitely unpredictable dangers lurking within the manor. Therefore, I suggest that we all cooperate for greater safety."

As Kron explained, Saul turned around and peered through the dilapidated wall to observe the scene inside the manor.

The entire manor was shrouded in deep, dark clouds, and even the wind seemed to blow more fiercely inside than outside.

Suddenly, Thor thought he heard a sound. He pricked up his ears and waited for a while, but could only feel the howling wind.

Kron is still waiting for his answer.

"We can cooperate, but I suggest we split up and enter the manor separately first. This place is quite large, and if we all move together, the efficiency will be very low."

Kron frowned. If they're not working together, what kind of cooperation is that?

Thor smiled and said, "Through the walls, you can see the tallest building in this manor; that should be the castle where the manor owner lives. Normally, the most important things in the manor are kept there. But just in case, we should also explore the surrounding area. We'll enter from different places and explore the surrounding area. If we feel it's dangerous, we can stay put. We'll meet at the castle gate in an hour, share information, and then decide whether to go directly into the main building or go to other places to check."

Thor's suggestion to check the surroundings wasn't just a whim. Through the walls, he vaguely sensed that the manor's layout seemed to contain the rules of some kind of magical array, but due to its age and severe damage, he couldn't analyze it for the time being.

Out of caution, he wanted to first understand the layout of the entire manor. If he could analyze the characteristics and rules of this magic array, perhaps he could uncover the manor's secrets without having to search so diligently.

Seeing that Saul had taken control of the conversation, the little boy Swann looked nervously at his teacher.

This time, Kron didn't hesitate for long before agreeing to Saul's proposal.

"Alright, although according to my intelligence, the wealth of this manor is all in the castle, you have a point. A wizard cannot only focus on the immediate danger; analyzing the surrounding situation is also very important. So…"

"Shall we take action now?"

"Now?" Kron asked, somewhat taken aback.

As the two were talking, Thor heard a sound again, but when he listened carefully, the sound disappeared.

Thor checked his condition; his magical energy fluctuations were stable, his mental state was also stable, and he was still pretending to be asleep in his diary.

The sound he just heard must not have been a hallucination.

This made Saul even more curious and wary of Ralph Manor.

"Since you've decided to go in, then act now. Are you waiting for someone else?"

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