Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 260 Drag Others Down

The sound of surging tides suddenly came from inside the town, which was located in an arid region. Coupled with the eerily neat rows of graves outside the town, Thor frowned and his mind was filled with thoughts.

"This town is being watched... Is the secret behind the Grinding Fruit really that complicated?"

Since it concerned the diary, Saul could not easily give it up.

After a moment's thought, he decided to risk entering the town.

However, when he placed his hand on the city gate again, the diary, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly floated out from his left shoulder.

[May 1th, 316th year of the lunar calendar]

The neat rows of graves look like a well-written invitation.

You are invited to a deserted town to witness a final feast.

However, outnumbered and outmatched, you mistakenly ended up behind the scenes.

Having witnessed the bloody truth,

Unable to escape, you are swept away by the tides of history and the future.

The crimson the curtain, the more it is forged from the blood and sweat of those who performed on stage.

right now,

You were fortunate enough to dedicate your entire effort to it.

It's a death warning?

Thor quickly withdrew his hand.

"What on earth happened in Mofan Town? Why is even entering it triggering a death warning?"

"If I'd die if I went in, then why is that old madman still alive?"

Was that guy really a crazy old man?

Thor closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, the fear and hesitation in his eyes had vanished.

"Haven't I seen enough death warnings? The thing to do now is to avoid death." Thor calmed himself down and reread the words in the diary.

This diary not only issues death warnings, but sometimes also offers solutions between the lines.

What Saul needs to do now is to try to find the key points in these words and phrases that could lead to his death, and then take measures to avoid them.

"A final feast? Does it refer to seeing everyone's dying moments, or is it about someone's imminent death?"

"Did 'accidentally entering the backstage area' mean I've discovered the truth of the drama, and revealing it here will lead to death? If I only search for the Grinding Fruit without investigating the reasons behind it, can I escape?"

Thinking this, Thor stepped forward again.

Unfortunately, the resurfacing contents of the diary did not change the fact that he died.

"Isn't this the key to the matter?" Thor was not discouraged; he was already used to countless attempts and deductions.

He soon noticed another word.

"Is the diary suggesting I need to find someone to help me because I'm outnumbered and outgunned?"

Thor looked back and saw the coachman standing on the edge of the field, looking in his direction.

Seeing Thor turn around, he quickly craned his neck, seemingly waiting for him to call his name.

"The mushroom on the coachman's head is a bit strange, but it's too weak. It can only bully ordinary people." Without needing the diary's prompt, Thor ruled out this option.

"Is the diary trying to get me to go back and recruit people? But who should I recruit? I don't trust anyone except Byron and Claire, but if I take them along, I'm worried it will get them into big trouble."

Senior Byron is trying to advance to a formal wizard, and the evil spirits he's refined are enough to give him a hard time.

Keli has just been infected with metal toxins, and it's still unknown whether she has fully recovered.

Bringing them up here might not only be of no help, but could also cost them their lives.

Thor immediately abandoned the idea of ​​taking the two of them along.

We can't call on these two; we need to find someone else, preferably a level three apprentice.

He is powerful, but not strong enough to completely overwhelm Thor.

Thor suddenly remembered the closest person to him—Mochi Mochi, who lived in Blackburg.

Thor walked to the gates of Sailtown again, thinking, "I'll take Mochi Mochi with me when I go in."

This time, the diary did not issue any notifications.

"Is it because Mochi Mochi's abilities are special, or because he's a level three apprentice?"

Saul returned to the carriage and had the driver bypass the town, arriving at another of its city gates.

This place is closer to the desert, and not far away are fields where millet fruit is grown.

But when Saul arrived, he found that the wall that once surrounded the fields had mostly collapsed, and there were many traces of smoke and fire on the wall.

"There's a fire here. Could it have been caused by the barbarian attack?"

"I remember reinforcements had arrived when I left; we couldn't just let such important land be destroyed!"

Thor crossed the ruins and came to the field.

"Hiss—" He took a breath with a pang of heartache.

The field in front of us looked like it had been burned in a fire; everything was charred black.

On this scorched land, there are hundreds of neatly arranged graves.

The soil in these graves was also scorched black, and it was no surprise that inside were blood-stained clothes and several pieces of flesh belonging to different people.

There definitely won't be any more Grinding Fruit here.

Since these walls have not been repaired, it means that people did not find the surviving millet fruit and seeds after the fire.

Otherwise, this place would probably be renovated for replanting.

Thor took a deep breath, and this time he didn't hesitate. He turned around and left, calling the coachman to speed up the horse to Blackburg.

Normally it would take a day to reach Blackburg, but this time Thor specifically instructed the driver to speed up despite the exhaustion, and they arrived at their destination in just half a day.

"Bang bang bang!"

Saul knocked on the door.

Nearly five minutes later, I heard footsteps approaching.

The door opened, and Mochi Mochi, dressed in a specially made black suit, emerged from inside.

"Oh my, oh my, what a rare guest! It's you! Please come in."

When Mochi Mochi saw Thor, he immediately became very enthusiastic and stepped aside to make way for him.

Thor nodded and glanced back at the coachman.

The driver acted strangely when we walked along that dark forest path again.

Thor initially thought this was due to the coachman's psychological trauma from almost being replaced by the mushroom man last time, but he saw a look of joy and nostalgia on the coachman's face.

This made Thor somewhat uneasy about leaving the coachman outside Blackburg.

"May my driver come in with me?"

"That won't do, that won't do." To everyone's surprise, Mochi Mochi refused without hesitation. "It's not that I'm being unreasonable, but ordinary people aren't allowed to enter Black Castle."

Although Mochi Mochi spoke with a smile, Thor knew from the firmness in the other person's voice that there was probably no room for negotiation.

It seemed the coachman was definitely not going to enter Blackburg. He turned to look at the coachman, wondering how to settle him, when the coachman said sincerely, "It's alright, sir, I'll wait for you outside."

"Okay, then don't wander off," Thor instructed.

Thor followed Mochi Mochi into the Black Castle, where the long, narrow gate closed silently.

The driver's eyes suddenly darted around, and he muttered to himself, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm just going to see an old friend."

After saying that, he skipped and hopped into the depths of the woods.

Inside the Black Castle, Thor and Mochi Mochi stood in the long, narrow, and magnificent hall.

Perhaps because he had already advanced to level two, Thor was no longer bothered by anything hidden in Black Castle this time.

"I received news that you were going to Mobei City, and I was wondering if you would come. But you've changed so much! I've never seen a living person undergo two witch body modifications in three years before." Mochi Mochi seemed very enthusiastic, her long, narrow eyes wide open. "That's great, that's great! My little vines have grown up too. Could you let your tentacles spar with them?"

Unfortunately, Thor is not in the mood to spar with others right now.

He said bluntly, "Mochi Mochi, I'm from Mofan Town."

Mochi Mochi's originally round eyes slowly narrowed into thin slits. He said meaningfully, "Oh, so that's why you came to see me. How about it? Have you seen it? Not bad, right?"

Thor frowned slightly. Was Mochi Mochi showing off his killing techniques to him?

The images of Ada and Penny flashed through his mind, and his heart tightened. "Then... do you remember the blind little girl inside? There might have been a boy ten years older than her with her?"

Mochi Mochi was taken aback, and touched his pointed chin. "I've killed a lot of boys and girls, but I don't think any of them were blind."

"Is that so..."

Seeing Thor's expression, Mochi Mochi knew that he wasn't used to this way of doing things yet, and thought to himself, "This little brat who's been in the wizard's tower for too long is still soft-hearted."

Are they your friends?

"...I guess so."

"No!" Mochi Mochi interrupted Thor. "They aren't. Don't be friends with ordinary people, and don't be friends with wizards. The former might die because of you at any time, and the latter might kill you at any time. You can't control either kind of death."

"Choosing to be a wizard means choosing a solitary path. You can have companions, a family, or a powerful force, but only if they can help you grow. Everyone else is insignificant."

"You will learn more in the future. If you are fortunate enough to become a formal wizard, you will have more than a dozen ways to extend your lifespan. As for ordinary people who rarely live to fifty, they are merely like wheat seedlings planted in rice paddies each season, providing you with supplies on time. Do you really want to be upset over the withering of a single wheat seedling?"

He placed his long, narrow hand on Thor's shoulder and said earnestly yet with a slight smile, "The people of Mosailtown are like a crooked seedling of wheat, not worth your trouble. Since they have already sought the protection of the Wizard's Tower, yet they are secretly colluding with the barbarians, this is blatant betrayal, and the Wizard's Tower does not tolerate betrayal. If we don't teach them a lesson and demonstrate the authority of the Wizard's Tower, won't such things become more and more common in the future? So what we need to do is uproot this diseased seedling to prevent it from infecting the other seedlings."

Thor knew that many wizards were extremely cold-blooded and often used ordinary people as expensive materials for their magic.

There's no need for him to waste his breath arguing with Mochi Mochi about this kind of idea.

However, wizards have excellent memories. Since Mochi Mochi said he had never seen a blind girl, then he had never seen one.

It seems that Penny and the others left Sailtown after the barbarian invasion.

Escaped.

As for the other people in Sailtown, Thor didn't have the energy to care about them anymore.

There was one thing Thor didn't quite understand: could the majesty of the Wizard Tower be proclaimed simply by relying on neatly arranged graves and tightly closed town gates?

"So, those graves outside town, and the sound of the waves in the town, were all deliberately arranged by you?"

Although Thor didn't agree with Mochi Mochi's actions, if Mochi Mochi was the murderer, then he should also have a way to safely enter the town.

What Thor needs to think about now is how to persuade him to agree to take him into the town to find the Grinding Fruit.

However, when Mochi Mochi heard Thor's words, his narrow eyes slowly widened into round ones.

"What are you saying? I don't think I understand, I don't understand! Where's the grave? What grave?"

This chapter contains 3,000 words.

(End of this chapter)