Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 274 Fraud

At that moment, the red light overhead suddenly flickered.

Without further hesitation, Billy flew out instantly, seemingly determined to withstand the blood wave head-on.

However, Thor noticed that he first flew on the water following the red line, probably intending to fly to the vicinity of the city gate before quickly crossing the bloody water and leaving the area, in order to reduce the time spent in contact with the blood waves.

Thor can't fly, and although the algae can carry him, there are hardly any buildings left that haven't been completely submerged due to the rising water level.

If he wants to get there, he will probably have to swim in the water for a while, and his magic might not be able to withstand the curse for that long.

The debris floating on the water was too small and fragmented to support his weight.

The roof ridge above was still burning, and rubble and tiles slid into the sea of ​​blood, rising in plumes of black smoke.

The red light indicating the way flashed again, as if the open door was really about to close.

Thor gritted his teeth, preparing to jump out, when suddenly, the diary flew out again.

October 1th, 316th year of the lunar calendar

What is the most blatant lie in the world?

After you finally manage to cross the city gate of hope, you discover that freedom is so fleeting.

It turns out the blood-red ocean wasn't trying to let you leave.

But it's after you see hope,

To truly understand what despair is,

When your corpse floats in a sea of ​​blood,

Looking at the crimson sky and the fluttering butterflies,

Perhaps only then can one find peace.

To experience the taste of death,

It's truly bitter.

Thor pulled his foot back, looked at Billy who had already flown far away, and silently turned back to look at Penny.

Penny looked back with her bright, starry eyes, her expression as pure as that of a real child.

Seeing Thor stop, Penny tilted her head. "Brother Thor, why did you stop? The light is about to disappear."

Seeing that Thor still didn't move, Penny stood up, walked to Thor's side, and seemed to want to take his hand, but Thor dodged her.

"Brother Thor, do you want to stay and keep me company? You're so kind."

More waves rushed in through the window, and Saul knew he didn't have much time left.

He had to get the real way to leave the town from Penny as soon as possible.

Since the diary doesn't say he would die if he entered the town, there must be a way for him to leave.

"What's the real way to leave this town? Are you lying to us just to get us killed, or do you just want to see what a seemingly powerful wizard apprentice will become when he's desperate?"

"...Little Nightmare Butterfly?"

Penny's hand, which was reaching for Thor's arm, froze in place.

For a moment, the only sound in the clock tower could be the crackling of burning wood.

Lying on the ground, too weak to speak, Angela saw that Thor was still there and reached out her left hand to him, as if pleading for help.

Thor, who had been staring at Penny, didn't notice Angela's movements. Instead, Penny suddenly stormed past Thor, walked up to Angela, and stepped on her outstretched hand.

"Can't you see I'm talking to Brother Thor? What are you two dead men doing causing trouble?"

Thor turned around, looked at the weakened Angela, and said nothing.

When Billy removed the gray stone from Angela's body and threw her on the ground, everyone knew Angela was going to die.

Only she herself still harbored a glimmer of hope.

At this moment, the red light above everyone's heads went out completely.

But the diary still didn't warn of the crisis.

This calmed Thor's initial shock considerably.

This also allowed them to maintain a calm demeanor.

Penny, who was ready to watch the show, pouted dejectedly, "How did you figure that out?"

Saul, of course, wouldn't say that he lied because the diary had just mentioned butterflies and because he got the cocoons from Penny.

Seeing that Saul was silent, Penny knew that he didn't want to tell her.

"Okay, I admit I was lying to you. Since I can't get out myself, why should I kindly give you directions? Am I some kind of good person?"

At this moment, Angela, who was being stepped on by Penny, became completely still.

She collapsed to the ground with a blank stare, her magic suddenly erupting and creating a powerful current that briefly blew away some of the blood surge that had entered the top of the clock tower.

At the same time, the scattered magical energy extinguished the flames overhead, revealing the charred rooftop.

The next moment, Thor squinted and saw Angela's spirit.

As an apprentice specializing in dark magic, Angela's spirit was incredibly fragile, its surface covered with tiny cracks, like a piece of glass riddled with wounds.

Penny seemed to have the ability to see spirits as well. Her starry eyes flickered, and she suddenly leaned forward, gently blowing a breath at Angela's spirit as if blowing out a candle.

"call--"

Angela's already precarious spirit instantly vanished like incense ash, carried away by the airflow and dissipating into the air.

There wasn't a single trace left.

"What exactly did Billy plant in Angela's body? She seemed fine until after her death, when it all erupted." Thor remembered that Billy's specialty was poison. "Could this be a newly cultivated toxin? Could it harm the soul?"

Thor felt a chill run down his spine and decided that he must go back and ask Claire about Billy.

"This is so boring," Penny said, rubbing her face in frustration as Thor continued to wait for her answer. "This cursed town is a prison for me. You see that crystal ball? I feel like I'm trapped inside it. There seem to be exits everywhere, but I can't escape."

Penny was curled up on the ground, looking like she was about to cry.

"Let's skip the acting. If you really don't want to communicate, perhaps I can find someone else. I think the person who's trapped you here would be willing to let the wizard's apprentice in the crystal ball help him capture you, right?"

Penny bit her lower lip and stood up abruptly.

"He doesn't need your cooperation at all!" Penny's smile vanished completely. "I'm going to die, utterly and completely. I don't know why that guy only used a curse to trap me and kept sending people in to be buried with me. But anyway, I'm going to die. So why should I care about you?"

"For...the cocoon you gave me? Don't you care about your own children?"

Thor didn't actually know the connection between Penny and the cocoon he had obtained earlier, but that didn't stop him from continuing to deceive her.

Penny sneered, "Who cares about a dead egg? You can play with it."

"He's not dead."

"What?"

"After I brought it back to the wizard's tower, it caused me a lot of trouble. I had to dig it out and seal it away temporarily, for fear that it would hatch the next day."

Fortunately, Thor brought back an unhatched cocoon.

If it were an adult Nightmare Butterfly, it would be something he absolutely couldn't handle.

The diary has already warned Thor that if the cocoon is not sealed, hatching is only a matter of time.

It seems that Penny didn't know the cocoon was still alive.

Many creatures have the instinct to reproduce, and Thor doesn't know if Nightmare Butterflies have this habit. Many creatures in the wizarding world cannot be generalized; many living and non-living things prioritize their own survival.

However, the Nightmare Butterfly in front of her was trapped here and kept complaining that she was going to die. If she wasn't lying, then that living cocoon must be quite important to her.

Penny stared blankly at Thor with her silver eyes, then suddenly said, "I don't believe it. You wizards are the best at lying. I want to see."

Two pairs of silver butterfly wings suddenly unfolded behind her.

Upon seeing Penny's wings, Thor was convinced that she was truly going to die.

The wings were dull in color, with torn edges and many terrible penetrating wounds in the middle of the scales.

The wings don't bleed, so all the wounds are clearly visible. It's clear that the Nightmare Butterfly is truly severely injured.

Like the withered, dark yellow leaves teetering on the treetops in the dead of winter.

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[Cultivation System decompressing... Data file error... Re-decompress?]

"Yes"

[Decompression successful... Cultivation Guide System, being renamed...]

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The child's eyes were glazed over.

This is clearly a world of cultivation, where did these beast tamers come from?!

Ding!

[Achievement Quest: Supreme Ruler!]

[System detection indicates you have become the world's strongest Beastmaster. Rewards are being distributed to you!]

[Supreme Body of All Spirits]

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Cluck cluck! Cack clack!

A chill suddenly ran through the child, bringing him back to his senses. He immediately saw dozens of pairs of greedy, longing eyes staring intently at him—his family's poultry, all of them fixed on him…

(End of this chapter)