Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 303 Absorbing Evil Spirits

The most difficult step to becoming the master of Black Castle is establishing a spiritual connection with the Devil Vine.

Only by establishing a connection with the Devil's Vine can one ensure complete control over Blackburg and Blackburg Forest. This allows for both offensive and defensive maneuvers.

Therefore, the Devil Vine is the core of the entire Black Castle, built far from the Wizard Tower.

Once Claire completed this step, she no longer needed Thor's guidance on anything else—Thor knew more about it than she did.

Therefore, Thor left Claire alone underground, politely and deliberately said goodbye to the Devil Vine, and went up to the laboratory on the third floor by himself.

Senior Byron was already waiting in the lab.

When Thor arrived at the door, he saw that the laboratory door was open. His senior was standing quietly inside, still breathing, yet like a corpse.

They were even closer to death than the restless horde of corpses in the second warehouse.

Advancing to become a full-fledged wizard seems to be more dangerous than Thor imagined.

"Senior, are you alright?"

Hearing Saul's voice, Byron slowly turned his head. The skin on his neck stretched and creased, forming several deep wrinkles.

It's more like clothing than skin.

Byron didn't speak, but Saul already guessed why he and Claire had come to find him.

Thor slammed the door shut, and dark green vines grew rapidly from the corner, blocking the door and spreading across the walls of the room, turning it into a green cage.

Byron's neck followed the devil vine around once, then bounced back to face forward, looking at Thor with a puzzled expression.

He can't speak now, but his eyes have already conveyed his meaning perfectly.

"Claire has already established a connection with the Devil Vine," Thor rubbed his nose. "It's just that I have a better relationship with the Devil Vine, and it's willing to help me occasionally."

Byron stared at Thor for a few seconds, then nodded silently.

Byron: Okay.

Byron had once bought a method from Saul to absorb evil spirits, but even if Saul taught Byron the method, Byron couldn't use it. Therefore, Saul promised to help Byron absorb the evil spirits within him.

Now that he saw Byron rushing to find him with Claire instead of waiting in the Wizard Tower, he knew that his senior's condition must have reached its limit and he had to absorb the uncontrollable evil spirits as soon as possible.

So once he was sure that Claire could establish contact with the Devil Vine, he abandoned Claire and rushed over to check on Byron's condition.

Seeing that the other party didn't even dare to speak, Thor knew that he had to start absorbing the evil spirits now.

This was the first time he had absorbed an evil spirit for someone else, so he had to be extremely careful.

Therefore, Thor had the Devil Vines seal off the entire room to prevent outsiders from entering. This was partly to prevent Claire from suddenly entering and disrupting his progress, and partly to protect Claire from being affected.

After the devil vine obediently sealed off the entire room, Thor stepped forward and carefully observed the evil spirit within Byron's body.

"Senior, can you release the evil spirit inside you even a little bit now? I need to figure out where to start."

Byron hesitated for a moment, but quickly nodded. He took off his outer robe and the linen shirt underneath, revealing his slightly swollen body.

Immediately, his body suddenly swelled up twice in size, vaguely resembling the human balloon he had once been in when he was holding a hand.

This time, however, the difference was that Byron's swollen body did not expand into a uniform sphere, but rather resembled a pitted meteorite.

Thor noticed that a terrifying human face would occasionally appear on the other person's skin.

The pupils and mouth are sunken, while the bridge of the nose and cheekbones are prominent.

Every face had a ferocious expression.

They were desperately trying to break free from Byron's control over them.

The senior's expression also became distorted, clearly indicating that maintaining this state was already very difficult for him.

Thor narrowed his eyes and quickly scanned his senior.

Suddenly, he flung his hands, and the skin on his fingertips merged and deformed, gradually elongating, transforming from a pair of arms into two thick, octopus-like tentacles.

Byron, who had been watching Thor's movements closely, was astonished by the sudden change before his eyes.

His eyeballs were constantly moving, as if they might fall out of their sockets at any moment.

"Senior, don't move," Thor instructed, then raised his hand and thrust forward, his two tentacles piercing Byron's throat and heart respectively.

Both of these are vital areas for a normal person.

Faced with Thor's attack, Byron instinctively wanted to dodge. But remembering Thor's words, he forcibly suppressed his body's instinctive reaction and stood still.

The next second, two tentacles pierced through Byron's skin.

To Byron's surprise, however, he did not feel any pain.

Or rather, there was no feeling at all.

Those two grayish-white tentacles were like an illusion, merely overlapping with his body.

Before he could figure out the reason, a terrifyingly powerful suction force pierced through Byron's entire soul.

Byron also majored in dark magic, so he was no stranger to attacks that directly target spirits.

But he had never seen a wizard apprentice unleash such a terrifying soul attack.

Even more terrifying, he found himself seemingly unable to resist the immense suction force.

Driven by his survival instinct, Byron immediately channeled his mental energy, desperately suppressing the abnormality of his soul and striving to make the soul and himself more firmly integrated.

It's like a cat stretching out all its claws and desperately scratching at the sofa.

Thor glanced up at Byron but did not stop him from using his mental energy.

In fact, Thor was already quite satisfied that Byron had refrained from launching a magical attack.

Since it was the first time I had helped someone absorb an evil spirit, I had to figure things out as I went along.

Thor discovered that Byron's actions in stabilizing his mental strength were beneficial.

He was like peeling off a bandage that had been stuck to Byron's body all day. He told Byron not to move so that he could exert force more easily.

Byron's subconscious action of stabilizing his soul was to increase the strength of his "skin".

This is absolutely necessary; otherwise, while Saul is peeling off the plaster, he might also be peeling off a layer of skin from Byron's body.

Finally, through the relentless efforts of Thor and Byron, the evil spirit hiding within Byron's body was absorbed by Thor's tentacles.

A "sizzle" sound seemed to echo in Thor's mind.

You're done!

Thor retracted his tentacles, and Byron's body showed no signs of injury.

Seeing Byron's expression gradually calm down, Thor asked with a smile, "Senior, how are you feeling now?"

Byron closed his eyes and felt the changes within himself. After a while, a slit appeared in his throat.

"very good."

"It's been so long since I've felt this good."

Thor also breathed a sigh of relief. His worry was that absorbing the evil spirit would create other burdens for Byron.

However, when Thor's tentacles absorbed the evil spirits, they seemed to have discovered Byron's secret.

"Senior, your body... could it be your tracking device...?"

Byron opened his eyes and nodded without hesitation.

Saul said earnestly to Byron, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this."

For apprentices who have not yet become formal wizards, the locator is their fatal weakness.

It is a secret that must never be revealed.

However, having just helped Byron absorb the evil spirit within him, Thor inevitably became aware of the presence of Byron's locator.

This is probably why Byron chose to ask Saul for help.

Byron was not surprised by Saul's promise, and he nodded calmly.

"Um."

(End of this chapter)