Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 353 Smash it

Byron, you've gotten even stronger!

Upon seeing that the eavesdropper was Byron, Saul's vigilance and anger instantly dissipated by more than half.

He also remarked that the other person was getting closer and closer to becoming a formal wizard.

Claire had just walked past him without noticing at all.

Moreover, judging from Byron's ability to speak freely, the other party should be able to solve the problem of the locator's mentalization soon.

Because he no longer needs evil spirits to put pressure on him.

Perhaps in two months, the Wizard Tower will have one more official wizard.

Saul was genuinely happy for Byron.

"Is it customary to receive gifts on birthdays where you're from?"

Byron actually described receiving the gift as something that felt forced upon him.

"It's a habit from when we were kids. Keli and I just gave each other gifts to play with, just for fun."

"Hmm." Byron nodded, then took a thread-bound notebook from his pocket and handed it to Thor. "A birthday present for you."

Thor was taken aback, but before he could ask anything, he saw Byron lower his head.

"Okay, it's not a birthday present, it's actually my research notes on gray matter. It'll offset the credits I owe you. I think these notes are worth 300 credits, so you now owe me 17 credits."

Byron paused for a moment, then said, "Then consider these seventeen credits a birthday present."

Thor shook his head and sighed, "Your senior will always be your senior."

Saul didn't stand on ceremony with Byron. He took the gray matter research notes, which were clearly meticulously organized, and quickly flipped through them.

Gray matter is the mysterious substance that Thor and Byron found on the seabed of Bluewater Bay. This substance emits a peculiar magical fluctuation.

Byron suspected that it was this stone, this fluctuation, that caused the changes in the soul fragments, bringing them together to form a soul tide.

Subsequently, Thor and Byron each collected a portion and brought it back for research. However, because Thor had mainly focused on absorbing soul fragments in the past, and his research and learning tasks were too heavy, he simply put the gray matter aside, just like he had done with the Nightmare Butterfly.

Unexpectedly, six months later, Byron handed over his research findings directly to Saul.

"Senior, is your current change due to gray matter?"

If gray matter were an ordinary substance, Byron certainly wouldn't have rated it as 300 credits and even sent it to him specifically.

"Um."

Thor never expected that his accidental discovery would actually solve Byron's promotion problem.

He quickly found the key point in his notes. It turned out that gray matter could simultaneously increase the upper limit of both the spirit and the body's capacity to contain dark-attribute particles, and shield a certain degree of the influence of distracting thoughts.

Byron used ash as a material to make a medicine.

Furthermore, at the end of the notes, it was written: "It can enhance the user's mental strength to a certain extent, which is helpful for breaking through to become a formal wizard."

Seeing that Thor had quickly flipped to the last page, Byron explained, "My mental strength has now reached the requirements for a formal wizard. My magic power has long since reached that level. Only the mentalization of the locator is missing the final step. I estimate it will take another six months to a year..."

Byron did not say his last words.

He wasn't the type to show off before doing anything, so even though he was quite confident of becoming a formal wizard, he swallowed the rest of his words.

But Saul understood what he meant and couldn't help but feel happy for Byron again.

"Take it back and look at it at your leisure. If you have any questions, you can come to my dorm to find me. I probably won't be going out again until I get promoted."

"Okay," Thor replied with a smile.

After all these years, it's finally been a long time since a third-level apprentice has been promoted to a full-fledged wizard. It's likely that the Tower Master and Instructor Kaz will pay even more attention to Senior Byron.

After finishing his business, Byron left.

Saul was in a good mood and was still looking through his notes on his way back to the second warehouse.

"At the time, I suspected that gray matter was unusual, but I simply didn't have the time to study it. I never expected that Senior Byron would glean so much information from it."

If Saul wanted to utilize gray matter, he could actually use the diary's warning properties to create a potion similar to Byron's without knowing the composition and principles of gray matter.

However, ever since he became a third-level apprentice, he has constantly reminded himself that unless absolutely necessary, he should never use the diary to make potions or construct magic arrays.

Otherwise, if his basic knowledge is not solid and he can only rely on guessing, he will eventually fail.

However, it can be seen from Byron's notes that although he discovered the properties and uses of gray matter, he had not yet figured out the reasons for its formation.

This is also the most difficult step.

However, Thor speculated that a large number of deaths would certainly be required.

What Thor didn't tell Byron was that his mental strength had long since reached the level of a formal wizard, and perhaps even surpassed it. It was just that his magical power was still somewhat lacking.

However, he had already solved the positioning device problem, which was the most troublesome issue for third-level apprentices, long before he was promoted to third level.

Based on his current progress, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should be able to meet the minimum requirements for becoming a formal wizard in about six months.

His rapid progress was actually thanks to the Blue Water Bay area.

As the winter snow blanketed the land, Thor made two more trips to Bluewater Bay to collect soul fragments. He also entered that magical state of being enveloped by countless distracting thoughts twice, where he saw the thin thread that could connect everything.

Unfortunately, both entries filtered out all distracting thoughts before Saul touched the thin thread, pulling him back from the brink of being corrupted by them.

However, after these two intrusions of distracting thoughts, Thor's magical and mental abilities both increased again. This also significantly reduced the daily accumulation time he needed to advance to a full-fledged wizard.

The only thing that Thor regretted, or rather found strange, was that he did not encounter the Soul Tide on either of his two trips to Bluewater Bay.

He only learned from asking the locals that the Soul Tide of Blue Water Bay had not appeared for more than half a year.

From a month before Sol's departure until now, Bluewater Bay has returned to a level of tranquility unseen for a century.

However, this is good news for the locals.

When Thor went to Bluewater Bay for the second time, he saw Banbu, the boy who was collecting snails, again.

Banbu's life seemed to be getting better and better because of the concealment of the soul tides. His clothes and shoes were noticeably cleaner and sturdier than when Thor first met him.

Thor simply watched the boy working diligently from afar, without making a point of going up to greet him.

They weren't from the same world anyway, and Thor eventually left quietly.

After leaving Bluewater Bay for the second time, he never went there again.

The main problem is that he has absorbed almost all the glowing soul fragments.

That also meant that the last reason to attract Saul was lost.

After the recollection ended, Saul, holding his notebook, went to the second warehouse.

"Senior Byron has developed a potion from the ash, and it seems to have significantly improved his mental strength. I can try making this potion when we head to Elf Valley in a couple of days. It would be even better if it could further enhance my mental strength."

Although Thor's mental strength surpasses that of most formal wizards, who would complain about having superior strength?

This birthday was unusually happy.

In this terrifying wizarding world, in the high-pressure wizarding tower where lives are at stake, he actually managed to meet two innocent people, two sincere friends... It's truly unbelievable!

Thor holds a notebook with pins in his left hand and an Alpha necklace in his right.

He even childishly hung the chain on his index finger and spun around.

However, after spinning around twice, he hooked his index finger and clenched it again.

"This isn't an ordinary necklace; the pendant is made of glass, so it wouldn't be good if it broke."

Thor had no intention of personally testing the poison on Claire.

But the next second, Thor stopped in his tracks.

He gently rotated the glass ball in his palm with the ring finger of his right hand.

"Smash...it?"

He slowed his pace and used his elbow to push open the warehouse door.

As soon as he entered, he saw Nick at the very front of the horde of corpses.

Mental suggestions were still being transmitted into the other person's body.

Smash it...smash it...smash it...