Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 357 Entering the Valley

Morton raised his hand to stop Herman, who was about to go and check, and slowly walked towards where the figure had appeared.

The soil and gravel on the ground began to leap, as if some force was pulling them.

Thor glanced down; this was the first time he had seen Morton use witchcraft. Although he had been corrupted and his current magical energy was limited, he was still the strongest of the four consciousnesses in terms of pure combat strength.

Morton stopped three meters away from the figure. At this moment, the soil beneath his feet was churning like ocean waves.

"Don't attack yet, let's see who they are," Thor reminded him from behind.

Morton nodded slightly, and then the soil in front of his feet really did part to the left and right like waves.

The plants rooted above the soil also moved rapidly to the left and right with this force.

Morton did not approach, but gradually parted the plants blocking the figure's way.

Sunlight streamed down from above, touching the corners that had long been hidden in darkness.

Thor squinted, and he finally made out the figure opposite him.

Then his pupils widened slightly.

"mark?"

After the branches were pushed aside by the tumbling soil, Thor discovered that the person standing motionless behind them was none other than Mark, who hadn't appeared for a very long time.

The other person used to be a resident senior student in Katz's lab, responsible for cleaning and tidying up. But later, he seemed to be frequently away for promotion, and the head of the lab changed several times before finally settling on Angela. After Angela left with Billy, it became an unstable position again—Sol encountered different people each time he went there.

Mark did not respond to Saul immediately; he remained standing there, facing southeast.

Thor knew that was the direction of the Wizard's Tower.

Morton turned back; now he had to wait for Thor to decide whether to attack or probe.

Saul took two steps forward, and when he was less than five meters away from Mark, the statue-like figure standing still suddenly turned his neck and looked over.

"I've been waiting for you," Mark said.

The moment the other party made a move, all the consciousnesses went on alert.

The person just now was completely still, and there was no visible muscle movement caused by breathing or heartbeat.

Like a dead person.

But when he turned to look at Thor, every cell in his body came alive in an instant.

"Are you Mark?" Thor squinted, not seeing any unusual spirit on the other person.

"It's me, I've come to pick you up. You can't get into the valley by yourself," Mark replied calmly.

His face showed no emotion, and he seemed more like a container than the four test subjects around Thor.

"Then who am I?" Thor suddenly asked.

Mark remained silent for a while, his expression still deathly still.

After a moment, his pale lips parted, "Thor."

"How can you prove you're here to pick me up?" Thor smirked. "I don't go with strangers."

Mark wasn't angry. He raised his right hand, and a mouth opened in his palm, revealing a scarlet tongue.

The tongue is sticking out, the tip slightly curled, and there seems to be something transparent in the center, invisible, but pressed tightly against the tongue, preventing it from closing.

Cryptocrystalline!

"Brother Thor! Brother Thor~"

Penny started to whine softly again.

"Don't rush." ​​After comforting the little butterfly, Thor stepped forward.

The four consciousnesses were all staring intently at Mark opposite them, but judging from their actions, they did not sense any danger or threat.

"It seems Kongsa called you too. Are there any other people in the valley? I'd like to be prepared."

Mark's head slowly turned as Thor approached, but his body did not move an inch.

When Saul walked to his side, his head turned ninety degrees. His muscles were taut to the limit, and his veins bulged.

But Mark's expression remained calm to the point of indifference.

"There's Mark, Dorothy... Monroe..."

Mark uttered names one by one.

Thor began to frown after hearing the first name, and his frown deepened as more names were mentioned.

He abruptly stopped Mark when he heard a name.

"Wait! You mean Monroe?"

Mark stopped mechanically reciting names, paused, looked steadily at Saul, and then said, "Yes, Monroe."

Monroe?

Monroe was in there too?

"I'm talking about who's in the valley, not who's been to the valley."

"Yes, Monroe, in the valley."

Monroe possesses the Hidden Crystal, so he could indeed have entered the Elf Valley with Kongsa. However, he clearly returned to the Wizard's Tower and even relayed a message from Kongsa to Thor.

But Mark said the other person was in the valley!

Thor then remembered that Mark had first mentioned his own name, and with a somber expression, asked again, "Is Mark... also in the valley?"

"Yes, Mark, he's in the valley too," Mark replied.

Morton also sensed something was wrong. He stepped aside to block Thor and whispered, "Master, something's not right with this person."

Saul knew that Morton meant he didn't want him to go with Mark.

but now……

Thor looked around. Although the forest in front of him was lush, it did not obstruct his view too much.

The forest stretched all the way to the distant mountains, with no valley in sight.

The only valley is Chui Shou Valley to the east.

"This is the address Kongsha gave me. Without someone else to guide us and without a key, we probably won't be able to get in."

"Yes, yes," Penny chimed in, her voice full of enthusiasm.

She is most eager for cryptocrystalline materials.

Just then, Mark suddenly spoke again.

"...Sol is also in the valley."

The several consciousnesses all looked at Thor, finding it both amusing and strange.

"Am I in the valley too?" he asked Mark instinctively.

Suddenly, a strong sense of weightlessness appeared, and then everyone felt themselves falling rapidly.

Or rather, it fell.

Everyone looked around and at their feet.

Thor's first reaction was to take off.

But even when he was already halfway up in the air, the intense feeling of weightlessness did not lessen at all.

He noticed that the other consciousnesses also showed a hint of panic.

However, the scenery around them remained unchanged; Thor could still see dust dancing in the sunlight and leaves rustling in the wind.

"Do you feel yourself falling?"

"Yes, Master!" they all replied.

Herman, in particular, was swaying slightly, as if he was falling rapidly and about to lose his standing posture.

Thor tried to close his eyes, but the feeling of weightlessness became even clearer. He felt as if he were suspended in mid-air, his brain and eardrums telling him he was falling faster.

But when he opened his eyes, oh, what he saw was simply the epitome of a peaceful and idyllic life.

"Is my brain lying to me, or is there something wrong with my eyes?"

boom--

The feeling of stalling suddenly stopped.

Except for the stiff and rigid Mark, everyone else lost their balance and fell to the ground.

"Cough cough cough!" An spat out the dirt in her mouth and scrambled to her feet. She craned her neck to look in Thor's direction. "Master, are you alright?"

Thor was originally flying a meter high in the air, but the sudden disappearance of the feeling of weightlessness caused his mental power to tremble violently, and he could no longer maintain the magic, so he fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the impact he felt was similar to jumping from a height of about one meter, not the kind of impact that would have occurred after falling for tens of seconds.

Saul felt like he hadn't been this disheveled in a long time. He pulled up the hood over his head and patted the dirt off his clothes.

"I'm fine. Are you all alright?"

They seemed to have really fallen from a height of 10,000 meters, but their bodies were not subjected to any impact.

This contradiction in perception made it impossible for anyone to maintain any witchcraft.

"Everyone, don't use your mental powers to investigate yet." Thor propped himself up on his arms and stood up.

"We may have already entered the Elf Valley." Agu had just gotten up from the ground.

"Yes!" a slightly amused voice rang out.

The group turned their heads and saw Mark, who had been as stiff as a statue, now wearing a mocking smile.

"Welcome to the Forest of Four Seasons."

Mark opened his arms, and the mouths on his palms curled into a twisted arc.

(End of this chapter)