Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 363 They stole the elves' treasure

Mark's entanglement with memories wasn't too serious; Herman pulled him back from his confusion with a single first-tier spell, "Awaken Consciousness."

"I..." Mark hadn't yet realized what was happening.

Agu, who was standing to the side, said in a cold voice, "You'd better calm down when you're recalling things. If you can't, I can help you."

Mark looked up at the two pale-faced, tall men and women with black bandages over their eyes and immediately felt immense pressure.

Even though the magical energy fluctuations emanating from them weren't very strong.

"No, no need." He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then glanced at Thor behind the two of them. This time, he didn't dare to say anything more.

"I remember now... The moment we were about to step out the door, everything in the castle came to life. The doors and windows all closed automatically. Everything from the tables and chairs to the lamps and the carpet under our feet was sternly questioning us, saying that someone had stolen their treasures and that we had to leave them behind before we could leave."

"At first, no one took it seriously. To be honest, even I took a small item, intending to take it back to the Wizard Tower for research. So we just went ahead and tried to force our way out of the palace. But we found that casting spells in the palace would cause even more intense shocks to the spiritual body. I watched as an apprentice cast only a level 1 spell and his head suddenly exploded."

"The mental shock was too intense, causing a conflict between his magic and mental power, which detonated the area with the most concentrated energy in his body," Thor immediately deduced.

"Yes, and he was just the first victim. Later, those furniture and decorations attacked us on their own. In order to protect ourselves, we had to continue to use witchcraft... and then a second, a third victim appeared. More and more people suddenly became alienated or self-destructed."

Mark swallowed hard; clearly, the battle that had left him with a heavy shadow.

"So we got scared, and we started taking out everything we had brought from the castle. But even after we took everything out, the monsters in the castle still said we had taken their treasures, and the fighting continued."

Of the last twelve people, only four escaped.

Mark gave Saul a wry smile. "It's all thanks to Kongsa. She broke a window at the last minute, and that's how we escaped."

"But clearly, you're not completely out of the woods yet," Thor said.

"Yes." Mark gritted his teeth and slammed his right hand on the ground. "I really don't know who was holding onto the elves' treasures at that critical moment? Now look what's happened, the Elf Valley is sealed off, only allowing entry but not exit. And those elves keep showing up every now and then, demanding their lost treasures back from us."

"So Kongsa told you to ask me for help?"

"Yes. Kongsha said that only her mental energy fluctuations are still within a controllable range, while none of us can cast spells above level 1 anymore. We need to find someone with a stable and powerful mental body to come in and break through the valley's blockage together."

"After Kongsha first entered the valley and came out, he gave a cryptocrystalline substance to Monroe's knowledge avatar. In return, he was required to transmit information for us at crucial moments."

Saul thought to himself, "But Monroe didn't come to me on his own initiative. He only made that invitation when he saw me looking for Kongsa. He was more like a note slipped under the door than someone pleading for help. And his calm demeanor showed no sign that Kongsa was in danger inside."

He pondered it to himself, but did not voice his question.

He looked at the four consciousnesses, and each of them nodded slightly as they made eye contact with Thor.

Saul turned back to Mark, walked up to him, and reached out to help him up.

"So, you either need to find the hidden elven treasure or force your way out of the seal on the Elf Valley. In that case, take me to your main force first."

The way they entered the valley was mysterious, and Thor still had no idea how to leave.

Moreover, he has only listened to Mark's advice so far, and he still wants to see Kongsa.

This person, who once left the Elf Valley alive, must know more.

The two had almost recovered their strength from their escape, and Mark looked at the sun overhead to determine their direction.

"This way."

"How did you discover that the elves were chasing us?" Thor followed Mark back into the forest. "Will they reappear?"

He looked warily at the trees around him, wondering if they would turn white again in an instant.

"As long as we don't use spells above level 1, or attack the plants around us, even a little magical fluctuation won't attract the elves' pursuit," Mark replied as he ran ahead. "You were casting a level 2 spell when you came in, and I was pulling you along, so it made quite a commotion."

Most of the forest is covered with dense trees, with only occasional clearings where Thor had just rested.

He followed Mark, while also keeping the four people around him on high alert.

The two ran for about another half hour. Since they weren't running as frantically as before, their breathing was relatively steady.

Where was cryptocrystalline material found?

"It's also in the elves' habitat. Don't worry, there's still a lot left. We didn't dare take too much, because taking too much would also affect our spiritual bodies. Everyone's afraid of getting their heads blown off too."

After running for a while, Thor stopped.

As soon as Thor stopped, the other four also froze and looked around.

"What's wrong?" Mark immediately turned around. His nerves had been on edge the whole time, and he only relaxed a little when he met Thor.

Seeing that Thor had stopped without warning, he immediately looked around nervously.

"This terrain is not right."

Thor had glimpsed the area before entering the forest. Logically, after running for so long, they should have already entered the mountainous region and started climbing, but the forest in front of them was still flat terrain with no slope at all.

"What's wrong?" Mark didn't understand what Saul was talking about.

"We should have already started climbing the mountain. I remember there weren't many trees on the mountain, but it feels like we've already entered a primeval forest."

Thor looked up at the sky; the passage of time seemed to be proceeding as planned.

"Three hundred years. Even if time can change the topography of the mountains and forests, it won't change the mountain's contours. It seems we're no longer in the same forest we entered from."

Mark, who had been very nervous, suddenly laughed when he heard Saul's words.

"Of course not. This is the Forest of Four Seasons, on the other side of the world, not our original world!"

"The world side?" Thor still looked bewildered.

At this moment, Agu approached, bowed his head and said to Thor, "The World Side is just a name; some people also call it the Secret Realm. It's generally a region of disordered space or an illusion."

An nodded. "Either there's a problem here, or there's a problem with us."

Saul looked at Mark, about to ask more questions, but suddenly he noticed that there were many people standing behind Mark.

It was packed with people, all with their heads down, so you couldn't see their faces.

Meanwhile, Mark was still waving to Saul, oblivious to everything. "Saul, let's hurry up, Kongsa and the others are waiting for us."

Saul took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Perhaps, both are the problem."

(End of this chapter)