Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 372 Ancient Soul-Devouring Swamp

Thor never looked back the whole way; he only helped Agu when he lost his footing.

The sound of tentacles lashing out behind them had ceased; it seemed that after An, they had lost their target.

The two stumbled along, not daring to utter a word, and struggled to reach the palace.

The palace's white gates opened quietly as the two stepped back onto the ground, as if someone were welcoming them in.

Thor did not linger in the small open space in front of the palace, but instead walked through the gate without hesitation and entered the palace.

Agu naturally followed closely behind him.

Upon entering the palace, there is a circular hall, at the end of which is an archway, behind which is another circular hall.

One hall after another, one after another, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Like two mirrors facing each other, the images reflected in them are endless.

It looks very strange here; from the outside, the palace doesn't appear to be this big.

But it's very quiet here.

Just like when they first entered the season of death.

The door closed automatically after the two people entered.

There were no windows, and the room immediately became dark as soon as the two entered.

But the candles burning around the hall provided only a dim light.

The palace appears to be safe for the time being.

"Thump!"

Agu knelt down before Thor.

After Thor reminded them that magic would attract tentacles, Agu thought of having one person attract the tentacles so that the others could escape.

But at the last moment, he hesitated.

In that situation, Thor didn't have time to retrieve the consciousness. If the container were destroyed, he didn't know if he would die as well.

Agu... he can't die yet.

Therefore, even though Agu reacted faster than An, he did not make the same choice as An.

Thor didn't immediately pay attention to Agu; his eyes were deep as he examined the diary in his mind.

The white pages were flipping rapidly, reaching the last few pages almost instantly.

When Saul saw the only black page that belonged to Anne, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The feeling of powerless resentment faded, and a chilling anger began to linger in my heart.

"Since those eerie humanoids and black tentacles are driving us toward the palace, let me see what's inside."

The diary didn't suggest that Thor had to enter the palace, but the fact that this palace could withstand the terrifying black tentacles and bizarre humanoids outside meant it was definitely not simple.

"Get up," Thor said calmly, gesturing for Agu to rise.

Agu was still a little guilty, but seeing that Thor didn't seem that angry, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood up and tried to make amends.

"Master, those outside are probably like Xiaozao, they are all Soul-Devouring Demon Swamps."

Thor nodded. "But they are clearly much stronger than the small algae."

After consuming the hidden crystals here, Xiao Zao fell into a deep sleep. Is the Soul Devouring Swamp here so powerful also due to the hidden crystals?

Just how many souls has the Soul-Devouring Swamp, which has grown to the size of a small mountain, devoured?

"This is just one of the elven settlements, yet such a terrifying existence exists here. Places associated with elves are indeed fraught with danger."

Thor took a deep breath, looked up at the interlocking hall in front of him, and said in a low voice, "They're all in now, let's go take a look."

He sensed a familiar presence here, which, along with his intuition, beckoned him to go there.

……

On the lawn dotted with irregularly shaped white houses, Casillas, who had been sitting on the ground with her knees drawn up and looking dazed, suddenly jumped up.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!" she shouted desperately, waving her arms and legs in place.

"What's gotten into her now?" Monroe frowned in disgust, then looked at Kongsa. "Sol is in, but he clearly couldn't solve our problem. He's been attacked in the forest, and we don't even know if he's alive..."

Upon hearing this, Mark glanced in the direction Thor had left, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Maybe I should go look for him."

Kong Sha sneered, glancing over, "If you were worried about him, why didn't you go with those two bodyguards when they left? It's been so long before you thought of looking for him. Are you really looking for him, or something else?"

Monroe looked over suspiciously, and Mark immediately shut his mouth.

"He must be dead, he must be dead! We will all turn to ashes like him, becoming nourishment for them!"

Casillas got tired of jumping and sat down on the ground.

Monroe sighed softly, covering his face with his hands. "I don't think we're going to escape. What treasure did you take? I'm begging you, please give it back. Otherwise, we really won't get out of here, we'll die."

At this point, Monroe lowered his hand again, "Maybe dying is a good thing..."

Suddenly, the earth trembled, and several nervous wizard apprentices jumped up, staring in astonishment at the direction of the forest.

They saw black tentacles, obscuring the sky, growing from beneath the dark gray mountains in the distance.

The tentacles kept writhing, and even the four wizard apprentices, watching it from such a distance, felt a chill run down their spines and their legs trembled.

Cassilo suddenly fell to the ground, muttering something unintelligible.

Mark gritted his teeth, his voice escaping from between his lips, "What did Thor do? Why did he disturb the ancient Soul-Eating Swamp?"

Kong Sha squinted, raising her hand to gently stroke her cheek. "Who knows? He always manages to surprise and shock people."

……

The two became more vigilant and observed the area within the rotunda.

The first hall was undecorated and nothing unusual was found. They quickly moved into the second hall.

This place has the same structure as the first hall, except for a few more chairs.

The chairs lay sprawled on the floor, as if someone had deliberately pushed them over.

Saul remembered Mark saying that they had been attacked by the furniture and decorations here, and that several apprentices had died before they escaped.

But when he examined the fallen chairs, he did not sense anything unusual about them.

Of course, he could no longer fully trust his own judgment. This elven valley was strangely unusual, and many things defied his usual understanding.

After all, the elves have experienced a great horror; even the items they left behind could drive people mad, let alone an entire settlement.

Therefore, everything that happens here cannot be viewed with ordinary eyes.

Thor then entered the third and fourth halls.

Each hall is decorated exactly the same, but each hall has many more things than the previous one.

When Saul and Agu arrived at the fifth hall, it was already furnished with a lot of furniture, and there were exquisite paintings on the walls. Heavy satin curtains had been added to both sides of the circular hall.

But when Saul looked behind the curtains, he found that there was still a wall there, and no window.

If there are no windows, why hang curtains?

Thor glanced back at Agu, but Agu was also full of doubts.

Although he was also an old ghost over a hundred years old, he didn't know much about elves.

Upon entering the ninth hall, a dark door finally appeared directly in front of them, with spiral staircases leading upwards on both sides.

By this time, they had traveled a distance far beyond the depth of the palace that could be seen from the outside.

"If we want to continue exploring, we should go upstairs. But which of these two staircases should we choose?"

The staircase on the left looks normal, but it makes a semi-circular turn and disappears into the second floor.

The staircase on the right is quite eerie.

It grows wildly in the air like a vine, completely disregarding how people on it can walk.

If you walk up the stairs, your body will be parallel to the floor for a while, and you will even be upside down in the air for a while before disappearing into the wall on the right instead of the second floor.

The staircase on the left, which was perfectly normal, appears even more eerie in comparison to the staircase on the right.

(End of this chapter)