Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 461 Something Strange

Looking at Archaesta from the outside is a completely different experience from living inside it.

The carriage traveled along a road that wasn't very wide. Compared to the towering buildings that lined both sides of the road, dozens of stories high, the narrowness of the road made the originally magnificent buildings suddenly feel oppressive.

Especially when walking between the two rows of buildings, huge shadows are cast down, and the ground floor is dark, damp, and somber.

Upon closer inspection, those tall buildings weren't actually that magnificent.

The window was so small that it would be difficult for an adult to squeeze through.

The dense array of windows created a sense of oppression, like countless eyes hiding behind the walls, eyeing everything on the street.

In stark contrast to these dense and oppressive buildings, there were surprisingly few people on the streets.

Occasionally, a few oddly shaped rickshaws would speed by.

Thor glanced at it; it seemed to be moving forward using gears and other mechanical means, but at a much faster speed.

Marsh was clearly also confused and could not drive as fast as he could in the wilderness. He was quickly overtaken by the rickshaws.

Then a buzzing sound came from above. Marsh looked up and saw a small airship flying over him at a height of more than ten meters.

As dusk fell, the tops of the black pillars on both sides of the road suddenly lit up, startling the horses pulling the cart.

Seeing this, Thor was both amazed and puzzled. "There was a magical fluctuation the moment the lighting equipment turned on. That means there's at least one kind of magical infrastructure running through these blocks!"

If it were just a standalone building like a wizard's tower, using such magical equipment would be normal, but this is a city!

How did Archaeologists, or rather the Bydon Academy behind it, manage to use so many magical resources on ordinary people?

The underlying productivity of witchcraft is simply insufficient, isn't it?

Five minutes later, Saul finally arrived at his destination, which was marked on the map in the "Guidebook".

Intermediary center.

The guide states that this agency handles a range of intermediary matters, including finding jobs, housing, and spouses.

It's the first place I recommend visiting when you first arrive in St. Louis.

Even if you're just visiting, you can find a suitable guide here.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of a particularly square tall building, Saul heard faint music coming from the tall buildings on both sides.

Immediately, as if a switch had been flipped, a cacophony of voices erupted from both buildings.

Dark figures emerged from the exits of different houses, slowly converging on the street, forming a dark torrent.

"So...so many people?" Even the well-traveled Agu was stunned by the sight before him.

Not only the buildings on both sides of them, but also the tall buildings in front of them and the buildings on the street in front of them, were all gushing outwards like a torrent of people.

The already narrow streets were suddenly packed with people.

As far as the eye could see, apart from a few rickshaws, everyone else was traveling on foot!

Most of the people passing by had blank expressions, with only a few lively smiles occasionally appearing when they were talking in hushed tones.

"This is like concentrating the population of all the surrounding cities and towns into Archist City." Thor still rested his chin on his hand, looking out the car window. The scene before him stirred up some memories of the past.

"A large population, a highly structured lifestyle, and the continuous attraction of people to the city through novels... the city's master has turned people into cogs in the machine. What is he trying to achieve?"

After listening to Thor's analysis, Agu whispered, "The true master of Archist City is Bydon Academy. And the current person in charge of Bydon Academy is their old dean, Pound, a second-tier wizard."

Bai Dong Academy also sells various witchcraft items to the public, and it is said that as long as you have money, even people with poor magical and mental aptitude can become witch apprentices.

Bydon College cast a wide net, catching not only wizard apprentices but also ordinary people, who were just small fry.

"They're probably working on a big project." By this time, the crowd emerging from the buildings on both sides had thinned out, so Saul jumped off the carriage. "There's no point in thinking about it too much. We're just a group of renters looking for a place to live."

On the surface, Marsh remained in place, but in reality, there were also small algae clones that had burrowed into the soil to keep watch.

Thor took only a compressed bag containing important items and Agu, and the two entered the red square building on the right.

Once inside the building, Thor and Agu encountered an automatically locked door that required a pass to open.

It's a cabin that moves up and down like an elevator, but it requires a special person to manually control it.

The piano music that just played seemed to be the sound of people leaving get off work; there are hardly any people in the building now.

The elevator took the two to the 20th floor, which is the top floor of the building.

The top floor is an oval-shaped hall with hidden rooms on both sides. The center is empty except for a few benches, and there is a circle of counters around the perimeter.

Posters and scraps of paper were scattered all over the ground, and someone was cleaning them up.

As soon as Saul entered, he saw a boy pulling a woman and arguing with a woman behind a counter, seemingly about the rent.

Take another look at the sign above the woman's head behind the counter; that is indeed the rental area.

Thor then walked to the adjacent counter and asked, "Do you have any houses for wizards to rent?"

The man behind the counter, who had been organizing documents with his head down, looked up when he heard the sound, and immediately broke into a bright smile, casually tossing the things in his hands aside.

"Of course, sir, welcome to Archaeologist!"

In just ten minutes, Thor successfully obtained a key. The key was a copper leaf, but the patterns on it kept changing, and the patterns would only stop when Thor's hand pressed on a certain spot.

The man who had entertained Saul courteously escorted him to the door.

He had simply taken out a document with normal enthusiasm, but when Saul selected a house and took out his silver pass to register, the man's expression changed drastically, and his attitude became twice as respectful. He even took out another book of house information from the back room.

The house that Saul originally chose was the top floor of a tall building.

The housing information the man recently provided was all for villas.

After glancing at it briefly and comparing the prices, Thor still chose the original top floor.

There was no other way; the Wizard Tower had already collapsed, but he still had a smaller Wizard Tower, four consciousness entities, and two pets to raise, so he had to cut back on expenses.

Although Saul did not choose a bigger and more expensive house, the real estate agent was not disappointed at all. When Saul left, the agent even took out a business card and respectfully handed it to him with both hands.

"This is my business card, which contains my information. It has our contact number. If you need anything in the future, you can find the agency center through the communicator in the room, and I can come to your door to provide services at any time."

This familiar scene brought a sense of nostalgia to Saul. He took the other person's business card and looked down at it.

"John..." Thinking of a certain novel, Saul looked up and asked, "You wouldn't happen to be Little John, the farmer from that book, would you?"

The man named John smiled憨厚ly, "Actually, after this book was promoted, many people changed their names to John, hoping to have the same good luck as him."

Having accepted John's business card, Saul once again declined the offer to travel in the flying capsule.

There's no other reason than that it's not free.

Back in the carriage, Agu was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth.

Thor appeared calm on the outside, but he was actually quite surprised inside.

If he hadn't discovered that many of the props had the undercurrent of witchcraft runes in their underlying logic, he would have really thought that some all-powerful transmigrator had come here to become the city lord.

However, he eventually confirmed that although some things were similar, the essence was still very different.

Back in the carriage, Thor had Little Algae retrieve its hidden underground clone, told Marsh the directions, and prepared to head to their new home.

However, as soon as the wheels started moving, the little algae suddenly stretched out from the back of Thor's neck and swatted at Thor's face.

"Um... Xiaozhao, what are you doing?"

The algae wrote a word crookedly in the air.

"Big tree."

Several people gathered around at the same time.

"Big tree? What big tree? Which big tree?" Penny asked incessantly.

"The character for 'tree' is missing a dot," Agu said, frowning.

Thor was taken aback. "There doesn't seem to be a single tree here."

He slowly lowered his head and looked at his feet.

"The big tree you mentioned... could it be underground?"

We finally made it.

(End of this chapter)