Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 473 Dark Blade and Eye of the Abyss

For a period of time afterward, Thor participated in several more Cleaners missions.

Each mission requires at least three wizards. Although the Academy of the Witches is large and populous, only a minority of wizards possess exceptional combat power and enjoy confronting evil spirits directly.

Most people here are more used to doing research in the lab, so after a few missions, Thor started to see the same faces around him.

During this time, Julie came to see Saul several times, but he turned her away each time.

It wasn't that Thor was truly against developing deeper relationships with other female wizards. It was just that he decided it was better to keep his distance from wizards who could stir up one's emotions.

When Thor wasn't involved in missions, he would stay in his newly rented rooftop apartment and conduct experiments.

Because the frequency of evil spirits appearing in Archaeological City was clearly abnormal, Thor believed that it was influenced by some factor.

So he began searching for the opportunity for souls to become evil spirits. He wasn't researching this to solve the city's fundamental problems, but rather to conduct a long-planned experiment—soul armament.

The two anomalous spirits that Saul captured, John and his girlfriend, were both experimental subjects and experimental materials.

John, in particular, is the best candidate to observe the process of a vengeful spirit or an evil spirit evolving into an evil spirit, making it a rare experimental opportunity.

Once he understands the cause of the evil spirits' formation, or at least what factors are most likely to cause spiritual pollution and confusion, he can begin to modify the four consciousnesses in the diary.

Even the strongest Mortons are now lacking in combat power. They cannot cast large-scale spells, and the limited magic within their vessels cannot sustain them in prolonged battles.

This would be sufficient for normal times, but Thor is about to head to the No Man's Lands. He must find a way to improve his combat abilities.

At the same time, Thor was also specifically studying the knowledge that the second-tier wizard Jassim had left him before his death.

The tiny black worm hiding deep within his spiritual body had been suppressed by the diary and the consciousness platform. It wasn't until Thor took the initiative to investigate that he discovered its secrets.

After several days of research, it was discovered that this insect is a rather special fragment of the soul. By splitting its own soul, it allows a segment of consciousness to enter the spiritual body of another.

In this way, the recipient can directly learn certain knowledge or know certain things.

But when Saul understood the underlying principle, he simply scoffed and showed no gratitude towards Jassim.

There's no other reason than that this kind of witchcraft carries great hidden dangers and its harms are deeply lurking.

After Jassim passed this knowledge on to Saul, Saul himself lost all recollection of it. Although he could regain this knowledge through later learning, without timely reminders, he would forever forget the experience.

Jassim had already decided to die, so he naturally had no such concerns.

However, this witchcraft also poses a significant threat to Thor.

Although Thor can directly access the knowledge Jassim taught him through this fragment of soul, he must also absorb the other ideas Jassim taught him.

In other words, once Jassim mixes his own values, beliefs, and obsessions into this consciousness, Saul is very likely to become the same kind of person as him.

This is a subtle influence that may not be strong at first, and may not even be able to truly affect the choices of the person being inherited.

But over time, it will take root and sprout like a seed, gradually changing the mind of the inheritor. If it is not discovered and eliminated in time, the inheritor may undergo a drastic personality change. A tyrant who used to kill and set fires may become a great philanthropist who can't help but help a beggar.

When Jassim calmly faced his death, Saul knew that this man must be someone with extremely strong convictions.

When people like this are passing on knowledge, can they really resist passing on even a little bit of their own ideas?

With this in mind, Thor didn't intend to accept this knowledge directly. But that didn't mean he would abandon Jassim's legacy altogether.

Having a diary, he chose another way to filter this fragment of his soul.

He directly incorporated this legacy into the black page of Gudu's book!

After fusing with this fragment of soul, Gudo, who was originally somewhat weak, suddenly became three times stronger.

Subsequently, under Thor's orders and the constraints of his diary, Gudo directly and completely recounted the knowledge he had acquired to Thor.

As Thor predicted, the legacy left behind by Jassim was his powerful black blade in direct combat—the Dark Spirit Blade.

This is a powerful sorcery that can attack both spirits and bodies simultaneously. Furthermore, it can split into hundreds of fragments to attack multiple enemies at once.

Of course, the attack power of the fragments after splitting is not as strong as that of the complete Dark Spirit Blade. However, as a top-tier second-tier wizard, a single fragment can kill a third-tier apprentice, and several fragments combined can kill a first-tier wizard of average ability.

This is a fairly powerful dark magic spell, perfect for Thor who lacks destructive attack spells!

However, just as Thor was happily beginning to copy down the sorcery rune structure of the Dark Blade, Gudo, who had absorbed Jassim's legacy, suddenly began to mutter to himself, completely disregarding the consumption of his soul energy.

Ah, so that's how it is. I finally understand why the Tribunal sent people to hunt us down.

[They've expended so much manpower and resources just to chase after a few level one wizards like us...]

Sigh, maybe if I had known earlier, I would have gone back sooner.

No, I might also become so scared that I start acting crazy.

I really admire Jassim; knowing all this, he still managed to calmly hunt us down.

Perhaps this is why he was able to become a top-tier Tier 2 player.

Without such unwavering conviction, how could one possibly break through the barrier between level one and level two?

Having seen this, Thor had also completed the transcription of the entire complex magical rune structure.

I wrote over twenty pages of parchment.

If you add further analysis and personal insights, it would be enough to form a complete book on witchcraft.

But Thor didn't continue; he looked at Gudo's mutterings with some curiosity.

"What else is hidden in Jassim's knowledge?"

He brought with him secrets about the establishment of the tribunal.

"What is it? You seem to have a deep understanding of it."

[This is the secret behind the establishment of the tribunal.]

Thor raised his eyebrows; for the first time, the consciousness in the diary evaded his question in this way.

Is it because the soul fragments injected by Jassim do indeed affect consciousness itself? Or is it that the self-awareness of consciousness is resisting the control of the diary?

In any case, Thor needs to figure this out.

"I command you to reveal the contents of the secret you have obtained."

I...I...

Gu Duo's white handwriting began to become messy.

It was clear that he was trying to resist Saul's orders.

Cracks began to appear on the black pages.

This is something that has never happened before!

But in the end, the diary was still successful. Gu Duo's handwriting was like a person being controlled to write, and in the struggle, many characters would suddenly draw a very long tail.

The Tribunal was established because the Eye of the Abyss is expanding! To stop this expansion, they—

However, Gu Duo's writing stopped abruptly there, as the entire page shattered with a "bang".

Thor stared in astonishment as the fragments of the book turned into black powder, which was gradually absorbed by the eerie starry sky inside his consciousness.

Ultimately, he failed to obtain the secrets of the tribunal.

This was the first time the diary had failed to control the consciousness sealed within the black pages.

This also made Saul realize the power of the Tribunal.

"The Eye of the Abyss..." Thor murmured to himself.

He remembered the enormous crater on the far side of the planet.

This crater seemed to have sunk deep into the earth's core, and Thor couldn't think of anything else that could match the abyss-like description "Eye of the Abyss."

"The Eye of the Abyss...is it expanding?"

(End of this chapter)