Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 482 Source of Pollution

Saul stood in the stairwell, watching the girl, whose hands, feet, and mouth were bound, struggle convulsively.

As the girl struggled, her skin gradually cracked, revealing black grime underneath.

Fine black particles fell from the cracks in the skin, quickly forming a small puddle of dust on the ground.

Thor saw through the crack in the stairwell door that the man inside had returned to his room, which allowed Xiaozao to continue helping the girl upstairs.

Occasionally, people would brush past Thor and the girl on the road, but none of them noticed that there were other people walking beside them.

Saul went up the stairs to the top floor, to his temporary lodging.

By the time they reached this point, the girl's skin had been severely cracked and deformed from her struggles, and she was almost completely reduced to a lump of charcoal.

It resembled a charred corpse.

"Master?" Agu and Morton greeted them.

They took the girl from Xiao Zao, easily subdued her, and trapped her in a magic circle.

Next to this magic circle are five more magic circles, trapping the evil spirits Thor brought back during his previous Cleaner mission.

The charcoal-colored girl was the sixth.

"I never expected that Penny would go out every day and not find any evil spirits, but one was just born downstairs from us."

Xiao Zao shook off the dust that had settled on her body before breathing out as she approached Thor.

Thor reached out and scratched Little Algae's chin. "Hmm, this time it's all your doing."

The little algae happily wiggled its body, like a dancing snake.

Thor stared at the motionless, charred black corpse within the magic circle. He had encountered a similar charred corpse once before, but that evil spirit had been taken away by Kent, who was in charge of coordinating the mission at the time.

Thor didn't stand out when the others were around, so he didn't gain anything that time, only some magic crystals.

However, Thor also pays attention to the characteristics of evil spirits, and if he finds a suitable one, he will exchange it for the evil spirit obtained by the other party using magic crystals or other witchcraft materials.

Therefore, he has accumulated a lot of evil spirits these days.

Only then did he realize that the evil spirit he had just acquired was the same as the one Kent had taken away last time.

Thor put away the evil spirit—which was of little use—and headed to Bydon College.

These were things he had discovered openly, and others might have noticed them as well, so it wasn't surprising that Saul told the dean.

When he arrived at the academy, he encountered Julie on the way. Julie looked grave and was also walking towards the academy.

"Wizard Thor." Julie's face immediately lit up with a smile upon seeing Thor. "What a coincidence, running into you today too. Do you still need to exchange for an evil spirit?"

It's no secret that Thor goes on missions to collect newly born evil spirits and trades them with others. Some wizards know that Thor possesses rare magical materials and have even tried to trade with him.

Saul looked at Julie and stated the purpose of his trip directly.

"I recently discovered a new type of evil spirit. They all have the same characteristics, but they appear in very different locations, so I suspect that a new source of contamination may have emerged."

The evil spirits in Archaeologists often appear alone. They are usually ordinary people or spirits who have been exposed to magic or mental energy that exceeds their tolerance limits, and thus become corrupted.

However, in very rare cases, several similar evil spirits may appear together.

This situation usually arises from a source of pollution that is extremely dangerous to ordinary people. If this source of pollution is not eliminated, similar evil spirits will continue to emerge.

These evil spirits, though not powerful, are still deadly to ordinary people. Many manufacturing industries in Archaeology City rely on ordinary people for basic work, requiring a large workforce. Therefore, whenever a source of pollution that could cause mass casualties is encountered, it is eliminated as quickly as possible.

Those who discover pollution sources will receive greater rewards.

To everyone's surprise, Julie's expression turned serious upon hearing Saul's words. "You've also encountered a similar evil spirit?"

When the two compared their situations, they discovered that the newborn evil spirits they had encountered were exactly the same.

They were all charred black, shriveled and thin, like charred corpses that had perished in a raging fire.

However, they look like ordinary people. When attacked, their skin cracks, revealing the black powder inside.

What worries Saul even more is that Julie and the evil spirits he discovered are all appearing in different corners of the city.

This means that the source of pollution is not fixed in one place, making it even more difficult to clean up.

The two men believed there was a dangerous source of pollution, but when they went to see Dean Pound, he was busy with something and simply told them to inform Kent to handle the matter.

Julie smiled and agreed on the surface, but after leaving the academy, she whispered a warning to Saul, "If this is left to Kent, it will probably be dropped."

Thor's eyes flashed, but he pretended not to understand. "You think there's something wrong with Kent?"

Julie twirled her long white hair with her fingers and said casually, "Who knows? Anyway, he's been collecting evil spirits lately. When we go on missions together, he always ends up collecting all the evil spirits, and he never goes to the academy to exchange them."

The things that the wizard Kent did were somewhat similar to those of Thor.

Julie probably means that the Kent wizard wants to collect evil spirits, so he won't deal with the contaminants that can mass-produce evil spirits.

If Kent were informed of this, he would likely try to exploit the source of pollution.

After Thor reported the matter to the academy, he also had Xiaozao and Penny search the area around the temporary residence to see if any other new evil spirits had appeared.

Xiao Zao didn't find any other evil spirits, but Penny did notice a girl.

"...Her name is Itz. She's the roommate of the evil spirit that Brother Thor caught last time. I've noticed that something's not quite right about her."

Penny flew around the room while recounting what she had discovered.

"I noticed that she always had a burnt smell about her, and her shadow would occasionally have problems."

Thor, who was helping Ann adapt to her new soul armor, stopped what he was doing.

"What's wrong?"

Penny flew over, looked at Ann with four spider legs behind her, and then flew to a higher place.

"Her shadow and her body don't match up, hehe, there must be some pollution hidden in her body, but it hasn't fully erupted yet."

Thor pondered for a moment, then said to Ann, "You and Agu continue to adapt to the new soul armor. I'll take Morton out to have a look around."

Originally, after the scorpion stinger was absorbed by the diary, Thor wanted to subject her to further modifications, but for some reason, Anne strongly requested to continue using her for experiments. Moreover, Anne also adapted well to the new soul weapon created by Thor—the venomous spider.

Thor didn't know the reason either, and could only assume that Anne was originally a mixture of multiple souls, which was why she was able to adapt well to other spirits.

So now, only Hermann remains, lying alone in his diary.

Thor assigned tasks to the others and prepared to take Morton, the strongest fighter, out to see the girl named Itz.

But just as he reached the door, the intercom inside the room suddenly went off.

Thor picked up the communicator, only to find that the person on the other end was the wizard Char, who had never contacted him before.

"Wizard Thor, I've discovered a new evil spirit, but it's extremely dangerous, and I can't handle it alone."

Thor: "In the past, wouldn't you have abandoned the mission immediately in this situation?"

Life safety is paramount; this is the belief of the wizard Char Aznable.

Char was silent for a few seconds after Thor spoke, then finally said in a low voice, "I only invited you and the wizard Julie. If you want to participate, come to my residence within an hour."

After saying that, he turned off the communicator.

Morton remarked from the side, "This man probably has something he's hiding from the communicator."

Thor nodded. "If this isn't a trap, then something that would make someone who values ​​their life take a risk is naturally something that shouldn't be taken risky... and is more likely to result in death."

Chapter Two will be in the evening, but I'm not sure what time it will be.

(End of this chapter)