Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 485 Bargaining

The consequences of breaking the secret contract are terrible, so if you want to sign this contract, you must avoid mixing in language traps.

After consulting the diary's opinions—which were none—Thor decided to participate in Char's operation.

After seeing that Saul agreed to sign the contract, Julie hesitated for a while before also expressing her willingness to participate.

Overall, the three of them did not have a close relationship with Bai Dong Academy.

Although Julie and Char are both honorary mentors at Baidong Academy, they don't have any research projects or promotion needs that require support from Baidong Academy, so they can focus more on their cleaning duties.

This is actually the real reason why Char only summoned them.

Thor only realized this when he began discussing the terms of the contract with Char.

As for Jonah, who didn't come today...

Although he teaches students at the academy, it's clear from his complete disregard for where he conducts his experiments that his research mostly relies on himself and the magic crystals.

So Char also wants to invite Jonah today.

Unfortunately, for some reason, the latter did not come over.

The group spent some time finalizing the contents of the contract.

There must be constraints, but they also cannot be too many, lest one inadvertently violate the contract.

Once the contract was finalized and the three of them signed it, they began to discuss the detailed plan for finding the source of the pollution.

After formulating a preliminary plan, Char escorted the two back to his villa. Then he watched them leave.

Thor left the academy but did not go home immediately. After wandering around the streets for a while, he returned to Char's villa.

Char opened the door and found Thor inside. He wasn't very surprised, just a little helpless.

"Julie just left, and you're here right after. I knew you guys were interested in that stuff, but I really won't sell it."

Saul laughed and said, "I came here because I knew Julie should have left by now."

Xia was taken aback, then pursed his lips. "That's why I said Julie is too stupid. Her actions were easily outmaneuvered by a newcomer."

"You can listen to my quote. Even if you're not satisfied, I can check your dream again for free."

"No need, I have my own way of confirming that the evil spirit has left." Although he said that, Char still stepped aside to let Thor in.

The two of them stood in the living room.

"Although Julie's strength is average, she became a formal wizard twenty years earlier than you, so she still has some good things to offer. But I became a formal wizard ten years earlier than her, so I don't like any of the conditions Julie proposed. However, Thor, you come from the Wizarding Tower, and your mentor is now at the third level... so I'd like to hear what you have to offer in exchange."

As expected, the Wizard Tower's background is both intimidating and enviable.

However, although Thor is very interested in the teleportation array, he will not lose his mind.

"Before I give you a quote, I need to know if your spatial teleportation array demonstrates a complete mastery of the formula for constructing the array, or if you're simply using some kind of sorcery tool to directly set up the array at a designated location?"

When Xia heard this, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Sometimes I really suspect you've planted some kind of listening device here?" Xia took two steps back, looking around the room, checking every nook and cranny. "Or have you deliberately left something in my house?"

"Of course not." Thor secretly beckoned with his finger, sending Penny, who was flying around the room, back to her spirit form. "This is just a reasonable speculation."

Xia was skeptical, so he looked up and searched around him.

But naturally, he couldn't discover anything.

"Okay, actually it's the second one. I obtained a set of sorcery scrolls with this magic circle drawn on them, which can be used to set up a spatial teleportation circle in the desired location."

it is as expected.

Thor made the above guess because when he observed the magic array that the wizard Xia had set up, he found that the other party's talent for magic arrays was not particularly outstanding.

When Thor entered the dream, Char controlled his magic circle, which Thor was confident he could easily break. It would be very difficult for Char to construct a spatial teleportation circle on his own.

Therefore, Thor speculated that there might have been other people or things that helped Char build the magic circle.

Given Char's personality, he probably wouldn't let others know about his escape route.

"Alright, you know what you wanted to know. So, what do you want to offer in exchange for the magic circle?"

"Unless absolutely necessary, the wizard Char always acts alone, right?" Thor suddenly said something that seemed unrelated.

Xia was taken aback, then frowned and said impatiently, "Of course, I can't be sure if my comrades will betray me."

"However, acting alone also has many inconveniences, and there are some simple but risky actions that you also need to do yourself. In such cases, you may give up directly, resulting in the loss of potential gains."

Char said nonchalantly, "Compared to life, what is a little gain?"

"But wouldn't it be better if there were a way to completely control someone to do things for you, to control their life and death, and not to worry about betrayal? They could even help you protect yourself from danger."

Char's eyes lit up slightly. "You... do you know some kind of mind control technique?"

"The magic of controlling people's minds can only be done by at least a second-tier wizard. However, with my parasitic magic, the person being parasitized can be completely under your control, and their life and death will be in your hands."

Xia was clearly tempted; he rested his hand on his chin, deep in thought.

"I know that the wizard Xia used to avoid danger, but you can really try to actively test the danger before deciding whether to avoid it or solve the problem."

"Char, we are wizards. If wizards only think about avoiding things, they will eventually be devoured by the backlash of knowledge," Thor said in a low, seductive voice.

In the wizarding world, danger always lurks in the unknown. If you remain stagnant, you will be dragged into a dangerous abyss by an unseen hand.

If you're only thinking about safety, don't become a wizard.

This statement applies to both wizarding apprentices and fully-fledged wizards.

After Thor offered a few more words of persuasion, Char finally agreed to the exchange.

However, his condition for the exchange was...

"You will teach me parasitic witchcraft, and I will set up a spatial teleportation array at the location you specify."

Thor's smile vanished. "Do you think the magic circle would still be able to remain concealed if I told you where it was set up?"

"But I can't just hand you the reel. I'd rather have the ability to escape than take the initiative!" Xia said, puffing out his chest, showing no intention of backing down.

"Then it seems there's no point in talking." Thor turned around and made a move to walk out.

"Wait a minute!" Char called out to Thor.

After hesitating for a moment, he came up with a new idea.

"Besides setting up a teleportation array for you, I can lend you the scroll for three hours to copy."

Thor asked directly, "Is there a concealment array on the scroll?"

"Yes, but if you have a strong talent for magic arrays, you can calculate the original magic array by peeling away the concealing magic array yourself."

Saul sneered, "Easy for you to say, but even accurate transcription is difficult to achieve in three hours. I need at least three days."

"That won't do!" Xia raised his voice, then immediately lowered it again. "At most, one day, and you can only copy from me. Don't bother with conditions, just say you agree or not?"

Thor pondered for three minutes, "If the magic circle is drawn incorrectly, and I go in to teleport, could I possibly die as a result?"

Xia nodded. "Of course, there's a high probability that they'll be torn apart by the spatial rift, a small probability that they'll fall into some unknown place, and it's almost impossible for them to reach the other side."

"Indeed extremely dangerous." Thor lowered his head. "Alright, I agree. Let's begin transcribing now."

Xia's muscles twitched as he suppressed the urge to smile. "Alright, let's go back to the room we had last time. I'll open the scroll inside the defensive array. You can only observe from the outside; you can't come in, or I'll kick you out of the room."

"Hmph!" Thor snorted softly, somewhat displeased.

But his attention was focused on the diary in his spiritual body.

"Brother Diary, it's been a while since I've bothered you. But you see, spatial teleportation arrays are just too dangerous. You wouldn't want me to... fall apart during teleportation, would you?"

I hope my sleep schedule can return to normal.

(End of this chapter)