Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 503 The Mad Gorsa

The sky was a clear blue after the rain.

The sea breeze, carrying its distinctive salty and fishy smell, entered Maria's nostrils.

She was standing on the Wall of Sighs in the northernmost part of the continent of Stata, looking down at the gray-blue sea and listening to the mage's robes fluttering in the wind.

The Wall of Sighs is a massive wall reaching 200 meters in height. Viewed from the sky, the endless wall forms a right angle, completely enclosing the northern edge of the continent behind it.

The bricks, mud, and glue used to build this high wall are all rare magical materials. For hundreds of years, it has stood firm under the protection of magic arrays by generations of high-ranking wizards, despite experiencing multiple black tide tsunamis every year.

Maria is a roving wizard on the Wall of Sighs, responsible for regularly checking the condition of the wall in preparation for the annual Black Tide tsunami.

The Kuroshio Tsunami is inherently polluted, and evil spirits and monsters are generated before and after each tsunami. Even some injured or mentally unstable wizards are corrupted by the pollution.

Therefore, Maria also had to visit the wizards guarding the Wizard Tower outside the Wall of Sighs in turn to check on their condition and make sure that no one had silently become corrupted, thus becoming an aid to the Black Tide when it came.

Today, Maria is going to visit a third-tier wizard named Gorsa.

Although Maria herself is a third-tier wizard, she does not have a powerful family like the Radiance behind her, and she has heard that Gorsa's strength is among the top tier in the Radiance.

It's just that its personality is a bit strange. Even though it can teleport short distances, it's too lazy to even visit the wizard tower next door.

Not only did he choose one of the wizard towers furthest from the Wall of Sighs as soon as he arrived, but he also hasn't been seen leaving the Sea of ​​Sighs for the past few months.

Each time the status of the various wizard towers was checked within the high walls, the wizard tower belonging to Gorsa always showed a white light – someone was there.

Today is no exception.

"Maria." Another itinerant wizard, Solot, rushed over. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

The other party was a wizard from a prominent family on the continent of Neflet, and Maria would not easily offend him. She smiled and said, "It's alright, I'll just stop and take a look at the sea."

Solot also turned to look at the sea. "As long as the sea doesn't turn black, I'll enjoy watching it, haha."

He gazed at the towering wizard towers standing on the sea in the distance, and said as if encouraging himself, "Today we're going to patrol the two furthest wizard towers. After today, the tasks ahead will be much easier."

Although Maria didn't believe that distance was directly proportional to the level of danger, she nodded nonetheless.

"Let's go then."

The two took flight together, a defensive barrier appearing around their bodies. Outside the barrier, two circular runes intersected and slowly rotated around their bodies.

These are necessary protective measures to leave the Wailing Wall. Even if it's not the Black Tide outbreak period now, there's still a possibility of encountering residual pollution and monsters in the sea.

The two flew together for several thousand meters before parting ways to head to different wizard towers.

Gorsa's family, the Radiant Family, leans towards the Iskeper Continent and has been at odds with the Solot from the Neflet Continent since ancient times.

Therefore, Solot would not easily visit wizards belonging to the Iskeper lineage.

After separating from Solot, Maria flew even more cautiously. Even though it reduced her flight speed, she activated another layer of defensive amulets.

Not long after, she finally arrived at the Seventh Wizard Tower where Gorsa was located.

Maria straightened her wind-blown robes before landing atop the Wizard's Tower.

"Witch Gorsa, I am Maria, the itinerant witch of the Wall of Sighs, here for my routine visit today."

Maria used a teleportation spell to send her voice in.

"Please wait a moment."

Two seconds later, a gentle, soothing voice came out.

Maria had never met Gorza, but she had heard he was a handsome man.

Even though she had already become a third-tier wizard, she couldn't help but have some expectations.

Another minute passed, and the black door at the top of the tower was finally pushed open.

A… skeletal arm emerged from within.

The skeleton then disappeared into the large wizard's robe, but judging from the shape of the clothes, the arm inside was probably not a normal arm.

The door opened completely, and a face, completely devoid of skin and so red it looked as if it were about to smoke, appeared before Mary.

Maria almost used the composure unique to a third-tier wizard to avoid changing her expression in front of the other party.

"Hello, Wizard Gorsa." Although he had never met the other party before, the skinless man in front of him was indeed radiating the magical power fluctuations of a third-tier wizard.

"Hello there."

"Excuse me, were you attacked?" Maria took out a golden stone, which she would use to record the visit.

Once she returns to the Wailing Wall, another wizard will examine the images in the Shadow Stone again to confirm that Maria and the wizard she visited are both alright.

"No, I was conducting an experiment." Gorsa raised his hand and poked the muscle on his face with his own bone. A trickle of bright red blood flowed down his white fingertip, the red and white contrasting beautifully. "There was a slight problem, and we're currently waiting for the contamination to be removed."

"Contamination?" Maria's expression immediately changed. She had come on patrol to check if the resident tower wizards had been contaminated. "May I examine your body?"

"No," Gorsa said calmly but firmly.

Maria took a breath. She knew that most wizards would not allow others to examine their physical condition, especially if the other party was a third-tier wizard of the same level as her.

A third-tier wizard is an absolute rare powerhouse in other places, but here at the Wall of Sighs, whether it's a patrolling wizard or a resident tower wizard, the minimum requirement is a second-tier wizard.

The wizards sent here by the Radiant Family are all third-tier wizards. Only a powerful family like that would dare to assign third-tier wizards to the most dangerous places.

"So what caused you to be contaminated? I need to know the cause to ensure the contamination is under control."

This time, Gorsa did not refuse; he even invited Maria into the Wizard's Tower to inspect it personally.

Maria glanced warily at Gorza, but unfortunately couldn't discern any emotion from his peeling face.

However, all the wizards who come here sign an alliance, so the other party probably wouldn't dare to really attack her. Maria suppressed her unease and followed Gorsa into the wizard tower.

The wizard's tower was very dark inside, with only a few oil lamps flickering at intervals.

The two third-tier wizards naturally didn't care about the darkness and made their way to Gorsa's laboratory without any trouble.

As soon as she entered, Mary saw a bucket of black water on the floor.

Her gaze immediately focused on the bucket of water, completely oblivious to everything else.

"That's... the Kuroshio Current?"

"Yes. I intercepted a portion of the Kuroshio Current last time for research."

Maria couldn't help but turn back for another look at the bloodied and mangled wizard.

Gorsa wasn't the only wizard to intercept the Black Tide, but he had only been there a few months and yet he dared to attack the Black Tide!

"That's incredibly bold and crazy," Maria thought to herself.

Gorza then raised his hands, displaying the skeleton as if it were a work of art.

"I tried to come into contact with the Kuroshio Current, and the flesh on my hands festered. Although I received timely treatment, the pollution still corroded my skin."

Seeing that Gorsa didn't seem to care at all about recounting his injuries, Maria tightened her grip on the audio-visual stone.

"I suggest you apply for leave of absence..."

"No need."

"But the next Kuroshio Current might happen this month."

Gorsa twitched his facial muscles, revealing a row of white teeth. "It's okay, I'll be fine tomorrow."

Let's bring the tower owner out for a spin.

(End of this chapter)