Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 54 Byron, the Bookkeeper

Jenna was taken aback, and quickly withdrew her flailing hands back to her chest.

The names of the two people lingered in her mind.

"It was Claire, she said so. She told me to come find you at three o'clock." She blurted out one of them.

"Who mentioned me before Claire?"

"Duke, Duke also said that," Jenna's voice lowered.

Duke?

Thor raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected Duke to get involved as well.

As for the extent to which they've become involved, we'll have to wait and see how things develop.

"Didn't you say a second-level apprentice reminded you?" Thor urged impatiently.

This time, Jenna was genuinely hesitant.

The senior from West Germany helped her, but also warned her never to mention him to outsiders, otherwise it would cause him a lot of trouble.

Jenna was very grateful to Sid, who had essentially saved her life, and she didn't want to cause him any trouble.

"Asking for help, and still playing coy?" Thor sneered, deciding to keep Jenna waiting a little longer.

He took a step back, as if to close the door.

"Wait, I'll talk!" Jenna panicked immediately upon seeing this. She changed from sitting to crawling, taking two steps forward. "Yes..."

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound, like a giant stick hitting a watermelon, rang out.

Jenna's head exploded in front of Thor.

Something splashed over.

Thor had no time to react, so he could only close his eyes, raise his arm, and lean back.

A moment later, Saul lowered his left hand, revealing mottled bloodstains on his sleeve.

He looked at the girl in the red dress lying on the ground, and surprisingly, he wasn't too surprised.

"Dozer, Loki, and so many others joined the mutual aid society, yet you were the only one alerted to the presence of the parasite. It's a pity there are very few good people in this wizard tower, and the one you met was clearly not one of them."

The burly man huddled at the entrance of the corridor showed no reaction to what was happening here, remaining motionless like a corpse.

The second door next door opened softly, and Hayden's face flashed past behind it before he immediately closed the door after seeing Jenna's body.

The next moment, someone emerged from the depths of the dimly lit corridor.

Byron glanced casually at Jenna on the ground, then turned to Thor. "Hmm?"

The corpses on the ground were ignored, while the living people standing perfectly fine in the corridor were thoroughly examined with magic.

"Hmm." Byron took a step back, shook his head, and told Thor that he was fine.

Saul took off his coat and wiped the blood and flesh splattered on his cheeks and arms.

Looking up, Byron was pulling a small notebook out of his mouth and drawing on it with a pen.

The notebook recorded the credits Byron owed Saul, and whenever Byron did something for Saul, he would voluntarily deduct the credits he owed.

This is also why Saul greatly admired Byron.

It is already very rare for a person to be able to distinguish between gratitude and resentment and to exchange things at an equal cost.

Thor frowned as he stared at the red dress on the ground, now even more vibrant with blood.

"Um?"

Saul shook his head gently. "I have no guilt."

Thor always thought he was the only one who was unlucky, and that he was always on the verge of death after entering the Wizard's Tower.

It now seems that there are many people more unfortunate than him, and others are not living in a carefree world either.

At least Thor had a premonition of death, while Jenna probably didn't even know what was happening to her until the moment before she died.

She thought she had seen the light at the end of the tunnel, but instead she plunged headlong into the abyss.

Byron remained indifferent; he had witnessed far too much death.

The girl's corpse gave him the feeling that: who else has dared to challenge the rules of the tower master?

"Um?"

As Byron scanned Jenna's body, he suddenly noticed something, walked over, and bent down to examine it.

A moment later, he suddenly took a step back and threw out a black mist from his hand. The black mist, like a giant python, completely swallowed Jenna.

The corpse swelled up high in the black mist, then emitted a piercing sizzling sound.

There were some thin, strip-like things attacking the black mist from the inside.

The black mist kept being pushed up and down, giving the feeling that it could be punctured at any moment.

But in the end, the black mist won.

Its shape no longer changed, continuing to tightly wrap around the girl inside.

Byron waved his hand, and the black mist dissipated as if it had evaporated on the spot.

Jenna's body reappeared in front of the two, and the exposed part made Thor take a step back and quickly throw away the coat he was holding.

Jenna's body was riddled with countless bloody holes, turning her into a beehive with not a single patch of unscathed skin.

The blood seemed to have been swallowed by something; there wasn't much left on the ground, and the once vibrant red dress was now tattered and torn.

"What is that?"

"Swish swish—"

Byron didn't answer immediately; instead, the sound of scribbling writing came from the other end.

Thor turned his head and saw that the other person had taken out paper and pen again and started deducting the credits owed.

After Byron finished writing, he reluctantly stabbed himself in the back.

"An out-of-control parasite, something the mutual aid society uses to control newcomers. Normally it wouldn't attack the host, but it's become like this, so someone has probably tampered with it."

Byron stepped forward, lifted a corner of the red dress, dragged the body toward the morgue, and placed it directly into a large box under the operating table.

"There's something on this, like a curse, or some kind of marking magic. Don't touch it."

He glanced again at Saul's left hand, which was hidden in his sleeve, and added.

"Left hand is fine, right hand is not."

But Thor had no intention of researching parasites, and he didn't want to touch anything from the mutual aid society.

Moreover, the person who tampered with Jenna's body was most likely Sid, who harbored murderous intentions. Naturally, he wouldn't put himself in danger out of curiosity.

What else is on Jenna's body besides parasites?

"Senior," Thor spread his hands, "if I had examined the corpse just now, would I have been attacked by the parasites?"

"Yes, those parasites are very irritable."

Parasite attacks can be dangerous.

Even if Byron didn't appear, Saul's diary would still indicate that he wouldn't truly be in crisis.

Jenna, who was sent from West Germany through a roundabout route... is that all she's good for?

"Then could you please take a closer look at me, senior, and see if I have any other similar curses or marks that don't seem to harm my body?" Thor looked up at Byron and smiled. "You can deduct the credits as you see fit."

Byron was startled by these words.

He squinted and slowly rolled up both sleeves.

……

Jenna has been missing for three days.

Rocky searched every place they had been, but found no trace of them.

Thor still hasn't come to class these days, and Rocky hasn't had a chance to question him.

That day, Duke only told Jenna about Thor's location. Rocky wanted to hear it, but was kicked out.

That's clearly his dorm room!

With no other option, the anxious Rocky could only drag Dozer, who had a better relationship with Duke, to find Duke.

"Duke, Jenna has been missing for three days!"

"Oh," Duke replied indifferently.

Rocky was a little angry. "Aren't you worried at all?"

Duke chuckled and spread his hands towards Rocky. "Jenna clearly ran into some trouble when she went to see Thor. She's probably dealing with that trouble these past three days, so why are you in such a hurry?"

"What trouble are you trying to resolve that requires you to stay away for so many days?"

Duke is taking notes.

The books borrowed from the library were too expensive, so every apprentice copied them day and night after borrowing them, just so they could return the books sooner and spend less magic crystals.

As he copied, he said, "I don't know either! I asked her, but she wouldn't tell me. Did Jenna tell you?"

of course not.

Otherwise, Rocky wouldn't have been searching aimlessly like a headless fly.

"Then can you tell me where Saul is? I'll go find him."

"Where Thor is..." Duke finally stopped writing, a smirk playing on his lips. "That's not a good place. It's best not to go there unless you have to."

Seemingly feeling that being disturbed by Rocky made it impossible to copy the book properly, Duke simply put down his pen and looked up to comfort his friend.

"Although Thor is a bit ruthless, you don't need to worry too much about Jenna. After all, this is a wizarding tower, and we have the tower master and mentors overseeing us. According to the rules, apprentices are not allowed to kill each other."

These words sound like words of comfort at first, but upon closer examination they are terrifying.

Doze, who originally didn't want to meddle, changed his expression and tugged at Rocky's sleeve.

Rocky shook off Dozer and demanded firmly, "What will it take for you to tell me where Thor is?"

Duke sighed and raised two fingers.

"Two magic crystals."

Thank you for your support, dear readers.

The author is a part-time writer, and the writing speed is impressive. Today, I'm trying my best to add an extra chapter as a token of my gratitude!

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