Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 552 The Mastermind

Thor wasn't surprised to see that the old witch had only brought back a corpse.

"It seems this person has a powerful backer, otherwise you wouldn't have been unable to capture him alive."

Thor's words softened the old witch's expression.

"This guy is so polite... no, he's just a polite little liar!" she thought angrily.

"The two people I caught here also knew nothing. Either the person behind them is too well hidden, or the real mastermind doesn't need to do anything personally."

The old witch stared at Thor with her eyes as big as light bulbs.

"Okay, let me be clearer." Thor took out the spinning top that he had just renamed "Red Alert" from the storage device. "They should have a third-tier wizard behind them, or a second-tier wizard with a very powerful force."

"When they first came, I specifically asked for a very high reward. But the next day they brought this very rare witchcraft item, saying it was their own... But I think that's highly unlikely; it's more like it was prepared by someone behind them. Now, it's about analyzing who is more likely to be testing me."

"No need for analysis." The old witch's expression changed immediately upon seeing the spinning top. She snatched it from Thor's hand and held it up to her eyes. "They were sent by the Wind Demons. I've seen this top with the Wind Demons before!"

"Wind demon?"

The old witch's face initially showed anger, but then she slowly grinned, "Hahaha, I know! That madwoman must have been severely corrupted!"

She tossed the top back into Thor's arms. "Hmph, I was wondering why no one's been coming to see me lately. Looks like she's gotten herself into big trouble."

The old witch thought to herself, "If the wind demon comes looking for me in person... should I leave first?"

She glanced furtively at Thor, who was staring thoughtfully at the spinning top, and shook her head inwardly. "That's not good either. The pollution on my body hasn't been resolved yet. Besides, my appearance and magical fluctuations have completely changed. Staying by this kid's side, as long as I don't show my face, might be safer!"

Thor had already covered his mental body with the red alert and was now slowly spinning the top on the table.

As the top spun, he saw complex runes appear on its surface. As he spun it faster and faster, these runes transformed into flowing lines due to visual deception.

At the same time, Thor felt a surge of lightning power gathering at his fingertips.

Instead of releasing that power, he spun in the opposite direction again.

This time, the power of lightning transformed into a whirlwind.

Thor reached out his finger and felt the cutting force. However, the whirlwind's power hadn't fully materialized yet, and it couldn't pierce his skin.

How can I make a spinning top rotate both clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time?

Thor thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a small mirror from the clutter and placed it on the table.

He then stood the top upright in front of the mirror and slowly spun it.

The top outside the mirror spins clockwise, while the top inside the mirror begins to spin counterclockwise.

Everyone's attention immediately turned to Thor.

But the magic in the air remained unchanged.

Thor stopped the slow spinning motion in his hand, then rubbed it hard again, and the top immediately began to spin rapidly on the smooth tabletop.

However, Thor only sensed the power of lightning brewing within, waiting for him to channel his mental energy to unleash it.

Thor stopped the spinning top with a single finger.

"No." He put the top away for the time being. "Although the mirror can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time, the top inside the mirror has no power and cannot create a catastrophic rainstorm."

The old witch wasn't in the mood to figure out how to use the spinning top. Although she decided to stay, she was worried that the wind demon might come looking for her.

"Stop examining your loot. Aren't you afraid the wind demon will come looking for your spinning top back?"

Thor, on the contrary, believed that the wind demon would not come.

"If you hadn't recognized the original owner of this spinning top, I wouldn't have been able to confirm that she was the one behind it. If she comes to ask for it, it would directly expose the fact that she may have been severely contaminated."

Moreover, she can't send many people; otherwise, it would be no different from her coming in person.

"But if it wasn't her who came, but some other second-tier individuals coming alone... then wouldn't you still be there?"

The old witch was pleased and left happily.

Thor returned to the underground level.

"Ann and Herman just went through a real combat training exercise. They were just ambushing a first-tier wizard, and even together they could only manage a draw. In the end, I had to finish him off."

"You're protecting your enemies while protecting your spirits." Camus immediately realized the crux of the problem.

"Yes, so we need a one-way output protective shield." Thor thought for a moment, then changed the word, "or we could call it a protective membrane."

The experiment on "body" magical modification has temporarily stalled due to problems with the approach, so Thor decided to bring up another matter to clear his head.

"We've collected three fresh Tier 1 corpses today. The process of fusing flesh and spirit with the modification of the perfect body can finally enter the experimental stage."

The corpse of a first-tier wizard is not so easy to find.

Especially since Thor has just arrived in the No Man's Lands, it wouldn't be good for him to either take matters into his own hands or openly collect the corpses of first-tier wizards.

Camus did not respond to this.

She would not feel anything whether Thor's experiment succeeded or failed.

They seem only interested in the thought process.

Thor didn't care; after all, researching these kinds of things ultimately required using one's own brain.

Now he only sees Camus as a low-budget version of a diary that "can't help but remind you when you make a mistake."

The experiment was conducted silently.

The work of dissection and material extraction can now be handed over to An.

Herman assisted her.

Saul wrote down the formulas he derived earlier on the wall, and then wrote down his entire thought process below the formulas. He used this method to check for omissions and errors.

Camus was also looking at the wall, and her gaze immediately fell on Saul after he stopped writing.

"The formula doesn't match your needs."

"Huh?" Thor was taken aback, not immediately understanding what the other person meant.

But when he looked down at his hands, he suddenly understood.

"That's right. My body has already undergone two witch body modifications. The basis for this experiment is me, not the old witch's perfect body!"

Suddenly, his mind clicked, and he was so excited that the hairs on his body stood on end. He picked up a pen and quickly scribbled on the original formula.

They might even take a portion of their own body tissue for testing during the process.

This time, he finally discovered the key problem.

"I have already completed the initial stage of the spirit fusion in the flesh-blood fusion process. What I need to do next is to increase the degree of spirit fusion. But I am not qualified enough in terms of the flesh and blood required."

In reality, the flesh and blood of a third-level apprentice are no longer sufficient to meet the basic numerical requirements for a formal wizard to modify their body.

"Furthermore, while the old witch's perfect body incorporates some of the advantages of various races, she hasn't focused on mana stats. Her focus seems to be more on the flexibility in using mana and the body's own regenerative abilities."

"If I want to create a new plan that suits me, I need to significantly enhance the magic talent in the plan."

Since we're going to increase magic power, we'll definitely need to increase it significantly.

This seems to bring us back to Saul's age-old problem.

What can I do if I don't have good magical talent?

But the difference is that he is no longer the incompetent apprentice who could only survive by using his diary to keep going.

(End of this chapter)