Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 604 The Whole Story

Pei'er didn't expect that even now, Nerella would still not fight her head-on.

The other party transformed into a black shadow and immediately disappeared into the passage they had come from.

"Is she going to the magic pool? What if she runs into Thor?"

Although Pell left Thor alone in the passage while chasing Nerella in, she believed that the boy, who always had some magical abilities, would find a way to escape the trap Nerella had set.

But what if he encounters Nerella head-on during his promotion...?

Just as Pei'er was about to chase after him, she suddenly felt a force entangling behind her.

She turned around and saw her body, riddled with holes, seemingly extending an invitation to her long-absent master.

Pei'er paused for a moment, then, thinking of Thor outside, she still chased after him without hesitation.

However, just as she reached the fork in the road, she saw Thor and the fake wind demon Nerella.

Strangely, Thor placed one hand on the fake wind demon's forehead, and the latter remained motionless, allowing him to do as he pleased.

At this moment, Thor also saw the old witch and noticed that her expression was different from her usual carefree demeanor.

"Old witch, or should I call you Lady Wind Demon?"

Pei'er pouted. "Even if you use honorifics, I won't feel any respect. Just call me the old witch, or... just call me Pei'er."

"Uh, then I'll just call you the old witch." Looking at that face, Thor couldn't bring himself to call her "Pelle."

Pei'er rolled her eyes inwardly, not caring. "You've advanced to the second tier? So fast?"

"Actually, the preparations were already completed when I finished the mana storage pool. In addition, this second-tier person who was impersonating a wind demon helped me upgrade the mana storage pool, so everything fell into place naturally." Thor casually mentioned his years of preparations.

Nevertheless, there was still a hint of apprehension in Pei'er's eyes as she looked at Thor.

She looked at the motionless Nerella. "What did you do to her?"

"She is dead."

Pei'er was startled.

Thor not only advanced quickly, but also killed Nerella in a short period of time?

This guy just advanced to the second tier and can easily kill a senior second-tier wizard. Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?

Pei'er's apprehension deepened.

She approached Nerella to check on her, and found that the latter had indeed lost all signs of life. It was only because she had died so quickly, and because Thor's methods were so bizarre, that her body appeared no different from that of a living person.

Thor put away the fake wind demon's corpse in front of Pei'er. "My original plan was to advance to the second tier, kill the wind demon, and then escape quickly. But I found out that this wind demon was a fake, while the real wind demon had been hiding by my side for a year."

"Old witch, can you tell me now what exactly happened to you?"

Pelle stared intently at the spot where Nerella had disappeared, and after a moment she sighed softly, "Come with me."

Thor pointed to the passage they had come from, "Nothing else is urgent. Can you disarm the traps set by the fake wind demon? Otherwise, I'm afraid my men will fall apart."

Pei'er nodded. "That requires going to another cave. There's a mechanism there that controls everything."

The two quickly arrived at another cave.

Pell manipulated the magic statue to stop its attack and switch to defensive mode. She also had the Spider Mother, who had become a puppet, transmit the command "Stop attacking, continue to lie low" through her silk.

After doing all this, Pei'er returned to Thor's side.

At this moment, Thor was observing the broken woman standing in the middle of the cave. His gaze lingered on her shattered face and the hand missing a finger.

"Now, can you tell me what exactly happened?"

Pei'er walked up to her original body. "Even now, I still feel like I've been in a dream."

She suddenly placed her hands on the shoulders of her original body, and then a terrifying scene unfolded: the old witch's body began to slowly melt away.

But these melted parts did not drip down; instead, as if drawn by some force, they slowly seeped into the cracks in the broken body in front of her.

The wind demon's body, having absorbed the old witch's, was rapidly changing, and the cracks on her body were quickly repaired.

The faint breath is gradually returning.

Conversely, the old witch's vitality was rapidly waning.

"Bang!"

As all the material from the old witch's perfect body flowed into the wind demon's body, her disproportionately large head fell to the ground with a loud thud.

The severed finger tied to her hair floated up and reconnected to the wind demon's palm.

The wind demon's wooden eyes blinked, regaining their luster.

This process took about fifteen minutes.

Thor stood quietly to the side the whole time, watching the old witch find herself again.

The wind spirit, Pei'er, looked at Thor with a kind of courage she had never seen before. "Now, I understand what has happened."

She led Thor to a patch of icicles in the corner of the cave.

"In the two years before you entered the No Man's Lands, I encountered a terrible corruption while trying to advance. Even if I eventually succeed in advancing, I will lose myself due to the corruption, and all that will exist in this world will be a mindless killing monster."

"So I forcibly stopped my advancement, but this caused a severe backlash to my mental and magical power. It almost made me fall back to the second tier. This experience also made me realize that in the No Man's Land, it's simply impossible to advance to the fourth tier! Because the rules here don't allow it!"

"After failing to advance, I originally intended to consolidate my power and quietly recuperate, but I was betrayed by those around me. You saw it yourself; it was that second-tier wizard, Nerella, who disguised herself as me. She told Clark about my severe injuries. Clark actually wanted to take this opportunity to pull me into his dream kingdom. If he really succeeds in devouring me, he might be able to try to advance to the fourth tier."

Pei'er sneered, "Of course, if he also advances in the No Man's Land, he'll probably end up in a worse situation than me!"

Thor crossed his arms and analyzed the current situation. "Clark is trying to devour you while you're injured, while your subordinate Nereira is impersonating you to stabilize the situation in No Man's Land. This is probably to buy time so that Clark can devour you safely. But Nereira isn't a true Tier 3 after all. Even if she can use your aura to suppress the wizards at the precipice, she can't do it for long. After all, as soon as she makes a move, someone with ulterior motives will notice something's wrong, so she's eager to advance."

Pell nodded. "The pollution accumulated in her body made her unsure of surviving the advancement, so she secretly sent someone to test your ability to cleanse the pollution. However, she probably discovered through Justin that you were building a mana pool, so she changed her mind and decided to risk using the mana pool to advance quickly. Before, when she was impersonating me, she pretended to be injured and almost never left this cave. Even last time, when she wanted to steal your mana pool, she first had three wizards deplete your power, and then appeared last to take the mana pool directly, without lifting a finger along the way."

Pelle then turned to Thor, "But she didn't expect that such a short operation would still allow you to discover the flaw, and even more audaciously sneak into the cliff to launch a counterattack. If you hadn't provoked me in, I don't know how long it would have taken me to regain my senses."

The questions about the fake wind demon have been mostly answered.

But Clark, the dream architect behind her, is still a big problem.

Thor spread his hands. "First of all, congratulations on finding yourself again. And if I may ask, are you now able to break free from Clark's control?"

Pei'er bit her lip, and after her strong demeanor softened, she became more pitiful.

"I'm not sure."

Seeing Pelle's expression, Thor understood that even though she had regained herself, her condition was definitely not what it used to be. Her spiritual body might even be weaker due to Clark's years of devouring.

He then asked, "Has Clark now discovered that you have regained self-awareness?"

"I've temporarily sealed off these ice spikes. He won't be able to detect the changes here for a few days," Pei'er said, shaking her head slowly.

Thor rested his chin on his hand. "The enemy is too strong, and the reinforcements need time to develop... For now, we can only play along."

(End of this chapter)