Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 657 True Wizards Compare Brains

The Star Gate Council did not resort to any tricks in the content of the competition.

Or rather, such an important selection process cannot tolerate any shady dealings.

Shortly after the three candidates met Lake Rhine for the first time, Miss Lucy, as the representative of the Stargate Council in the No Man's Land, summoned the three candidates to the old manor near Lake Rhine with the decision of the Speaker and the Radiant Family Head.

The old manor had already been cleaned up multiple times by Herbert and Perle after the last upheaval.

However, they found no clues about the killer of Clark.

Although the killer's mental characteristics were identified through regression and mental strength testing, such mental strength is extremely rare.

Based solely on its mental strength characteristics, it is impossible for it to correspond to any known third-tier wizard.

Either he is a reclusive third-tier wizard, or he has deliberately concealed his original spiritual power characteristics.

But the second method is extremely difficult; in Thor's view, it's like a complete blood transfusion.

Therefore, he was quite certain that his powerful and unconventional mentor was up to something again.

Because of the repeated entry and destruction by the two third-tier beings, the old manor has lost its original spatial overlapping power.

It was severely damaged inside.

The scenes of ruin and splendor switched haphazardly, eventually turning into a black-and-white static display, much like the old-fashioned televisions Thor had seen.

In short, it's even more like a haunted house than before.

Standing with Byron in front of the old manor gates, Thor waited for Lucy and the others to appear.

He saw Byron staring blankly at the old manor and asked with concern, "Senior, will the remaining pollution here affect you?"

Byron turned back, his expression calm and clear. "No. There's been no sign of the pollution recurring these past few days. I was just thinking about the secrets of space. Isn't it said that only fourth-tier wizards can control the mysteries of space? How did Lord Gorsa achieve all this at the second tier?"

Since Byron's mental energy was accidentally contaminated by an anomaly while conducting experiments at the Wizard's Tower a couple of days ago, Thor has been traveling with Byron.

Because they couldn't detect the cause of the contamination of Byron's mental body afterward, Thor brought Byron to the Old Manor to prevent others from being unable to treat the contamination in time.

"After all, my mentor was a genius even in a large family with fourth-level wizards, and he must have had many extraordinary experiences back then."

Thor truly admires Gorza in this respect.

He has now unexpectedly obtained the method to open the Chaotic Domain, and has already traversed space several times. He has even personally set up a short-distance spatial teleportation array, but he still doesn't know how to cross spatial dimensions as easily as his mentor.

However, although he didn't know how to travel through space, based on their last conversation and what his mentor Gorsa had taken from him, Thor vaguely guessed what Gorsa wanted to do.

No wonder he looked down on the Tribunal and the Stargate Council in his words; it turns out he wanted to do something so crazy.

It's just unknown whether he will succeed in the end.

Saul and Byron stood there for a while, and then they saw a pumpkin carriage from a fairy tale gradually emerge from the transparency.

The carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the two of them, and the doors opened automatically, with emerald green vines automatically weaving into steps.

The wizard Corey, who looked like a human doll, stepped down from the pumpkin carriage.

He remained as stiff as a piece of wood when he moved.

This might be the official start of the selection process. Corey and Thor didn't greet each other, but nodded to each other as a polite greeting.

A few minutes later, Luke's shuttle finally descended from the sky.

Luke, however, jumped directly down from mid-air as usual.

He was accompanied by a first-tier wizard, but as he drew closer, Thor and Byron realized that the first-tier wizard was still the same dark-skinned wizard. Even the scar on his neck was still there, haphazardly stitched up with fine black thread, the skin and flesh tangled, some subcutaneous tissue still exposed, but it no longer seemed to hinder the dark-skinned wizard's movements.

His mouth was also somewhat wrinkled, as if it had been twisted and then forcibly smoothed out.

"We meet again." Luke still only had a pair of eyes on his face, but as he approached, he took out a blood-soaked mouth from his pocket and placed it where a mouth should be.

It was just pasted on haphazardly, and the mouth looked a little crooked.

Seeing that Thor had noticed the first-tier wizard behind him, Luke's voice held a hint of smugness.

"Kafka is my assistant, very useful, and I've always been reluctant to let him truly die. So I had to go to some lengths to bring him back to life."

Kafka, with his dark skin, was Luke's subordinate, so Thor couldn't directly use his mental powers to examine him.

But judging from the wary look in Kafka's eyes when he looked at Byron, he might actually be the wizard who was once bewitched by Byron and then attacked Luke in a moment of confusion.

"Resurrection?" Corey walked over with stiff steps, and walked up to Kafka without any politeness, as if he wanted to test the other party's authenticity directly with his hand.

"Please make yourself at home." Luke seemed unconcerned by Corey's direct probing. "It's just a resurrection experiment; it's not that difficult."

"Is he... referring to Mentor Gorsa?" Thor realized it, but he wasn't angry.

Gorsar's resurrection experiments were no longer a secret during the Wizard Tower rebellion. It's normal for key figures in these major powers to know about them.

I imagine Gorsa wouldn't care about what others think.

However, Corey's demeanor suddenly turned cold.

She understood, and it seemed she genuinely admired Gorsa.

But before the atmosphere could get any worse, Miss Lucy had already emerged from the old manor.

She was expressionless, looking much more aloof than when they last parted. She was still wearing a gorgeous, androgynous women's dress, with long trousers and silk high heels that seemed reserved for court balls.

"The reason I invited you all here today is to announce the selection process for you as candidates for third-tier wizards."

Lucy didn't waste any words; she didn't even bother to greet the people politely first.

"To become a Tier 3 in the No Man's Land, you must be more adaptable to the environment than others. Therefore, only those among you with the best survival skills will receive the support of the Star Gate Council and the No Man's Land, helping you to fully open the gates within your bodies."

Luke's mouth began to twist and deform again, as if the temporary organ could not adapt to his face and would break down after a short time.

"So, it's a test of survival skills? How about a direct battle to the death?" His gaze swept over Thor and Corey in turn. "Whoever emerges as the final victor will naturally become the next third-tier wizard."

Thor's eyes suddenly narrowed, concealing the amusement within them. "Really?"

A harmless fluctuation of mental energy slowly emanated from Thor.

Despite having no intention of attacking, it sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

It seems they've been targeted by something terrifying.

Luke's words caught in his throat. He looked at Thor, who had suddenly displayed his strength, and his expression gradually became serious. The muscles around his eyes furrowed little by little, as if he had encountered an opponent he needed to be careful with.

Corey's expression remained unchanged; he simply turned his head ninety degrees, one eye fixed on Thor and the other on Luke.

It seemed that as long as Miss Lucy said yes, the three of them would immediately begin a life-or-death duel without any hesitation, until only one of them could still stand.

But Lucy scoffed, "Are you a bunch of beasts who only know how to fight? True wizards compete with their brains!"

(End of this chapter)