Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 679 Advancement Ceremony

"In the blink of an eye, Brother Thor is about to advance to the third tier!"

Silver butterflies fluttered around me.

However, Penny's incessant chatter sometimes doesn't quite match her elegant dance moves and elfin appearance.

"I remember the first time I met Brother Thor, he was just a first-level apprentice. Back then, I thought, 'This little wizard's dreams look so special, I really want to devour them!'"

Thor sneered, "Luckily you didn't act rashly back then. I might not have had the power to pull you out of the dream... Wait, so you've already regained your memories, haven't you?"

"Huh? Hahahaha..." Penny started to play dumb.

It landed on the edge of the wizard tower's circular platform and looked ahead.

Outside Rhine City—a name Thor arbitrarily gave to his settlement—hundreds of low-ranking wizards were busy at work.

Some of these hundreds of wizards were sent by Herbert and Pell, but most came from Iskeper's Stargate Council.

It must be said that power is sometimes fascinating. A single order from the other party caused so many wizards to abandon all their research and come to the dangerous no man's land to set up an ascension array for Thor alone.

But Thor only sighed briefly before stopping thinking about it.

In any case, no matter how many people come to set up the advancement formation, whether he can successfully withstand the first wave of crisis after the gate opens still depends on himself.

If one's own strength is insufficient, even if someone is forcibly pushed up, they will quickly be crushed by the force that follows.

The person in charge of this magic circle was an acquaintance.

With an expressionless face, Corey, dressed in a gorgeous blue tutu, stood on a makeshift platform and looked down.

She would occasionally offer guidance to a wizard on how to improve what he was doing.

The spell array for advancing to the third rank is extremely complex and normally requires a third-rank wizard to preside over it.

However, it would be inconvenient for the Stargate Council to send in another third-tier wizard, and Herbert and Pell would not personally intervene, except to provide resources and be present.

This is also to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, this difficult task ultimately fell to Corey, who was currently closest to reaching level three.

Thor, as the protagonist, only needs to personally inspect the advancement array after it is set up.

At other times, he needs to maintain his perfect condition and be full of energy.

At that moment, Thor saw Corey look up at him.

He raised his hand in greeting, and the other person nodded slightly before returning to their work.

"Brother Thor, this little witch is nice too, she's like a cute doll, do you like her?"

Penny is being naughty again.

"I like you more," Thor said, putting an end to Penny's teasing.

He heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see Byron climbing the last step of the tower.

"When is the promotion ceremony scheduled?" Byron asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it will be in five days." For some reason, Thor always felt uneasy when he saw his senior, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out where the unease came from.

"It's been a while since I asked you, Senior Byron, how's your inerting experiment going?"

Byron pondered for a moment and replied, "Small-scale inerting can be done in the laboratory. But once the quantity is increased, the original experiment will no longer be effective. It should be that the energy required increases exponentially with the amount of inerting. Currently, there is no suitable consumable energy source that can provide the corresponding energy in a short time."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Well, not yet, but I will continue to look for suitable materials and conduct experiments."

Thor knew that such experiments often took years. Achieving a small-scale purification now was already quite an accomplishment.

The last time he briefly inertized the polluted energy near the eye of the storm, creating an escape opportunity for Kismet, he used a method provided by Byron.

It's just that Kismet is such a disappointment. He was given the chance, but he just used it to daydream.

After criticizing Kismet, Thor came to his senses and gave Byron a small suggestion.

"Senior, there is actually a difference between small-scale experiments in the laboratory and large-scale experiments in real-world application scenarios. For example, if we don't pursue the complete purification of pollution, but rather aim to reduce the pollution to a level that the wizard's body can tolerate, then we can consider it as achieving inertization."

Byron's eyes lit up. "Great idea. I was too much of a perfectionist before. Following your approach, I now have a way to achieve large-scale inerting. However, this method is a one-time thing, and we still need to continue searching for other suitable energy-supplying materials."

Just as Thor was about to ask what kind of one-time-use material was so powerful, he felt a powerful mental energy fluctuation coming from behind him.

He turned around and saw Pei'er, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, coming on the wind.

This time, she still didn't land on the wizard tower, but instead landed next to Corey.

After landing, she nodded slightly in the direction of the wizard tower.

It was as if she was telling Saul through this action that she would wait for him.

……

The wind demon, who was not originally required to participate, conducted an additional inspection of the magic circle before Thor's inspection.

She demonstrated through her actions how much she valued this promotion ceremony.

It was a bit strange to outsiders, though. Pei'er had come all the way to help Thor check the magic circle, but the two of them never spoke to each other, and the distance between them was never less than ten meters.

However, the strange relationship between the two did not affect the progress of the promotion ceremony.

Five days later, Herbert returned to the shores of Lake Rhine with a dozen or so wizards.

At this time, Thor had also completed three rounds of checks on the magic circle.

Although Corey was once Thor's rival, she always put her heart and soul into setting up the magic circle, without any shortcuts.

In return, she also gained access to all the knowledge points of this advancement-supporting magic array.

However, this magic circle requires a considerable amount of resources. If it weren't for the behemoth that is the Star Gate Council, it would take an ordinary wizard countless years to accumulate enough resources.

The ceremony is about to begin.

Thor took off from the Spirit Cleansing Wizard Tower aboard Diudiu, crossed Lake Rhine, and landed at the center of the giant magic circle.

This magic circle is a hundred meters in diameter. Almost every basic structure and every magical rune is covered with corresponding magical materials.

The entire magic circle is one meter below the ground, and the excavated sand is processed into pillars, which become the energy supply points for the entire magic circle.

Each pillar is engraved with the patterns of a magic array and inlaid with a large number of magic crystals.

Looking at its magnificent appearance, if Thor hadn't known that this was a magic array prepared for him, he would have wanted to sneak up and steal some resources.

Many people were gathered around the magic circle.

Among these people were wizards and apprentices who had settled in the Lake Rhine settlement, as well as hundreds of wizards who had come to help set up the advanced magic circle, and Thor's "friends"—Gaga Drum and Brando—had also come.

Even senior Byron was standing with the consciousness entities.

A third-tier advancement might only happen once every hundred years.

Although these people are just bystanders, they may still gain some knowledge from it, which will help them improve their own abilities.

Therefore, anyone who was related to Thor and had contributed to the magic circle chose to stay and watch.

Corey was still standing on the high platform where she had once presided over the arrangement of the magic array.

She looked at Thor and finally couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy.

However, when she spoke, the complex emotions she felt had vanished.

"Thor, we'll activate the magic circle from the outside. Once all the energy towers are lit, you can receive the magic transmitted by the entire magic circle."

Thor nodded. They had already gone through the process of operating the magic circle several times, but Thor was not impatient with Corey's reminder again.

The energy towers are the pillars within the magic circle; these pillars will gather the power of the entire wizard tower and transmit it to Thor in the center.

Thor needs to master these powers to fully open the doors within him.

All around was silent.

Even Perle and Herbert stared intently at Thor.

"start!"

(End of this chapter)