Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 722 Scavenging

Keli's question silenced Doze once again.

After a moment, the other person replied in a low, weak voice, "Lady Keli, going to sea... is too dangerous for me."

Upon seeing Keli and speaking to her, he mustered the courage to defend himself.

"Actually, it wasn't just me. Almost all the Level 3 apprentices who came with Instructor Kaz chose to stay. When Instructor Kaz left in the end, he only had one Level 3 apprentice and a few Level 2 apprentices with him."

Keli sighed. It was everyone's own choice, and she couldn't interfere.

At this moment, perhaps because the carriage had been stopped for a while, the curtain was lifted slightly, and several pairs of eyes peeked out from behind.

Seeing this, Claire changed the subject, "What are you doing now? Working for Bydon Academy? Or have you joined some wizarding organization?"

"I'm all alone now. I'm not joining any organization here; I work directly for the Archaeological City. The people behind me are refugees I brought back from the border between Kma and Knas."

Claire raised an eyebrow. "Trafficking people from the Principality of Kema?"

Population is a major issue for every country, and a second-level apprentice like Duoze shouldn't dare to secretly abduct people.

"No, Lady Corrie." Doze knew, of course, that Corrie came from a noble family in the Duchy of Kema, and quickly explained, "There have been small-scale wars breaking out between Kema and Kenas in recent years, and the number of refugees and slaves has been increasing. These are people I bought from there, with the permission of the local lord."

Doze also showed Keli the license certificate he had hidden on his body.

Claire knew that Grand Duke Kira did not want the population of Kema to continue to decline, but she was powerless to stop the border lords from buying and selling people.

Claire just couldn't understand, "What does the archaeological city of Stir need so many refugees for?"

The towns around here have already been emptied out by Archista. Why are they still buying people?

"I don't know either. I was just responsible for delivering people to the outer city," Doze said, still looking down.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, the marquisate has already been given to my brother." Ke Li pouted and didn't want to ask any more questions.

"Then I won't take up any more of your time, go ahead and get busy."

After saying that, Keli flew back to the big rock where she had been meditating, sat down, and closed her eyes.

Duoze quickly bent down and bowed again.

He then returned to the carriage and continued on his journey.

Keli's location was not far from the outer city of Archaester. After Doze continued on his way, he soon passed through the outer city gate and entered the outer city.

After entering the outer city, he followed the same route to an office, found a level three apprentice, handed over the carriage to him, and received a small bag of magic mirrors.

Just before leaving, Doze suddenly remembered Keli, whom he had met earlier that day.

The red-haired, freckled girl had grown into a beautiful young woman. If it weren't for the familiar fluctuations in her mental energy, Duoze wouldn't have recognized her at all.

Although he was familiar with the mental energy emanating from Ke Li, its intensity was almost suffocating.

The thought that the other party had at least advanced to the level of a formal wizard, while he was still a level two apprentice, suddenly awakened the heart that had been timid for many years.

He gritted his teeth and stopped the third-level apprentice who was about to leave.

"Senior, we've brought in so many people, why haven't we seen them appear in the outer city?"

To everyone's surprise, the third-level apprentice's face immediately darkened, and his previously friendly smile disappeared.

"What, are you curious? If you're really that curious, I can let you take them there."

Duoze's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew that the whereabouts of these refugees were definitely not simple. He quickly smiled and said, "No, I was just asking casually. You're busy, I won't bother you anymore."

Doze was so frightened that he left immediately.

The third-level apprentice who remained at the office snorted coldly and watched him leave.

After leaving, Duoze thought for a moment and went back to the trading center. He used the magic crystals he had saved up over the past few days to buy a magic book.

Holding the expensive book, which had clearly passed through many hands, he silently thought, "I don't aspire to become a full-fledged wizard, but a third-level apprentice should be achievable, right?"

……

Saul picked up a tattered book from the dust and carefully shook off the dust.

This is a book of witchcraft notes.

It also looks like it has weathered many storms.

Despite Saul's careful shaking, a few pages still fell to the ground along with the dust.

After leaving the small building where the wizard Jonah was, Thor did not immediately head towards Bydon College, but instead wandered around the college as if he were not doing anything important.

Sometimes he would pick up books left behind by wizards, like he is doing now, and sometimes he would stay in a room for a while.

The book he found this time was a professional wizard's sorcery notebook. It was hand-bound, very thick, but the magic markings on it had disappeared.

"Some experimental findings can be taken back for the new recruits in the Wizard Tower to study." Thor picked up the pages that had fallen to the ground, casually stuffed them back in, and then put them into his storage device.

"It seems the radiation from the disaster that struck the inner city was quite extensive; these simple witchcraft books and spell arrays are now useless." Penny was also flying around the room, helping Thor find useful materials.

On the other side, Herman put down the glass bottles he was holding, turned around and said helplessly to Saul, "Master, the materials here have all been contaminated and spoiled, and are unusable."

"That's normal. Materials displayed outside are usually not well protected. Look for any secret rooms or similar places. Physically sealed rooms are difficult to detect with mental scanning."

Herman nodded, then found a wall and smashed into it.

His spirit form was very useful at this time; without magic, physical facilities could hardly stop him.

Thor continued searching through the original owner's notes and books, but while doing so, he noticed that these things seemed to have been tampered with.

The thickness of the dust on the bookshelf is not uniform.

"Brother Thor, Brother Thor!" Penny flew to a corner, then suddenly flew back.

Saul thought Penny had made some new discovery, but instead heard her excitedly say, "I've found another living person!"

"Oh?" Thor's interest was piqued. "Where?"

Penny said, "There were two people, and they were consciously hiding their presence, which is why I discovered their dream."

"Those who can consciously hide their presence are either wizards like Jonah, but in better condition, or other intruders."

The defenses of the inner city of Archaeology were both very strict and lax.

Relying entirely on magical arrays for protection, without any human intervention, once a wizard like Thor finds a way in, he can slip through the loopholes and get in.

"We're certainly not the only ones interested in Archaeologists. Maybe they know what's going on in the inner city."

Thor raised his hand and pulled Herman, who was rampaging through the house, back to safety. He then put away the Nightmare Butterfly and flew out of the room towards the place where Penny had found the living person.

Throughout the journey, Thor deliberately suppressed his magical energy fluctuations, maintaining them at around the second tier.

His approach quickly alerted the two targets.

But to Thor's slight surprise, the first thing to attack him was... a cat?

(End of this chapter)