Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 731 Beth's Sacrifice

Char stopped struggling, but he didn't trust Thor.

"You? Heal me? Do you know what happened to me? You think you can use the guise of healing to temporarily suppress the pollution and then get me to risk my life for you?"

It seemed that he had stayed in one place for too long, and the streetlights in front of and behind Thor dimmed again.

The shadows also blurred Thor's expression.

But his voice was exceptionally clear.

"You may not know this, but in the years since I left Archaeologists, I've been working part-time as a physician, and I'm quite competent in treating pollution."

Saul's voice was very natural and confident.

"Besides, even if I don't know what happened to you, couldn't you tell me? Even the most skilled doctor needs to understand the cause and symptoms from the patient before treatment. If you want to get out of your current predicament, cooperate with my treatment!"

The sudden forceful tone, coupled with the oppressive power of his mental energy, made both the moon in front of him and the orange cat behind him appear half a head shorter.

Startled by Thor's sudden increase in power, Xia's lips trembled as he spoke, "You were indeed hiding your strength. What level are you at now? What are you plotting?"

Trading with Char is such a hassle!

He always viewed Saul as a shrewd businessman and suspected his motives.

Although Saul is indeed a shrewd businessman.

Now, the "shady businessman" had run out of patience and slammed the moon into the ground, yelling, "Enough talk, I'm just asking you, are you going to treat it or not?"

"Heal! Heal!" Xia's will to survive finally overcame his delusions, and he said repeatedly.

"Heal! Heal! Meow!" Even Kate behind him mechanically repeated.

When Saul heard the cat meowing, he turned around and saw that Kate was already twenty meters away from him.

"Don't run around."

"Yes, yes!" The orange cat quickly took off on its short legs and ran to Thor's side, behaving extremely obediently.

Thor looked back at Char, who had also become obedient, took a deep breath, and released his grip.

He thought to himself, "So, is my approach to life still too mild? Is it because I was promoted too quickly and didn't interact with other forces that I haven't been able to change my original mindset?"

Seeing that Thor finally released his grip, Char quickly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's not safe here, let's go somewhere else to start."

As soon as he finished speaking, the moon that Char had transformed into suddenly shone brightly, and the white light enveloped Thor and Kite's figures.

When the white light disappeared, the three of them found themselves in a house.

Thor looked around and immediately remembered that this was the villa where Char had lived before his death.

He also remembered that there was a spatial teleportation array hidden in the basement of the villa.

"Wow, how did you do that?" Kate rubbed the ground with her paws, the paw pads providing realistic tactile feedback.

"If you can live here for more than a year, you can too."

Even when facing the orange cat, Char couldn't help but use a sarcastic tone.

But when he turned around and saw Thor, his imposing manner vanished.

The moon-like outer shell slowly cracked open, revealing the wizard inside.

Char transformed back into his human form inside the villa.

However, his appearance is not exactly the same as before.

The person in front of me, Xia, was shirtless, and tender green shoots were sprouting from his forehead, cheeks, neck, and arms.

It was as if a seed had taken root inside him and cruelly pierced through his internal organs and skin to sprout.

He looked down at the branches clinging to him and sighed, "You're right. If no one helps me out of this predicament, I'll be assimilated by this environment and become Beth's puppet."

"Beth?" Thor wasn't surprised to hear the name.

"Yes, Beth. To understand the reason for the contamination in me, you must know Beth, and know the Upside-Down Tree."

"Actually, the true mastermind of Baidong Academy isn't the Dean, but rather the seemingly only first-tier wizard, Beth. She was actually the previous Dean of Baidong Academy, a former third-tier wizard!"

"Crack!" The orange cat's jaw dislocated.

Thor frowned, but did not interrupt Char.

Then, Xia recounted the events that took place at Baidong Academy from his perspective.

Beth was once a powerful third-tier wizard who led Bydon Academy to defeat the army of the Kerma Empire.

But she was actually a loser too.

She was forced to lead the academy away from the No Man's Land because she lost the territorial battle to Clark and was driven out.

At the same time, because she was seriously injured in the battle with Clark, Beth barely managed to gain a foothold in Byton Academy by using the method of moving mountains and burying people to create the massacre of the Valley of Fallen Hands, but died due to her injuries.

However, Beth was a third-tier wizard after all, and had already made preparations for resurrection.

She nourished the upside-down tree with her own corpse, gradually cultivating it into a gigantic, demonic creature large enough to cover an entire city.

Beth, on the other hand, used the branches and resin of the upside-down tree, mixed with her blood, to create a vessel for herself that would allow her to be somewhat like a living person.

Furthermore, they entrust their souls to the inverted space of the inverted tree, and use the souls and special energy absorbed by the inverted tree to maintain the daily wear and tear on their souls, and ensure that their souls are not easily contaminated.

Beth thus indirectly accomplished the task of resurrection.

However, resurrection is, after all, a topic beyond the scope of a third-tier wizard.

Having acquired a new body and preparing to regain her strength as soon as possible, Beth quickly noticed something was amiss.

The upside-down tree, which was gradually becoming stronger, even started competing with Beth for "nutrients".

What troubled Beth the most was that she couldn't actually compete with the upside-down tree.

Having lost the battle, she will suffer from contamination even if she doesn't disappear due to excessive weakness, as she will be deprived of replenishment.

If she wins the robbery, the upside-down tree will starve to death, and her soul, which was attached to it, will naturally have no place to rest.

After thinking about it for a day and a night, Beth finally decided: since she wasn't getting enough nutrition, she would eat more.

From that day on, Bai Dong Academy, which had not yet gained a firm foothold, began to expand its enrollment at an alarming rate.

As long as the students who come have magical aptitude, they will accept them all, regardless of whether the aptitude is good or bad.

However, the number of wizard apprentices was not large, so Bydon Academy began to change its strategy, mainly recruiting ordinary people to settle in Archaeologist City.

Quality is guaranteed by quantity.

The upside-down tree, on the other hand, hides underground, enjoying the fragments of souls that everyone on earth provides for it.

Despite so many people sharing the burden, some still succumb to the relentless exploitation by the upside-down tree, dying day after day.

Their souls, having already been largely absorbed, ultimately turned to ashes after death.

It doesn't even qualify as a spirit.

As the city of Archista grew larger and the residential buildings grew taller, the deaths and injuries of dozens or hundreds of people here became insignificant.

However, the matter was not perfectly resolved.

As the upside-down tree grows stronger, its appetite also grows larger.

If Beth wants to maintain the stability of her spirit, she must continue to feed the upside-down tree and helplessly watch it continue to grow stronger.

Everything will fall into a vicious cycle.

Before things escalated to an unmanageable point, Beth made another decision.

She wants to abandon her original positioning device that focuses on earth attributes and instead turn the upside-down tree into her new positioning device. From then on, the two will be combined, and she will no longer have to worry about competing for nutrients, and she can also better control the upside-down tree.

For this decision, Beth will sacrifice the entire city!

(End of this chapter)