Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 732 Let's be a little bolder

When Beth was ready to sacrifice everyone in Archer, she made the decision to flee the West with her trusted followers.

Since she wasn't staying here anymore, she naturally didn't care what impact this sacrifice would have on the western part of the continent.

However, just as she had lured more and more people there, a small accident, a minor oversight, brought the entire sacrifice to a standstill.

This little accident, of course, involved the wizard Char, who had long been captured by Beth and whose spirit was being manipulated by the inverted tree.

After listening to Char's explanation, Thor looked the spirit in front of him up and down. "How...did you do that?"

Char: "This is my secret weapon; I can't tell you."

Thor didn't press him. "Fine, you're not my target anyway. But there's one thing you have to tell me: what's causing your current state?"

Char became agitated, as if introducing his hidden dangers to others made him uncomfortable.

However, considering his own situation, he quickly gave his answer.

"After my soul was sucked into the upside-down tree, although I barely maintained my independent consciousness, I had to follow Beth's orders in many actions. I have also been careful not to expose myself, and only occasionally do some things on my own to maintain my individuality."

"Later, I realized that the entire upside-down tree was actually absorbing the souls of the city's residents, and I knew that I had to find a way to leave. As long as I remained trapped here, I would one day become nourishment for Beth and the upside-down tree, just like those souls that were absorbed."

"So a few months later, when Beth ran to the very center of the upside-down tree again, I deliberately took away a key node from her magic circle and escaped immediately after she was trapped by the backlash of the magic circle."

"You've got some nerve!" Kate stretched out her cat paw at Xia. "Even though Beth is a spirit, she was once a powerful third-tier wizard. You casually destroyed the magic circle and actually trapped her!"

Thor watched as Char pursed his lips and ignored him, knowing there was more to the story.

"And then?" Thor asked.

Char then skipped over the most crucial point, "Afterwards, in order to prevent me from escaping, Beth actually initiated her sacrifice in advance, directly pulling in everyone in the inner city to help stabilize her mental body."

"So now the entire inner city has turned to ashes?" Thor crossed his arms. "Souls were extracted, and bodies turned to ash."

"More or less," Xia said. "Because she wasn't prepared, she absorbed a large number of spirits, so she's trapped now and can't come out to catch me. But once she regains control of herself, she'll definitely come looking for me and tear me to pieces."

Char's expression was solemn, clearly fearful of Beth's threat.

"So why can't you leave the upside-down tree? Since you've made so many preparations, you must know how to leave, right?"

"Of course I know, but I won't tell you until you release me from my restraints."

"Didn't I say I'd help you heal, and you'd help me find the seed? The restraints on your body are also a kind of illness for you, so I'll naturally help you heal them too."

Seeing Xia's tempted yet wary expression, Thor added fuel to the fire, "However, since you're going to help me get the seed of the Upside-Down Tree anyway, how about we set the target a little bigger when we take action?"

Char immediately began to suspect Thor's motives. "What are you trying to do? Don't try to fool me. I can kick you all out of here anytime!"

Thor chuckled, completely unfazed by Char's threat, and continued his persuasion, "Since you're now just a spirit, essentially dead, even if you escape the Upside-Down Tree, you'll only be barely clinging to life. Why not go find Beth, and while she's trapped, just steal her Upside-Down Tree... What do you say?"

"Crack!" Kate heard the sound of her cat's jaw falling to the ground again.

Kate turned her head and stared blankly at Saul.

Just moments ago, he thought Xia was a fool for daring to scheme against a third-tier wizard, but now Thor is seen as a madman.

"You're insane!" Char blurted out Kate's thoughts. "You want to find out how to escape so you can trick me into going to my death!"

"I can wait until you retrieve the seed of the upside-down tree before I leave."

Char still didn't believe it. "So you're planning to do something bad while I'm stealing the seeds of the Upside-Down Tree?"

Thor's heart skipped a beat, thinking, "This guy guessed pretty accurately."

However, he remained unfazed. "Then let me ask you, will you take me to the core of the Upside-Down Tree?"

Xia was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head, "Impossible!"

Thor spread his hands. "So, how do you think I'm supposed to do something bad?"

Before Char could even think, Thor pressed his advantage, "I can heal you right now. Can't you just kick us out anytime? After I'm done healing you, you can go get me the seed, how about that?"

Char still hesitated, "You'd be so kind as to treat me first?"

"Your spirit is your own; can't you tell the difference between good and bad?"

Char was still hesitating.

Thor frowned. Was Char, who was so indecisive and afraid of danger, really the right person to be chosen?

Suddenly, the whole house shook violently, and the decorations on the table and overhead shattered on the floor.

Several thick branches sprouted from the wall, winding their way up until they quickly enveloped the walls of the entire room.

"Meow! What's this? How did the tree roots get here?" Kate immediately ran to the center of the room.

A look of panic flashed across Xia's face, but he did not surrender or resist. Instead, he transformed into a ball of light once again, and the white light engulfed Thor and Kate's figures.

When the light faded, Thor found that they had arrived at another place.

He had never been here before; it must be another secret base of Char's.

"Your time is really running out." Thor was inwardly grateful for the tree root that had just appeared. "Are you willing to make this deal or not? Don't waste other people's time."

Char knew Thor was right.

He was, after all, Beth's puppet. Even if he briefly escaped her control, he would inevitably be controlled by her again once Beth recovered.

Amidst a mix of tension and fear, Saul's proposal, which he had just regarded as a monstrous threat, gradually transformed into a deadly temptation.

"If, if we could take the upside-down tree back..." Xia seemed to be trembling with fear, or perhaps excitement.

"If I could become the owner of the upside-down tree, I wouldn't have to run away."

Thor nodded with relief. "Not only do you no longer need to run away, but you also have hope of resurrection."

Char suddenly looked up at Thor.

"You're a very talented wizard. If Beth can do it, why can't you?"

Char's breathing immediately became heavy, even though he had long since stopped breathing.

"good!"

Finally, Char agreed to Thor's devilish proposal.

"Please treat me now, I'm afraid those tree roots will come back soon. This is a sign that Beth is gradually recovering, we don't have much time left."

(End of this chapter)