Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 929 The Secret Hidden Under the Sea

Thor jumped into the sea, as if he had stepped from a time of peace into a time of war. The pollution in the seawater swarmed around him like sharks smelling blood.

His ordinary clothes immediately corroded and became tattered.

Thor didn't activate any defensive magic circle; instead, he transformed into a black skeleton, simply covering the skin below his left wrist with magic.

"It's a bit inconvenient to have the storage device on my wrist." He thought to himself as he swam down towards the bottom of the wizard tower. "If the pollution in the sea exceeds my tolerance, or if it gets damaged in battle, the space inside might be affected. If it's just that the things inside fall out, that's fine, but if it's damaged directly due to spatial deformation, then the loss will be huge."

Although the Blackwater is heavily polluted, it cannot compare to the waters near the Eye of the Abyss.

Thor took out the mermaid's tear, and the nearby seawater immediately moved towards him. The pollution in the sea was diluted, and the relatively pure seawater enveloped Thor, allowing him to concentrate on observing the underwater scene.

Thor turned and swam down towards the bottom of the wizard's tower.

He saw that below the wizard's tower were layers of rock, which were also long and thin, extending deep into the unseen darkness of the seabed.

It was like the fourth-tier wizard who had died here, barely managing to preserve the small piece of land beneath him. The rest of the land was mercilessly swept away by the black tide.

As he approached the rock layer, Thor discovered similar scale-like scratches that extended downwards along the rock.

Thor continued down the rock face, following the marks on the rock face.

"Crunch, crunch, crunch..."

He suddenly heard a clear chewing sound. It was as if something was feasting in front of him.

Thor quickly followed the sound, only to find that the corner where the sound came from was still a pile of rocks, and there was no snake tail that he had seen in the "past".

Seeing that the foundation of the wizard's tower was bottomless, Thor didn't rush to continue sinking. This place was very far from the coastline, not a shallow sea area like the Red Sea.

So Thor took out his diary and let the black lines permeate the underwater world before him.

The dark world transformed into a black, white, and gray linear structure. Then, Thor clearly saw two lines appear before him. One meandered downwards, while the other originated from the wizard's tower above.

That wasn't Cornetto or Hellmann's thread. It was intermittent, yet as thick and strong as a steel cable.

Those are the lines belonging to the wizard tower above.

"Did the wizard who died here retain any self-awareness?"

"So that's why he led me to the scene where a third-tier wizard was ambushed?"

"The scene only shows the third-tier wizard being dragged away by the snake's tail, but there's no footage of how his body returned to the wizard tower. Is it because I left the area of ​​the wizard tower's perception of the past, and thus escaped on my own?"

As Thor pondered the autonomous consciousness contained within the Wizard Tower, he discovered that the other winding downward line that had just appeared in front of him had disappeared.

Thor ventured further and used the diary again, but still found nothing.

Deciding to temporarily abandon the search, Thor put away his diary and began to rise to the surface.

On the sea, Claire was treading on the undulating waves, waiting for Thor to come ashore.

Thor jumped into the sea without explaining anything to her, which left Cleo bewildered. She didn't know what to do and could only stay there and wait.

Fortunately, Thor returned quickly.

His body began to grow muscles and skin the moment it surfaced, so Hyle, who was waiting for Thor in the wizard's tower, didn't notice any changes in Thor.

Only Keli, standing on the surface of the sea, could vaguely see slender black bones beneath the water.

Claire quickly put on the robe that Thor had given her.

Although Thor appears to be wearing clothes, the clothes that appear to materialize directly from the black bones could simply be illusions.

Saul put on his clothes. "Let's go upstairs and talk."

Claire tried to keep a straight face as she and Thor flew back up the wizard tower.

Haili was also completely baffled. Why did this third-tier wizard suddenly run out and jump into the sea halfway down the stairs?

This made him wonder again.

"Is this wizard tower sentient? You said its core consists of the souls of the fourth-tier wizards who died here; are they still inside the tower?"

Haili was stunned for a moment, wondering how Thor had discovered it. Many third-tier wizards only gradually realized, after several years of residency, that the Wizard Tower of Storm Sea actually possessed some form of consciousness.

"Yes, Lord Thor. How...how did you discover it?"

Thor pointed to the spire behind Hely, "It told me that. And it's trying to tell me who killed the third-tier wizard."

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Because of Thor's discovery, Maria brought people over again. After learning that Thor had passed by the Wizard's Tower and seen a strange creature with a long, serpentine tail hiding in the sea, she personally inspected the seabed.

She and Thor reached the same conclusion: the scale marks found inside the Wizard's Tower matched the marks on the underwater rock pillars.

Although the murderer was still nowhere to be found, Maria seemed to have some clues. After thanking Saul and saying that she would credit him for his work, she hurriedly left again.

After seeing Maria leave without saying anything more, Thor and Claire exchanged a glance, feeling that the other might be hiding something from them.

"When you mentioned the snake's tail, Maria was alright, but one of the wizards behind her seemed to remember something, though he quickly regained his composure," Claire whispered to Thor.

It must be said that Claire's observation skills were remarkably keen. She realized that Thor would be staring at Maria, so she focused her attention on the others. Otherwise, she wouldn't have caught that fleeting change in emotion.

"No rush, we're going to be here for another month. We'll find out what we want to know eventually." Thor raised his hand, stopping Penny from sneaking off to follow them.

Keli smiled smugly, raising her fair chin. "Don't worry, they can't hide it from me!"

Haili was unaware of their conversation, and he seemed unconcerned about the deceased third-tier wizard. His attention was almost entirely focused on the wizard tower.

Next, Saul and Claire each occupied an empty room as temporary accommodation for the next month.

"I should have checked out of the hotel." As she walked out of the room, Claire slapped her hand hard.

"It's alright, the hotel isn't expensive. We might return to Far North City during this time, so we'll need to find a place to stay." Thor tried to touch the wall of the Wizard Tower again, but this time he couldn't continue watching the history of the Wizard Tower.

"What do we do next? Just wait for the Black Tide to hit?" Claire asked.

"Make spell scrolls first," Thor said solemnly. "The more the better. Inertization formulas, alpha radiation... you're good at all of those. When the Black Tide comes, the magic in the air will also be affected. Instead of replenishing magic with magic crystals, it's better to make some instant-effect attack scrolls to deal with the intense battles."

Claire nodded, but then puffed out her cheeks, "These witchcraft spells you mentioned aren't cheap!"

A gray bone fragment suddenly appeared in Thor's palm.

He tossed the ashes twice. "This stuff seems to be quite valuable here. I'll go get more to try and break even."

(End of this chapter)