Nick arrived at Black Castle that evening.

As soon as he entered the Black Castle, before he could greet Mochimochi, he was pulled into the small black room by Byron and Thor.

"Nick, do you have a paper mission book for you to send Thor to Mosail to investigate?" Byron got straight to the point as soon as he came up.

When Nick heard this, he immediately lowered his eyes, raised his hands, and made a surrender gesture neatly.

"Nope." He said in a deep voice, "I admit that the mission of the secret investigation was actually issued to Thor by myself. ”

"Purpose?" Thor stepped forward.

Nick pursed his lips, "It's been getting harder and harder to apply for the Murphy Fruit in the tower lately. I followed up on the grounds that the amount of tribute itself was decreasing. I originally took advantage of this time to leave the tower and received a mission to Mill Sail from Mentor Rum, and by the way, I saw if I could get some Grinding Fruit privately. But I didn't expect something to happen halfway and had to leave, so I asked Sol to figure out the reason for the reduction in the yield of the Mosheng fruit. ”

He looked up at Thor, "I'm sorry for the moment. I'll pay you extra, though. I don't know if you found the reason? ”

Thor and Byron glanced at each other, picked up some truths, and said, "The wizards of Grinding Sail Town are refining resentful spirits in an attempt to advance, and a part of the grinding fruit that has reduced production should be used by him to maintain his sanity." ”

"Part of it?" Nick immediately noticed Thor's words.

"The people of the town also traded with the barbarians with the Mosheng fruit in exchange for the peace of the town."

Nick's expressionless face showed a hint of confusion, "Barbarian? Why do barbarians grind sound fruits? ”

"Will the barbarians use the Grinding Fruit to maintain their sanity?" Thor asked rhetorically.

"No," Nick shook his head, "barbarians love madness, and even barbarian priests use their own methods to stay awake. ”

Then why do barbarians need to grind sound fruits? Or are the barbarians just a façade on the surface?

Seeing Thor frowning and thinking, Nick lowered his eyes again and remained silent.

Byron suddenly asked, "What made you leave halfway?" ”

Nick glanced at Byron, but didn't hide it, "My father died, and the family called me to go back and sign the document of renunciation. ”

The reason is so good and verifiable that Thor can't tell if Nick left on purpose.

There was some silence in the room for a while.

Nick looked at the silent two, spread his hands and said, "I'm not sad, don't worry." ”

Byron stood up suddenly, "In that case, you have to transfer your due reward to Thor when you return to the tower." ”

Nick immediately said: "There is no problem with this, but there is a reward for the first-level apprentice who cannot be claimed, I can change it for him......"

"No, Nick-senpai." Thor raised his hand, "When I was fighting the barbarians in Millsail Town, I was forced to be promoted to the second rank. ”

Nick opened his mouth, and everything he wanted to say was blocked in his throat.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly pressed one hand on his chest, "I'm not surprised. ”

After a pause, the hand pressing his chest slightly harder, "I'm not jealous." ”

"Then it's decided!" Byron made the final decision, "Prepare tonight, and tomorrow we will set off for the Valley of the Hanging Hands." ”

With that, he got up and walked to the door, and when he was halfway there, he came back and invited Thor and Nick out of the room.

That night, Thor was in a room as slender as a coffin, lying on a slender bed that could barely turn over, pondering Nick's words today.

Listening to Nick's explanation, this mission may indeed be his temporary idea.

After all, the reason why he had to leave halfway was quite good.

However, when Thor mentions that the fields of Millsail have been destroyed by the barbarians, Nick doesn't show the care he deserves.

This performance is not quite in line with Nick's focus on the grinding fruit.

Even though Nick is an extremely introverted person, his emphasis on grinding sound fruit still varies a lot.

Does Nick want to send a message to Thor through the Grinding Fruit incident?

He closed his eyes, faces flashing through his mind......

Early the next morning, the three of them got up early to bid farewell to the caretaker of the Black Castle.

Instead of riding in the cramped wizard's carriage, they took a ride in Castle Black's native means of transportation, the Wood Spider.

Thor saw the wood spider and thought he had seen a huge eight-legged RV.

Because the place they are going to this time is the Valley of the Hanging Hands, the place where many wizard forces have fought in the past. It was a place that ordinary people couldn't even get close to, so wizards wouldn't bring their servants with them when they went there.

Large sorcery props like the Wood Spider are their most common means of transportation.

It's just that you have to be careful when driving, and it's also very distressing to compensate for it.

Thor removed his full set of soul research tools from the wagon.

Nick brought a lot of cord and some metal rings from the inductive chair.

Byron brought some odd parts and a couple of special bottles. Those bottles are dedicated soul bottles that store evil spirits.

Soul bottles are fragile to the body, but incomparably strong to the spirit.

Ordinary evil spirits and evil spirits are caught in it, and it is difficult to escape.

On this mission, Thor and Nick are both here to assist Byron in catching evil spirits.

By the way, take the opportunity to do some research of your own.

The three of them seemed to have forgotten the little friction last night, and they looked like they were united and cooperative.

The Valley of the Hanging Hands, the former battlefield of wizards, the burial place of wizards.

The reason for the war is unknown, but it is known that so many wizards died in that war, so that the wizard forces in the western part of the Northern Continent were almost wiped out.

For a while, there wasn't even a second-order wizard to be found in the western region.

But this situation did not last long, because the eastern region of the northern continent and many forces in the southern continent were eyeing this vacuum area.

After some open and secret fighting, a new wizard force has settled in the western region.

Among them is the Wizard's Tower in Gorsa.

Therefore, the wizards of the Wizard Tower, in the wizarding world in the entire western region, have a lot of say.

As long as they don't die, the three of Thor, who can almost walk sideways, sit in the wooden spider and get closer to the entrance of the Valley of the Hanging Hands.

"The Valley of the Hands is also the entrance to the barren mountains in the western region. Since the War in the Valley of the Hands, one of the westerns' access to the Borderlands has been blocked. Byron sat in the car and pointed Thor to his destination.

"Borderlands?" Thor had heard the term in his knowledge of all things class, but only sporadically.

"Well, that's a place where even official wizards used to be extremely careful, and I've only heard it mentioned occasionally." Nick said from the side.

"It's better not to go there." Byron ended the discussion about Borderlands.

The wood spider finally drove to the front of the valley of the weeping hand and began to climb downward.

Thor couldn't imagine what the Valley of Hands would look like, but the entrance here was like a large slide with an extremely steep slope.

Patches of rubble descended like a waterfall from the plain where they were located.

The angle of descent is almost seventy degrees, like the angle of a person who has fallen against a wall, and his arm is weak.

Such a road is not possible for an ordinary carriage to drive at all, but a wooden spider with eight legs can climb up and down like a real spider.

Moreover, the cabin of the wood spider will automatically adjust the angle to ensure that the bottom of the car is always parallel to the horizontal plane, and will not let the people in the carriage roll around.

As the wood spider crawled down a little bit, Thor saw a valley sandwiched between two high mountains.

A gust of wind blew, and the wind was mixed with the smell of blood that had not subsided for many years.

The temperature in the carriage also decreased as the height dropped, and Thor unconsciously grabbed his sleeve.

"Don't be nervous," Nick reassured Thor, "the depths of the Valley of the Hanging Hand are where the Wizard Wars are fought. We only catch evil spirits on the outermost periphery, and we won't encounter much danger. ”

Byron was also looking out the window, looking for a suitable place to camp.

Hearing Nick's words, he nodded "um" in agreement.

Thor stole his gaze at the diary.

As soon as he entered this valley, Thor always felt a tingling feeling all over his body.

It was as if there were countless people staring at him.

"It should be ......" Thor pulled off his collar to let himself breathe better, "delusion, right?" ”

(End of chapter)