"This is definitely hiding the secret of the Death Wizard's diary!"

For a moment, Thor forgot about the pain, and a smile appeared on his face.

He almost missed the secrets here.

If he could learn more about the diary, Thor would be able to turn it into his locator more quickly.

Maybe it will also unlock more secrets of the diary and deduce more ways to use it.

At this time, there was a strange sense of oppression behind him again, and Thor did not look back, only staring at the diary.

He stepped forward and began to unleash his magic following the lines on the black pages of his diary.

When several nodes on the formation were connected, the gate on the ground suddenly opened a small crack outward.

A flash of joy flashed across Thor's face, and he quickly squatted down and lifted the door in its entirety.

He slid into the ground quickly, algae sticking out of the back of his neck and helping Thor close the door behind him.

As soon as Thor jumped, he stepped on a soft-textured staircase.

When I looked down, it was the girl's arm that made up the steps.

Anyway, he had never seen a man's arms so slender and white, and the joints were so small.

"The person who uses this as a ladder must be psychopathic, right?"

Thor had always been practical, and if it weren't for research, he wouldn't have made these scaring things.

Of course, others do, and Thor won't be nosy.

What's more, the person who made this ladder is likely to be dead and rotten.

He jumped down the stairs in a few steps and looked around the basement.

It can be confirmed that this basement is definitely the laboratory of Ralph Manor.

It's just this lab...... Compared to Thor's lab, it's a little shabby.

It's not that there are fewer things.

It is surrounded by a variety of books.

But on closer inspection, these materials are either cheap or common. The books placed here are mainly ordinary books, notes, and hand-copied books.

In terms of variety and profundity, it is not even comparable to the library that Saul has touched. Not to mention the private collection of the tower owner.

But it was still crammed to the brim, the last insistence of the lonely wizard family.

It's safe for now.

Thor breathed a sigh of relief and took out the potion and began to treat his ear.

The wound is not serious, a little witchcraft plus a potion can be solved.

In this dangerous place, it is still dangerous to not be able to hear the sound, if you face Victor again...... If not, be deaf again.

He had just swallowed a bottle of potion when a figure suddenly caught sight out of the corner of his eye.

Thor immediately picked up the scroll that was in his pocket, but didn't do it immediately.

"Wizard-sama." A man walked out from behind the bookshelf.

Thor immediately recognized the other, "You're ...... Knight Olaf? ”

The tall knight, dressed in metal armor, walked silently.

The other party is no longer alive.

Through his body, he could faintly see the bookshelf behind him.

When Olaf appeared, he stroked his chest and gave Thor a knightly salute.

"Do you still recognize me? Do you remember what happened at the entrance to the castle? ”

"Yes, sir."

Thor looked at it, "You are just an ordinary person, and your spiritual power is not at the minimum level of a wizard, but you can stabilize your spirit after death. Someone helped you, right? ”

The knight saluted again, "Yes, sir. It was an old man here at the manor who helped me. He was the one who knew that I had taken refuge here. ”

"So you came out because the old man was looking for me?"

Olaf said, "Yes, honorable wizard, but it is not arrogant that he did not come to greet you in person, but that he simply cannot move. His name is Hunter, and he is the former steward of the manor, and he asked you to come over in order to make a deal with you. If you are interested, please come with me. ”

Doesn't come out when Thor tries to open the basement door, and Thor is about to make a deal as soon as he enters.

Instead, the timing will be chosen.

Thor looked left and right, but didn't notice the hidden magic fluctuations here, and decided to meet the other party.

Seeing Thor nodding, the knight led the way and led Thor into the depths of the basement.

From here to the very back of the lab, another compartment appeared.

It's just that the door of this compartment was violently broken and lying on the ground in misery.

As Thor passed by, he noticed that the gate had been broken from the inside out.

He took in the sights of his surroundings and followed Olaf into the cubicle.

The cubicle was small, seemingly less than ten square meters, and there were no encapsulated books, just stacks of half-human-high notes and scattered papers.

As soon as Thor entered, he stepped on a few pieces of paper.

Some of the paper is full of words, and some are just unconscious lines.

He looked around and saw the wall cabinet with the wall open in the wall...... An old man's head.

The old man looked old and tired with gray hair, thin cheeks, and blue-black bags all under his eyes.

"I'm sorry Wizard, but I can only see you in this form."

"Needless to say, who are you? What do you want me to trade? ”

Thor didn't want to talk nonsense with a head, and if there were no clues here, he had to hurry up and find the information in the diary.

The old man pursed his lips, and when he spoke again, he spoke much faster.

"I am the head of this manor, Hunter, and my master is an official first-order wizard, Lord Ralph. I want to exchange the greatest wealth of this estate for your help to free my master. ”

"Relief?" Thor frowned, suddenly realizing something, "That human-faced worm out there...... Is that Ralph? ”

Butler Hunter's face leaked with obvious sadness, "Yes. ”

"My master was once seriously injured because he had offended a very powerful man. We went back to the manor to secretly recuperate, and if all went well, it would take about five years for the owner to recover. ”

"Who have you offended?" A figure appeared in Thor's mind, and he immediately asked.

“…… It's the Wizard Tata Master. ”

Thor's eyes widened, but he sighed in his heart that it was so.

So the tower owner silently helped himself once?

"You don't have to worry about offending that adult. My master is now out of his way. We had intended to get out of here as soon as Lord Ralph regained his mobility...... "Hunter sighed, "but it didn't go well. ”

"When we first returned to the manor, in order to prevent anyone from disturbing us, a part of the defensive prohibition was deliberately opened, which was haunted to ordinary people. The first year was peaceful, but in the second year, ten months ago, a wizard suddenly broke into the manor. He grabbed me and said he wanted to give his master a gift. ”

"That man...... Is it called Victor? ”

The butler wanted to nod, but in the end he just blinked, "Yes." But my lord, all I can tell you is that this is not his real name. And I was forbidden from witchcraft to reveal his real name. ”

After Victor found his master, he directly told him that in his current way, even if he could recover in a few years, he would lose his great power and could only wait for death to come. But he can help his master recover faster, and he can also become stronger. ”

"Ralph agreed?"

"No, my master, though badly injured, is in good spirits. As soon as he heard it, he knew that there was a hidden danger in this condition, and he didn't want to agree, but he had to agree. Because Victor played a song to let the master see the hidden dangers in his body. If you don't think about it, you'll die in a few years. So the owner has no choice but to take the risk and try. ”

"What did Victor do?"

He gave his master a bottle of potion, and then he kept sending people into the manor for his master to devour. At first, the owner was cautious, and the potion was studied repeatedly. But then, he suddenly lost control, and when the master still had the last consciousness left, he hid me here, and then stayed in the study on the fourth floor. Victor, on the other hand, continued to give his master blood food. But after that, he didn't just give it away. ”

No wonder Victor says he never kills anyone, he's just a courier who sends people into the mouth.

However, if Ralph devoured other creatures, the cross-species fusion would probably have caused him a lot of trouble, so much so that he ended up becoming this kind of person who is not human, and he is not a worm.

This manor-loving manor was actually arranged by Victor!

I'm afraid this guy isn't as simple as Thor thinks.

"Do you know what kind of strength that Victor is? Will he be able to get in here? ”

"No, the master has been meeting him in the study on the fourth floor, and has never let him enter here."

Hearing this, Thor breathed a sigh of relief.

But just in case, Saul asked Morton's opinion in the diary.

However, Morton's words once again made Saul's heart rise to his throat.

[No, because I cracked it this time, I'm afraid that the magic circle has lost its original energy, and if no one replenishes it, I'm afraid it will be completely invalid in about an hour.] 】

(End of chapter)