Chapter 115: The Wizard's Burial Ground
Nick arrived at the Black Castle that night.
As soon as he entered the Black Castle, before he had time to say hello to Mochimochi, he was pulled into a small dark room by Byron and Thor.
"Nick, is there a written mission letter for the mission you asked Thor to investigate in Mofan Town?" Byron went straight to the point.
Upon hearing this, Nick immediately lowered his eyes, raised his hands, and surrendered quickly.
"No." He said in a deep voice, "I admit that I was the one who issued the secret investigation mission to Thor."
"Purpose?" Thor took a step forward.
Nick pursed his lips and said, "It's getting harder and harder to apply for the Mosheng Fruit in the tower recently. I asked about it and the reason was that the amount of tribute itself was decreasing. I originally wanted to take the opportunity to leave the tower and accept the mission to Mofan Town from Instructor Rum to see if I could get some Mosheng Fruit privately. But I didn't expect something happened halfway and I had to leave, so I asked Thor to find out the reason for the reduction in Mosheng Fruit production."
He looked up at Thor and said, "I did it on impulse. Sorry. But I will give you extra compensation. Thor, have you found the reason?"
Thor and Byron looked at each other and said, "The wizard in Mofan Town is refining vengeful spirits in an attempt to advance. The reduced production of Mosheng Fruit should be used by him to maintain his sanity."
"Part?" Nick immediately noticed Saul's choice of words.
"The people in the town even traded the Mosheng Fruit with the barbarians in exchange for peace in the town."
Nick's expressionless face showed a hint of doubt, "Barbarian? Why would a barbarian want to grind the sound fruit?"
"Would barbarians use the grinding fruit to maintain their sanity?" Thor asked back.
"No," Nick shook his head. "Barbarians are keen on madness. Even barbarian priests use their own methods to stay sane."
Why do the barbarians need the grinding fruit? Or are the barbarians just a cover?
Seeing Thor frowning in thought, Nick lowered his eyes again and remained silent.
Byron suddenly asked, "What made you leave halfway?"
Nick glanced at Byron and didn't hide it. "My father died, and my family asked me to go back and sign the document to give up my inheritance rights."
This reason was so sufficient and easy to verify that Saul couldn't determine whether Nick left on purpose.
The room was quiet for a moment.
Nick looked at the two silent people, spread his hands and said, "I'm not sad, don't worry."
Byron suddenly stood up and said, "In that case, you must transfer the due reward to Thor after returning to the tower."
Nick immediately said, "That's no problem. It's just that there is a reward that a Level 1 apprentice cannot receive. I can change it for him..."
"No need, Senior Nick." Thor raised his hand. "I was forced to advance to level two when I was fighting the barbarians in Mofan Town."
Nick opened his mouth, but the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly put his hand on his chest and said, "I'm not surprised."
He paused, and put a little more pressure on his chest with his hand, "I'm not jealous."
"That's settled then!" Byron made the final decision. "Let's get ready tonight, and we'll set off for Chuishou Valley tomorrow."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the door, but came back halfway and asked Thor and Nick to leave the room.
That night, in a room as long as a coffin, Thor lay on a bed so thin that he could barely turn over, thinking about what Nick had said today.
According to Nick's explanation, this mission might indeed be a spur-of-the-moment idea on his part.
After all, the reason that forced him to leave halfway was quite sufficient.
However, when Saul mentioned that the fields in Mofan Town were destroyed by barbarians, Nick did not show the concern he should have.
This behavior is not consistent with Nick's attention to the Mosheng Fruit.
Even though Nick is a very introverted person, his emphasis on the Mosheng Fruit has changed a lot.
Is Nick trying to convey some message to Thor through the incident of the grinding fruit?
He closed his eyes, and faces flashed through his mind...
The next morning, the three of them got up early and bid farewell to the guards of the Black Castle.
Instead of riding in the narrow wizard's tower carriage, they took the local means of transportation in Blackburg - the wooden spider.
When Thor saw the wood spider, he thought he saw a giant RV with eight legs.
Because the place they were going to this time was Chuishou Valley, where many wizard forces had fought each other. It was a place that ordinary people could not even approach, so wizards would not bring servants with them when they went there.
Large witchcraft props such as wooden spiders are their most commonly used means of transportation.
Just be careful when driving, as it would be painful to pay for the damage.
Thor took his full set of soul research tools from the carriage.
Nick brought a lot of ropes from the electric chair and some metal rings.
Byron brought some strange parts and several special bottles. Those bottles were used to store the soul bottles of evil spirits.
The soul bottle is fragile to the physical body, but extremely strong to the spirit.
Once ordinary evil spirits and vengeful spirits are caught in it, it will be difficult for them to escape.
In this mission, Thor and Nick are 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 were working together in unity.
Chuishou Valley, once a battlefield for wizards and a burial place for wizards.
The reason why the war was launched in the first place is no longer traceable. All we know is that too many wizards died in that war, so that the wizard forces in the western region of the Northern Continent were almost wiped out.
There was a time when there wasn't even a second-level wizard to be found in the western region.
But this situation did not last long, because many forces in the eastern region of the northern continent and the southern continent all set their sights on this vacuum area.
After a series of open and covert struggles, a new wizard force entered the western region.
This includes Gorza's wizard tower.
Therefore, the wizards in the Wizard Tower have a lot of say in the wizarding world in the entire western region.
Thor and his two companions, who could almost walk sideways as long as they didn't commit suicide, sat in the wooden spider and approached the entrance of the Chuishou Valley little by little.
"The Valley of the Chuishou is also the entrance from the western region into the Barren Mountains. Ever since the War of the Valley of the Chuishou, a passage from the western region into the No Man's Land has been blocked." Byron sat in the car and pointed to the destination to Thor.
"No Man's Land?" Thor had heard this term before in the Cognition of All Things class, but only sporadically introduced it.
"Well, it's a place that even official wizards have to be extremely cautious when going there. I've only heard people mention it occasionally." Nick said on the side.
"It's better not to go there." Byron ended the discussion about the Borderlands.
The wood spider finally arrived near the Chuishou Valley and began to climb down.
Thor could no longer imagine what the Valley of the Chuishou looked like in the past, but the entrance here was like an extremely steep slide.
Pieces of rubble fell sharply from the plain where Thor and his companions were like waterfalls.
The angle of descent was almost seventy degrees, like the angle of a person falling against a wall with his arms hanging limply.
Ordinary carriages cannot travel on such a road, but the wooden spider with eight legs can climb up and down like a real spider.
Moreover, the wooden spider's car body can automatically adjust its angle to ensure that the bottom of the car is always parallel to the horizontal plane, preventing people in the car from rolling around.
As the wood spider crawled down little by little, Thor saw a valley sandwiched between two high mountains.
A breeze blew over, carrying with it the smell of blood that had lingered for many years.
The temperature in the car was dropping as the altitude decreased, and Thor grabbed his sleeve unconsciously.
"Don't be nervous," Nick comforted Thor, "The battle between wizards is taking place deep in the Valley of the Drooping Hand. We are only trying to capture evil spirits at the outermost part, so we won't encounter any major danger."
Byron was also looking out the window, looking for a suitable place to set up camp.
Hearing Nick's words, he nodded and said "hmm" to show his agreement.
Thor glanced secretly at the diary.
As soon as he entered the valley, Thor always felt numb all over.
It seemed as if countless people were staring at him.
"It should be..." Thor pulled his collar to make himself breathe more freely, "It's an illusion, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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