Chapter 186 Ralph Manor
Since the other party stopped attacking and came out from the shadows, Thor also relaxed a little on the surface, "Who are you? Are you the official wizards here?"
"Ahem!" The white-haired old man coughed twice in embarrassment. "How is that possible? I'm only a third-level... wandering wizard. My name is Kron. This is my apprentice, Swan, who just reached level one."
Level three? That means a level three apprentice, not a level three official wizard.
But the other party then said something about wandering wizards. Although this title can also refer to all wizards and wizard apprentices, Thor always felt that the other party was deliberately blurring their identities.
At this time, Swan, the boy who was injured by Thor with a small stone, limped to the old wizard apprentice and stared at Thor with an indignant look on his face.
The boy looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, a little younger than Thor.
The other person had a hole in his calf pants and a scratch on his skin.
Thor smiled at Swan and said, "Sorry, I am a timid person. If someone is watching me secretly, I will attack first."
Swann widened his eyes and was about to speak, but was stopped by his teacher.
"Swan is only a first-level wizard. You don't have to apologize to him. You're showing mercy to him by not killing him for spying on a high-level wizard."
As soon as these words came out, Swann's expression suddenly looked a little aggrieved.
The atmosphere finally eased a bit, and the middle-aged third-level apprentice Kron pointed to the manor not far away.
"Are you here to try your luck too?"
"Take a chance?" Thor asked.
"Ralph Manor." Kron pointed to the weathered manor behind him. "Once a wealthy businessman from another place was deceived into buying this manor. But he didn't know that a long-standing wizard family once lived here."
"The rich businessman went out to do business, and his family and all his servants disappeared overnight. And this manor became the most terrifying legend in the small town of Samp."
"For an ordinary person to live in a wizard's residence is indeed seeking death. But it is impossible for him not to inquire before buying this house... I think someone deliberately concealed the truth." Thor pondered for a moment and said slowly.
Kron's eyes lit up. "I thought so too. In the past two years, the rich businessman spent a lot of money to let adventurers enter the manor to help him transport the property hidden inside. But after those people entered the manor, none of them came out alive. Half a month ago, he even persuaded a noble here to send a team of knights in..."
Thor suddenly interrupted him, "The rich businessman has been looking for people to enter the manor for the past two years? He wouldn't have known that this was once the residence of a wizard after all these years, right?"
Kron shrugged. "Of course he knew, but the things in the manor were too important to him, so he hired people while making money. In the end, no one was willing to take the risk, so he found more powerful knights. But those knights never came out after they went in."
Thor narrowed his eyes, feeling something was wrong.
A wealthy businessman, no matter how rich he is, can't afford to waste money like this? And what in the manor could have kept him going for two years without giving up?
Thor raised his eyes and looked at Kron who was smiling and Swan who was pouting and unhappy, "Are you also invited by the rich businessman?"
Swann muttered: "How can an ordinary person, with only a little money at most, afford to hire a teacher?"
Kron said, "It's a collaboration. He told me what happened in the past two years and the layout of the manor, and I helped him bring something out of the manor."
"You tell me this..." Thor frowned.
"You... are an apprentice of the Wizard Tower, right?" Kron laughed and revealed Thor's identity.
When Swan heard this, he looked at his teacher in disbelief, then glanced at Thor fearfully, and there was no longer any dissatisfaction on his face.
Saul neither confirmed nor denied it.
Seeing that Thor didn't say anything, Kron didn't ask any further questions.
"I think you have guessed it. I would like to invite you to cooperate and enter the manor together."
"Dakesi, oh, that is the tycoon who got taken advantage of. In the past two years, he has found many powerful people to enter the manor, and there is even a first-level apprentice inside. But these people are trapped in the manor and cannot get out. Not only that, even the residents living outside the manor have been affected."
"I analyzed the strange phenomena hidden in this place. After two years of fermentation, it has become more dangerous. This also means that the extinct Bloodthorn family must have left something related to witchcraft."
"The most important thing is the secrets hidden in this manor. However, the extinct Bloodthorn family once gave birth to a formal wizard. There must be unpredictable dangers hidden in the manor. So I suggest that everyone work together, which will be safer."
Listening to Kron's introduction, Thor turned around and looked through the broken wall to observe the scene in the manor.
The entire manor was shrouded in deep dark clouds, and even the wind here seemed stronger than outside.
Suddenly Thor thought he seemed to hear some sound. He pricked up his ears and waited for a while, but he could only feel the whistling wind.
Kron was still waiting for his answer.
"We can cooperate, but I suggest that we split up and enter the manor first. This place is not small, and if we all act together, the efficiency will be very low."
Kron frowned. If we don't act together, what's the point of cooperation? Thor smiled and said, "Through the wall, we can see the tallest building in the manor. That should be the castle where the manor owner lives. Normally, the most important things in the manor are placed there. But just in case, we have to explore the surrounding area. We will enter from different places and explore the surrounding areas. If we feel it is dangerous, we can stay at the castle gate after an hour, share information, and then decide whether to go directly into the main building or go to other places to check."
Thor's suggestion to check the surroundings was not a whim. Through the wall, he vaguely felt that the layout of the manor seemed to contain some rules of witchcraft array, but due to the long time and severe damage, he could not analyze it for the time being.
Out of caution, he wanted to first understand the layout of the entire manor. If he could analyze the characteristics and rules of this magic circle, perhaps he could dig out the secrets of the manor without much effort.
Seeing that Thor had taken the initiative in speaking, the little boy Siswan looked at his teacher nervously.
This time, Kron didn't hesitate for long before agreeing to Thor's proposal.
"Okay, although according to the information I have received, the wealth of this manor is all in the castle, but what you said makes sense. Wizards cannot only focus on the dangers in front of them, it is also important to analyze the surrounding situation. So..."
"Shall we act now?"
"Now?" Kron was a little surprised.
While the two were talking, Thor heard a sound again, but when he listened carefully, the sound disappeared.
Thor checked his condition. His magic power fluctuated steadily, his mental body was also stable, and his diary was still pretending to be asleep.
The sound just now should not be his hallucination.
This made Thor more curious and wary of Ralph Manor.
"Since you have decided to go in, of course you should act now. Are you waiting for someone else?"
Book recommendation! The new book of the old author, "The Wizard Chasing the Truth", has been published. If you like the wizard's journey, don't miss it.
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