Chapter 197 The Butler's Request
"The secret of the dead wizard's diary must be hidden here!"
For a moment, Thor forgot the pain and a smile appeared on his face.
He almost missed the secret here.
The more he knew about the diary, the faster Thor would be able to turn it into his locator.
Perhaps we can unlock more secrets of the diary and deduce more ways to use it.
At this time, a strange feeling of oppression came from behind again. Thor did not look back, but just stared at the diary.
He stepped forward and began to release magic power according to the patterns drawn on the black pages of the diary.
When several nodes on the formation were connected together, the door on the ground suddenly opened a small gap outwards.
A hint of joy flashed across Thor's face, and he quickly squatted down and lifted the entire door.
He quickly crawled underground, and Xiao Zao emerged from the back of his neck, helping Thor close the door behind him.
As soon as Thor jumped down, he stepped on a soft staircase.
Looking down, I saw that the steps were made up of the girl's arms.
Anyway, he had never seen a man's arms so slender and white, with such small joints.
"Anyone who uses this as a ladder must be mentally perverted, right?"
Thor has always been practical, and he wouldn't make these scary things if it weren't for research purposes.
Of course, if other people do this, Thor won't interfere.
What's more, the person who made this staircase is most likely dead or rotten.
He hopped down the steps and looked around the basement.
It can be confirmed that this basement is definitely the laboratory of Ralph Manor.
It’s just that this laboratory...is a bit shabby compared to Thor’s laboratory.
It’s not that there’s less stuff.
There are all kinds of books and materials everywhere.
But if you look closely, you will find that these materials are either very cheap or very common. The books on display are mainly ordinary books, notes, and handwritten books.
In terms of variety and depth, it was not even comparable to the library Thor had come into contact with, not to mention the tower owner's private collection.
But this place is still packed with people. It is the last holdout of the fallen wizard family.
It's safe for now.
Thor let out a long sigh, took out the potion and started treating his ears.
The wound is not serious and can be cured by a little witchcraft and potion.
In this dangerous place, it is still very dangerous to be deaf. If I face Victor again... I will become deaf again.
He had just swallowed a bottle of potion when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.
Thor immediately picked up the scroll in his pocket, but did not take action immediately.
"Master Wizard." A man walked out from behind the bookshelf.
Thor recognized him immediately, "You are...Knight Olaf?"
The tall knight, dressed in metal armor, walked silently.
The other party is no longer alive.
Through his body, you can vaguely see the bookshelf behind him.
After Olaf appeared, he touched his chest and gave Thor a knight's salute.
"Do you still recognize me? Do you remember what happened at the castle entrance just now?"
"Yes, sir."
Thor looked at him and said, "You are just an ordinary person, and your mental strength has not even reached the minimum level of a wizard, but you can stabilize your spirit after death. Did someone help you?"
The knight saluted again, "Yes, sir. It was an old man here in the manor who helped me. He was also the one who knew that I had entered this place for refuge."
"So you came out because that old man wanted to find me?"
Olaf said, "Yes, respected wizard, but he did not come to greet you personally not because of arrogance, but because he could not move. His name is Hunter, and he was the former steward of this manor. He invited you to come over because he hopes to make a deal with you. If you are interested, please follow me."
He didn't come out when Thor tried to open the basement door, and wanted to make a deal as soon as Thor came in.
I know how to choose the right time.
Thor looked around and didn't find any hidden magical fluctuations here, so he decided to go and meet the other party.
Seeing Thor nod, the knight led the way and took Thor into the depths of the basement.
Here, at the innermost part of the laboratory, there is another compartment.
However, the door of this compartment was violently destroyed and lay miserably on the ground.
When Thor passed by, he found that the door had been broken in from the inside out.
He took in the traces around him and followed Olaf into the small compartment.
The compartment was not big, looking like less than ten square meters. There were no sealed books here, only notes piled up half a person's height, and papers scattered on the floor.
As Thor entered, he stepped on some papers.
Some of the papers are filled with words, while others are just unconscious lines.
He looked around and saw... an old man's head on the open wall cabinet.
The old man had white hair, thin cheeks, and dark bags under his eyes. He looked old and tired.
"I'm sorry, Master Wizard, I can only meet you in this form."
"No need to be polite. Who are you? What deal do you want to make with me?"
Thor didn't want to waste time talking to a head. If there were no clues here, he had to hurry and look for information in the diary.
The old man pursed his lips, and when he spoke again, his speech was much faster.
"I am Hunter, the steward of this manor, and my master is a formal first-level wizard, Lord Ralph. I want to use the greatest wealth of this manor in exchange for your help in liberating my master."
"Liberation?" Thor frowned, and suddenly realized something, "The human-faced worm outside... is Ralph?"
Butler Hunter's face showed obvious sadness. "Yes."
"My master once offended a very powerful person and was seriously injured. We returned to the manor to recover secretly. If everything goes well, it will take about five years for the master to recover."
"Who did you offend?" A figure appeared in Thor's mind and he asked immediately.
"…It's the master of the Wizard Tower."
Thor widened his eyes and sighed in his heart that it was indeed true.
So the tower master had silently helped him once? "Don't worry about offending that master. My master has no way out now. We originally wanted to leave here as soon as Master Ralph regained his mobility..." Hunter sighed, "but everything didn't go smoothly."
"When we first returned to the manor, we deliberately opened some of the defense restrictions to prevent disturbances. To ordinary people, it was haunted. The first year was peaceful, but in the second year, which was ten months ago, a wizard suddenly broke into the manor. He caught me and said he wanted to give the master a gift."
"That man...is his name Victor?"
The butler wanted to nod, but in the end he just blinked, "Yes. But sir, I can only tell you that this is not his real name. And I have been placed under a witchcraft ban and cannot reveal his real name."
"After Victor found the master, he told him directly that with the master's current condition, even if he could recover in a few years, he would lose his powerful strength and could only wait for death. But he could help the master recover faster and become even stronger."
"Ralph agreed?"
"No, even though my master was seriously injured, he was still in good spirits. He knew there were hidden dangers in this condition as soon as he heard it. He didn't want to agree, but he had to. This was because Victor played a song that allowed the master to see the hidden dangers in his body. If he didn't find a solution, he would die in a few years. So the master had no choice but to take the risk and try."
"What did Victor do?"
"He gave the master a bottle of potion, and then he kept sending people into the manor for the master to devour. At first, the master was very cautious and studied the potion repeatedly. But later, he suddenly lost control. When the master still had some consciousness left, he hid me here, and then stayed in the study on the fourth floor. And Victor continued to send blood food to the master. But after that, he didn't just send people."
No wonder Victor said he had never killed anyone. He was just a courier who sent people into the insect's mouth.
But if Ralph devoured other creatures, the cross-species fusion would probably have caused him a lot of trouble, so that he finally became a half-human, half-insect appearance.
This man-eating manor was actually arranged by Victor!
This guy might not be as simple as Thor thinks.
"Do you know what Victor's strength is? Can he enter here?"
"No, the master has been meeting with him in the study on the fourth floor and has never let him in here."
Hearing this, Thor breathed a sigh of relief.
But just in case, Thor asked Morton's opinion in the diary.
However, Morton's words made Thor's heart rise to his throat again.
[No, because the magic circle I cracked this time has probably lost its original energy. If no one replenishes it, it will probably become completely ineffective in about an hour.]
(End of this chapter)
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