Chapter 198 Conditions
Thor looked back at the basement entrance with some concern.
"Just in case, I can only stay here for half an hour at most. After that, no matter if I dig a hole or go out to find another way out, I can't let myself be trapped in this place any longer."
If Victor was not an ordinary wizard apprentice, or even a wizard apprentice, Ralph, who turned into a human-faced worm, might not be able to defeat him.
Thor's move just now to divert the blame to someone else is not certain who will be harmed in the end.
"Then you should be able to see that I am not a formal wizard. How can I help your master get rid of it? And why should I take this risk?"
As Thor spoke, he began to rummage through the small compartment without any hesitation.
Thor was not obsessed with freeing Ralph, but he vaguely felt that since Hunt was negotiating a deal with him with a head, he must have considerable capital in his hands.
If we talk about what is most important to Thor in this manor, it is naturally the clues in the diary of the dead wizard.
"I hope you can help me kill the master." Hunter said in a deep voice.
Thor was stunned. He was not trying to save someone. "Did Ralph turn you into this?"
"Yes," Hunter smiled bitterly, "but I don't hate the master. I just don't want the master to lose his dignity as a formal wizard. Although I am not a wizard, I have been serving wizards all my life, so I know that the master's current state is irreversible. I believe that if the master is still conscious, he will definitely not be able to accept himself now."
"So you want to help him get rid of it? But I have to tell you that I am no match for your master in his current state. I will never do something like giving myself away."
"I understand, Master Wizard. No one will agree to a mission that will lead to their death, no matter how good the conditions are. Please come to me. There is a bottle behind my head."
Upon hearing this, Thor turned to his left shoulder, raised his hand and casually patted the non-existent dust on it, glanced at the knight Olaf not far away, and then walked towards the butler's head.
While the two were talking, Olaf stood five meters away from them. Even though he was only in ghost form, he still stood with his sword drawn, serving as a loyal guard.
Thor walked over and saw the butler Hunter's head placed on a large plate. There was some light red liquid in the plate, but only a thin layer that could not cover the fingers.
"Hant is still able to think and move, probably because of this liquid."
Although Thor was interested in the composition of the liquid, now was not a good time to do experiments.
Xiaozao stretched out from the back of Thor's neck, fumbled behind Hunt's head for a while, and pulled out a transparent crystal big-bellied bottle.
"That's it," Hunter said with a complex look in his eyes. "After the master got Victor's potion, he kept thinking about the ingredients inside and making an antidote to remove the potion's effects. But until the master lost consciousness, he only completed a half-finished product. But the master is sure that as long as he can complete this antidote, he can directly dissolve the beneficial effects brought by the potion."
Thor observed the potion carefully, "But given your master's current condition, he might not survive even if the potion's effects are removed... Oh, right, since you want him to be free anyway, it doesn't matter whether he lives or not."
Hunter gritted his teeth, but had to admit that Thor was right.
"This mission is not an easy one. Even if I can develop an antidote, I still have to face Ralph again to free him. It's too dangerous, and I can't imagine what reward you can give me to take this risk."
Hunter immediately said, "I know the formula for the antidote. The master is only a little bit away from completing it."
Hunter first took the initiative to reduce the difficulty of the task, and then said: "If you can develop the potion, I will pass on Lord Ralph's inheritance of flesh and blood witchcraft to you. Flesh and blood witchcraft is the inheritance of the Bloodthorn family for hundreds of years."
"Not enough." Thor shook his head decisively.
Hunter was stunned. He never expected that the background of a wizard family could not impress the boy opposite him at all.
He gritted his teeth and continued, "There are also decades of research notes by Lord Ralph. These not only include flesh and blood witchcraft, but also the knowledge and experiences contributed by many wandering wizards. After being refined and verified by Lord Ralph, they were condensed into a book called "Blood Catalog."
"Anything else?" Thor said expressionlessly.
Hunter opened his mouth, almost forgetting that he didn't need to breathe, "Sir... this is already the most valuable thing in Ralph Manor. I don't think you would care about other mundane gold and silver."
"I don't want gold and silver, I just want knowledge. A family that has been passed down for a hundred years shouldn't have only the catalog summarized by Ralph, right?" Thor stared at Hunt.
Hunt stared at Thor blankly, and suddenly realized, "Are you interested in the things from the last era? There are some here, but they are all records without basis, and even their authenticity cannot be verified."
Thor's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that he had asked the right question. "Then don't worry about it. Anyway, the price you have offered is not enough to drive me to risk my life. As for the other things, I need to take a look first."
"I see. Please move the bench under the table and put it neatly on the right side."
Xiao Zao immediately came out to do the job.
“Crack!”
When the chair in the compartment was pushed under the long table, a spring sound was heard, and the stone tiles on the ground where the chair was originally located suddenly bounced up.
Xiao Zao went in and poked his head in, but didn't find any dangerous mechanism, so he retracted his head back to the back of Thor's neck.
Thor walked over and leaned over.
This small mechanism does not contain any witchcraft elements, so there is no magical fluctuation. Instead, it is easy to be ignored by wizards who are accustomed to using magic to detect.
This small secret compartment is half a meter deep and contains a pile of books, a pile of papers, and several witchcraft scrolls.
Thor looked at the scroll and found only one level 1 sorcery, secondary fireball. The others were all level 0 sorcery.
Thor really didn't understand why the 0th level witchcraft was made into a scroll. He casually threw the scroll to the ground and took out the book from the secret compartment and stood it on the ground.
Look at the title and guess the content.
Intuition says there is nothing here.
Finally, Thor picked up the pile of scattered papers of varying thickness and material and flipped through them quickly with his thumb.
Strings of characters that I could understand and couldn't understand flashed before my eyes.
Suddenly, Thor stopped, pulled out a few sheets of paper, and his eyes gradually brightened.
These pieces of paper described that when the Bloodthorn Family became independent, they brought out a book from the Bloodrose Family, called the Diary of a Dead Wizard! Although the following pages did not specifically describe the contents of the diary, they also mentioned some of its origins and family rumors about it.
The Blood Rose family did not attach importance to this book, so they passed it to Ralph's ancestors casually.
"This diary is indeed not passed down by the ancestors of the Bloodthorn family. It seems that there is another story behind its origin."
He quickly scanned the words on the paper.
Behind Thor, Hunt, who was left with only a head placed on the cabinet, could not see whether Thor, who had his back to him, had found any satisfactory results.
He felt distressed and nervous when he saw Thor casually put aside the family's treasured knowledge.
Hunter was not afraid that Thor would take these things away. After all, they were all unverified knowledge and vague records. Anyway, Hunter had not yet handed over the most important flesh and blood witchcraft and Lord Ralph's notes to Thor.
He was afraid that Thor would not agree to take the risk in the end, and then he would be really powerless.
Thor was the only person who could enter the basement for such a long time, so Hunter chose to cooperate with him.
If Thor doesn't agree in the end, Hunt really doesn't know if he can still wait for the second person.
At this time, Thor stood up and stuffed a few papers into his arms. He turned around and said, "Hant, is there anything else you are hiding from me?"
"No more, sir."
"Then explain it to me. Since you have turned into a head and are placed here, how do you know that your master has been locked up on the fourth floor as insect feed?"
(End of this chapter)
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