Chapter 54: Byron, the Accountant
Jenna was stunned and quickly retracted her waving hands to her chest.
The names of the two people lingered in her mind.
"It was Keli. She said she asked me to come to you at three o'clock." She blurted out one of the numbers.
"Who mentioned me before Keli?"
"Du, Duke said that too." Jenna's voice became lower.
Duke?
Thor raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Duke to be involved.
As for the extent of the involvement, it depends on subsequent developments.
"Didn't you say that a second-level apprentice reminded you?" Thor urged impatiently.
This time Jenna really hesitated.
Senior Xi De helped her, but also warned her not to mention him to outsiders, otherwise it would cause him a lot of trouble.
Jenna was very grateful to senior Sid, who essentially saved her life, and she didn't want to cause any trouble for him.
"Are you still trying to be mysterious when asking for help?" Thor sneered and decided to ignore Jenna again.
He took a step back, as if intending to close the door.
"Wait, let me tell you!" Jenna immediately became anxious when she saw this. She changed from sitting to crawling and took two steps forward. "Yes..."
“Bang!”
There was a crisp sound like a huge stick hitting a watermelon.
Jenna's head exploded in front of Thor.
Something splashed over.
Thor had no time to react, so he could only close his eyes, raise his arms, and lean his body backwards.
After a moment, Thor put down his left hand, and there were bloodstains on his sleeve.
He looked at the girl in the red dress lying on the ground, and he didn't feel too surprised.
"Dozer, Rocky, and so many others have joined the mutual aid group, but you're the only one who was alerted to the parasite. It's a pity that there are only a few good people in this wizard tower, and the one you met is obviously not one of them."
The big man curled up at the entrance of the corridor did not react to what happened here and remained motionless like a corpse.
The second door next door opened slightly, and Hayden's face flashed behind the door. He immediately closed the door after seeing Jenna's body.
And the next moment, someone came out from the depths of the dim corridor.
Byron casually glanced at Jenna lying on the ground, then turned to look at Thor, "Hmm?"
No one paid attention to the corpse on the ground, but the living person standing in the corridor was thoroughly examined with magic.
"Yeah." Byron took a step back and shook his head, telling Thor that there was nothing wrong with him.
Thor took off his coat and wiped the blood and flesh that splattered on his cheeks and arms.
When I looked up, I saw Byron pulling a small notebook out of his mouth and using a pen to draw on it.
The book recorded the credits Byron owed Saul, and every time he did something for Saul, he would consciously deduct the credits he owed.
This is also what Saul admires about Byron.
It is extremely rare for a person to be able to distinguish between gratitude and resentment and to make equal exchanges.
Thor stared at the red dress on the ground, which was even more gorgeous because of the blood, and frowned.
"Um?"
Thor shook his head slightly, "I don't feel guilty."
Thor always thought that he was the only one who was unlucky. After entering the wizard tower, he was always on the brink of death.
Now it seems that there are many people who are more unfortunate than him, and other people do not live in a worry-free world either.
At least Thor had the foresight to foresee his death, but Jenna probably didn't know what was happening to her until the moment before she died.
She thought she had seen the light, but she actually fell into the abyss.
Byron looked indifferent, he had seen too much death.
The girl's body gave him the feeling that another person who was reckless and dared to challenge the tower master's rules was starting to challenge the tower master's rules .
As Byron scanned Jenna's body, he suddenly noticed something and walked over to lean over to check.
After a moment, he suddenly took a step back and threw out a black mist in his hand. The black mist was like a giant python, completely swallowing Jenna.
The corpse swelled high in the black mist, and then made a sharp sizzling sound.
There were some thin strip-like things that attacked the black fog from the inside.
The black fog kept rising and falling, and it felt like it would be punctured at any time.
But in the end, Black Mist won.
Its shape no longer changed, and it continued to tightly wrap the girl inside.
Byron waved his hand, and the black mist dissipated as if it had evaporated on the spot.
Jenna's body appeared in front of the two of them again. The exposed part made Thor couldn't help but take a step back and quickly threw away the coat in his hand.
Countless blood holes appeared on Jenna's body, and her whole body became like a hornet's nest, with not a single piece of intact skin.
The blood seemed to be swallowed by something, and there was not much blood left on the ground. The originally bright red dress also became tattered.
"What is that?"
“Swish—”
Byron did not answer immediately, and the sound of writing was heard from the other side.
Thor turned his head and saw that the other party had taken out paper and pen and started to deduct the credits owed.
After Byron finished writing, he stabbed himself reluctantly.
"An out-of-control parasite, something the Mutual Aid Society uses to control newcomers. Normally it won't attack the host, but it's become like this, probably because someone did something else to it."
Byron walked forward, picked up the corner of the red dress, dragged the body to the morgue, and placed it directly into the large box under the operating table.
"There's something on it, like a curse, or a kind of marking witchcraft, don't touch it."
He added, glancing again at Thor's left hand hidden in his sleeve.
"The left hand works, but the right hand doesn't."
But Thor had no intention of studying parasites, and he didn't want to touch anything related to the mutual aid society.
Moreover, the person who did something to Jenna was most likely Sid, who had murderous intentions. He would certainly not put himself in danger out of curiosity.
Besides parasites, what else is there on Jenna's body? "Senior," Thor spread his hands, "If I had gone to check the body just now, would I have been attacked by parasites?"
"Yes, those parasites are very aggressive."
An attack by parasites can be dangerous.
Even if Byron didn't show up, Saul would have the diary reminder and would not be in real crisis.
Jenna, whom Sid sent over after much detours, is this all she is good for?
"Then please help me take a closer look to see if I have any other similar curses or marks that don't look like they would cause any harm to the body." Thor smiled up at Byron, "You can deduct any credits you want."
Byron was shocked when he heard this.
He narrowed his eyes and slowly rolled up his sleeves.
…
Jenna has been missing for three days.
Rocky searched all the places they had been, but found no trace of them.
These days, Thor still didn't come to class, and Rocky didn't even have the chance to question him.
That day, Duke only told Jenna about Thor's location. Rocky wanted to listen, but was kicked out.
That's obviously his dormitory!
There was no other way, the anxious Rocky could only drag Doze, who had a better relationship with Duke, to find Duke.
"Duke, Jenna has been missing for three days!"
"Oh." Duke seemed indifferent.
Rocky was a little angry, "Why aren't you worried at all?"
Duke smiled and spread his hands towards Rocky, "Jenna obviously ran into some trouble when she went to find Thor. Maybe she's solving the problem in the past three days. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"What kind of trouble do you need to solve that you don't show up for so many days?"
Duke is transcribing notes.
The books borrowed from the library were too expensive. Every apprentice raced against time and copied the books day and night after borrowing them, just to return the books earlier and spend less magic crystals.
As he copied, he said, "I don't know either! I asked her, but she didn't want to say. Did Jenna tell you?"
Of course not.
Otherwise, Rocky wouldn't be looking around like a headless fly.
"Then can you tell me where Thor is? I'll go find him."
"Where Thor is..." Duke finally stopped writing, his mouth curled down, "It's not a good place. If you have nothing to do, it's better not to go there."
Duke seemed to feel that he couldn't copy the book properly because he was disturbed by Rocky, so he simply put down his pen and looked up to comfort his friend.
"Although Thor is a bit cruel, you don't have to worry too much, Jenna. After all, this is a wizard tower. We have the tower master and mentors to look after us. According to the rules, apprentices are not allowed to kill each other."
These words may sound like consolation at first, but they are terrifying when you think about them more carefully.
Doze, who didn't want to meddle in other people's business, suddenly changed his expression and pulled Rocky's sleeve.
Rocky shook off Dozer and asked forcefully, "What do you want me to tell you, where is Thor?"
Duke sighed and held up two fingers.
"Two magic crystals."
Thank you all readers for your support.
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