[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-diary-of-a-dead-wizard":3,"chapter-diary-of-a-dead-wizard-diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-587":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Diary of a Dead Wizard",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1380908,1828,"Chapter 587: New Corpse-Scavenging Ideas","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-587",587,"\u003Cp>After Saul explained Noah's future tasks to him, he became a hands-off boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the little boy over to Agu and other consciousness bodies for learning, while he once again left the wizard tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time when leaving, he brought Herman, who had regained peak speed through soul armament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this time he had new corpse-scavenging ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the body stripped from Brando, Saul had completed the trial run of the magic reservoir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire array operated smoothly and could already produce pure magical power, though the efficiency was low and output was small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To increase output, he needed to input large amounts of magic-rich items into the magic reservoir. Such as magic crystals, magical materials, and even some powerful magical tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had these things, but not nearly enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to improve magical power conversion rates, he needed more corpses of first-rank wizards and above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, corpse-scavenging in the Borderland was very difficult, and recently even fewer people ventured out for adventures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Saul discovered that the hunting party Noah had belonged to was an excellent corpse-scavenging target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, they operated independently, and second, they went to quite dangerous areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the wizards in the team would hide outside while sending ordinary people to take risks, who could say clearly what the safe distance from dangerous areas actually was?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they were Wind Sprite's people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind Sprite had sent people to test Saul several times, and later killed Justin who had already confessed to Saul. This made Saul increasingly feel strong danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the other party had been quiet recently, Saul wouldn't relax because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Saul didn't mind scavenging corpses from Wind Sprite's subordinate hunting parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't even mind actively creating some himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul followed the direction the hunting party had left two days ago, deliberately avoiding some hidden mental power markers along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind Sprite's hunting party had tasks to complete and needed to waste ordinary people's lives for detection, so they definitely couldn't move very fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chasing for a day, Saul saw the lead wizard Brown outside a rather dangerous abandoned manor not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had also visited this abandoned manor before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said to be where a mutated wizard had died. Later, someone wanted to occupy the manor's location and cast spells to clear the remaining damaged buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But several months later, when others passed by and came to check, they discovered this place had somehow returned to being the original abandoned manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the collapsed walls and scratches on the walls were exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, this manor had a new name—Old Days Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Saul entered this manor, he hadn't encountered any anomalies, but when he tried to destroy the rooms here, he received a death warning from the diary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he understood this place temporarily couldn't be provoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this manor didn't seem to object to others entering to visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul sealed his magical power fluctuations and mental power fluctuations, hiding behind the chaotic bushes around the manor's perimeter, watching the group inside from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Brown and four other apprentices stood expressionlessly outside the manor's main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from their occasional glances toward the entrance, one could tell several people had been waiting for some time and were somewhat impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, there were still four ordinary people in this team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Noah had told Saul that when they set out, the team had a full twenty-four ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over a month, so many people had already died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent being discovered by others watching him, Saul observed the wizards' movements through the bronze pillars in front of the manor buildings and the glass windows on the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he shifted his gaze to the window again, he found there were no longer any human figures reflected in the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul's eyes narrowed. He didn't act rashly, only confirming again that his mental power and magical power were completely sealed before slowly shifting his sight to the main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, Brown and the other wizards with four ordinary people still stood at the gate, without even changing their postures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul frowned and carefully shifted his gaze to the window again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was still no reflection of anyone in the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly went wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had the abandoned manor's windows suddenly lost their reflective ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was that hunting party... not actually there at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul hid in place for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, regardless of exposure, he directly observed the group standing in front of the manor's main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people weren't completely motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would also shift their weight, scratch their hair, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as time passed, Saul discovered that although these people moved, not one of them had moved their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, there's something wrong with these people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul raised his hand, aiming at Brown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silver butterfly the size of a grain of rice suddenly flew from his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This butterfly first rested on nearby leaves for a moment, then fluttered toward Brown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After approaching the group, the butterfly didn't land on anyone's shoulder but flew in a circle around them before returning to Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Saul, you guessed right. Those people, oh no, they're no longer people. I think your corpse-scavenging plan might have hit a snag.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul extended his index finger to support Penny and stood up from the bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he revealed his form and exposed his magical power fluctuations, the people standing in front of the abandoned manor didn't turn to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming that all the people before him had problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the problems weren't small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even suspected whether these people were all already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul slowly walked over, constantly monitoring the diary's movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he walked all the way to Wizard Brown's front, the diary still hadn't warned him of mortal danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Saul finally discovered the anomaly in Brown and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Saul looked from a distance, he hadn't noticed anything wrong with this person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he approached, he found these people looked somewhat strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their resolution was slightly low, not appearing as clear as real objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul squinted and observed carefully, only to discover these people were actually composed of millions of tiny squares!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they moved, those squares composing their bodies would appear even more blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul kicked up a small stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone struck Brown, who immediately scattered to the ground with a \"clatter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rules have changed,\" Saul thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not all rule changes would be as gentle as Rhine Lake's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the time, it meant needing to use human lives to pile up again and crack new rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Brown wizard before him was at least a first-rank wizard. Perhaps it was because their testing journey had been too smooth—anyway, only ordinary people died—that they had relaxed their vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Saul felt a chill surge through his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly jumped backward, instantly retreating ten meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Days Manor's main gate suddenly made a huge noise, as if someone inside had heavily crashed into the gate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate was slammed outward with a shock. Only because it was secured with several layers of locks, it merely opened a small crack before bouncing back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul, who had been staring at the gate, saw a black shadow behind the door in that instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the crack the door opened was too narrow, and Saul couldn't clearly see what was behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Saul, very strong resentment is coming from behind the door,\" Penny's voice also became serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul nodded. The moment the door was slammed open, the diary had opened in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lunar Calendar Year 319, May 27th,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even abandoned manors have days of restored glory,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrifying shadows are merely the master's invitation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you approach,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They will enthusiastically pull you in,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember to bring your gift,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such as the fresh life of a first-rank wizard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1328,"2026-06-05T22:22:24.277Z",1,"novelbin.me","60fcd9f0ac5d655438c88b5da44ccc73b56aee72837c8e241b9cacc2fd51c1bd","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-588","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-586",1037,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdiary-of-a-dead-wizard-cover.jpg"]