[{"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-622":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},1380943,1828,"Chapter 622: Displacement","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-622",622,"\u003Cp>Saul dragged the little girl and quickly ascended to the top of the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he reached the topmost floor, he discovered it was completely empty—there wasn't even a single chair on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor was dusty gray, completely at odds with the manor's magnificent style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, Saul didn't see any anomalous objects either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He freed the little girl's mouth again: \"Why isn't there the anomaly you mentioned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl stared wide-eyed ahead: \"This isn't the tower top.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul was puzzled, but the stairs had ended and there were no other floors above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether using meditation techniques or the Eye of Banishment, Saul saw no other rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped directly to the overhead wall, feeling along the wall's crevices, trying to find physical mechanisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This wall's texture is quite nice—feels much more comfortable than the tower top's floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tower was decorated so strangely, actually arranging the ceiling so exquisitely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Saul even more certain there must be mechanisms here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the little girl was completely unaffected by threats. When Saul pressed her again, she just giggled and said, \"This isn't the tower top.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul was somewhat confused, feeling like some thought was flickering in his mind, but he could never grasp that clear point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Saul heard someone approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new footsteps weren't hurried and carried a hint of cheerful leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, approaching the tower top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul again hid with the little girl in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the footsteps reached the last step, Saul still saw no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul's brow gradually furrowed, but he made no sound and didn't emerge from the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invisible footsteps wandered around the room for several minutes before leisurely leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Saul was about to reveal himself, he heard a second set of footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These footsteps belong to another person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Saul still couldn't see the second footsteps' owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the visitors to the room were ghosts, existing in a world of the dead that Saul couldn't see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These footsteps are somewhat strange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first footsteps were light and ethereal, making it impossible to pinpoint where in the room their owner was wandering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second footsteps were much clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such clear sounds made Saul even more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul slowly raised his head, looking at the overhead wall. A thought hidden in his mind for a long time finally gradually became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped hiding and emerged from the corner, but didn't remove Little Algae and the girl's disguise, still keeping them hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul alone, maintaining high vigilance, slowly walked to the room's center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he didn't even hide his footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Saul deliberately stepped on the ground to make noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second person's footsteps, which had been wandering in the room, suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if someone had noticed something, stopped their original movement, remained quiet, and listened intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul deliberately took a second step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thud!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footstep echoed in the empty room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tap tap tap tap tap...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul's footsteps completely startled the second person, but their reaction was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They actually ran away directly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unlike the reaction pursuers should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul didn't chase after them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept looking up, as if watching something very interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pulled backward, bringing Little Algae and the girl hidden in the corner to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his gaze was still fixed on the overhead wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know why the second person's footsteps sounded strange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl blinked her big eyes without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though receiving no answer, Saul's gaze toward the little girl was very certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said softly: \"The second person's footsteps came from the overhead wall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thinking carefully now, the first person's footsteps weren't very clear, but they should also have come from the overhead wall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul looked at the little girl, saying word by word: \"Those two people just now were walking on the ceiling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul recalled the obviously strange places he had ignored along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not that they were walking on the overhead wall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's that I was walking on the ceiling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So those black iron tables in the corridor weren't tables at all—they were chandeliers hanging from above!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the overhead wall felt better because that's where the stone floor actually is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul flew up, pressing himself against the overhead wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From this angle, this room isn't the tower top at all, but the tower's bottom floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul returned to what he perceived as the ground: \"Am I right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the little girl seemed to be playing dumb: \"What are you talking about? I don't understand. Anyway, my treasure is at the tower top.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh.\" Saul pressed one hand on the little girl's head: \"Then let's go to the tower top—which is what I perceive as the tower bottom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had Little Algae wrap the girl into a cocoon again, then dragged her and turned to go downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the manor madam's room, a humanoid black shadow suddenly appeared. After failing to ambush Lucy, it was pinned to the wall by Red-beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before everyone could study the black shadow's composition, second, third, and fourth shadows shot in from outside the balcony like arrows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group, still unable to recover their spellcasting abilities, could only fight back or dodge using objects in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, one female butler's head was covered by a black shadow monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the female butler was a key clue figure in this manor, Lucy, Red-beard and others immediately went to rescue her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after they used candelabras and broken chair pieces to knock off the black shadow, they discovered the female butler's head had already been corroded by more than half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining small half was half white and bubbling, while the other half was gurgling blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person naturally couldn't survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butler fell down like a normal corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The just-fallen corpse rotted and decomposed at an incredible speed, then rapidly turned into a pool of rotten flesh before everyone's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone's hearts immediately turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These black shadows' attacks were too terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The several people who had originally wanted to battle the shadows immediately gave up and retreated from the room, working together to close the door and drag over a nearby cabinet to block it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other female butler escaped with them, but her face showed no fear. She even turned back to urge them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find the madam. Otherwise the demons will dissolve all of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it.\" Red-beard's expression was ugly: \"These black shadows are a countdown. If we can't bring back the manor's madam, this place will probably be full of shadow monsters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lucy became even more certain of her earlier guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or rather, we either find a way to retrieve the stolen madam, or find a way to enter the other space where the thief is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as her words fell, the blocked room door shattered with a crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several black shadows shot out from the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were so fast, they splattered against the opposite corridor wall with crackling sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before people could find it funny, they pulled themselves up from the wall one by one, staring straight at the wizards in the corridor with their featureless black faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many of these shadows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago there were only one or two humanoid shadows, but now there seemed to be nearly a hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying pressure immediately made everyone's breathing stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Red-beard grabbed the female butler standing beside him and hurled her hard at the shadows about to attack again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the butler hit the wall, she was immediately enveloped by countless black shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her shadow-wrapped body began rapidly shrinking and deforming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several drops of murky fluid flowed to the ground through shadow gaps, emitting a nauseating smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he threw the butler, Red-beard turned and ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run!\" Lucy's expression was ugly as she also ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had originally had several more questions to ask the butler, but hadn't expected Red-beard to directly sacrifice her to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now wasn't the time to blame him—they needed to survive this crisis first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1361,"2026-06-05T22:22:28.368Z",1,"novelbin.me","2cb76c28d25ab000b22f73b81825499cfff9dafe4253fad9a9459f4c202a14ef","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-623","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-621",1037,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdiary-of-a-dead-wizard-cover.jpg"]