[{"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-785":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},1381056,1828,"Chapter 785: We Meet Again, Big Brother","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-785",785,"\u003Cp>Nero hadn't expected that when Nathan said he was bringing reinforcements, he would actually bring Instructor Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Instructor Saul was just a first-rank instructor—so what if he had recently taken a position at the Academy of Practice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Parin was also high-ranking in the Academy of Practice and wouldn't care about a talented newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Instructor Saul, Wizard Parin probably won't listen to our pleas.\" Nero respected Saul very much and didn't want him to take risks, especially for an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nathan, who had come with Saul, stepped forward to pull Nero aside. \"Instructor Saul isn't here to plead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nero looked at Nathan with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since advancing to true wizard status, Nathan hadn't been to the lecture hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nero hadn't expected him to be so close to Instructor Saul, it seemed to be more than just a classroom acquaintance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two wait here.\" Saul didn't explain anything to Nero. He looked up at the white-walled, gray-tiled building before him, his gaze sweeping over the gray-green moss winding along the walls, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just successfully advanced to first-rank true wizard, but looking at Saul still felt unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Instructor Saul... was more than first-rank?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saul had the two wait outside while he stepped into the house before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exterior of this house used plants and architectural patterns to set up very subtle defensive and warning formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though these formations could resist wizards below second-rank, they had little effect on Saul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had several methods to enter without alerting those inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Mina's safety, Saul chose the most concealed method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, and a silver butterfly gracefully emerged from his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butterfly started only rice-grain sized, then grew larger and larger until it was palm-sized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It silently flapped its wings and disappeared into the brick and tile house without causing any disturbance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two newly advanced formal wizards nearby looked blankly at the empty space between Saul and the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have seen something, yet seemed to have noticed nothing, dazed and confused as if they had dozed off in the middle of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a dark room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wizard with graying hair, disheveled beard, and rough skin as if burned by fire stood before an experiment table splattered with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the experiment table lay the little girl he had brought back today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl was under a curse, her body powerless, limbs spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her consciousness was still clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the dark room, dim candles, and the terrifying old man before her, she showed no fear or dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This greatly satisfied Parin, confirming that the little girl before him was indeed a natural medium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natural mediums could see spirits and illusions invisible to ordinary people without learning magical knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lived from childhood in a terrifying, gloomy world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What ordinary people saw as delicious roasted goose appeared to natural mediums as gray, decaying limbs oozing thick fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pink and white petals dancing in the sky might be lips opening wide but unable to make sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clean, sunlit streets of the city would become a horrific hell where giant worms occasionally crawled past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natural mediums lived constantly in fear, but these fears couldn't truly harm them. Over time, their fear would gradually become numbness, finally transforming into emotionally deficient monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the little girl Parin had found this time was somewhat different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lacked the numbness typical of natural mediums. Instead, she seemed like an excessively calm little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Parin's own strong mental power talent, a casual glance from others wouldn't notice the little girl's special nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Parin discovered the little girl's special nature, he couldn't immediately confirm she was a natural medium. So to verify his guess, he conducted a very direct experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had removed the little girl's forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One centimeter above her eyebrows, he cut directly, then removed the upper half of her skull, exposing the pink-white, slightly trembling brain tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to magical effects, the little girl felt no pain. Her eyes kept moving, showing no fear, only curiosity and confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She occasionally tried hard to roll her eyes upward, seemingly wanting to see clearly the wound atop her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps in her natural medium's vision, something was already slowly crawling outward from the wound in her skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this looked so horrific.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this house's exterior was decorated beautifully and exquisitely according to Sky City's consistent style, its interior could never change the master's coldness and cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps thinking that kidnapping a third-level wizard apprentice's relative wasn't a big deal, the dignified second-rank wizard Parin had no intention of concealing his motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't afraid of the little girl's father coming for revenge afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the other party was truly so ignorant, he'd let him become a corpse to feed the whisper flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the little girl's brain tissue, Parin found the answer that satisfied him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed a natural medium, and completely without developed magical power—the freshest fruit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parin was already considering how to turn the little girl into a potion to enhance his spiritual entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half skull in his hand was still dripping blood. Parin casually threw this now-useless bone into a large water tank by the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splash—bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skull fell into the water, creating a small splash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, a shadow hidden underwater suddenly shot out, pouncing on the skull like a hound starved for three days, creating an even larger splash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the water tank was very deep and large. The splashing waves hit the glass but could only slide down powerlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swallowing the blood-stained skull, the creature in the tank gradually sank down, lurking in the underwater shadows and disappearing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I make it directly into a potion to consume, or first make it into a magical tool?\" After confirming the little girl's identity, Parin hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making it into a potion would provide one-time mental power enhancement, but if his absorption efficiency was low, it might cause waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making it into a magical tool, like a flesh and blood hat, could be used long-term, but the speed was slower—only enhancing mental power through daily accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method had higher utilization efficiency, but in Sky City where high-rank wizards were everywhere, there was risk of being robbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially those old guys at the Academy of Practice—they could take it for a hundred years just with the excuse of 'research reference'!\" Thinking of his past experiences, Parin angrily made up his mind. \"I'll make it directly into a potion. Though the utilization rate is lower, at least only I can enjoy it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he turned to get reagents from the cabinet behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he turned back around, he was shocked to discover that a young man had silently appeared beside the little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked down at the little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl also tried hard to open her eyes wide to look at the man, then showed a sweet smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We meet again, big brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1177,"2026-06-05T22:22:30.047Z",1,"novelbin.me","55b0318844c60e05c2b9cce54c1deedde76de1cf9c033dfec17f453b9a90eb45","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-786","diary-of-a-dead-wizard-chapter-784",1037,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdiary-of-a-dead-wizard-cover.jpg"]