Chapter 628: The Betrayer

A trace of relief flashed in the young man's eyes.

Then, he tilted his head and lost his breath. Before he died, he still held his wife's body tightly in his arms, as if he was still feeling guilty.

Enzo took a deep breath and continued to move forward.

It has been more than a hundred years since he embarked on the wizard journey. Enzo has experienced too many things. He originally thought that his heart was as strong as iron and would not be affected by anything.

But now, facing the horror of the abyss restricted area, Enzo can hardly suppress the anger in his heart.

The entire mechanical tower has been shrouded by the curse of the gluttonous demon god. Strictly speaking, this place has become a space similar to a cursed castle. Everyone in it is affected by the curse to varying degrees.

Including Bourne, the owner of the mechanical tower.

At the same time, he is also the one who is most severely cursed. The more Enzo walks towards the top of the tower, the stronger the breath of the abyss can be felt, which means that he is getting closer and closer to the direction where Bourne is.

Not long after, Enzo finally came to a room.

Pushing open the door of the room, a horrifying scene came into view. In the dark room, Bourne, who was almost left with only a head, looked extremely pale, but his eyes were shining with a firm luster.

And around him, hungry ghosts were staring at him.

Trapped in the mechanical tower for half a month, Bourne was always facing the curse of the abyss. The nature of the hungry ghosts around him was somewhat similar to the cursed spirits. They looked at Bourne greedily, eager to tear flesh from his body.

And in fact, this was the case.

With the ability of Bourne, a first-level wizard, he could not get rid of the curse of the gluttonous demon god. Therefore, the only way to resist the invasion of the curse was to tear flesh from his body to suppress the hungry ghosts around him.

In half a month, Bourne's flesh and blood had been almost exhausted.

Now he only had a head and magic crystals wrapped by blood vessels. Even with the wizard's strong physique, this state was already dying. Fortunately, Bourne was a mechanical wizard and could rely on mechanical organs to maintain life.

Until this moment, the door was finally opened.

Bourne slowly opened his eyes and saw a black-robed wizard. A trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes. He didn't know whether the visitor was a fallen wizard or a support from the academy.

"What a mess."

Enzo sighed and shook his head. Bourne's current state seemed to be extremely embarrassed, but fortunately, the magic crystal and the head were still there, and his life was not in danger. Moreover, Bourne was originally a mechanical wizard, and his body had been modified a lot.

At the same time, the hungry ghosts around also noticed Enzo.

They turned their heads, with greedy luster in their eyes, and rushed towards Enzo without hesitation, making a low roar.

"Humph!"

Enzo snorted coldly, and the surrounding light floated. In an instant, the hungry ghosts who attacked from all around were killed in the face.

Not far away, a trace of surprise flashed in Bourne's eyes.

The hungry ghosts in the mechanical tower are different from ordinary hungry ghosts. Their nature is similar to the cursed spirits. If the curse cannot be broken, then no matter how many times they are killed, these hungry ghosts can be resurrected.

In the early days when the mechanical tower was cursed, Bourne also tried to resist.

He killed all the hungry ghosts at least ten times, but they reappeared soon after. Bourne inferred that these hungry ghosts might come from his own hunger desire, which was the embodiment of the curse.

But now, the hungry ghosts were wiped out again.

Bourne could feel that the curse around him had disappeared. It was not broken by analysis and calculation, but by pure power destruction.

"What kind of strength is this?"

A trace of fear flashed in Bourne's eyes. The source of the curse of the Abyss Forbidden Zone came from the Gluttony Demon, one of the Seven Deadly Sins of the Abyss. That was a legendary sixth-level life form. It was almost impossible to violently break his curse.

"Second-level wizard?"

Bourne thought in his heart and said secretly: "No! At least a third-level wizard. The curse of the Abyss Forbidden Zone cannot be broken even by the head of the Campbell family. Unless a third-level wizard takes action, it will never be so easy."

The head of the Campbell family is a second-level wizard.

But even he was unable to break the curse of the gluttonous demon. In this abyss restricted area, he could not even protect himself. His only hope was to spread the news to the outside world and ask for help from the academy.

"Is it the support of the Crow Phantom?"

Bourne's eyes flashed with a gleam, but then he was a little confused and said to himself, "Why do I feel like I have seen it there?"

"Long time no see, Bourne."

At this time, Enzo had already spoken and walked straight towards Bourne, looking at Bourne, who was left with only his head and magic crystals.

"You are..."

Bourne's face flashed with a trace of thought, and a memory from a long time ago flashed, which immediately made him widen his eyes and said in surprise, "Enzo!?"

"Oh my God, you are still alive?"

Enzo's face showed a bitter smile. After leaving the wizard world for a hundred years, almost everyone thought he was dead. In fact, it was true. Generally speaking, few people who disappeared for a hundred years can return to the wizard world again.

Bourne's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Let's talk about the past later."

Enzo shook his head, looked around and said, "You should find a way to solve your current situation first. Is there anything I can help with?"

Bourne thought for a moment and said, "How are your biology and mechanical transformation studies?"

"Do you want me to help you with mechanical transformation?" Enzo understood what Bourne meant. Now he only had a head left. If he wanted to recover, he would first need to create a new body.

"Yes, there are plenty of materials in my tower."

Bourne nodded. As a mechanical wizard, there were many materials in his tower that could be used for mechanical transformation, and even many spare mechanical bodies. Enzo only needed to help him assemble them.

"No problem." Enzo said.

Half an hour later, Bourne stood up in a liquid nutrient tank. Looking at the bionic limbs that were no different from his flesh, a satisfied smile appeared on his pale face.

"Your skills are really good." Bourne sighed.

Then, he jumped out of the liquid nutrient tank, walked to a mirror, and looked at the new body. The main body of this body was made of special metal, and the energy reactor on the chest was connected to the magic crystal.

Although it is not comparable to the previous body, after this mechanical transformation, Bourne's strength has recovered by at least 50%. Next, he just needs to wait until everything is over and then slowly transform it.

"What happened in the Xingtong Kingdom?"

After rescuing Bourne, Enzo's goal of this trip has been completed, but he is not going to leave yet, so he asked, "The fallen people of the Skeleton Castle are acting in the Xingtong Kingdom. Didn't the Campbell family report it to the academy?"

"Alas! Everything is too sudden."

Bourne's face showed a trace of helplessness, frowning and saying, "The actions of the Skeleton Castle in the Dark Extreme Region have always been very secretive. No one knows that their base camp is actually built in the Xingtong Kingdom."

"This Abyss Forbidden Zone incident is not that simple!"

"The fallen people of the Skeleton Castle have been planning for a long time. They seem to plan to rely on the power of the Glutton Demon God to promote a group of second-level wizards in the organization to the third level, or even the fourth level."

Hearing Bourne's words, Enzo frowned slightly.

Then, Bourne spoke again, shook his head, and said in a serious tone, "The Skeleton Castle's actions were so smooth, not only because of their own strength, but also because of the help of the traitors of the Campbell family!"

"Traitors of the Campbell family?" Enzo raised his eyebrows.

Bourne's face was gloomy, and he said, "Yes, although I don't know who it is, I can be sure that there are fallen people in the Campbell family. It is with the help of the traitors that the Skeleton Castle can successfully turn the Xingtong Kingdom into the Abyss Forbidden Zone!"

"So that's it." Enzo muttered to himself.

The little doubt in his heart before was finally answered. The Xingtong Kingdom is not weak among the kingdoms in the Dark Extreme Domain. It also has a wizard family sitting in it, and the head of the Campbell family is a second-level wizard.

The Skeleton Castle is just a fallen wizard organization that everyone wants to fight.

Why can they successfully launch the Abyss Forbidden Zone in the Xingtong Kingdom? It seems that in addition to the sacrifice to the Glutton Demon God, it is more of the help of traitors, and the traitors are from the Campbell family of the Xingtong Kingdom.

"Any inferences?" Enzo asked.

Bourne pondered for a moment and said hesitantly, "Among the wizards of the Campbell family, no one seems to be someone who would betray the family. However, there is a first-level wizard who is about to die and may go to extremes."

"Who?" Enzo asked.

"Joey Campbell!"

Bourne took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "This Campbell is the oldest official wizard in the family. If calculated by seniority, he is even the uncle of the clan leader. He is on the path of a guardian wizard, but he failed in his four attempts to reach the second-level realm. If nothing unexpected happens, he only has more than ten years left to live."

As he said that, Bourne sighed and said faintly.

"This Mr. Joey has always been respected in the family. I even received his favor when I first joined the Campbell family. I really don't want him to be the one who betrayed the family."

Enzo's eyes flickered.

According to Bourne, Joey Campbell should not be a very evil person, but as a first-level wizard whose life is about to end, he is indeed likely to do extreme things, which is also a weakness of human nature.

In the wizard world, the death of the guardian means the return of the true soul.

Strictly speaking, the return of the soul to the origin of the wizard world means the loss of memory and everything. Even if there may be reincarnation later, it will be a brand new life, which has little to do with the original soul.

Even wizards can hardly resist the fear of death.

According to Bourne's concept, most of the wizards of the Campbell family have a bright future. They have no reason to betray the family and cooperate with the fallen wizard. Perhaps only Joey, whose life span is about to end, has a little possibility.

However, Bourne is unwilling to believe that the gentle and friendly Joey wizard will betray the family.

"Joey wizard?"

Enzo murmured to himself, looking at Bourne, and said, "Do you have any items belonging to Joey wizard? Anything will do."

For a fourth-level wizard, the rules can be used to go back in time.

But if you want to check something that happened in the past, it is undoubtedly much easier with a medium. Enzo wants to confirm whether Joey wizard is a traitor, so naturally he needs an item that belongs to him.

Bourne thought for a moment and nodded.

Then he took out a brooch and handed it to Enzo, saying, "This is a gift from Mr. Joey when I married Judith. It is a magic item he made himself."

"Very good."

Enzo nodded, put the brooch in his palm, and then began to trace back the time picture with the power of rules.

In his mind, dark pictures kept flashing.

The long river of time seemed to appear in Enzo's heart, and gradually, the figure of Wizard Joey appeared. Since the birth of Wizard Joey, the three hundred years of experience were replayed in Enzo's mind like a movie.

"Wait a minute, it's here!"

Suddenly, Enzo's eyes flashed, and in Wizard Joey's picture, he saw a scene from a year ago. In a dark underground church, Wizard Joey was holding an oil lamp and chanting.

On the ground, there was the abyss mark and the altar of the gluttonous demon.

"Is it really him?"

Enzo raised his eyebrows. As Bourne inferred, the traitor who appeared in the Campbell family was really Wizard Joey. He prayed with the abyss mark and prayed for the abyss demon to descend his power.

And the copper lamp in Joey's hand was the magic item that captured the soul.

It turned out that before the Abyss Forbidden Zone of Xingtong Kingdom began, Joey had already begun to collect souls and offer sacrifices to the abyss to gain life. Such behavior was obviously a fallen wizard.

Suddenly, another figure appeared in the picture.

Enzo's pupils suddenly shrank, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. The figure of the silver-haired young man also came to the underground church. He turned a blind eye to the behavior of Joey the wizard, and it was obvious that he had known it for a long time.

"Wizard Frank?"

Enzo frowned slightly. Before going to the Abyss Forbidden Zone, he had conducted some investigations on the Campbell family, so he knew very well that the current patriarch of the Campbell family was the second-level wizard Frank.

And the head of the Campbell family actually appeared in the underground church.

This seems to mean that Frank has also fallen, and even the Abyss Forbidden Zone of Xingtong Kingdom was planned by him. Enzo saw this picture, and his heart couldn't help but become a little cold.

If the fall of Joey the wizard is the fear of death

Then Frank's behavior is even more unforgivable. The life span of a second-level wizard is at least a thousand years. Frank's life has just begun, but he chose to join the Abyss Demon God and betray the wizard civilization in pursuit of power.

"It's really stupid!"

Enzo couldn't help but sneer in his heart. As a second-level wizard, Frank's age is not considered old among second-level wizards. It can be said that he has a bright future. Choosing to join the Abyss is undoubtedly a very stupid decision.