After receiving Gorsa’s permission to participate in the Blue Water Soul Resurrection Project, Saul was imdiately kicked out of the 20th floor by the Tower Master himself.
Naturally, this matter couldn’t be hidden from the other participants in the experint.
Saul had been staying cautious, wondering if anyone would notice and try to ambush him.
But he found that the enemies were even more patient than he had imagined.
The first one to co looking for Saul, surprisingly, was his old "buddy"—Keli.
And again, it was early in the morning, knocking on his door, disturbing his sleep—oh, right, not sleep but dreams.
Saul had searched for another whole night, and he was starting to doubt his previous speculations.
"Could it really be that the enemies cleaned up too thoroughly?" Saul shook his head again. "No. Wanting to shatter the soul bodies was only to prevent the dead from talking."
Saul had never seen any artifact capable of absorbing all soul fragnts like the diary did, cleaning out all the malice so thoroughly.
Besides, even when wizard apprentices die, the chances of forming wraiths or vengeful spirits were extrely low. Most of the ti, they simply turned into regular spirits, wandering mindlessly, gradually shattering, and after a long ti, dissipating into one of the world's energies.
Keli, seeing Saul deep in thought again, slapped him hard on the shoulder, "Master Gudo said yesterday that you're also joining the Blue Water Soul Project. I figured your question yesterday about adhesives must’ve been related to that. Haha, so I ca early this morning to catch you!"
"Catch for what?" Saul had shown Gorsa his experintal results and learned about the Blue Water Soul resurrection experint only to investigate the potential hidden dangers inside the Grey Matter.
He had no intention of truly joining a crowd to conduct experints.
After all, his current research path was not only different from others—it was completely opposed.
"Actually, I still plan to—"
"Co on, co on, I'll treat you to a feast!" Keli said excitedly, a rare sight. "At worst, just show up occasionally. Otherwise, how will you keep up with the experint’s progress?"
Even with his mind full of thoughts, Saul couldn’t help but chuckle at Keli's antics. "Treat to a feast? What, you an sothing you made…?"
Hearing Saul trail off, Keli imdiately picked up the thread, "You know Master Gudo specializes in the poison elent. But not everything we make is poisonous! A lot of the materials are actually great. It's only after processing and mixing that toxins are produced…"
But Saul was no longer paying attention to what Keli said afterward.
He was thinking: if Keli’s "feast" counts as tasting sothing delicious, even though there was nothing particularly tasty here, it still reminded him inexplicably of the diary’s distant warning:
Madness calls out to you,
You choose to ignore it;
Chaos invites you to dance,
You shake your head and refuse;
Pain offers you a feast,
You lay down your napkin;
Resentnt sheds its garnts,
You close your eyes…
"Could it be that the diary’s distant warning wasn't only referring to Kongsha’s invitation?"
"Invitation... Invitation... Summoning?"
Saul had already linked "madness calls out to you" to Kongsha. Now, hearing Keli’s invitation, he was connecting "pain offers you a feast" to her as well.
He suddenly felt that this warning might involve four separate choices.
"Could it be happening in chronological order? If so, has the 'chaos invites you to dance' part already occurred?"
Saul pondered what incident could correspond to chaos and dance.
If he had made the wrong choice at the ti, the diary should have warned him. But it hadn’t—so perhaps his previous choices were already correct according to the diary’s warning?
"Forcibly speaking, when Penny asked to observe the elven world, it could barely count as a dance. And at that ti, Penny had been influenced by the elves' consciousness—she could be considered chaos itself."
Saul’s gaze fell on Keli, who was still seriously and earnestly explaining the strengths and weaknesses of their lab.
"But why does Keli correspond to pain? Is it because she’s also involved in the resurrection experint?"
The more Saul thought, the heavier his heart beca, though his face relaxed more and more.
"Alright!" He suddenly interrupted Keli, who had been chattering away.
"Huh?" Keli was startled by the interruption and lost her train of thought, forgetting what she was originally trying to say.
"I'll go check out your lab then. But I’ll say this upfront—I barely have any research background in poison-elent magic."
"That’s fine! Honestly, the areas we’re researching now are things we’ve never touched before either," Keli said, waving her hand dismissively, settling the matter with ease. "Co this afternoon at two o'clock, to Master Gudo’s lab in the East Tower. You know where it is, right?"
Since Saul had delivered experintal materials to Gudo a few tis before, he naturally knew the location.
After setting the ti with Saul, Keli turned and ran off.
Her hair, shining with a tallic sheen, bounced lightly on her shoulders, reflecting her joy.
anwhile, Saul's smile disappeared in an instant as Keli entered the sloping passage.
Back in his dormitory, he thought:
"Everyone participating in the resurrection experint could face danger. But the ultimate target for these people is definitely the Tower Master. Which ans this resurrection experint is riddled with traps. Gorsa can't be unaware of that. Either he’s too confident—or he has so hidden cards I'm not aware of."
Saul was very clear about Gorsa’s strength. He was soone even other Second Rank wizards deeply feared.
But why would such a powerful person seem so oblivious to the undercurrents among his subordinates?
Saul understood he could use Gorsa as a shield when necessary, but he could never rely on him completely.
"No matter what Lokai and the others plan, their actions have already crossed my bottom line."
The first ti was the sudden attack in Black Castle—those people had tried to hint at Saul, hoping he would smash sothing at a critical mont.
The second was Senior Byron's "accident," and despite several nights of soul patrols, Saul couldn’t find him.
The third was the diary’s warning involving Keli.
At the sa ti, the shadow hidden behind the Blue Water Soul project, behind the resurrection experint, definitely wouldn’t let Saul off the hook even if he obediently followed their hints.
More likely, those of them kept in the dark were just bargaining chips—spoils to be divided after the rebellion against the Tower Master.
"Lokai and Jero can already be confird as enemies. But even with Lokai and the entire Mutual Aid Society, they’re still not enough to sche against Gorsa. Soone must be supporting them from behind."
"Anze is almost certainly involved, and Rum, who lives in the shadows, is very likely too. But now, Gudo and Kaz, who are also part of the experint, are harder to read."
"Tomorrow, I’ll use the excuse of participating in Gudo's experint to carefully observe him and his assistants."
Saul’s spirit was taut, like a drawn bowstring.
But he wasn’t afraid.
Even if he had to fight a group of ntors and senior apprentices, Saul had the Tower Master Gorsa—the ultimate weapon—behind him.
No matter how ticulously the enemies prepared, they only dared to skulk in the shadows.
anwhile, Saul was confident he could make all their efforts go to waste.
He packed up again, put on a calm face, and prepared to step forward once more.
"Let's start by ending the Blue Water Soul experint."
(End of Chapter)
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