[Don't you need to worry about Floco? Although he broke free from the seal, his strength hasn't fully recovered. He probably can't hold out for long.]
Beth reminded Saul in the diary.
[If he's defeated, Ophelia will definitely co after you. Given your current state, you might not be able to outrun her.]
Saul flew rapidly through the high sky, the rmaid in his hands covered from head to tail with a black cloak.
"It's not that I don't care about him. I've already arranged an escape route for him. If he still can't escape from Ophelia's hands despite this, then there's no point in cultivating him as my second target."
It was autumn now, but Sky City's location was at a lower latitude, so the sun was still blazing hot.
The sky was cloudless for thousands of miles, very unfavorable for Saul's escape.
However, facing a fourth-rank wizard capable of long-distance teleportation, the distance of Saul's escape wasn't really important.
Sky City was very close to the Iskaper Continent, separated only by a strait. What Saul needed to do was find the Stargate Council's wizard branch on the coastline before Ophelia broke free from the Water God Floco.
Although the Stargate Council's attitude toward him was unclear, one of the largest factions in the Stargate Council—the Glare Family—was his master's family.
Once he reached the Stargate Council, even Ophelia wouldn't dare forcibly capture him.
As for the future?
When Floco gradually recovered his strength, he would inevitably clash with Ophelia, who also studied water attributes. By then, Ophelia probably wouldn't have ti to think about having in-depth exchanges with Saul.
Moreover, according to what Ophelia had said earlier, after she attempted to advance to fifth rank, her body might undergo unexpected changes, making it impossible to verify the mysteries of Saul's body.
In any case, Saul only needed to hide during this period, and he wouldn't have to worry about his chastity afterward.
However, offending Ophelia was already an established fact.
Saul's current plan was to first go to the Glare Family's sphere of influence, then proceed to the more distant Nephret Continent.
But all of this was predicated on him not being caught by Ophelia halfway.
Fortunately, even fourth-rank wizards couldn't teleport at will. They were also limited by distance and environnt.
Especially after Saul learned short-distance teleportation, he guessed that other wizards also needed coordinates to teleport.
But unlike his rather restrictive fate line coordinates, they should have other ways to help them locate their teleportation.
At this mont, Saul felt that the magical conflict behind him seed to have diminished.
While flying, he turned back to look.
Sky City had beco a small dot, but Saul could still faintly sense Ophelia's imposing presence.
"Truly worthy of a fourth-rank wizard. I wonder if I'll be able to suppress her after I beco fourth rank through the Symphony of Fate?"
"Huh? How is he here?"
Saul was still fantasizing about advancing to fourth rank and properly "repaying" Ophelia, but his flying speed hadn't slowed in the slightest.
However, as he flew, he suddenly detected a familiar magical fluctuation.
It was also the fluctuation of a powerful fourth-rank wizard.
He squinted, and instantly a long-unseen fate line appeared in his vision.
"Kist?"
Saul reached out and lightly touched that fate line. His entire figure instantly disappeared, then appeared the next second on a massive sea fish.
This fish resembled a ray—flat and enormous, with a long, thin tail. Just the body area floating above the surface was nearly a hundred square ters.
And standing on this giant fish was a person.
The person held a small harp in his hands, simultaneously daydreaming and playing a lancholy tune.
When Saul appeared on the giant ray's back, he also turned his head.
Silver curls mixed with water vapor glittered brilliantly in the blazing sun.
Kist revealed a radiant smile. "Long ti no see, Master Brother!"
Saul also smiled. "It's been a while. But Kist, I've already returned your soul fragnt to you. Now you're no longer a servant of the diary, so there's no need to call master... though don't call brother either."
Kist imdiately refused. "That won't do. I've already acknowledged you as my master. How could I abandon you halfway just because I've beco stronger?"
As Kist spoke, he carefully observed Saul, then raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "You don't have death power on you. You didn't use the advancent thod I gave you?"
"Of course I used it, just made so modifications. But I still have to thank you—the advancent thod you gave is truly remarkable."
Kist looked sowhat emotional. Such a serious expression rarely appeared on his face.
"That was the advancent thod of the Dead Wizard's Diary's previous master—a thod that has been verified to work. For you, who has also been officially recognized by the diary, it's a plan that could be copied with one hundred percent success. You actually dared to modify it?"
He examined Saul again, his expression complex. "And you modified it very successfully. How does it look like a power even more advanced than death power?"
Although very curious about Saul's current state, Kist didn't delve deeply into Saul's current advancent plan.
Third-rank to fourth-rank advancent plans were like second-level apprentices choosing their locators—critically important and easily targeted, so one couldn't casually probe others' advancent thods.
Fourth-rank to fifth-rank advancent wasn't so cautious. The Water God Floco had hidden his thod in his biography, and Ophelia had generously shown the biography to Saul.
It's just that while the thods weren't secret, the difficulty remained, so still few people could succeed.
Saul also had no intention of explaining, even though his advancent plan couldn't be replicated by others.
At the very least, there wasn't a second Death Demon in this world.
While the two were conversing, a powerful ntal force spread along the sea surface to their vicinity.
Saul frowned slightly. "Ophelia!"
After encountering Kist, Saul hadn't been in a hurry to escape, instead landing on the big fish to chat with him.
This big fish was even swimming toward Sky City's direction.
In other words, during this ti, Saul had actually moved closer to Sky City.
But he wasn't nervous.
The fifth-rank Water God breaking through the seal had brought him vast amounts of fate power. This power wouldn't just beco his foundation for advancing to fourth rank, but would also give Saul positive feedback in other aspects of life.
Like right now.
Saul imdiately confessed to Kist, "Ophelia might be coming to capture ."
Kist didn't look surprised, but still asked, "Oh, how did you offend her?"
"I didn't offend her—she suddenly beca interested in my body. But as you know, I'm currently at a critical mont in my advancent. I don't want to beco her test subject."
Hearing this, Kist looked deeply at Saul, his expression sowhere between smiling and not.
"It seems that because of the Wind Sprite, the Lord of Sky City has also beco interested in Master's body."
Saul said seriously, "This kind of thing isn't a joking matter."
"Ha..." Kist laughed and shook his head, the harp in his hands swaying at his fingertips. "Brother Master, please rest assured. With your most loyal servant here, as long as you don't agree, no one can steal away your pure body."
Saul's temple twitched, feeling that Kist was deliberately mocking him.
(End of Chapter)
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