Chapter 398 : A New Interpretation of the Warning

After receiving Gorsa’s permission to participate in the Blue Water Soul Resurrection Project, Saul was immediately kicked out of the 20th floor by the Tower Master himself.

Naturally, this matter couldn’t be hidden from the other participants in the experiment.

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 come 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 fragments 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 extremely low. Most of the time, they simply turned into regular spirits, wandering mindlessly, gradually shattering, and after a long time, 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 came early this morning to catch you!”

“Catch me for what?” Saul had shown Gorsa his experimental results and learned about the Blue Water Soul resurrection experiment only to investigate the potential hidden dangers inside the Grey Matter.

He had no intention of truly joining a crowd to conduct experiments.

After all, his current research path was not only different from others—it was completely opposed.

“Actually, I still plan to—”

“Come on, come 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 experiment’s progress?”

Even with his mind full of thoughts, Saul couldn’t help but chuckle at Keli’s antics. “Treat me to a feast? What, you mean something you made…?”

Hearing Saul trail off, Keli immediately picked up the thread, “You know Master Gudo specializes in the poison element. 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 something 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;

Resentment sheds its garments,

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 time, 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 me to observe the elven world, it could barely count as a dance. And at that time, 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 experiment?”

The more Saul thought, the heavier his heart became, 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-element 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. “Come 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 experimental materials to Gudo a few times before, he naturally knew the location.

After setting the time with Saul, Keli turned and ran off.

Her hair, shining with a metallic sheen, bounced lightly on her shoulders, reflecting her joy.

Meanwhile, Saul’s smile disappeared in an instant as Keli entered the sloping passage.

Back in his dormitory, he thought:

“Everyone participating in the resurrection experiment could face danger. But the ultimate target for these people is definitely the Tower Master. Which means this resurrection experiment is riddled with traps. Gorsa can’t be unaware of that. Either he’s too confident—or he has some hidden cards I’m not aware of.”

Saul was very clear about Gorsa’s strength. He was someone 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 time was the sudden attack in Black Castle—those people had tried to hint at Saul, hoping he would smash something at a critical moment.

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 same time, the shadow hidden behind the Blue Water Soul project, behind the resurrection experiment, 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 confirmed as enemies. But even with Lokai and the entire Mutual Aid Society, they’re still not enough to scheme against Gorsa. Someone 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 experiment, are harder to read.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll use the excuse of participating in Gudo’s experiment 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 mentors and senior apprentices, Saul had the Tower Master Gorsa—the ultimate weapon—behind him.

No matter how meticulously the enemies prepared, they only dared to skulk in the shadows.

Meanwhile, 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 experiment.”

(End of Chapter)

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