âYou want to use your own method to advance, but the more you advance, the closer you actually get to your original self.â The consciousness of the Prismatic World still didnât understand why Saul was unwilling to return.
If he wanted to become stronger, returning to the Prismatic World and completely becoming a fate line state seemed to be the fastest shortcut.
Saul thought for a moment and replied, âPerhaps children will eventually become adults, but if we lose the process of growth, then I wouldnât be me anymore.â
âYou neednât be attached to âyou.'â The consciousness of the Prismatic World didnât agree with Saulâs viewpoint, but fortunately it wouldnât interfere with Saulâs decision.
Seeing the other partyâs attitude remained peaceful and even friendly, Saul also gathered courage to inquire.
âMay I ask you a few questions?â
âOf course.â
âFate⊠how should I address you?â
âWe donât need specific titles, but if youâre accustomed to having one⊠you can call me Death Demon. This is our most widely preserved name among the stars.â
Death Demon?!
Saulâs emotional fluctuation made his thread cluster body pulse and contract once again.
So when Water God Floco saw his fate line form and was so terrified, it was indeed related to these twisted threads.
âDoes Death Demon mean announcing othersâ deaths?â
âThis is what the outside world calls usâit canât completely represent us, but can be used to refer to us. You neednât dwell on this.â
The Death Demonâs rank was too high; their self-awareness had already exceeded Saulâs comprehensible range.
If he wanted to know the outside worldâs view of Death Demons, heâd still need to understand through Floco.
As for what Floco said about knowing more making it easier to attract their attentionâthere was no need to worry about that anymore.
After all, Saul had already spoken with a Death Demon.
With limited time to stay here, Saul didnât dwell on the Death Demonâs identity and abilities, immediately beginning to inquire about matters related to himself.
âI plan to use fate lines as the foundation for immortality to advance to fourth-rank wizard, using the fates of others connected to me as supplementary energy. But Iâm encountering a problem now. For the supplementers, should I choose a currently powerful being for connection, or should I choose a potentially promising target for connection?â
Saul expressed his concerns: âIf I choose a currently powerful being, they might discover my methods, break the connection, or reversely control me. The risk is great.â
âBut if I choose beings with great potential but currently weak, they might be destroyed before they can provide me much energy.â
If Saul successfully advanced to fourth-rank and the five targets connected by his Symphony of Fate were simultaneously destroyed, it would affect his condition.
Equivalent to having his vital point discovered, creating a possibility of being killed.
The Death Demon quickly replied, âIf you want to use fate lines as foundation to advance to fourth-rank, you must understand the principle of how fate lines provide energy.â
Saulâs grasp of this point was still very vague.
Because his advancement plan was modified from the death weaving of the diaryâs former owner, some parts were still just his theoretical concepts on paper.
Before the Symphony of Fate was completely formed, he could only establish connections with others but couldnât receive energy from their fate lines. Naturally, his understanding of fate linesâ energy transmission principles was insufficient.
Fortunately, the Death Demon was a very patient instructor.
âThe power of fate doesnât lie in whether itâs currently strong or weak, but in its changes.â
âChanges?â Saul pondered thoughtfully.
âRegarding your concerns, first you must know that nothing is eternally indestructible. If you can accept this point, then consider how to minimize the impact of single providers of fate power on you.â
The Death Demon didnât give a clear answer, but Saul, who maintained high-frequency thinking, had already thought of something.
âReducing single providersâ impact on me can actually turn functional targets into groups. But I can currently only establish connections with single targetsâŠâ
Seeing Saul thinking, the Death Demon remained silent.
Only when the contemplating Saulâs state began becoming unstable did he speak up to remind him.
âYou should go back.â
Saul also noticed his mental power was somewhat dispersing, obviously from excessive consumption.
âYes, I should go back. Thank you for your answers. May I leave a coordinate here?â
âIf you understand and are willing to bear the consequences.â
Saul naturally knew how dangerous leaving coordinates here was.
But that was for others.
For him, the risk was actually more controllable than the Stargate Council crossing stargates.
This time Saul didnât hesitate, leaving a small section of his own fate line here as coordinates for future visits.
This way, as long as he prepared sufficient energy, even without a fourth-rank wizard escort, he could come to the Prismatic World again.
Before leaving, Saul wanted to confirm one last thing.
âLord Death Demon, when I came here, did any consciousness other than Peiâer also follow? If so, could you help me eliminate it?â
Saul wasnât asking about Peiâer.
Peiâerâs consciousness hadnât followedâonly her fate line was entangled by Saul and brought over. Moreover, Saul carefully protected Peiâerâs fate line inside his thread cluster.
He feared the spiritual entity in his arms being polluted by this world.
Although Peiâerâs main body survived in this world, it didnât mean remnant soul Peiâer could also survive.
Saul naturally had to protect her carefully.
He was actually asking about Opheliaâs mental power that had accompanied him.
The other party claimed not to want direct contact with the Prismatic World, but she definitely wouldnât give up the opportunity to explore this new world.
This mental power wasnât under Saulâs control. If the other party had also followed here, then Saul didnât intend to let Opheliaâs mental power successfully return to convey information.
The twisted threads overhead suddenly extended a loop, circling around Saul who was also in thread cluster state.
âIf youâre referring to another consciousness slightly stronger than you and very close to you⊠it was already eaten when you entered.â
Eaten?
And eaten the moment they entered?
But the Death Demon hadnât mentioned this at all before.
Perhaps for him, Opheliaâs spiritual entity was like dust stuck to clothesâcasually brushed off when entering the room.
Not even worth specifically mentioning to Saul.
âI understand, thank you very muchââ
Just as Saul finished transmitting the last character, he suddenly felt his brain âbuzzâ again.
He opened his eyes and found himself back in Sky City, back beside the scorching fuel furnace.
âMental power reached its limit so the connection was directly severed?â
Saul looked up at the overhead shrouded in white mist.
âLord Ophelia, are you still there?â
âHmph! Not dead!â Opheliaâs voice wasnât very pleasant. âDid you find the Prismatic World?â
âThanks to you.â
âWhat kind of power form is there?â
Saul smiled bitterly. âPower beyond my understanding.â
Ophelia didnât doubt this. Her voice became somewhat ethereal.
âPower of too high a rankâeven receiving information becomes a difficult problem. Sure enough, wanting to borrow power from beyond the stargate, knowledge barriers are the most difficult mountains to overcome.â
(End of Chapter)
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