When black tides arrived, large numbers of polluted and mutated monsters would emerge from the seabed, slaughtering and destroying everything they encountered.
Although Evernightâs Red Sea Trees could absorb black tide pollution, they had no resistance against monsters.
So the wizardsâ defensive line against black tides was actually set up around the perimeter of the Red Sea Tree forests.
They had to kill monsters before they approached, to prevent massive damage to Red Sea Trees that would affect pollution absorption from black tides.
If Wizard Stuart was staying until the black tide arrived, he would probably also participate in battle.
Currently, among Evernightâs third-rank wizards, probably only Saul hadnât been assigned battlefield combat tasks.
Seeing Saul, Stuart immediately recalled his secret conversation with Emperor Elo a few days ago.
Meeting Saul again now, many complex emotions flashed through his heart. However, he had always been emotionally reserved and didnât show it.
But Saul didnât rely entirely on his eyes to read people.
âBrother Saul,â Penny carefully told Saul from within the diary, âThis personâs emotions change greatly when looking at you!â
âOh?â Saul immediately realized Stuart might know something or was planning to do something to him, which explained his different emotional expression compared to when they discussed problems together a few days ago.
Saul and Stuart hadnât interacted muchâthey had only discussed Red Sea Tree issues together.
What could the other party know that would cause such emotional fluctuations when facing him, even alerting Penny?
With so many people present, Saul temporarily set aside his desire to verify. Thinking of the deliberately preserved mark on his body, he decided to secretly follow Stuart after the experiment to see.
As long as he didnât follow the other party to the Black Flame Emperor, he wouldnât be discovered.
Seeing Royer and Alfonsoâs whispered conversation wasnât finished yet, Saul approached Stuart to chat. âRegarding the issue we discussed last time about Red Sea Trees being completely suppressed by Black Sea Trees, have you thought of any solutions?â
Stuart was just looking for a topic and quickly followed up. âRed Sea Trees and Black Sea Trees are essentially more like animals. So the natural bloodline suppression between them is hard to change through artificial domestication. My idea is to imitate the method used on mermaidsâdestroy part of Red Sea Treesâ instincts. Could this make Red Sea Trees lose their instinctive fear of Black Sea Trees?â
âDestroy Red Sea Treesâ instincts?â Saul considered Stuartâs proposal.
Although the other party lived on Nephret Continent, his research on Red Sea Trees wasnât extensive.
Though Red Sea Treesâ characteristics were more animal-like, they lacked consciousness or souls as complete entities. Wanting to destroy the specific instinct of fearing Black Sea Trees was extremely difficult.
If there was a mistake and the scattered consciousness of Red Sea Trees was damaged, they might even lose their initiative to absorb pollution.
The Tribunal would definitely immediately conduct humanitarian destruction to prevent affecting the survival capabilities of Red Sea Tree groups.
However, Stuartâs suggestion made Saul more confident about his original idea.
Saul also wanted to utilize Red Sea Treesâ instinctive fear of Black Sea Trees.
Stuart thought this instinct could be destroyed; Saul believed this instinct could be exploited!
The two discussed some details about instincts, then Alfonso and Royer returned together.
Alfonsoâs expression showed no change.
Royer still had a smile on his face, but wasnât as happy as before.
âGood, letâs start now.â Alfonso didnât care about Royerâs mood and began explaining the experimentâs operational procedures to the three.
ââŠCurrently we havenât found methods to prevent diseased mermaids from falling ill. No, we canât say we havenât found any.â
The three were immediately intrigued.
âYou found a method?â Saul was the most concerned.
Alfonso coughed lightly. âActually, you all know this methodâseparate mermaids from black tides.â
âPfft!â Royer laughed exaggeratedly. âIf mermaids are separated from black tides, how will we clear pollution from Red Sea Tree root stems? If mermaids canât do this, whatâs the point of raising them?â
Alfonso immediately explained, âCurrently, only atavistic mermaids develop pollution diseasesâother mermaids arenât affected. So I want to use Pearlâs ability to summon all atavistic mermaids in the Red Sea, then isolate them. This way, during the upcoming black tide pollution, we wonât worry about mass mermaid infections.â
âIs this the last experiment?â Saul was somewhat disappointed.
This shouldnât even count as an experiment, but rather a cleanup of the mermaid population.
In that case, he had no need to participate. Better to return and race against time continuing his own experiments.
âNot just that. I also want to use this opportunity to experiment on different bloodline concentration atavistic mermaidsâ resistance to black tide pollution.â
Alfonso looked around at the three. âSo Iâm asking you all to record data on multiple subjects together.â
Saul was about to agree when his peripheral vision suddenly caught what seemed like a small head emerging from the deep water pool.
He turned to look and discovered Pearl, the mermaid rarely brought out of the palace by Alfonso, was watching their group of four with keen interest.
âCan I be responsible for recording Pearlâs data?â
âPearl?â Alfonso immediately said, âI brought her to attract atavistic mermaids from the sea. As the mermaid with the richest royal bloodline, Pearl naturally has appeal to other atavistic mermaids. Though she canât do other things, she can still lure mermaids out. So Pearl wonât participate inâŠâ
However, before Alfonso finished speaking, Royer suddenly slapped Alfonsoâs shoulder, directly interrupting him.
âHey! Weâre not going to slaughter this white-haired mermaidâjust conduct one black tide pollution experiment. Besides, having Saul in charge is perfect, right? Heâs best at treating black tide pollution, so having him record data is safest.â
Stuart stood nearby looking up at everyone, taking in all their performances with his small eyes.
Alfonso was originally worried, but couldnât resist Royerâs jokingly forceful suggestion. Finally, he could only look at Pearl with concern and reluctantly agree.
Pearl had been staring at the four people and happened to make eye contact with Alfonso, immediately showing a sweet smile.
Then everyone began executing their respective responsibilities according to Alfonsoâs experimental procedures.
Alfonso first walked to the deep water pool and lifted the mermaid princess by placing his hands under her armpits.
The mermaid princess showed no resistance, obediently emerging from the water.
She looked at Alfonso close by and approached with a face full of smiles.
Alfonso also leaned forward, but he used his forehead to press against Pearlâs forehead.
With their foreheads touching, Pearlâs approaching movement was halted. She rolled her eyes forcefully to look at Alfonso so close by, seemingly still wanting to get closer, but her body was restrained by some force and couldnât move nearer.
Saul stared intently at the two. He sensed mental power emanating from Alfonso being transmitted through the contact point of their foreheads.
It seemed he was using a special method to convey information to Pearl.
Pearlâs soul body was incomplete. According to Water God Flocoâs analysis, someone had deliberately damaged Pearlâs soul body.
This made it very difficult for her to understand othersâ thoughts and commands.
Therefore, getting her to obediently lure out atavistic mermaids from the Red Sea wasnât easy.
Alfonso had cared for Pearl for many years and seemed to have figured out how to communicate with Pearl, transmitting his commands more accurately to her mind.
This should have been a very proper, serious matter. But Saul watched Pearl lifting her small eyes, excitedly and eagerly glancing at Alfonso, making him feel something was strange.
The atmosphere between this person and mermaid⊠why did it seem somewhat ambiguous?
Suddenly sensing intense emotional changes nearby, Saul kept his head still but glanced sideways at Royer, discovering to his astonishment that his expression had been⊠extremely sinister for an instant.
(End of Chapter)
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