[Lunar Calendar Year 320, December 19th,
The little short wizard doesnât know that the most terrifying thing about masquerade balls isnât removing the mask,
But wanting to remove it yet being unable to,
The first half of the ball has already exhausted him,
The second half of the ball is enough to make him flee in defeat.
When guests begin to disperse, Standing center stage to die is his final pride.]
Stuart would die!
Originally, when Saul used the diary to predict Stuartâs death, he would naturally see his worst outcome.
But what surprised Saul was that this worst death scenario didnât require special conditions to occur.
The masquerade ball clearly referred to disguise, and the diaryâs meaning was that as long as Stuart disguised himself on some future day, he would die violently on the spot!
The ball in masquerade ball should refer to some important occasion.
An important occasionâŠ
What occasion could be more important than black tides attacking Evernightâs coast?
âCould the diary mean this black tideâs arrival is extremely dangerous, to the point where even powerful third-rank wizards like Stuart canât escape?â
âStuart is imitating Wizard Elo, so he should appear center stage under Eloâs identity, wanting to leave but unable to, thus ultimately dying. Then where did Wizard Elo go? Will he die in this black tide assault?â
Saul tried to predict Wizard Eloâs death, but the diary showed no reaction.
He didnât know if it was because Wizard Elo was a powerful fourth-rank who wouldnât die in this black tide, or because Saul had too little connection with Wizard Elo for the diary to monitor his death lines.
âItâs also possible that fourth-rank wizards are too strong, and ordinary white pages donât have enough power to observe fourth-rank futures. Golden pages might work.â
But Saul couldnât possibly use golden pages to predict events a month away.
Golden pages had insufficient energy when predicting third-rank wizards and storm eyes in the Borderland, only managing three simulations before being unable to help Saul simulate the future.
And this black tideâs arrival wouldnât just have a few third-ranks present, but also two fourth-rank wizards. Golden pagesâ predictions would likely be reduced to just once!
That had to be used at the most critical moment!
If used early, many accidents before the crisis could cause future changes, so golden pages should be used just hours or even minutes before death, maximally avoiding other factors changing the future.
âSince I canât predict Black Flameâs emperor, I can try others who might be present.â
Thinking this, Saul immediately conducted a death prediction for Alfonso.
[Lunar Calendar Year 320, December 19th,
Masks are the beginning of deception,
But the ball never belonged to him.
Bearing burdens through darkness is for a bright future,
But hearts wrapped in gentleness become addicted to warmth,
Initially just a thought, Later evolving into belief,
But the moment the mask is removed,
Is also when death arrives,
He thought himself a hidden sage,
Never realizing he was a dancing clown.
What flows down his cheeks is tears of regret? Or fear of death?]
This⊠the two predictions matched.
Or rather, the scenarios were consistent.
Stuart and Alfonso would die in the same event.
That made it even more likely to be the black tideâs arrival.
âAlfonso also wears a mask. But this mask should be different from Stuartâs situation. The diary means his disguise will be exposed and heâll immediately die.â
Saulâs gaze fell on the words âsageâ and âclown.â
âWhat Alfonso wants to do has long been discovered? Thatâs why heâs called a clown. What he wants to do wonât succeed, and heâll be killed after exposure.â
âHeh, who can immediately kill a third-rank wizard?â Saul didnât need to think. âOf course itâs fourth-rank wizard Frim!â
Wizard Elo couldnât immediately kill Alfonsoâthe latter was an important Tribunal member after all. Elo would have to consider Frimâs reputation.
But if Frim wanted to act, no one dared stop him.
This was the Tribunalâs founder, the highest executor of purge orders!
Saul sighed softly. âWhatever Alfonso wants to do, Frim must have discovered it long ago.â
After sighing, Saul analyzed further. âAnother death that doesnât require special conditions to trigger. So according to normal event development, both Stuart and Alfonso will die.â
Combining recent experiences, Saul already had a hypothesis.
But he needed more information to verify it.
Saul immediately began a death prediction for the third personâRoyer.
The diaryâs white pages again showed Royerâs fate.
Still a death outcome!
Still a death outcome without specific conditions!
Saul saw that Royerâs prediction also mentioned masks.
Saul held his forehead. âThree third-rank wizards, all dying in the same place, even on the same day.â
He put away the diary and jumped down from the experimental table. This was Saulâs first time simultaneously conducting death predictions on so many people around him.
âWhat a grand performance.â Saul walked outside.
He had lingered outside for too long. If he didnât return soon, Evernightâs people would come looking for him.
âShould I get involved?â
Walking outside the estate, standing beside Vanessaâs vengeful spirit, from this angle he could see the highest palace roof ridge of Evernight Palace.
Vanessa liked standing here, perhaps not to welcome Royer, but to look at the place she once possessed but could only yearn for.
âTime to see Sander.â Saul touched the black branch in his sleeve. âWhen the black tide attacks, perhaps thatâs when Mido should appear.â
Saul returned to Evernight Palace and met with Sander again. After brief communication, they separated to handle their respective affairs.
The next month, life suddenly became unusually peaceful.
Alfonso didnât seek Saul for mermaid treatment, Royer didnât seek Saul for new bloodline fusion experiments, and Stuart remained hidden in the Black Flame embassy.
Saul was also busy. He even suspended his daily observation of the Soul-Fixing Needleâs magical formations.
To catch up with the âmasquerade ballâ a month later, to let his personally created third Symphony of Fate target debut in this gathering storm, he was busy almost day and night.
Besides final fusion of the third target, he also began implementing another plan.
Establishing encrypted information channels!
Saul originally didnât want to start building information channels now. After all, he was unfamiliar with all the formulas and formations involved in this magic. He had postponed establishing information channels until returning to the Borderland.
But Saul now needed to contact Floco.
To create the third target of Symphony of Fate, he had dissolved the mermaid body Floco could remotely possess. Floco couldnât airdrop into Evernight.
Though Floco was Saulâs second target, they had no direct communication method and currently no other way to transmit information.
Now, getting Floco to cooperate with his ideas had become difficult to achieve.
So Saul used the excuse of writing to Keli and senior Byron in the Borderland to apply for encrypted information channel permissions from court wizards.
When sending letters, he even curiously requested to personally operate the information transmission formations.
Since Saul used low-level encrypted information channels, court wizards didnât refuse his request.
And Saul took the opportunity to use his mental power far exceeding ordinary third-rank wizards to forcibly memorize the complete structure of the entire information transmission channelâs magical formations!
(End of Chapter)
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