Hearing Shayaâs joking-like confirmation, Saul shook his head helplessly.
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Could a new body modified using the Inverted Tree as raw material still retain the Inverted Treeâs greatest function?
Those eerie threads that could control souls, somewhat similar in form to Saulâs fate lines but with different functions.
âShayaâs meaning is that we can use the Inverted Treeâs threads to control Red Sea Trees. But although Red Sea Trees can be considered animals, do they have souls?â
Saulâs understanding of Red Sea Trees really wasnât much, incomparable to Royerâs.
âMido, you have Sander directly find Royer and tell him youâve discovered you have a new ability, but donât know what kind of ability it is. Have Royer bring the Tribunal people to cooperate with you in experiments.â
[Ah!]
The young little girl probably hadnât learned to actively ask for candy yet, agreeing somewhat hesitantly.
[I understand. Iâll tell big brother.]
At this moment, Saul again felt a surge of new destiny power from Mido.
Obviously this decision would change Midoâs fate, and from initial observation, it was developing in a good direction.
Shaya had made a good suggestion. Saul decided to reward him a bit.
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âShaya, are you still near the Borderland now?â
[I left a clone nearby. I myself have already gone toward Bayton Academy.]
Saul thought about it. âAlthough youâre a tree, thereâs no need to take root at Bayton Academy. That place is already abandoned. Many residents were already absorbed during Bethâs control period, and most of the rest have also migrated away. Staying there long-term will leave you lacking nutrition.â
[Actually, I still havenât figured out what exactly the Inverted Tree needs to grow. I still have some soul fragments saved up that I havenât used, but the Inverted Treeâs recovery and growth donât seem necessarily related to soul fragments.]
âNo relation to soul fragments either?â Saul planned to go back and ask Beth in the diary. As the original owner who raised the Inverted Tree, she might have suggestions.
âIâll also think of ways to help with this matter.â
[Thank you.]
Saul didnât plan to have Shaya participate in his actions against Frim for now. The other was barely second-rank, and the kind that needed rest and recuperation. Better to keep him as backup force, developing quietly first.
After finishing conversations with Mido and Shaya, Saul finally had time to look at the third target.
Floco, the former fifth-rank Water God, the guy who nearly caused him big trouble.
To ensure communication with Floco wouldnât affect Mido who was still at the Tribunal, Saul simply created a private chat room to talk with Floco alone.
âAfter the black tide attack, we havenât had a good chat yet. I wonder how you view this somewhat ambiguous mutual assistance relationship between us now.â
[One thing I can guarantee â I absolutely have no ill will toward you.]
Although Floco had now escaped trouble and could completely develop on his own without borrowing Saulâs power to repair his strength.
It could be said that at the current power level, Saul actually couldnât help Floco much.
But oddly enough, Floco was a former fifth-rank who had seen powerful beings called Death Demons in his multi-dimensional world travels.
In Flocoâs eyes, Saul was a terrifying Death Demon. Although still growing, he had never heard of any Death Demon juveniles being killed.
Flocoâs understanding of Death Demons was actually limited. Even the name âDeath Demonâ was just a moniker given by those who feared them.
But he had vaguely heard people mention that even ordinary sixth-rank beings wouldnât easily provoke a Death Demon.
Probably only those seventh-rank peak existences who had reached a state of no desires or needs wouldnât fear the Death Demon race.
Vaguely understanding Flocoâs wariness toward him, but at this point, Saul didnât want to pursue the mindset behind his actions back then.
âThen tell me what you did that day and afterward.â
Floco was silent for a moment, but finally told everything he had done after coming to Nephret Continent.
[âŚThe so-called mermaid princess was already a useless shell. Rather than let her remain in Mermaid City as a spiritual leader, itâs better to open an escape route for mermaids with real potential.]
Saul thought of the Mermaidâs Tear that remained in his palm after Pearlâs death. That teardrop condensed part of Pearlâs ability.
It could control the ocean to a certain extent, even briefly isolate pollution in seawater. Hard to imagine what level a mermaid princess with complete ocean control power could achieve.
However, the mermaid race, or rather the Azure Scale Clan that Floco belonged to, had migrated before the wizard world was targeted by the Abyssal Eye. Otherwise, they might have had more methods to resist black tides.
âSo Alfonsoâs views were partially correct. Mermaids are actually a race very suited to survive in black tide pollution.â
[Yes, if one day the black tide ultimately comes to the world, probably no humans or other races could survive. Even how many wizards would remain is questionable, but I dare bet mermaids would definitely have some survivors, even if in a completely new mutated form.]
âBut this speculation is based on there being no other monsters in the black tide.â Saul was referring to black tide monsters, but he thought more of the skeleton-like anchor points represented by Camus.
[Danger definitely exists. But this world is so vast, there are always crevices for mermaids to survive in.]
âSo youâve already arranged temporary habitats for the mermaids?â
[Yes. They need time and space to rest and recuperate. They need to expand the population to a baseline before the black tide apocalypse arrives. Otherwise, without sufficient numbers, we canât achieve normal survival probability.]
Saul didnât speak. He quietly sensed the destiny power on Floco.
âThe other party isnât lying to me, but there are also concealed elements in his words.â
Flocoâs destiny power had changed again after the mermaidsâ successful escape, becoming more resilient than when he first escaped from the âdeep sea.â This should be the feedback from fate he received after saving the mermaid race and giving them living space.
After all, even though Floco was once a powerful fifth-rank being, he was essentially Azure Scale Clan, an ancestor of the mermaid race.
The strength of the group also benefited his personal destiny.
Saul didnât ask where the mermaids were now. The fewer people who knew this secret, the better.
Saulâs silence seemed to make Floco somewhat uneasy. After hesitating for a while, he suddenly changed the subject.
[Iâm currently in the far north of Stat Continent.]
The far north? Wasnât that near the Sighing Wall?
Saulâs fourth target was selected in the far north, just that he didnât have a candidate yet.
He actually had a candidate in mind, just that currently, cough cough⌠he wasnât very confident.
[I accidentally learned some news. Your Master, Gorsa, after his failed advancement, has now left the Sighing Wall.]
Saul was startled. The target ran away?
Cough cough, no, that wasâŚ
âWhere did mentor go after leaving the far north?â
[Iâm not too clear. However, he did go south.]
Saul squinted.
What difference was there between saying this and saying nothing?
For people in the far north, as long as you donât run into the black tide, going anywhere is south!
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