Diary of a Dead Wizard - Chapter 652: Demon Seeding? Vaccine?

Noah didn’t know why Scorpion had suddenly prostrated himself on the ground.

However, after Saul also cast Comprehend Languages on him, he finally understood that Scorpion had actually taken Saul for a god.

In the wizard world, some backward places or remote areas of continents also had people who worshipped gods.

However, most people still revered wizards above all.

The more powerful the wizard forces in a place, the more shameful it was considered to believe in gods.

This was even more so in the Borderland.

Even if those dwarves or barbarians were very powerful, humans who were wizard slaves would still despise them.

So Noah initially thought Saul would refuse and correct Scorpion’s form of address.

However, Saul acquiesced to it.

Noah’s eyes widened slightly.

Watching Scorpion become increasingly respectful toward Saul and earnestly answer questions, a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

Saul had Little Algae split off a clone to pull Noah on one side and carry Scorpion on the other, while he cast flight magic to return to Noah’s cottage at maximum speed.

After returning to the cottage, Saul didn’t let Scorpion enter the house but began questioning him directly on the small hillside outside.

“Where did you come from? What are you here to do?”

After being put down by Little Algae, Scorpion wanted to prostrate himself again, but Saul grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

“I don’t like you talking while lying on the ground. Just stand and answer.”

Scorpion hesitated somewhat, “But great-grandfather said to show the greatest respect to gods.”

“Did your great-grandfather tell you that gods dislike disobedient believers?”

Scorpion was stunned. It took him a while to understand what “believers” meant, but he still compromised and stopped trying to prostrate himself.

“I come from my tribe, right at the edge of this Black Death Plain.”

Scorpion said his father had died while out looking for food, and after his mother married another man in the tribe, since no one was willing to raise him, he was forced to come of age.

Adults had to hunt a monster outside the tribe and bring it back, or they wouldn’t qualify to start a family in their original tribe.

But Scorpion’s abilities weren’t powerful, and for various reasons, people in the tribe hadn’t helped him complete the hunt.

So he had originally wanted to venture slightly deeper into the Black Death Plain to set traps and catch a Gold-Eating Rat, but unexpectedly went too deep, attracted a Withered Ghost Vine, and was finally saved by Noah who was mapping the area.

Noah also hadn’t expected that the black desert, which had been quiet enough to drive people mad, was actually so dangerous.

Saul told Noah not to speak and maintain his persona.

“Where is your tribe?”

Scorpion looked around, “Can’t see clearly now. When dawn comes, I’ll be able to see clearly. My tribe is between two big mountains. It takes twelve days and nights to walk here.”

Scorpion raised both hands. When his fingers weren’t enough, he also counted the deformed hand at his tailbone.

He almost couldn’t count high enough.

Saul continued asking, “How many people are in your tribe?”

Scorpion directly shook his head, “Don’t know, many.”

His fingers couldn’t count that high.

“How many other places like your tribe are there?”

“I know of three, but we rarely interact. Normally we only have contact during breeding seasons.”

After asking Scorpion several more questions, Saul learned that people here basically all lived underground, surrounding the Black Death Plain where he was located.

This Black Death Plain was dangerous, but it also had many monsters. Some weak monsters were the food source for most people.

However, few people would enter the deepest part of the Black Death Plain—where Saul was. Because people who entered either went mad or died.

Finally, Saul asked about what interested him most—Scorpion’s third hand.

Scorpion didn’t feel there was anything wrong with having such a hand. He just felt his hand was too weak.

“Do all of you have hands growing here?”

Scorpion felt the god before him didn’t seem as omniscient as great-grandfather had said. He hugged his seemingly burned third hand.

“You mean the demon limb? We all have them, but everyone’s demon limb looks different. Some people have wings like birds, some have mouths like crocodiles.”

“Every child must undergo demon seeding right after birth. Those who survive will have their own demon limb, and those who die get sold.”

“What if you don’t undergo demon seeding?” Saul asked.

Scorpion looked somewhat surprised. He thought carefully and finally dug out a deep memory, “The only child I remember who didn’t undergo demon seeding turned into a monster at age five and supposedly ate everyone in their entire tribe.”

According to Scorpion, people who didn’t undergo demon seeding might turn into monsters at a few years old.

Noah listened with great interest but kept restraining himself, not interrupting without Saul’s permission.

“Demon seeding? Demon limbs? Not demon seeding turns you into monsters.” Saul crossed his arms, pinching his chin with one hand. “Somewhat like vaccinating newborn babies. But the vaccine here is quite harsh. It sounds like the survival rate for vaccination isn’t very high, and not getting vaccinated means you can’t last a few years.”

“Should be related to the black powder that’s everywhere in this world.”

“Maybe the people of this world have been studying black powder for a long time. Their research results might help me and senior’s inertization formula.”

The result of the questioning was that Saul became more determined to explore this world in depth.

Just not urgently now.

Noah still needed time to grow, and he also needed to prepare for advancing to third-rank.

Moreover, after becoming third-rank, exploring this Chaos Realm in depth should be safer.

For now, he’d make simple contact with this world through Scorpion.

Saul extended his hand toward the deformed arm Scorpion held in his embrace, “Let me take a look.”

Scorpion was somewhat nervous but still controlled his charred deformed arm to place it in Saul’s palm.

Saul’s mental power penetrated it, “Indeed, there’s also black powder in the demon limb, but it’s slightly more active than the black powder underground.”

Saul also asked about Scorpion’s demon seeding method, which Scorpion truthfully explained.

“You just said your demon limb isn’t very powerful. How is this compared?”

Scorpion answered more carefully, “My demon limb just has greater strength and isn’t very long. Occasionally it can be used for sneak attacks, but it’s not as powerful as other people in the tribe. So my new father doesn’t want to raise me and lied, saying I came of age. Actually I’m only eight years old, still two years away from ten…”

Scorpion was counting on his fingers, “Still two years short!”

So this was the so-called forced maturation—lying about age.

Saul nodded, suddenly raised his hand and tapped twice on Scorpion’s deformed arm, then extended his arm to point at Scorpion’s forehead.

Scorpion was terrified, thinking the god was going to attack him, and fell backward in response.

However, after sitting on the ground, he found he wasn’t dead or injured, just had an itchy scalp.

Saul waved his hand again, and just as Scorpion was about to ask what happened, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

“I planted a parasite in Scorpion’s body. I’ll teach you the control method later. You stay here with Scorpion for now. Unless you can cast first-rank magic, don’t rashly seek out those tribes.”

Noah nodded repeatedly.

“When I have time, I’ll go look at those tribes first. For now, you should still move around near the cottage and be careful of the monsters they mentioned.”

Noah continued nodding obediently.

Saul left him new magic crystals and several scrolls, and when time was up, he left the Chaos Realm.

After Saul left, Noah, who had been looking obedient, suddenly looked at Scorpion.

“God?” He smiled, “Actually taking a master for a god, what a backward and ignorant world.”

“However… letting my master become a god isn’t bad either.”

His gaze gradually became fervent, “Master wants to explore this world, but my power alone is too weak, and my master is very busy… I can completely assign this task to believers.”

“When the time comes, this entire world will be mentor’s! Master will become the true god of this world!”

Noah grinned, smiling extremely happily!

(End of Chapter)

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