Diary of a Dead Wizard - Chapter 847: Stuart's Warning

Saul had once thought Alfonso wasn’t seriously researching methods to treat pollution diseases.

But today, he suddenly had new thoughts.

Coral’s soul body was much stronger than other mermaids’, so logically her intelligence should also approach that of normal people.

But her external behavior was that of a child who understood almost nothing.

Recalling the hidden mental power that quickly disappeared when Saul first ventured deep into the Red Sea seabed, he vaguely felt that mermaids’ intelligence might not be as low as Royer determined.

But if this was truly as Saul speculated, then these mermaids’ current obedient behavior had some problems within it.

Saul kept staring at Coral without any expression, but it was precisely this kind of gaze that gradually made the originally innocent-looking Coral stiffen.

The tears in her eyes had dried up at some unknown time. She gazed at Saul with her mouth slightly open, motionless.

“Is there something wrong with Coral?” Alfonso suddenly appeared behind Saul. “I saw you staring at her for a long time.”

Coral seemed afraid of Saul. After Saul let go and Little Algae no longer restrained her, she turned and jumped into the deep pool behind her, disappearing from sight.

“Do you have new ideas?”

Saul thought for a moment. “Sort of. But I still need experimental verification.”

“The black tide is about to arrive. We don’t have enough time. After the black tide passes, let’s discuss your ideas and continue experimenting.”

Alfonso had no intention of probing deeper. He glanced in the direction where Coral had disappeared, then turned to lift Pearl.

“That’s it for today. I’ll depart for other sea areas tomorrow.”

Alfonso left with the dejected Pearl. Royer threw the remaining mermaids into the deep pool and also had no mood to stay longer.

Before leaving, Royer said to Saul, “Harry is dead.”

Saul was stunned. “How did he die?”

Royer grabbed his hair, somewhat irritated. “Too many fusion failures. Even after clearing the pollution, irreversible mutation occurred.”

With Harry’s death, all the potions and energy spent on him were wasted.

But at least experience and summaries remained, so it wasn’t a complete loss.

“Well, next I also need to find new bloodline fusion subjects. Since original royalty won’t work, I’ll search among the great nobles. Their families have many children—they won’t be heartbroken if ten or so die.”

Royer waved his hand, took off, and disappeared in the distance.

Finally, only Stuart remained. “I heard you can teleport instantly?”

Saul nodded.

This wasn’t a secret.

The other’s small eyes lit up. “Can you take me back together?”

Convenience was a small matter. Stuart mainly wanted to experience the power changes of different people during teleportation.

He had also left coordinates on Saul, so he could sense more clearly.

“Want to learn?” Saul immediately saw through the other’s thoughts.

Stuart felt embarrassed and nodded with a smile. “Don’t worry, I won’t ask about your secrets. I just want to borrow spatial transmission to sense the changes in spatial forces.”

“Doesn’t your emperor also teleport instantly?”

“He can, but he rarely teleports, and besides, he is the emperor—my direct superior.”

Saul thought about it and didn’t refuse. “Then I’ll take you outside the palace. It’s not good to teleport inside the royal palace.”

Saul tried to avoid teleporting inside Evernight Palace. That was Evernight’s political and economic center—accidentally offending something there would be quite troublesome.

It was also disadvantageous to Saul’s cultivated image of actively cooperating with the Tribunal.

“Good, I also need to go to the Black Flame embassy outside.”

Saul stepped forward, placing one hand on Stuart’s shoulder, and asked seemingly casually, “Going back to report to His Majesty the Emperor?”

Stuart thought about it and felt this wasn’t a secret, so he directly informed Saul, “No. Emperor Elo has been at the Tribunal discussing matters with the Tribunal Chief recently. I can only temporarily make decisions on many other tasks.”

Black Flame’s emperor wasn’t at the embassy?

Saul smiled. “Indeed, everyone gets busy before black tides arrive.”

He planned to teleport to the estate where Sander’s stepmother Vanessa lived.

Because he had conducted several experiments there before, for convenience, he had simply left a temporary coordinate outside the estate.

After preparing, Saul concentrated his thoughts on the semi-transparent thread produced by his temporary coordinate.

With a gentle touch, both figures disappeared simultaneously.

Then they appeared simultaneously at the estate outside Evernight Palace.

Directly in front of Saul was the original estate, but after just a few days, the estate’s main gate was tightly closed with a lock hanging on it.

Obviously, the people who originally lived here had moved away.

“How amazing!” Stuart still had his eyes closed, carefully feeling the forces of spatial transformation.

When Saul was still an apprentice, he had experienced his master Gorsa’s spatial teleportation power several times.

But he was too weak then, resulting in no sensations.

Conversely, third-rank Stuart was more sensitive to the power changes and spatial transformations during teleportation.

After a moment, Stuart opened his eyes and thanked Saul. “Thank you very much today. If you ever visit Black Flame Empire in the future, you can always come find me.”

Stuart wasn’t just being polite. But he also knew Saul didn’t know when he might visit Black Flame Empire.

Thinking about it, he said in a low voice, “During the black tide period, you’d better stay in Evernight Palace and not go to the Red Sea.”

Saul slowly blinked once, thoughts racing through his mind, then slowly nodded. “Thank you for the reminder. I’ll seriously consider it.”

Saul didn’t directly agree, and Stuart didn’t continue persuading.

He shouldn’t have been persuading anyway.

“Then I’ll head back first.” Stuart’s face resumed its original polite smile. He nodded slightly, then turned and flew away.

“Stuart obviously knows something. He’s warning me that if I go to the Red Sea when black tides appear, I might encounter danger.” The corner of Saul’s mouth lifted, showing no fear. “Now that Black Flame’s emperor isn’t at the embassy either, it’s quite a good opportunity.”

Saul turned around, ignoring the locked gate, and directly vaulted over the wall into the estate.

He came to the former laboratory and sat down.

The place had been half-emptied, leaving only tall, empty shelves and experimental tables.

Saul lay back on the experimental table and directly performed astral projection.

“Herman, you stay here. If anyone approaches, immediately call me—I’ll teleport back instantly.”

Herman, emerging from the diary again, immediately entered Saul’s body to temporarily control this physical form.

Saul’s body had Soul-Devouring Resin modifications for protection, and his soul had diary protection, so he wasn’t afraid of others discovering that the soul in his body wasn’t his own.

Of course, Herman definitely couldn’t impersonate him, but as long as he called Saul back the instant he discovered outsiders, it would be fine.

So Herman, using Saul’s body, opened his eyes to stare at the ceiling, seeming to contemplate some very difficult problem.

Meanwhile, Saul immediately threw the mark Stuart had placed on him into the diary’s pages to clamp it, then stood and floated toward outside the estate.

Just as he floated to the main gate, he suddenly saw a gray transparent figure standing alone at the entrance.

It was a woman whose youth had passed but who remained beautiful.

But she was already dead, her soul transformed into a vengeful spirit, standing at the estate entrance.

“Vanessa?” Though he hadn’t seen her many times, Saul recognized her identity at a glance.

He didn’t know how Sander’s stepmother had died, but obviously, after Harry’s death, she had lost her final support.

This life-gambling reversal game… she had lost!

(End of Chapter)