Saul hadn’t expected that Byron’s rare opportunity for a long trip would be killed by him just like that.

After discovering the elf spring water on Saul, Byron immediately asked for it.

Saul didn’t waste words and directly handed the spring water to Byron.

He believed Byron’s current understanding of elves was definitely more than his own.

Those dangerous precautions didn’t need to be explained one by one.

Then Saul had Hope arrange food and lodging for Keli, while he himself went up to the laboratory on the fifth floor.

After entering the laboratory, Saul immediately began examining the Symphony of Fate formation he had designed.

After observing for a while, he nodded with satisfaction.

“Currently, the entire formation is operating smoothly, and the connection with Shaya hasn’t weakened due to increased distance. The signal is very stable.”

Saul took out paper and pen and recorded the entire process of this experiment and the problems encountered along the way.

This time he specifically organized a dedicated notebook. If his Symphony of Fate could completely pry open the door to fourth-rank advancement, he would use this as basis and foundation to continue advancing toward fifth and sixth rank.

The accidental trip to the Prismatic World last time had greatly touched Saul.

Those star-shaped eyes said they could be first-rank or sixth-rank

Strength could be freely transformed.

But the essence of all this was having stable sixth-rank power.

Saul still didn’t understand what sixth-rank meant. He currently only knew that fifth-rank seemed to allow traversing different worlds.

But now the path to fifth-rank was completely hidden, and existing fourth-rank wizards were all struggling to find advancement methods.

Only Saul, as someone who also possessed clear fate line abilities, could walk a special advancement path.

His experience and a bit of intuition told him that as long as he continued exploring along fate lines, he could also become sixth-rank like the star-shaped eyes in the Prismatic World!

However, Saul was still in the initial stage. The overall strategy could be set at sixth-rank, but actual implementation could only aim for fourth-rank.

He took out the Dead Wizard’s Diary, spread it on the table, and turned to the page where Bethstana was located. The previous page was exactly the black page formed by combining the partial souls left by Nerela and Pei’er, who had once pretended to be wind sprites.

Saul very much wanted to communicate with the consciousness of the Prismatic World again to better verify his advancement ideas.

Now, since Pei’er in this world hadn’t been able to contact Pei’er in the distant Prismatic World, he could only think of other ways to understand the power of fate lines more deeply.

It would be even better if Bethstana’s information could help him contact the Prismatic World through Pei’er.

“Now you can continue.”

[Very well. The Inverted Tree is a wood-attribute demonic creature, but its application of fate lines is the most thorough I’ve ever seen. Of course, now the most powerful user of fate lines I’ve seen is you, Wizard Saul.]

Speaking of this, Bethstana was somewhat puzzled.

[Also, this book of yours can actually completely preserve my consciousness, even the extremism caused by the Inverted Tree’s pollution has been completely removed… I can’t believe a third-rank wizard could possess such a powerful magical tool. No matter how you look at this book, it’s at least fourth-rank in value.]

Saul thought: The diary’s special features don’t stop there. If I let you see the golden pages that can preview the future, the diary that can judge changes in storm eyes and anchor points, it should be at least fifth-rank.

He cleared his throat. “You don’t need to worry about these things. Currently, you just need to know I need knowledge related to fate lines.”

[Understood. Actually, during the period when I was combined with the Inverted Tree…]

Saul quietly listened to Bethstana describe the power and perceptions she gained within the Inverted Tree, which indeed had parts closely related to fate lines.

For example, people controlled by the Inverted Tree had their fate lines pulled out from their bodies by the tree, which then influenced them. This made them appear like normal people most of the time.

But if the Inverted Tree needed them, it could manipulate them to act according to the tree’s will.

At the same time, if the Inverted Tree needed souls, these people would transform from puppets into nourishment for the tree.

The city-wide sacrifice Bethstana had launched was the complete development of the latter ability, pushing it to the limit regardless of consequences.

Saul suddenly became curious. “I remember in the tree heart space, you told me the Wishing Candle was something you snatched from Shaya. And your later negativity should also have been caused by the Wishing Candle’s curse. What wish did you make at that time?”

[I naturally hoped I could successfully resurrect.]

[But perhaps I used it incorrectly, making a wish too difficult to fulfill. Although the Wishing Candle produced a bottle of liquid, I still couldn’t complete resurrection through that liquid. Instead, I fell into despair, which is why after discovering you entered the tree heart space, I was single-mindedly thinking about mutual destruction with you.]

[If you hadn’t suddenly mentioned there was another path to choose, I, controlled by despair at that time, would definitely have attacked you.]

“Liquid? What kind of liquid?”

[I don’t know. The Wishing Candle doesn’t tell me information about items obtained through wishes. I used it directly without thinking at the time. It did accelerate my fusion with the Inverted Tree, but also accelerated the pollution on me. Heh, indeed, the Wishing Candle lives up to its reputation as a cursed object.]

“Are there many cursed objects in this world?”

[Very few. At least I know even many third-ranks haven’t seen them. So I completely didn’t expect that Shaya, a first-rank wizard, would have a Wishing Candle. One of the Wishing Candle’s curse characteristics is that once someone asks about it, you must answer and explain.]

“No wonder when I asked you what that was, you immediately answered me. This characteristic is really…” Saul chuckled coldly. “Designed to incite conflict among people.”

No wonder Shaya had been so nervous before. No matter who possessed this item, once discovered and asked about, they would have to reveal the Wishing Candle’s existence.

And he was only first-rank—anyone who came to steal it could beat him.

After a moment, Bethstana suddenly realized something.

[Is my information… not very useful to you?]

Saul shook his head. “Not necessarily. I’m very interested in the Inverted Tree’s method of stripping fate lines. It’s just that what I need more now is how to connect with other people’s fate lines.”

Saul curled his fingers and knocked on another black page with his knuckles.

“For example, I currently possess part of someone’s soul and her fate lines, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t connect her with another part of her spirit body that’s far away in another world.”

[How do you want to connect them? Fuse the soul here with the soul there? That would probably require going to another world, or having the soul from the other world come here. The barrier between worlds is a problem that troubles fourth-rank wizards—it’s not something we can solve now.]

“I don’t need complete fusion for now, but at least the two should be able to communicate.”

[If that’s the case, it would require at least fourth-rank wizard power. Only they might be able to knock on the world barrier a little and send information out.]

Saul was thinking—if he had to ask a fourth-rank wizard for help, what price could he currently offer that would move which one?

Or rather, which fourth-rank wizard would be safer and wouldn’t suddenly sabotage him midway?

At this time, Pei’er, who had been unwilling to speak, suddenly began writing white text.

[Go find that bastard Ophelia.]

Saul looked down. “Ophelia knew Pei’er would be sacrificed but still didn’t reveal any information. Are you sure she’ll help us?”

[Heh, that——]

[Miss Pei’er, please don’t use profanity.]

On the same black page, another type of handwriting appeared—that was Nerela’s handwriting.

[Damn it! Don’t call me Pei’er, I’m not that stupid woman!]

Saul knocked on the page again. “Continue.”

[Although Ophelia didn’t think highly of the Stargate Project, she’s also very interested in the outside world. This woman puts profit first. For her goals, she can throw away her dignity. If you just reveal a little information about the outside world to her, she’ll definitely help you actively.]

“Very good.” Saul nodded with satisfaction.

This way, Ophelia was indeed a good person to ask for help.

Powerful and intelligent, clear-headed and ruthless.

Such a wizard was very suitable to become the second target of the Symphony of Fate!

As for how to bring her into the pentagram of fate lines, that would require Saul to plan carefully.

(End of Chapter)

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