The Death Demon, without any disagreement, allocated a safe zone for Saul within the Prismatic Time.

When Saul arrived above the gray platform with his consciousness body wrapped in thread-like form, he suddenly transformed back into human appearance.

Obviously, in this safe zone, he could move around more freely.

Saul moved about and discovered that the environment here was very similar to the wizard world, even the concentration of magical particles was about the same.

As if with a mere gesture, a small world had been created.

In such an environment, constructing a transmission formation for the information channel became much easier.

Saul immediately redeployed his mental power and, following the already designed steps, used his fate lines to connect and create a second information transmission formation.

After the formation was completed, he activated his mental power again.

This time, he was even more careful and focused, to avoid damaging the fate lines again.

All formations and energy took shape in one go, and most importantly, the information exchange also returned feedback.

[What?]

The mental fluctuation belonging to Floco was translated into clear words within the formation.

Saul smiled, “Floco, can you hear my voice clearly?”

What Saul transmitted naturally wasn’t sound, but mental power would be converted through the fate lines between the two to Floco’s consciousness, and similarly be translated into common language.

[Saul?]

The information Floco transmitted carried undisguised surprise.

It seemed that information directly transmitted through fate lines couldn’t hide the original emotions of the transmitter.

[I can hear very clearly. This… is this the effect of that magic formation from last time?]

Floco knew that his ability to escape from the deep sea was because he had made a deal with Saul.

After this deal, he and Saul had formed a community of interests. Even he himself could feel that his future seemed to be bound with Saul’s.

Although Saul couldn’t interfere with his will and actions, if something went wrong on Saul’s side, he would suffer severe backlash.

While that backlash couldn’t take his life, it would still severely damage his vitality.

That’s why Floco was willing to expend energy to possess the mermaid Kate and help Saul research mermaids.

“It’s one of the functions of the Symphony of Fate. However, I just developed it and am still in the experimental stage.”

At this moment, another message came from a distant place.

[My god! What is this thing that got into my brain? Could it be that I’ve been cursed by someone? Or did someone plant some parasite in my brain without my knowledge? Damn it, do I need to dissect my brain to take a look?]

A familiar wave of paranoid delusion hit him head-on.

The upward curve of Saul’s mouth grew even higher.

“Shaya, long time no see.”

[Saul? So it’s you. Well, you scared me. I thought I was being parasitized by someone again.]

Shaya, who had been ready to crack open his own skull, finally put down the small knife in his hand.

Probably having been completely tamed by Saul, when facing Saul, he finally stopped being suspicious and paranoid.

[Is this a communication method you created? It’s really good!]

Just as Shaya was about to continue praising Saul, he didn’t expect that the formation Saul had designed hadn’t yet implemented information filtering.

In other words, the information he transmitted to the formation would also be received by Floco.

And Floco had no intention of hiding his existence.

Floco: [Saul, who is this Shaya?]

Shaya: [Huh? There’s someone else here? Could it be that you’ve been parasitized by someone else, Saul?]

Saul held his forehead, “No, I’m fine. This is a specially encrypted information transmission channel I established. This way, even if we three are separated by great distances, we can still communicate through this platform.”

After explaining the information transmission, Saul introduced the two to each other.

“…The current situation is like this. There may be others joining this platform in the future. Hmm, let’s call it the Prismatic Channel. If there are emergencies in the future, we can help each other. Everyone is now a community of interests to some degree, remember to help each other.”

[Prismatic Channel? That sounds awful. Eh, did this sentence get transmitted too? Ah! This channel is quite sensitive! Haha, hahahaha…]

Ignoring Shaya’s embarrassed laughter, Saul pursed his lips and temporarily added a small isolation chamber to the formation, making it so Shaya could only speak but not listen.

Then he started discussing serious matters with Floco first.

“Lord Floco, Nephret Continent is about to face a new round of black tide assault. According to reliable information, Evernight’s defensive action against the black tide is very likely to encounter an accident this time.”

Floco immediately made an association: [There’s a problem with Evernight’s mermaids?]

Saul was startled. Normally shouldn’t one think there was a problem with Evernight’s Red Sea Trees?

After all, Red Sea Trees were the main force against the black tide. Mermaids were just there to clean up the battlefield.

But Floco wasn’t more concerned about mermaids just because he was of the Azure Scale Clan.

He immediately explained the reason for his guess.

Floco: [Actually, the condition of Evernight’s mermaids is somewhat strange. The mermaid who inherited the most royal bloodline has been kept in captivity. The mermaid with the second highest bloodline concentration has developed a disease that prevents contact with the black tide. This disease not only cannot be cured but also infects other mermaids.]

Saul also had this suspicion and nodded, “Yes, I’ve noticed too. And a few days ago when I captured some atavistic mermaids for experiments, I discovered that these atavistic mermaids’ resistance to the black tide wasn’t as strong as other mermaids. It’s as if the more atavistic they are, the weaker they become.”

“But this isn’t impossible either, since atavistic mermaids existed in an era when there was no black tide.”

[Heh, but Saul, there’s one thing you’ve forgotten. The deep sea has never been a safe place. The mermaid race that originated from the deep sea fought their way out of the most dangerous darkness.]

Floco’s words immediately enlightened Saul.

“That’s right! Mermaid royalty’s physical constitution couldn’t be inferior to other mermaids. In the law of the jungle in the deep sea, such mermaids couldn’t possibly become royalty.”

“If that’s the case, why would atavistic mermaids appear so weak?”

Floco: [Probably because… they have wizards pressing down on them.]

Saul thought of Pearl’s deliberately damaged soul body, of Coral’s careful probing when they first met.

And during his deep-sea observations of the mermaid community, that fleeting special mental fluctuation.

Could it be that the accident occurring at this masquerade ball was caused by mermaids?

Not that Saul was arrogant, but based on his current understanding of mermaids, even if these creatures used all their cunning, they would find it very difficult to stir up any trouble before the Tribunal.

After all, they were absolutely suppressed in terms of strength.

“Unless they’re not trying to rebel…”

“They just want to escape?”

“Taking advantage of the black tide’s arrival to flee the Red Sea and break free from the Tribunal’s control?”

“But with the Tribunal watching over them, even if they wanted to run, it wouldn’t be that easy.”

Floco: [Saul…]

“Yes?”

Floco: [If the mermaids want to escape, could you lend a hand?]

If the mermaids were all muddled and confused, then being controlled by the Tribunal was just being controlled – even if they escaped, they might not necessarily have any good ending.

But if the mermaid race had this intention themselves, Floco still hoped to see a more independent and free mermaid race.

Here it comes!

Saul’s eyes lit up, but he said, “I’ll definitely be watched closely by the Tribunal, so I can’t help.”

Before Floco could say anything, he continued, “However, Lord Floco, would you like to come over and join the excitement?”

(End of Chapter)

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