Saul left the black desert to find Noah, giving Keli and Byron some time to digest the information.

After all, not everyone could quickly calm down after hearing about going up against a fourth-rank wizard who possessed one of the world’s greatest powers.

Saul hadn’t just thought of opposing Frim recently.

As early as when he heard that the rebellion at Gorsa’s wizard tower had faint traces of the Tribunal behind it, he had thought about what he should do if the Tribunal issued a death warrant against him one day.

It was just that he had been too weak back then, so thinking about it was useless, and this thought had been buried deep in his heart.

Until he was semi-forcibly invited to Evernight, Saul had always honestly hidden this idea of his.

Until Frim suddenly imprisoned him and took away one of his arms without warning.

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Frim could easily take away one of his arms when he wanted to study his talents, and could also directly kill Saul for experiments when he deemed it necessary.

And Saul’s ability to absorb and process black tide pollution was one of the capabilities Frim needed most.

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But when Frim discovered the efficiency and uniqueness of Saul’s pollution absorption, combined with Saul showing no signs of being polluted himself, this made Frim’s heart race.

Saul’s talent plus Frim’s arrogance meant the two could never reconcile.

Of course, Saul wouldn’t be foolish enough to charge in with just Keli and Byron.

He was very good at finding backing for himself, just like how he initially found Byron to help deal with Sid.

“The first helper, needless to say, is Master Gorsa. Frim is planning to assassinate my master after all. As for the second, I think the Black Flame Emperor would very much like to know Stuart’s whereabouts.”

While Saul was considering what forces to unite against Frim, the Bone Flying Lizard had already carried him to the sky above Black Water City.

After half a year, there seemed to be some changes here again.

The population outside the city had increased, but most were slaves wearing shackles.

It seemed Noah had already begun external campaigns and achieved some results.

Saul had the Bone Flying Lizard remain in high altitude where people couldn’t notice, then teleported to Noah’s side himself.

Deities couldn’t always appear before people, so this time only Noah needed to know he had come.

Saul appeared invisibly beside Noah and saw him standing behind Scorpion, watching him handle affairs.

Noah now wore a black robe with a white half-skull on it, and below the skull was a scale. This seemed to be Noah’s designed religious emblem. The emblem was a pattern printed with magic – the local production capabilities couldn’t create such exquisite and detailed patterns.

Out of curiosity, Saul also stood behind Scorpion and listened for a while, discovering that Scorpion was just handling administrative affairs. But he could see that although Scorpion had trained for several years, he wasn’t a qualified ruler.

His will wasn’t firm enough; he always wavered, sometimes thinking this person was right, sometimes thinking that person also made sense. So matters would be discussed and deliberated endlessly without decisions being made.

Noah watched from the side with slightly furrowed brows but didn’t speak up to offer suggestions.

By the time Scorpion finally decided on a plan and requested another person to report results for timely corrections, an hour had already passed.

It would have been acceptable if what they had just discussed was something very important, but from what Saul heard, it was just a minor matter concerning resident placement.

After everyone left, Scorpion turned around proudly and said to Noah, “How was that? Did I just perform like a king?”

Noah was about to speak impatiently when he heard a voice in his ear. His expression didn’t change, but his words became, “Think about it some more. I have things to do here, so I’ll head back first.”

At first, Scorpion felt good that Noah hadn’t scolded him, thinking he had done well. But then he noticed Noah seemed to want to send him away, as if he was already impatient with him.

Scorpion muttered something, but his voice was so muffled it was completely inaudible.

Noah couldn’t stand seeing Scorpion like this and turned to leave.

After Noah left Scorpion’s room, he turned a corner upon exiting and returned to where he lived.

After entering and closing the door, Noah respectfully called out, “Master!”

Saul appeared with a smile at the corner of his mouth. “You were just handling government affairs. It seems Black Water City’s development is on track.”

Noah smiled somewhat proudly, but his smile turned bitter. “However, I’ve discovered that I initially thought many things too simply. Although I can use magic to establish a powerful force, wanting this force to operate according to my instructions is still too difficult. Many obstacles I never imagined keep emerging.”

Noah sighed. “Moreover, Scorpion isn’t a qualified leader either. I first encountered him, and he had also seen You, so to better integrate into the local tribes, I acted close to Scorpion. This led them all to think Scorpion held a high position with me, gradually pushing him into the leader’s position. But as time went on, I discovered that Scorpion isn’t suited to be a leader.”

Saul didn’t care about these details. “If he’s not suitable, replace him.”

“To push Scorpion onto the stage initially, I put in considerable effort. Now replacing him would cost even more. After all, Scorpion has already accumulated high prestige.”

“Don’t mind sunk costs. Replace when you should replace. The resources you’re using here aren’t much.”

But after thinking it over, Noah still didn’t seem inclined to replace him. He just looked at Saul hopefully. “Master, do we have a way to directly modify Scorpion’s body?”

Saul looked at Noah. “How would you modify him?”

Noah’s eyes burned brightly. “I want to make Scorpion extremely powerful, enough to be invincible on ordinary battlefields. To quickly conquer all known hostile tribes in the region.”

Saul reminded Noah: “Super-intensive modification of ordinary people’s bodies often costs lives.”

But Noah smiled.

Saul suddenly understood Noah’s thinking. “You want Scorpion to die at his peak, leaving behind a spiritual leader, then replace him with a more capable successor who doesn’t have as much prestige?”

Noah’s smile suddenly froze as he asked in shock: “How, how did you know?”

“Maybe… I’ve read too many books.” Saul casually brushed it off. “You don’t even need to ask me about this. Didn’t I leave Ann to help you? Ann is proficient in flesh magic – you can ask her directly.”

Noah had no idea that Ann was proficient in flesh magic, because she never conducted magical research or study here, only relied on her sharp spider legs that could transform into a spider’s lower body to harvest enemies’ lives.

She had become a powerful spider woman warrior.

“By the way, isn’t Ann here?”

Saul tried sensing Ann’s presence. She seemed to be quite far away, and their connection was somewhat tenuous.

“Ah, Lady Ann is leading a team to collect bone monsters. Your affairs are naturally the highest priority.”

(End of Chapter)

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