If Saul had realized from Camus’s words several times that the black tide’s impact on the wizard world was indeed terrifying, and that the wizard world would very likely be destroyed in the black tide, then Byron’s understanding of the black tide was limited to the Borderland and Chaos Realm.

Today, a fourth-rank wizard at the world’s top level suddenly said this world was already tottering, naturally causing Byron’s past understanding to suffer a huge impact.

So even though it was Frim speaking, Byron’s first reaction wasn’t to believe, but bewilderment.

He looked toward Saul, seeming to want to say “Why would Frim say this?”

But Saul temporarily had no way to explain to Byron, because he couldn’t explain how he knew.

So after Saul looked at Byron, he immediately learned Byron’s expression – first reaction was bewilderment, second reaction was solemnity tinged with fear.

“Actually, my first reaction was to say, how could a third-rank wizard like me possibly help with such matters, but your last sentence really puzzles me. How has our world reached a tottering state? Although there’s the black tide threat, there’s the Sighing Wall in the north, Red Sea Tree forests in the southwest, plus Iskaper Continent’s assistance in the middle – how is it tottering?”

What Saul really wanted to say was, how had it reached the point of tottering where a third-rank wizard like him was needed to help?

“You should know about the Abyssal Eye.”

“The Abyssal Eye’s current state is like an ordinary person fallen into sleep, or us entering deep meditation. The black tide is actually equivalent to one breath of the Abyssal Eye – the Abyssal Eye’s weakest activity. But once the Abyssal Eye awakens, even if it just turns over once, it will bring disasters more terrifying than the Abyssal Eye. Those disasters are enough to destroy this world. And now, because of certain people’s activities and certain developments, the Abyssal Eye is about to awaken!”

Byron was now completely confused, but Frim definitely wouldn’t take a second-rank wizard like him seriously. He wanted to inquire with that half-elf growing in his brain, but this half-elf wasn’t responding to his calls at the critical moment!

How useless!

Saul was somewhat better than Byron, but he also didn’t quite understand. “Chief Frim, could you explain what you mean by ‘because of certain people and certain things, the Abyssal Eye is about to awaken’?”

Now Saul rather wanted to see Frim’s expression, to see what kind of appearance the other had when saying these words.

“Since I called you here today and told you about the Abyssal Eye’s impending awakening, naturally I’ll tell you.”

Frim was unexpectedly reasonable today.

“Do you know why the black tide in the Borderland is more terrifying than the black tide in the Red Sea?”

Without waiting for Saul’s answer, Frim proactively explained, “Because the Storm Eye’s black tide comes from the Abyssal Eye deep underground.”

Saul had once seen the wizard planet and the Abyssal Eye on the planet’s back through the elf’s vision, understanding that the Abyssal Eye was sunken into the planet’s interior.

Although this was incredible, beyond Saul’s comprehensible wizard knowledge scope, the Abyssal Eye had truly achieved this.

What if that depression, after passing through the earth’s core, twisted and crooked but finally truly aimed at the Borderland, preparing to penetrate through from the Borderland?

Frim’s voice continued, “After Storm Eyes erupt, we find anchor points inside them. Through multiple studies, we’ve confirmed anchor points are skeletal remains of special creatures, and only small fragment pieces of skeletons.”

Frim’s words matched the information Saul had learned. Those giant skeletons outside the Chaos Realm were truly anchor points.

If there were so many, so large anchor point skeletons in the Abyssal Eye too, then once the Abyssal Eye erupted, wouldn’t it mean all the anchor points inside would enter the wizard world?

A single fragment could make a third-rank wizard undergo mutation death with almost no resistance.

So many anchor points descending?

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Anchor points – positioning objects.

Those terrifying gray-white skeletons should be using fragments to locate the path to the wizard world.

So, if the Storm Eye eruptions in the Borderland exceeded a certain limit, with too many anchor points entering the wizard world, perhaps they would truly point out a pathway for the Abyssal Eye, allowing it to completely awaken! Letting the terrifying giant skeletons inside descend upon the wizard world!

A feeling of despair and powerlessness rose in Saul’s heart. Cold chills pressed against every pore of his skin, drilling outward as if this could reduce his fear a little.

Just then, a hand tugged at Saul’s sleeve. The muscle movement pulled at nerves, creating slight warmth that made Saul immediately turn around.

Saul’s confused eyes saw Byron behind him, whose face seemed to momentarily become half-elven.

Saul’s brain seemed struck by something. After slight dizziness, he regained clarity, no longer as despairing and fearful as before.

Frim’s voice suddenly stopped.

Saul closed his eyes and shook his neck, then opened them with the fear gone from his eyes.

“Chief Frim, I already understand the severity of the situation, but you haven’t said what you mean by certain people and certain things?” Speaking to this point, Saul simply stopped hiding and directly reminded Frim, “You’re not referring to my Master Gorsa, are you?”

Frim’s laughter rang out. “Seems you’ve already thought of it. Your true purpose in going to Kema Duchy was to help your master, not that little girl named Keli, right?”

“Have you already noticed something?”

Although the other posed a question, regardless of whether Saul acknowledged it or not, Frim had already determined Saul had discovered part of the truth.

Perhaps Gorsa told him, perhaps he learned this secret from elsewhere, but it no longer mattered to Frim now.

“It’s better that you noticed. Gorsa, along with a batch of people the Tribunal once executed, are all uncontrolled factors that would affect the Abyssal Eye’s slumber. I knew this very early on. Unfortunately, at that time Glare’s Norton hadn’t yet shown signs of decline. I had to borrow others’ help to eliminate Gorsa… At that time, it was you who saved him, wasn’t it?”

Frim thought of the last black tide attack when he had used the Black Flame Emperor’s cover, wanting to head to the far north but ultimately failing to make the trip.

If he wasn’t certain Saul lacked the ability to control mermaids, he would suspect the last incident was also Saul secretly helping Gorsa, deliberately causing trouble to force him to return midway.

Saul couldn’t take credit at this moment. “I only stood on my master’s side and did what I could, but with or without me, master wouldn’t have been in trouble.”

“Yes, I also didn’t expect that he wasn’t about to mutate then, but was delaying advancement, suppressing too harshly.”

‘Yes,’ Saul thought, ‘When people can’t hold it in, their expressions do become rather distorted.’

(End of Chapter)

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