Maria was crying. In the distance, Haili by the crystal pillar of the Second Wizard Tower was also weeping.

Just moments ago, he had sensed Master Murphy’s aura from the crystal pillar. Having lived at the Sighing Wall since birth, Haili understood all too well what this meant.

He let out a wail, crouched down, hugged the crystal pillar, and buried his head in sorrowful tears.

The last fourth-rank wizard of Far North City had also chosen to stand guard over Storm Sea. Even if only his corpse remained, he would continue fighting to protect the Sighing Wall.

Most others didn’t clearly understand what had happened. They were still fighting the remaining black tide monsters. Although these monsters were listless, their physical prowess remained formidable. Unless one was an abnormally powerful third-rank wizard like Saul, killing a hundred-meter-tall black tide monster still required considerable time.

Though the battle continued, everyone’s mood was completely different from two hours ago.

They could see the dawn. As long as they eliminated the monsters before them, this black tide would be successfully weathered without significant casualties.

However, just as these people were celebrating, someone suddenly shouted, “The Sighing Wall, the Sighing Wall… it’s cracked!”

Upon hearing this cry, people’s first reaction was disbelief, but they instinctively turned to confirm.

The deep gray Sighing Wall, over a hundred meters tall and standing in Far North City for equally many years, showed numerous fissures.

These cracks looked as if they’d been carved by knives and axes, suffering inhuman destruction.

These marks hadn’t appeared earlier. It was as if the wall had suffered extremely serious internal injuries that all erupted today.

“How could this happen?”

“What occurred?”

“Could someone be secretly sabotaging the Sighing Wall?”

“Quick, find Master Murphy!”

“Quick, find Master Murphy!”

The discussions ultimately unified into “finding Master Murphy.”

Everyone believed that as long as Master Murphy appeared, he could certainly resolve the Sighing Wall’s damage.

But this time, their Master Murphy would never appear again.

When Saul returned with Keli and the others, he saw everyone’s panicked state.

They had discovered that no matter how they called for Wizard Murphy, there was no response.

Maria, who had returned with Saul, stood on the Sighing Wall’s platform with red eyes.

“Everyone, Wizard Murphy encountered an extremely powerful black tide monster in the recent battle. After he successfully repelled the monster, the black tide also retreated.”

Hearing Maria’s announcement, the previously panicked crowd immediately erupted in cheers.

But someone quickly asked, “Wizard Maria, where is Master Murphy now? You can see that the Sighing Wall has suffered the greatest damage in a century. We need to repair it quickly.”

Maria choked back a sob but said firmly, “Yes, we need to repair it, but this time we cannot rely on Wizard Murphy. We can only rely on ourselves.”

Some people still didn’t understand, thinking Wizard Murphy was injured and needed to recuperate.

But some wizards had already deduced the truth from the lingering sadness on Maria’s face.

“Wizard Maria, Wizard Murphy… has something happened to him?”

Even wizards who had guessed part of the truth didn’t dare voice their suspicions in front of everyone. They could only ask Maria with some hope, wishing that terrible conjecture could be personally refuted by her.

But Maria ultimately spoke the answer they least wanted to hear.

“Wizard Murphy has… sacrificed himself.”

Unlike the previous uproar, the inside and outside of the Sighing Wall suddenly became incredibly quiet.

Keli looked at everyone’s expressions and felt somewhat unbearable. She turned her head and saw Saul, who had returned to human form, standing expressionlessly in the wind.

If one day the Borderland also lost its master, would it be as silent as here?

Keli took a deep breath and rallied herself.

Although there was little she could do, she would do her utmost to help Saul.

Just as everyone was struggling to accept Wizard Murphy’s death, the cracks on the Sighing Wall suddenly emitted dazzling gray light.

A group of third-rank and second-rank wizards had no time to react to what was happening when they suddenly felt something being stripped from their bodies and flying toward the Sighing Wall before them.

Everyone instinctively sensed that what had left their bodies was extremely important.

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It was a domineering and terrifying spell, Life Communion!

Originally designed to create powerful combat forces, this spell fused the strength of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of people into one entity, forming a life communion.

They could share minds, souls, and even bodies!

The more people merged, the stronger they became, and the more powerful the newly formed life communion would be!

If Saul knew this spell, he would immediately recall the Mermaid Aberrant that appeared at the Tribunal—a terrifying combat force formed by fusing tens of thousands of mermaids.

Trading quantity for quality.

Saul noticed the abnormality in those around him, but he felt no changes himself. He quickly checked Keli beside him—she was also unaffected.

However, Haili and Heywood behind him had both lost a piece of their souls.

A quite important part, yet despite losing part of their souls, they could still stand normally in place.

Those souls streaked through the air like meteors, following arcs invisible to the naked eye, all merging into the Sighing Wall’s cracks.

Although Saul didn’t know the specific spell, he could analyze that those whose souls were absorbed into the Sighing Wall had lost their freedom.

In other words, these wizards would be forced to continue fighting for the Sighing Wall. If the Sighing Wall was destroyed, their lives would also end.

So this is what Wizard Murphy meant by ‘allow me to be willful’ before his death, Saul sighed inwardly.

It was indeed quite willful.

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Even if told that the Sighing Wall’s collapse meant Stat Continent would be pulled into the Abyssal Eye.

But even with the forced fusion of many high-rank wizards, could the Sighing Wall’s strength match what it was when Murphy was alive?

Could such a Far North City truly withstand the next wave and countless future black tide attacks?

The wizards near the Sighing Wall were now in complete chaos.

Only those like Saul and Keli, who weren’t bound as part of the Sighing Wall’s life communion, could calmly observe.

“They’re all people who signed their names,” Haili was also somewhat dazed, but he wasn’t as agitated and angry as those high-rank wizards, quickly accepting the reality.

Saul turned to look at Haili, confirming, “You mean those whose souls were absorbed are all people who signed their names on the Sighing Wall’s crystal wall?”

Haili nodded. “Now I finally understand why Master Murphy didn’t let you sign back then. You’re the master of the Borderland, responsible for sealing possible storm eyes. He couldn’t bind you here.”

“What about Master Gorsa? Shouldn’t he have also signed his name on the crystal wall?”

The silent Heywood then said, “Master Gorsa didn’t sign his name. I was the one who signed on the wall.”

“Did Master know what Wizard Murphy was planning from the beginning?”

“No, the master simply doesn’t like establishing connections with wizard towers outside of Glare.”

Heywood’s expression was calm. Since learning he was permanently bound to the Sighing Wall, he had remained unexcited, calmly accepting the fate Wizard Murphy had imposed on them.

Looking at such a Heywood, Saul suddenly remembered what he had forgotten.

“Where is… Heidi?”

“After the First Wizard Tower collapsed, she used her shadow body to wrap around me, isolating me from black tide pollution erosion. But when you appeared, she disappeared.”

Heywood spoke very calmly, yet somehow gave the impression of having lost his soul.

Heidi, who had lost her body due to magic and had been protected by her brother since childhood, finally protected her brother once in the last moments of her consciousness.

(End of Chapter)

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