When they emerged from the underground base, Agu had already regained his composure.

It seemed that years of managing books in the wizard tower had taught him to face things with equanimity.

“So you two ultimately didn’t acknowledge each other?”

“Why acknowledge each other? She despises Faceless Ones. Why should I let her know that the person who raised her for ten years was actually also a Faceless One?”

“Uh?” Saul shook his head. “Although speaking from an observer’s perspective, hiding things like this could very likely cause even greater misunderstandings.”

He casually gave an example he had seen before.

“For instance… how old was she when you disguised yourself as her father?”

“Five years old, five years and three months.”

“So young. And you took over her father’s identity after he died. Then you left her when she was fifteen. She probably doesn’t remember her original father, but she definitely remembers you. Maybe she thinks you deliberately abandoned her.”

Agu lowered his head. “I indeed didn’t have time to tell her the truth when I left.”

Saul spread his hands. “So what the facts actually are isn’t certain yet. If you don’t say anything, nothing will be resolved. Even if you just asked indirectly about her impression of her father?”

Agu frowned in distress. When he saw Fiona’s cold and mocking gaze, he couldn’t think of any of the methods Saul mentioned and just wanted to leave quickly.

“Sigh.” Saul sighed. “These kinds of situations are often clearer to observers. If you still want to talk with Fiona, I can wait for you at the hotel.”

“No.” Unexpectedly, Agu still refused. “She definitely won’t come out to see me now. Let’s wait for later. Besides, I am after all… appearing suddenly now probably wouldn’t help her. Don’t you still need to rescue Wizard Byron, Master?”

“I respect your decision.” Saul didn’t force it, touching his chin. “Senior Byron is being held by them, and I don’t even know his current situation. How could I really let them bully Senior?”

The two chatted while walking toward the Star Observatory Tower, not appearing rushed.

“Master, how do you plan to rescue him?”

Saul snapped his fingers. “First, find backing!”

…

An encrypted letter was urgently delivered to the Glare family and presented to Patriarch Norton by Edgar.

Norton’s white light engulfed the letter in Edgar’s hands, directly turning it to ash. But Norton had already completely deciphered the letter’s contents.

Then came a long silence.

Edgar waited for a long time without hearing Norton speak and couldn’t help but wonder, “Patriarch, is this some difficult matter?”

Only then did Norton speak. “Edgar, how many years can I still exist?”

Edgar replied calmly, “If you maintain soul body stability, four years should be no problem.”

“Yes, only four years left. Do you think Saul knows about this?”

“Wizard Saul should also be able to see it.”

“Then why is he still causing me trouble?”

“Maybe it’s… should I go in your place?”

“You want to go see Alick for me?”

“Then you should go yourself.”

The child in the white light orb sighed.

Edgar thought for a moment. “Otherwise, you could write a letter and I’ll help deliver it to Chairman Alick?”

Norton chuckled lightly. “Forget it, I’ll make the trip myself. Just sending a letter probably won’t work—they’re good at playing dumb. I imagine when Alick sees these old bones of mine, he won’t fight me either.”

After speaking, before Edgar could say anything, the white light orb suddenly dimmed, and the already dim room completely lost its light source.

“Sigh…” Edgar sighed helplessly, casually lighting the lamp in his hand to see light again.

He stared blankly at the bright wick. “If the Stargate Council were willing to listen to advice and stop the spread of red worms, why would you have most of the clan members return to Glare World Side for refuge?”

…

“Do you think red worms might be transmitted to Stat Continent via airships or ships? Should we notify everyone to take emergency refuge?”

Walking near the Star Observatory Tower, Saul looked up at the giant red worm on the tower. It had been two days since he last saw the red worm, and it seemed to have grown slightly larger.

Although that slight change was completely imperceptible to ordinary people, Saul could clearly sense the red worm’s size changes.

“Your concern isn’t unreasonable,” Agu had already emerged from the blow of his encounter with Fiona these past days. “But didn’t you already pass the information along?”

“Actually, thinking carefully, the Stargate Council probably wouldn’t deliberately transfer red worms to other continents. After all, other fourth-rank wizards wouldn’t agree, and the Stargate Council might become a target for everyone, ultimately having their plans destroyed by enemies. But I’m still worried that those red worms might inadvertently reach other places.”

Between total sacrifice and saving a few, everyone would rationally choose the latter, but who could accept their friends and family being among the sacrificed majority?

Moreover, Saul didn’t think staying in the wizard world meant certain death.

Since Master Gorsa said the abyss was a corpse, that meant the abyss wasn’t invincible either.

Saul had also considered whether he could seize the stargate and take his friends away from this dangerous world, but the Death Demons of the Prismatic World and Floco, who had ventured outside before, had both warned Saul that the outside world really wasn’t safe.

Being unable to cross world barriers below fifth rank was actually a form of protection the world provided for its natives.

Therefore, even if Saul was confident he could advance to fifth rank, what about his friends?

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Saul looked down at his right palm, where another star-shaped eye had popped out. But Saul was very careful not to let the star-shaped eye see the giant red worm on the Star Observatory Tower.

“Last time an eye eliminated one red worm, but the star-shaped eye itself was also harmed, otherwise the pain wouldn’t have fed back to me. This was the first time I’d seen something that could hurt star-shaped eyes. That means those small red worms already have quite powerful mental strength. If I faced off against that red worm on the Star Observatory Tower, I don’t know how many star-shaped eyes it would consume, and whether the feedback would kill me directly.” Thɪs chapter is updated by noⅴelfire.net

Thinking this, a thought suddenly flashed through Saul’s mind.

He suddenly stopped walking, carefully pressing the star-shaped eye in his palm while looking at the giant red worm not far away.

“Red worms have the power to contend with star-shaped eyes. Then could they… deal with the Abyssal Eye?”

This was just an inspired thought. Saul currently didn’t even understand the red worms’ characteristics, much less could he control them to fight for him. But this might be an approach worth trying to resolve the coming apocalypse.

“I should at least make bold hypotheses first!”

Saul looked at the red worm again, no longer seeing it entirely as a pest.

“Everything has two sides. Why shouldn’t crisis also be opportunity?”

“Master, what are you saying?” Agu asked in confusion.

Saul didn’t rush to explain his hypothesis, only saying, “Agu, how do you think we could make Chairman Alick change his mind about just wanting to escape?”

[To make a proud and stubborn person abandon their obsession, naturally you can only make them realize they have no way out.]

Beth wrote elegantly in the diary.

“But he’s a fourth-rank wizard. How could I make him have no way out? Find a fifth rank… wait, I think I know a fifth rank!”

(End of Chapter)

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