Diary of a Dead Wizard
Chapter 428: Kill Saul First

The Wizard Tower was truly in revolt!

Even Saul could feel it.

The weathered gray tower trembled, and as debris fell, it wasn’t just dust but chunks of plaster.

Beneath the plaster, Saul seemed to see some liquid flowing, as red as blood.

But that wasn’t the most terrifying part.

Saul looked up in shock and saw that behind the fallen plaster, translucent mouths appeared.

They were screaming madly.

Along with the screaming, there were also the desperate cries of men and women from inside the Wizard Tower.

At the top of the tower, suddenly, a window shattered, and an apprentice leaped out.

He seemed to be a third-rank apprentice. As he jumped from the window, he cast a flying spell.

But before he could fly two meters, a long, white arm suddenly stretched out from the window.

The arm continued to extend and grabbed the apprentice by the ankle.

The apprentice turned back and swung at the arm, but the next moment, more long arms shot out from the window, grabbing the apprentice’s limbs and torso.

"Help—"

Two more hands slammed onto the apprentice’s face, effectively silencing his cry for help.

In a panic, the apprentice couldn’t maintain his flight, but he didn’t fall. Instead, those long arms slowly dragged him back into the window.

And this was just one of many chaotic scenes inside the Wizard Tower.

Seeing this, Saul immediately realized that the internal layers were experiencing serious problems, and the backlash had affected the already unstable Gorsa!

Gorsa collapsed to the ground, his voice twisting from pain to something more distorted.

The black bandages that had completely enveloped him began to tear, with some tears no longer even covering his body.

But the skin exposed by Gorsa was surrounded by a chaotic halo of rainbow-colored light.

It was exactly the same as the scene behind the bronze door!

Before Saul could digest this shocking revelation, black spots began to appear within the rainbow-colored halo.

It was as if mold were growing on a slice of white bread!

At this point, anyone could see that the problems in the Wizard Tower had severely affected Gorsa.

Twisting in pain, Gorsa seemed unable to hold on any longer. He looked up at Anze, and in his usually calm eyes, a trace of fear finally appeared.

At that moment, the diary in Saul’s mind lazily turned to a new page.

[June 2, Year 317 of the Lunar Calendar

No matter how powerful the beast, it can still fall into the hunter’s trap,

The ruler of the deep sea can also be stranded on the beach due to its enormous size,

Now,

You, the little octopus clinging to the ruler,

Will also be exposed above the water due to the death of your host.

Steamed or braised?

Why don’t you choose one first?]

"Ugh!" Saul clicked his tongue, his tongue regaining its flexibility.

Looking at the death warning in the diary now, it wasn’t as frightening as before.

He looked up, his gaze falling on the Wizard Tower behind Gorsa.

After the mouths, eyes also appeared on the plaster of the tower.

It seemed they hadn’t been this free in a long time. The eyes squinted, basking in the long-lost sunlight.

But in fact, their gaze was twisted and sinister, and they seemed to take pleasure in witnessing the death chase within the Wizard Tower.

Inside the tower, the pain-filled wails became a comfortable accompaniment for the vengeful spirits.

However, just as the eyes were happily preparing to continue enjoying the pain of others, they suddenly sensed a familiar mental fluctuation coming from outside the tower.

The eyes slowly widened, their pupils gradually shifting downward.

Then, they suddenly expanded, almost filling the entire white of the eye!

It seemed like they were seeing... a devil outside the Wizard Tower?!

At that moment, Saul was floating in the area where the plaster damage was the worst, looking up at the eyes and mouths that had emerged to enjoy the fresh air.

Saul, upon seeing the death warning in the diary, had his soul leave his body!

Yes, in front of several mentors and a tower master who was about to be polluted and mutated, he blatantly left his body!

But he couldn’t stay still anymore.

After seeing those hands, mouths, and eyes extending out from the Wizard Tower, he knew that the revolt inside the tower, which had plunged Gorsa into a full-scale mutation crisis, was caused by the vengeful spirits trapped in the internal layers.

These spirits seemed to have a deep connection with Gorsa, and once they twisted and went mad, they severely affected Gorsa’s state.

What had once been a delicate balance was instantly shattered.

Anze was about to strike at the tower master, and Gorsa had no strength to resist.

Like a whale stranded on the shore, no matter how powerful it once was in the ocean, now it could only wait to be slaughtered!

But Saul wasn’t a tasty little octopus on a grill—he was a sea monster capable of stirring up a storm!

"Is the revolt in the internal layers caused by you?"

The eyes blinked innocently, their pale eyes set against the dark walls, resembling pitiful little white flowers.

The mouths, which had been screaming moments ago, were instantly silenced. Each one formed an "O" shape and then, as if waking from a great dream, regained their rationality and began to quietly beg for mercy.

[It’s not our fault!]

[We are innocent!]

[The door opened!]

[The arms went out first!]

[We just came out to breathe some fresh air!]

[We’re going back right now!]

The mouths hurriedly distanced themselves from the matter and prepared to retreat behind the walls.

Even the eyes began to fade, seemingly wanting to sneak off with the mouths.

"Wait!" Saul immediately called out to them. "What I want is not for you to go back, but to calm down the Wizard Tower."

His gaze swept across all the mouths and eyes. "Can you pull those damned noodle-like arms back and close the door while you’re at it?"

[Damned noodle... arms?]

The first to react were the eyes. They blinked, and with a whoosh, they vanished, moving at a completely different speed than the previous state when they tried to sneak off with the mouths!

"Right... uh!" Just as Saul was about to say more, a sharp pain struck his spiritual body.

He quickly looked down.

It turned out that Gudo had broken free from the Nightmare Butterfly’s illusion and was the first to notice something was wrong with Saul’s body. He directly released a spell at Saul’s body.

If it weren’t for Little Algae blocking most of the attack for Saul, he would’ve been severely injured again!

Saul had no time to waste. He quickly left a single phrase, “Hurry up!” before hastily returning to his body.

Then, he rolled with Little Algae to the side, narrowly dodging Gudo’s second attack.

"Brother Saul," Penny’s voice also resonated in his mind at just the right moment, "I'm sorry, I can only hold on for so long."

In order to help Saul block Gudo, Penny had already exhausted all the Veiled Crystal Essence that Saul had given her. However, the newly born Nightmare Butterfly could only do so much. The rest still required time and experience.

"Thank you, Penny. You’ve already done well enough," Saul naturally knew just how hard Penny had worked moments ago.

Gudo was furious, and it wasn’t clear what he had seen in Penny’s illusion, but in any case, he was now venting all his rage onto Saul.

After failing twice, Gudo suddenly produced several glass bottles. Each bottle contained a different colored gas.

It was obvious they were all his poisons.

Saul immediately jumped back.

In mid-air, Little Algae shot out fiercely, diving into a nearby gardener’s hut. Then, it contracted and brought Saul up to the roof.

Gudo, holding several bottles of toxins, immediately pursued.

As soon as Gudo’s hand touched the potion bottles, Anze’s black threadworms flew onto Gorsa’s body. But as soon as they landed on the black bandages, the worms emitted a sizzling sound and began to smoke, as though they had climbed onto a hot iron plate.

The swarm immediately fell to the ground, twitching and writhing.

Anze frowned. “As expected, it’s still too difficult to kill a Second Rank with just a First Rank.”

Rum also tried to charge in, but despite Gorsa being curled up in agony, he was still able to block Rum’s attacks with precision and counterattack.

This left Rum with some significant injuries.

Rum’s chest heaved violently. “How is this guy not mutating yet? If this continues, I won’t be able to hold on!”

Gorsa was like an acrobat on a tightrope, always seeming on the verge of falling but never quite doing so.

"Then..." Anze began, only for his gaze to suddenly change. He grabbed Rum and swiftly retreated three steps. "Wait, his condition is improving!"

Rum was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked at Saul, who had already jumped onto the roof.

“It’s Saul!” Rum shouted angrily. “His mental power is connecting with the Wizard Tower! The disturbances in the tower are already lessening!”

The few mentors were all stunned.

They couldn’t imagine what method Saul had used to help stabilize Gorsa’s condition.

This apprentice—no, this newly promoted true wizard—had such powerful means!

Their wariness of Saul immediately rose to a level just below Gorsa’s!

“Kill Saul first!” Anze made a quick decision, instructing the others to act, while he himself, risking being killed by Gorsa in return, advanced to attack, trying to interrupt his recovery.

Gudo, who had been attacking Saul, paused for a moment, but then he also became ruthless.

“Fine, I won’t keep you alive, but your corpse will make a great subject for research!”

Had he just planned to keep Saul as a research subject?

But now, he realized that this little guy, who was supposed to be a trophy, had actually managed to calm the Wizard Tower’s revolt, indirectly saving Gorsa once.

That meant Saul could also control their lives, didn’t it?

A person this dangerous could never be left alive!

Saul, who had landed on the roof, was also feeling extremely anxious.

In order to “calm” the vengeful spirits in the Wizard Tower just now, the toxins on his body were beginning to spread again. If Gudo and the others continued chasing him, he definitely wouldn’t have the energy to continue detoxifying.

Being pursued by three true wizards, any slip-up could result in his immediate death.

Little Algae continued to retreat with Saul.

Just as they had just descended from the roof, the spot where Saul had been standing was shattered by the already-approaching Rum.

After accumulating so much fat, it seemed Rum had completely switched to a close-combat style.

His compressed muscles had an extremely strong magical resistance. If he hadn’t been constantly enduring Gorsa’s magic, Anze and the others wouldn’t have had a chance to wait for Yura’s counterattack on Gorsa.

“Brother Saul, watch out behind you!”

As soon as Saul landed, his legs gave way, but he barely managed to steady himself and heard Penny warning him.

Saul immediately glanced behind him and was surprised to find that he had already retreated to Monica’s side.

“Monica!” Rum also saw this officially recognized wizard, who had always stayed apart from the group, and immediately grinned, “Block Saul!”

Monica didn’t move, but Saul, now on high alert, quickly shifted to the left, moving away from Monica.

“Monica, your electric shocks are just what Saul is weak to. If you don’t want to kill him, you can still help me block him.”

Saul thought to himself, “Seems like my low resistance to lightning has already spread. Damn it, if Monica attacks too, I’ll probably have to let the toxins spread and use Soul Fishing, or risk opening the mental battlefield?”

Though the mental battlefield was powerful, he had never brought so many people into it before.

Would it cause his brain to explode?

(End of Chapter)

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