Chapter 313 – Discoloration

Chapter 313 – Discoloration
“The bronze gate can take me through space?”

Saul was a bit incredulous, could it be that every time he left from the 20th floor, he would appear on the 1st floor of the East Tower?

However, the bronze gates on the 1st floor of the East Tower could not be pushed open at the same time.

“Maybe it’s a one-way passage, or maybe it’s a one-time thing. I just asked my mentor for help, maybe he thought it best not to wander around the Sorcerer’s Tower until I get my puppet.”

Either way this greatly facilitated Sol.

The 1st thing he did when he got back to the second storage room was to find the puppet doll with the red eyes and tuck it into his coat pocket.

Saul then walked to the mass of corpses at the front of the storage room, first checking the number of candle lanterns and replenishing a few before coming to Herman’s body.

The diary opened within the spirit body, a sign that Saul was allowing them to observe the outside world.

“Herman, can you see the body in front of me now?”

Herman: […… Yes, master. That’s …… my corpse].

He said it with some difficulty, obviously the experience of seeing his own corpse was not a pleasant one.

“I’m sorry, I know you’re probably not feeling too well, but there’s something I’d like to confirm.”

Saul told them that when his soul left his body, he would often be pulled in by these corpses that were all but lifeless, and sometimes he would see sights that these corpses normally saw.

It was as if it wasn’t the bodies that stood in the vault, but rather a monitor.

“Do you know why this is?”

The conscious beings in the journal were quiet for a moment, and then it was Agu who was the first to answer.

Agu: [Actually, I once heard a saying that the soul depends on the body for protection, while the body also needs the soul. So when a creature is on the verge of death, his body will radiate great energy, and all its functions will run desperately to retain the soul].

“So you think that our bodies also have consciousness?”

Agu: [This is just a statement. There are currently no experiments that prove the existence of consciousness in the body alone, I analyze that it might be a kind of rule for the functioning of life, right?”]

Morton: [I don’t think it’s necessarily true, on the verge of death, after all, you’re not dead yet. Both the soul and the consciousness are still in the body, and there is still control. So I would recognize the argument that the struggle at the point of death is also a command from the soul to the body. Just as there are women who are pregnant, the soul gives the body instructions to protect the child rather than itself].

Agu: [And how would you explain the Dwarf Valley effect?]

Morton: [I’ve never been to the Valley of the Dwarves, so maybe it’s just that the wizards of the time were not strong enough to detect the fluctuations of the spiritual body in it, or the fragments of consciousness that remain?]]

Agu: [Can a third-order sorcerer be called underpowered?

“Wait, wait! You guys stop arguing for a moment, who’s going to tell me what the Dwarf Valley Effect is?” Seeing that the two most knowledgeable consciousnesses were starting to argue, Saul hurriedly stopped them.

Agu: [In another continent there was a third-ranked sorcerer who wanted to capture a group of dwarves. When he arrived at the valley where the group of dwarves lived, he realized that all the magic and spirit power there had disappeared, turning it into a magic-free zone. Creatures with souls would feel extremely strong repulsion once they entered. If they are forced to enter, the phenomenon of the soul leaving the body will even occur, and the spirit body will be rejected, but their physical body will continue along the original will].

Agu: [If material forces cannot be utilized to pull the body out before it moves away, those souls that leave the body will never find their way back to their physical bodies. That is why it has become a forbidden place for all soul creatures, but it is rumored that there have been sightings of still-active bodies standing on the outskirts of the Valley of the Dwarves.]]

“There’s still such a place?”

Morton: [Master, sometimes it’s just that we haven’t realized the truth of the matter yet, it doesn’t mean that there must be something so out of order in the world].

Agu: [Oh, so you mean that all the laws of the world are known?]

“Enough!” Sol sank his face, “I know academia has always been argumentative, but don’t forget that I’m the one asking the questions now!”

The black pages belonging to Agu and Morton instantly fell silent, accompanied by an involuntary shudder.

Obviously the diary owner’s anger had a great pressure on the conscious bodies that were immobilized in the pages.

It was even so great that it was a bit surprising to Saul.

He did not take the first opportunity to pacify the two injured souls, but instead summarized the knowledge he had just gained.

“There are two guesses in the mainstream right now. One is that the body is acting based on the soul’s last instructions. The other is that the body itself gives birth to consciousness.”

Saul looked at Herman whose appearance had been transformed in front of him.

“Herman, I’m touching your body now, see if you feel anything.”

A transparent tentacle as gray as a shadow drilled out of the palm of Saul’s right hand. That tentacle was as thick as an adult’s arm, but it could become half a meter thick if needed, but then the length would be shorter. The tentacle wrapped around Herman’s head and drilled through his brow again.

But it quickly withdrew again.

“The brain is empty.”

Thor’s tentacles changed a few more places.

The body …… of the processed Herman in front of him was really a bit altered.

In addition to the brain, the spine was also replaced with other materials, and the shape didn’t even look like a human spine.

Looking at this Herr-Hulman, Saul silently retracted his tentacles.

“Did you feel anything during this period?”

Herman: […… A bit of mixed feelings.]

Herman’s handwriting looks a little shriveled, clearly touched by the scene he just witnessed, but he quickly adjusts.

Herman: [I don’t feel any different. Of course it could be that my senses aren’t as sharp as they should be.]]

Thor nods, “Well, it could also be that you’re not as aware of your body’s senses because you’re separated by too many mediums.”

Saul walks past Herman’s body.

There was also the possibility that Herman’s body was different from the other bodies in the necropolis.

Saul had not been pulled into this body when his soul was out of his body, and it could not be ruled out that this new member of the necropolis did not have the ability to pull souls into the body.

“Also, the question of body and soul is a major problem in the wizarding world, how can I find clues easily?”

But Saul didn’t give up right away, this time he chose a corpse that was once possessed, and once again pierced and explored it.

This time he asked all the conscious bodies, including Ann, to jointly sense if they could feel something different.

But this time, the four bodies of consciousness still found nothing.

During this time Agu and Morton didn’t have another word of argument and all worked honestly.

“Oh yeah, we have a new member.” Saul remembered that Nick’s body was still in the sarcophagus “putting on flavor”.

“Maybe fresh, it’ll make a difference.”

Although Saul also felt sadness and frustration at Nick’s fall, he became a rational wizard again when confronted with the corpse.

Nick’s sarcophagus was located in the corner of the storage room, with several crates stacked next to it – one of which had had the honor of being Saul’s padded crate.

He walked over and ordered Zo to open the crates, while keeping a vigilant eye out for corpses himself.

But Nick’s corpse was quiet, with no intent to attack or escape.

He lay there, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if in a beautiful dream.

Saul had hardly ever seen Nick smile, though of course, mocking him that time didn’t count.

Nick, because of his major in emotion-based sorcery, was extremely restrained about his emotional changes, and hid them every time he found a long suppressed emotion.

Saul remembered the sound of him laughing until he was in pain; it wasn’t pleasant anymore, it was torture.

“There is no abnormality, it can be put into storage ……”

Saul finished his inspection and was just about to carry Nick’s body out when he saw the diary flipping again.

Agu: [Master, you’d better take a look at the puppet that was just placed on the body].

Saul frowned and immediately took out the red-eyed doll in his arms.

“When?!” His pupils instantly shrunk.

The eyes of that puppet had, at some point, turned black!
But Saul, after getting the puppet, but he hadn’t even left the storehouse yet!
(End of chapter)