Chapter 768 – Nathan wants to gamble
Chapter 768 – Nathan Wants to Take a Gamble
Even though he had already gotten the white porcelain cat from Nathan, Saul didn’t give up his status as a substitute lecturer.
This was because the abnormality in the white porcelain cat had disappeared again after Kate had tested its efficacy.
Based on this, Saul judged that the power on the white porcelain cats that was enough to affect third-order wizards was not in themselves. These white porcelain cats that were sold separately should only serve as a medium.
And there was still a high possibility that the other end of the medium was in Nathan.
So the second week, Saul still went to substitute.
But on this day Nathan didn’t show up.
It was thought that he had gone to delve into the locator modification program that Saul had given him.
Saul was not in a hurry, and continued to follow his own plan, getting some new knowledge every day that was not over the top, but not accessible to the average apprentice to bombard them with a bit of new knowledge, scolding them to the point where they lowered their heads and tried to think hard, not daring to casually disturb him, and then studying his own stuff.
During this period of time, Saul also made a trip to White Glazed Castle, and studied with Ophelia about how to establish a passageway to contact the Illusory World.
Ophelia also asked Saul about the progress of his investigation. Although she could see where Saul was, she couldn’t see what Saul had specifically done that clearly.
Saul simply told her that he had a clue and was pursuing it, so Ophelia nodded and continued to concentrate on the communication with the other world.
Two weeks later, one of the apprentices in the class taught by Saul went back to prepare for his promotion to full-fledged wizard.
Although the Grand Lecture Hall would not reward Saul for this, that apprentice said before he left that he would definitely pay Saul a large sum of teaching funds if he was successfully promoted.
Saul was not short of money, but the Pure Spirit Wizard Tower was, so he did not refuse.
The very next day after this incident, Nathan finally returned.
He approached Saul directly at the end of class and said that he had something he wanted to talk to him about.
Nathan looked tired and his eyes were red, as if he hadn’t slept for days.
Saul knew that the bait he had thrown down had worked. The fish had now bitten the hook and was still hesitant to spit it out.
The two men returned to the tavern box they had once been in.
“What do you want with me?”
Nathan from across the room took two deep breaths and suddenly stood up, “Mentor Sol, I wish to officially become your apprentice!”
“Oh?” Saul leaned back with a leisurely look, “You should be promoted soon after your locator modification, right? Is it appropriate to find me as a mentor again?”
“Actually, I’ve already found out.” Nathan was so nervous that the bones of the two hands clenched in fists were white, “You are not a first-order sorcerer, or even a second-order sorcerer!”
Saul wasn’t embarrassed at being dismantled, but he was still a bit strange, “How do you know that I’m not a first-order, or even a second-order?”
He had hidden a small means in Nathan’s transformation program. It was usually something that could only be done by a second-order sorcerer or above.
He wanted to see if Nathan could confirm this with the power of the white porcelain cat, or if there was another presence behind him.
“Because a first-order sorcerer’s knowledge of the locator cannot reach your level. And although the information you left on it can be done by a second-order sorcerer, I’m afraid that if you want to do it as easily as you did, you’ll have to go to the third-order before it’s possible.”
“It’s impossible for you, a third-order apprentice, to know this even if you have a broader knowledge. Who told you that?”
“Yes, it was the Water God who told me!” Nathan shouted out with a flourish. After saying it, he swayed as if he had lost all his strength, and nearly sat down.
“The Water God? There are still people who dare to call themselves gods in front of wizards nowadays?” Saul hooked up the corners of his mouth and composed himself.
Looking at Saul’s appearance, Nathan seemed to be encouraged as well.
“The Water God is actually the original body of the White Porcelain Cat, and the White Porcelain Cat I sold you was just a forgery. But because it had been stored with the main body, it gained some of the body’s power.”
“So there is still an original body. The forgeries you gave me can only affect first-order full-fledged wizards at most, and the effect it can have on wizards of second-order and above is pitifully small. Then how far can the principal body go? Can it kill a third-order sorcerer?”
Nathan was shocked by what Saul said, “Kill a third-order sorcerer”? Did Saul think he was here to harm him?
“No, no, no, Mentor Saul, I have come to you with no ill intent. As a matter of fact, the Water God in my mouth is also in a sealed state. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sought me out.”
“You mean this Water God is in a sealed state. Then the matter of you secretly handing over the white porcelain cat to the airship’s attendant to sell it, and the airship attendant selling it to a different merchant, was the Water God instructing you to do that as well?”
Nathan was stunned, realizing that he was originally going to confess to Sol, but the other party had actually known what he was going to confess already.
Then was there any point in his defection?
Thinking of this, Nathan could only try his best to provide some more useful information.
“Yes. Although the Water God didn’t explicitly say so, I think he passed the white porcelain cat outwardly in order to break through the seal. It’s just that this matter is too dangerous, and if it’s detected, it’s likely that the Water God’s existence will be discovered. That’s why I’ve been only letting them strike out at ordinary people.”
Nathan probably hadn’t thought that there was even a boring third-ranked sorcerer like Saul who would go and squeeze the airships that ordinary people traveled in.
“You’re also too cautious. How much power can you accumulate by using ordinary people? When will your Water God break through the seal?”
“Occasionally, I secretly sell it to sorcerer apprentices. If they follow up with another sale, even if it comes to me, I’ll push it to the merchants of the airships.”
“Hide yourself in a circle so that you won’t go out of your way to be discovered.” Saul did appreciate this third level sorcerer apprentice.
The Water God had asked him to help sell white porcelain cats, so he sold these kittens to ordinary people first, and when the source of the goods dispersed, the origins of the white porcelain cats in his hands would not be easy to trace.
It would also be hard for others to think that he was the real supplier.
And that so-called Water God wouldn’t gently ask Nathan to help him. Must have used tougher means.
And Nathan chose to tell himself the whole story ……
“You’re asking me to help you get rid of the Water God’s control?”
Nathan nodded, his face scowling but his eyes determined.
“The Water God is already urging me to spread the White Porcelain Cat to the side of the official wizards. But once I do, even if I’m careful, I’ll be discovered sooner or later. By that time, the sorcerers will definitely not let me off the hook when they realize that I sold them the white porcelain cat that brings death as a lucky prop. But if I don’t do what the Water God says, he can always drown me with my own saliva as well.”
“So you took the initiative to come to me to confess after realizing that I’m actually a third-ranked sorcerer? You want to become my apprentice and use the Water God as tuition?”
“It’s all right by you.” Nathan clasped his hands together, “I know this may also put you at risk, but I’m at the end of my rope and have no choice but to take a gamble.”
He looked up, his eyes fixed dead center on Sol.
“I’m betting that you came to the Grand Lecture Hall in disguise as a First Order wizard because of me! It’s because of the Water God behind me!”
(End of chapter)