Chapter 289.
Chapter 289 The Visitor
A young girl whose average age was unknown to be several hundred years old was casting her seductive talent on her master.
Unfortunately, Saul’s mood swings hadn’t returned to normal at this point, and only looked fixedly at Anne’s adorable face as he coldly spat out two words.
“Go back.”
The six-handed girl who had already changed her name to An shrunk her neck and instantly turned into a black light and drilled into the diary.
In the next second, the shaking of the round table became more and more violent, and the black display fell to the ground with a thud, but did not shatter.
The white coat on Saul’s body faded away like running water, turning back into a black apprentice robe.
The octopus-like tentacles contracted and tightened, reforming into slender human hands.
Saul closed his eyes for a moment, opened them again, and had reentered the laboratory of the Black Fortress.
When he opened his eyes, the effects of taking the Sound Grinding Fruit Potion began to rapidly recede.
All kinds of emotions began to “gurgle” out like a wellspring had been opened.
The world in front of Saul’s eyes was still shaking.
He settled down and realized that he was being shaken by the algae.
It turned out that he was not running out of time, but had been forcibly unplugged from the “power”.
“What’s wrong Zo?” Saul wasn’t angry, he knew that Zo had found out what was going on.
After realizing that Saul had woken up, Xiao Zao moved out of the way, and another dark green vine drilled in through the vent above his head, its slender branches and leaves stretching out like a human hand, spreading out flat in front of Saul.
Saul reached out and put his hand on the palm of the other leafy hand and mobilized his spiritual power.
Instantly, he once again entered the world of the Black Fortress vines and felt the other party’s perception.
There was a carriage entering the Black Castle forest, and it had already crossed the mushroom trail, and was about to come to the Black Castle gates.
“Someone is coming?” Saul let go of his hand, “I know, Devil Vine you stay vigilant, if there are any more others secretly approaching notify me immediately.”
The dark green branch shook to indicate that it knew.
The Devil Vine was the huge vine planted underneath the Black Castle.
It was spread throughout the entire Black Fortress Forest, and if it exerted its full power, it could monitor the movements of the entire forest floor.
Saul had let the Devil Vine run at full power since he became the temporary owner of the Black Fort.
After all, compared to the senior third level sorcerer apprentices from previous periods, his means of self-preservation was still inferior.
Since it had been determined that it was someone who had come and was traveling in a carriage, it was unlikely that they were harboring malicious intentions.
“It has only been three days since I became the temporary master of the Black Castle, and the Sorcerer’s Tower shouldn’t have received the news yet. Then the one coming over is probably Mobei City, which is half a day’s journey from here.”
“They should already know about Mochi Mochi’s death, are they coming over this time to say hello or do they have something specific to do?”
Saul recollected the perceptions that the Devil Vine had passed on to him.
“Heavily rutted, coming with cargo. Could it be an escort of supplies?”
Saul stepped out of the phalanx as Komoro hooked up the cloak he had casually tossed over the back of his chair to bring it over.
Taking the cloak with one hand, he covered himself from head to toe with a gentle shake.
Saul then quickly left the lab and jumped down the stairs.
As he moved, countless black vines instantly grew on the walls. The vines without branches and leaves were as thick as pythons, and as they slid on the walls, they intersected and overlapped each other, making a sound like skin rubbing.
They were like giant black tentacles that followed Saul’s footsteps and came with him to the front door of the Black Castle.
In the next moment, Saul reached out and opened the door, just in time to see the Bree Wizard who had just stepped onto the steps.
Saul narrowed his eyes slightly.
“After not seeing you for a few days, your aura has become more and more compelling, Lord Saul.” A cheerful smile instantly spread across Brie’s face.
“Greetings, Lord Brie, what is the purpose of coming to Black Castle?”
Wizard Brie naturally sidled up and pointed to the carriage behind him.
“It’s almost time to send supplies to Black Fort. I assume that Lord Saul has become the temporary owner of the place, but perhaps you will need something, and I happened to be able to come over and relieve you of your worries.”
Saul glanced at the wagon, there was a magical fluctuation on board, but it was faint and there was no sense of anyone else’s presence. “Please come in, I’m not too familiar with things here yet, but I’ll be replaced by another apprentice soon, and I may need to send another person from your side then.”
“That’s naturally no problem.” Brie smiled as she entered, “Do you need me to help you carry the goods in?”
Saul glanced sideways and said, “No need, there’s no shortage of laborers on my side.”
The two of them walked into the narrow corridor and came into the hall that became slightly more spacious.
This place was richly decorated by Mochi Mochi, and was most suitable for entertaining these court sorcerer apprentices.
As the two entered the castle, a dark green vine poked out of the ground and reached into the carriage.
The sorcery protection on the carriage had been removed, and the vines entered the carriage without any obstruction, rolled up a large box of well-sealed goods, and carried it in through the back door of the castle.
By the time the devil vines had labored as porters, the sorcerer apprentice Brie was already sitting on a soft and comfortable couch, complimenting Saul on his aesthetics.
“Are these vines on the walls newly planted by you? It looks like the original Devil Vines were much more imposing.”
With compliments on his lips, in actuality Sorcerer Brie’s insides were twitching.
The aesthetics of each and every one of these wizards who majored in dark attribute sorcery were too strange! What kind of person would plant wall-climbing plants that weren’t aesthetically pleasing on the walls of their home!
Especially since those black leafless vines twitched every now and then, looking more like entangled black pythons.
Brie’s heart was torn, but she still had to put on a decent smile on her face.
Saul didn’t know that Brie’s dense phobia was about to be scared out of him by the algae.
While calmly exchanging pleasantries with Brie, he secretly interlocked his hands together and held them tightly.
The powerful force caused the bones in both of his hands to start groaning.
Brie stopped talking strangely and looked around, “Huh, what’s that noise?”
Saul’s two hands were raw and painful, still his face didn’t change, “It should be these vines I’m raising, they’re a bit more lively than the Devil’s Vine.”
When Saul finished speaking, the vines on the wall wriggled more cheerfully.
The corner of Brie’s mouth twitched, and in the end, he was unable to praise it again against his will.
“Don’t worry about it, you can continue.”
“…… Then I’ll continue with a follow-up on Mill Sail Town.” Brie tried to ignore the movement on the wall, “The pollution has all been removed now, but I’m afraid that land won’t be habitable for ten years.”
“Just ten years wouldn’t be that long.”
“Yes, but I’m afraid there’s also a high probability of someone living in that town ten years from now producing deformed offspring. I wonder if the Witch Tower is interested in that? If the Sorcerer’s Tower has already given up on Mill Sail Town, then the Principality is willing to offer five hundred living experimental materials to buy out the place.”
Sol didn’t pick up the conversation, “It’s better to wait for the next owner of Black Castle to talk about this matter.”
Brie stalled, realizing that Saul wasn’t interested in this, he hurriedly “Hey, hey, okay.” Bringing over this topic.
“The old man you entrusted me to take care of has settled in a small town under the Desert City. I bought a hundred acres of fields and twenty servants to take care of him, and also instructed the local noble forces. You can rest assured that that old man will definitely not have any more worries in his future life.”
Saul just nodded his head gently and didn’t pursue anything else.
His hands, which were interlocked under his robes, began to exert themselves again.
Seeing that Saul didn’t seem to be interested in continuing the conversation, Brie also knew that he was probably not very popular at this point, and anyway, with the business explained, he also got up and prepared to leave.
“Then I will leave you to your research. I hope that you will have a good time during this short time in Black Castle, and if will come to Desert City, you can always go to the City Lord’s Mansion to look for me.”
Sol followed and stood up, only nodding at such pleasantries.
He then escorted Bree all the way to the foyer and watched as the other man boarded the already-vacant carriage and left Castle Black, burrowing into the shadowy woods.
The next second after the carriage disappeared from his sight, the door in front of him was closed with a bang by a black tentacle.
Immediately afterward, Saul collapsed.
He covered his heart and curled up into a ball.
Komo rushed out and looked at Saul at a loss for words.
Saul barely raised his head, and his eyes were already red.
He gritted his teeth and said, “Numb, the side effects of the Sound Grinding Fruit Extract are so great. I’m having violent mood swings right now.”
“When I think of all the pages I gave up destroying before, my heart aches so much right now that I want to cry!”
(End of chapter)