Chapter 456.
Chapter 456: A Thoughtful Fear
Saul, as well as all the people around him who were still alive and conscious were all shocked.
How could a good second-ranked person die at the drop of a hat?
Penny flew over and carefully approached Jasim’s body, then spun around above the puddle of goo that was all that was left of Caron.
“Brother Saul, it’s all dead through.”
Only then did Thor walk over and lean down to crouch beside Jasim.
“This Jasim is a second rank sorcerer anyways. What exactly was that time limit, how did it make him die just like he said?”
“Brother Saul, could it be some kind of upper limit of life that Agu is talking about?”
“There is indeed this possibility. But it’s hard to do something like this where life is at stake to make someone self-sacrifice so decisively.”
Saul thought of Jasim’s anxiety when he was on the airship, with the look of not having enough time.
Had he known at that point that his time limit was coming up? So after confirming that Saul wasn’t his target enemy, he immediately left to pursue the others?
Saul reached out and grabbed Jasim’s left arm.
It was after looking at his left arm just now that he confirmed that his time limit was up.
However, when Saul examined his left arm, there was nothing to be found, either by checking for mental vibrations, magical vibrations, or by using his semi-immersive meditation method.
“Perhaps what once acted on him disappeared after his death. There are fewer and fewer anomalies that can be found with the semi-immersive meditation method of the erosion map now, it’s time to find a better one.”
Saul had all been promoted to full sorcerer and had yet to change his meditation chart, for one thing, he had upgraded too quickly and didn’t have the time to look for a suitable meditation chart. Secondly, it was because he was a bit reluctant to part with the abilities brought by the erosion chart.
Whether it was the Semi-Immersion Meditation Method or the Erosion Chart Soul Out-of-Body Method, both had once played a great role in his adventuring career.
If he switched to a new meditation chart, it would be best to still have these two abilities, or at least retain the convenient way to get his soul out of his body.
Because the observation ability of semi-immersive meditation can be completely replaced by the Nightmare Butterfly.
“However, there’s one more way for me to find out what’s really happening to Jasim.”
Saul got back on his feet, took out the tools for drawing sorcery spells from his traveling bag, and started invoking spirits on the spot.
Well, soul extraction.
As he began to draw, the survivors around him, including Lord Macon in the banquet hall, then stepped out with their hearts in their mouths.
Lord McCann’s legs were so weak at first that he could barely stand, and he needed the support of the guards around him to walk out.
For many years, he had never felt the danger of wizards when he was with the “harmless” Karon wizard, so much so that he had forgotten how mercilessly the real wizards reaped life.
And how powerless ordinary people were.
Even knights and great knights weren’t enough to kill the sorcerer in the sky just now with a fragment of black blade.
This world, indeed, is still the world of sorcerers!
He walked over and saw Saul drawing a spell formation, gathered his courage, pushed away the guards holding him up, and walked up to ask, “Lord Saul, what now? Is there anything I need to do?”
Saul stopped moving, and when he turned back to look over, he could clearly see the fear in Lord Macon’s eyes.
He smiled and calmed the other party down, “There’s no need on my side, you go straighten out the others. The commotion just now will probably spread outside the City Lord’s Mansion as well, and not dealing with it in time will also cause panic.”
“Ohhh, good.” McCann agreed with his mouth, but did not take a step away, “Lord Saul, will this place produce pollution?”
Saul’s gaze went to the black slime on the side, “Normally it won’t, but we can’t rule out the possibility of attracting something from somewhere else. I will briefly deal with it, and recommend that no one enter this courtyard for ten years.”
“Okay, okay.” McCann agreed more readily this time, “I’ll have everyone evacuate now. If you need anything, feel free to call us.”
After saying that, McCann acted as if he had regained his stance as a city lord, commanding the crowd to help the injured and carry the corpses, quickly emptying this courtyard. Moreover, this was only a courtyard for banquets, and sealing it up for ten years would not affect McKeon’s ability to do other things.
Of course, if he was still worried in his heart, he could also completely change his house to be the city lord’s residence.
After all, in Blue Water City, five or six of the ten rooms were empty.
After all the people around him withdrew, Saul’s soul extraction spell was also completed.
He casually threw the materials in his hand back into his traveling bag and moved Kasim’s body onto the spell formation.
Afterwards, Saul followed suit and walked into the spell formation, making a spell casting gesture with his hands in front of his chest, and white flames immediately rose under his feet.
The flames flowed like water waves, from blazing, to slowly extinguishing.
Saul once again opened his eyes and slowly furrowed his brows.
“There is no discovery. The way Jasim’s self-cannibalization shattered even his soul along with it, and aside from some energy, there is no complete consciousness.”
In fact, Saul could also use soul angling to try to absorb Jasim’s spirit body the moment he died.
But meh, who knows if there are any other hidden dangers?
In case there was a time bomb planted in someone’s spirit body as well, Saul would lose more than he gained.
A second-order sorcerer, the variables were still too great.
“Jasim should know this as well, that’s why he gave me that knowledge directly before he died.” Saul once again felt the small black snake inside his spirit body that was trying hard to shrink his presence, and shook his head, “Strong people, strong organization.”
He exited the spell and raised his hand to release two fireballs that burned the remnants of Kalon’s spirit into ashes along with Jasim’s corpse.
After resolving these, Saul inspected the courtyard and banquet room again, confirming that no resentful spirits had been created before leaving the area.
And outside the door, City Lord Mike stood guard with his men and a few large boxes, waiting eagerly.
When he saw Saul come out, he hurriedly went forward, ”Lord Saul, I had the people move everything from Caron’s residence over here, and now his laboratory, the servants can’t and don’t dare to enter. Why don’t you join us to see if there are any problems, if there is anything you need, please bring it all with you, we can’t use the Sorcerer Lord’s things either.”
This Macken City Lord was kind enough to already help Saul clean up the loot.
However, Saul felt that since Caron was hiding here incognito and hiding his strength, there might not be any good things in his obvious residence.
The fact was not what he expected, except for dozens of magic crystals, and some low-grade sorcery materials, Saul had no other gains.
Those learning experiment notes are just to fool the low-level apprentices, Saul flipped a glance and threw it away.
After that, Saul firmly refused the request of the Macken City Lord to invite him to stay another night.
Leaving the city lord’s mansion, Marsh, who was hiding in the alley across the street, immediately drove the carriage over.
Saul got in and walked another two blocks before he saw the door open and close, and Agu got in.
“Master, I just realized that a powerful magic power fluctuation appeared in the city lord’s mansion and then disappeared. I then separated from Marsh and thought to go and meet you, then after waiting for a while and seeing someone come out to calm the civilians, I told Marsh to go and wait for you at the gate.”
“Just now Jasim appeared at the City Lord’s Mansion.” Saul recounted his experience at the City Lord’s Mansion, then Agu, “Do you know what the time limit is? And what is the Court of Judgment?”
Agu shook his head with some difficulty, “This is the first time I’ve heard of a time limit as well.”
“I’ve heard of the name Judgment Court, but I’m not sure about the specific information. Both adjudication court and time limit should be words from the continent of Nephrite. That continent is further south, and is said to be relatively closed and far away from the Staat Continent, so very few people would come this way.”
Sol leaned his head sideways against the window and saw through the gap that many residents were stepping out of their homes with uneasy faces, looking in the direction of the city lord’s mansion.
“If Jasim killed himself because his body was being controlled, then it means that the Court of Judgment can at least reach out to here in the Stat Continent. But if Jasim wasn’t controlled, then this matter is even more terrifying when …… thought about in detail.”
(End of chapter)