While people outside were thinking about how to help Saul leave the Maze Corridor, Saul wasn’t relaxing either.

After reviewing Mido’s growth report, he began wandering the Maze Corridor again.

Hiding in a prison waiting for Frim to kindly release him, or waiting for others to rescue him, wasn’t Saul’s character.

Although on his first day here, Saul had already walked several circles around this square Maze Corridor without any discoveries.

But today he prepared to take another good look around.

Since the Maze Corridor could absorb magical power and block mental power, it meant this was indeed a place for storing souls.

Royer’s soul was stored here—were there other people’s souls as well?

Saul wanted to look around and see if he could find some “natives” to gather more information about this place, so he could formulate an escape plan.

Saul walked back and forth through the square corridor dozens of times, temporarily finding no gaps where mental power could escape.

Remembering that Lia always appeared at corners, he also came to a corner.

The walls of two passages formed a right angle here. Even though this sharp right angle before him showed not the slightest gap, it was still the junction of two walls.

Perhaps the way out was here.

Saul squinted, and a thin line invisible to others extended from his fingertip, then touched the Maze Corridor’s wall.

The Maze Corridor’s walls showed no discernible material composition. They felt smooth to touch, like fine powder evenly applied to brick and stone walls.

But when Saul’s extended fate line touched the wall, it immediately sank into it, completely unblocked or repelled.

However, after the fate line entered the wall, it also encountered complete emptiness. The line couldn’t detect anything, like entering an ocean with dark currents surging. Even trying to proceed straight was impossible—it could only drift with the flow.

The first day’s attempt ended when Lia came in to deliver experimental data.

But Saul didn’t get discouraged.

After Lia told Saul about Mido’s condition outside, she didn’t hurry to leave but knelt on one knee, wanting to provide magical power to Saul again.

But Saul waved his left hand, telling her to get up.

“What I need now isn’t magical power.” Saul said after Lia stood up, “I can’t stay here forever. Can you help me ask exactly why I’m being kept here?”

Lia had actually gotten some news, but her status in the Tribunal wasn’t high. She couldn’t access more secret information and could only rely on her own guesses for many things.

“Lord Saul, I heard that after the black tide passed, Lord Frim immediately went to find the Black Flame Emperor, and the two seemed to have another argument. But no one knows why they disputed. Could it be related to you?”

Thinking of the Black Flame Emperor, Saul’s heart stirred, “Has Wizard Stuart appeared?”

Stuart’s disappearance was a secret among the Tribunal’s upper echelons. Even after the black tide monsters were completely eliminated, most people didn’t know that the person who had impersonated the Black Flame Emperor at sea was Stuart.

However, if he hadn’t died and was found, he should appear before people now.

And even if he had died, as long as his complete soul could be found, Wizard Elo, being fourth-rank, should be able to resurrect Stuart just like Frim had resurrected Royer. Discover more novels at NoveI(F)ire.net

“No, Wizard Stuart hasn’t appeared since the black tide occurred.” Lia shook her head. She didn’t understand why Saul was bringing up Stuart.

Stuart still hadn’t appeared, which meant he hadn’t been found yet. The Black Flame Emperor and Frim should be disputing over this matter.

After all, having Stuart impersonate Elo was probably Frim’s idea too.

So could he get some inside information from Emperor Elo?

Saul glanced at Lia.

Having Lia contact Emperor Elo would be too difficult and too conspicuous. Right now, Lia was the only wizard who could directly contact Saul. Her every move would definitely be monitored.

Saul needed a more secretive method to inquire about Frim.

The Prismatic Channel couldn’t be connected because Saul was currently in a place where mental power was sealed. Find the newest release on novelꜰire.net

Then I must create an opportunity to leave here, even if just briefly.

Thinking this, Saul instructed Lia, “Can you see Royer?”

Lia nodded, “Lord Royer is often at the Red Sea. Most of the experimental data about Mido that you requested was given to me by Lord Royer.”

“Good. Go tell Royer to ask Chief Frim on my behalf, no matter what—what does he need me to do before he’ll let me leave?”

Lia nodded, looking at Saul’s empty right arm with some heartache, “My lord, why don’t you absorb the magical power from my body? Without elemental particles here, it’s troublesome for you to conduct experiments.”

Saul still refused her, “I currently only need to analyze some data. My current magical power reserves are sufficient. If possible, please bring me some metal formation plates and magic crystals next time.”

Lia nodded and left reluctantly.

After Lia left, Saul produced a small metal nameplate.

It was the magical formation from the Soul-Fixing Needle he had gotten from Sander.

Previously, to deal with the black tide and modify the black branch that Mido depended on, he hadn’t continued studying the magical formation on the Soul-Fixing Needle for a long time.

But now he had taken out the nameplate that replicated part of the formation again, devoting most of his time and energy to it.

The next day, after sufficient rest, Saul began exploring again.

The fate line entered the Maze Corridor, once again like a fish entering the sea, lost and not knowing where to go.

However, this time Saul’s control over the fate line was more skillful. He tried hard to guide it toward more distant places to explore.

The world the fate line sensed remained unchanged, but Saul believed that if he searched more, he would definitely find abnormalities.

That place would likely be Saul’s breakthrough point.

After all, this was just a fourth-rank wizard’s Maze Corridor—it couldn’t be perfect.

Finally, after exploring for an unknown duration, Saul finally sensed a trace of abnormal fluctuation.

He quickly controlled the fate line to swim toward that disturbance.

Just as Saul was groping for a way to leave the Maze Corridor, Frim was in another identical corridor, listening to a subordinate wizard’s report.

“Wizard Gorsa has failed to advance to fourth-rank.”

The subordinate’s voice contained joy.

But Frim remained an expressionless warm-colored light sphere.

“Failing once when advancing from third-rank to fourth-rank is very normal.”

Frim’s voice was also very calm. However, his not getting angry at this moment actually indicated his mood wasn’t bad.

Ever since the mermaid aberrants had attracted backflowing black tide monsters, forcing Frim to abandon his plan to assassinate Gorsa, his mood had been consistently poor.

Now things finally weren’t developing in the worst direction.

Seeing this, the reporting wizard knew Frim was relatively happy and quickly reported the next matter.

“However, I heard Gorsa will attempt to break through to fourth-rank again within three years. Because supposedly, the next major black tide assault from the Sighing Wall will come in three years.”

Frim was silent for a moment before saying, “Tell Wizard Murphy that according to our previous agreement, have Gorsa leave the Sighing Wall for a period.”

“Yes.” The wizard responsible for reporting bowed his head deeply.

(End of Chapter)

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