"Is Uriel really planned to harm me? This too strange. Does she planned to fatten me up and eat me later or something?" The more Max thinking about it, the more confusion and mysteries popped out. The revelation came too sudden without any notice.
No, Max already realized something obviously out of the norm when Uriel relentlessly kept giving Max so many resources to speed up his promotion but he chose to ignore it as SECOND didn't detect anything wrong with it.
"I'm really slackened a lot since I came to this world. I definitely underestimate those Mages. SECOND is not omnipotent, at least not yet but in future SECOND will provide humongous benefits to me."
"I need to readjust my mindset. This is not earth! Back in my previous life, rules and regulation constrained human behavior and I am part of those who operated around the loopholes but now I'm on the other side of the relationship. I am the lab rat now."
Back on earth, Max made use of multiples loopholes under the laws for his experiments. He has involved many lives and deaths during his experiments. Even in the creation of his greatest achievement, the portable Artificial Intelligence that capable of fusing with the human mind, many lab rats or guinea pigs which is humans; old or young, man or woman. Max doesn't hesitate to sacrifice them for his experiment and now he the one being experimented on.
"What comes around goes around. Karma is a bitch but I won't allow myself to be part of it!" Max is mad with the world and also with himself.
"Good thing I came across this book about souls. Ah!" Max stunned.
"Why this I suddenly came in contact with this kind of books?" Max remembered.
"It is definitely weird I found information about soul all the sudden."
"Elder Milos said there are some 'higher up' want this books to get a copy and he assigned me to do it. Why? Someone wanted me to see this book and realize the plot? Who? Someone wants to spoil Uriel's plan?"
"I hate this! The feeling of playing under someone palm like a puppet! I'm not supposed to be like that." Max realized how weak he is in this world.
"Someone involved me in his or her conspiracy and the opposite counter-consecrated too. Uriel probably made some enemy in this tower and they want to disturb her plan in the dark."
"I must take full advantages of this, this books made me realized Uriel's plan but like spell model that I copied, this book must be missing some crucial parts too. My trump card is SECOND and no one knew about With SECOND, all sort of information can be analyzed, decrypted and simulate to obtain the best result."
Max calmed his self and continue copying the books for his mission. He needs to start planning countermeasures for his future and life.
He completed his task in no time and submit it to Elder Milos. While he passing the mission Max asked: "Elder Milos, who requested for this book? This topic is really sensitive as you said."
"None of your business! Don't overreach your boundaries. Every task is controlled by the tower spirit. Now excuse yourself" Elder Milos frowned.
'Tower spirit? SECOND! What is tower spirit?"
[Tower Spirit is the spiritualized form of power that controlling the tower. After Mage created their own Mage Tower, tower spirit will be formed from the concentration of mana inside the tower. Its task is to assist Mage to administer the tower and only the tower master or those who give authorizations can order the tower spirit.
Source: Chronicle of Mage Tower]
"Tower spirit? It is some kind of artificial intelligence? No, tower spirit is bounded to Mage's tower and SECOND is bounded to me plus SECOND possessing abilities that capable of overwhelming supercomputers. Tower spirit is not capable of that. Just like a steward of the tower"
"Except tower master, the highest authority here belong to three grand elders. One of them is the suspect" Max concluded.