Chapter 134: I'm Hungry
It was dawn.
Saul saw himself walking.
But the seeing wasn't that he looked down and saw his stumbling, moving feet, or the walls that kept backing up on either side, it was that he saw himself tangibly.
Saul sat on Saul's left shoulder and watched Saul wobble and lurch forward with a smile on his face.
At the sight, Saul was surprised that there was no fear, no worry, only the anticipation of verifying his suspicions of destroying the evil spirit.
The evil spirit had now entered his body and was controlling him to move forward.
And the real Saul's consciousness – or maybe it was a soul – was sitting on a heavy red hardback book, slowly rising and falling as Saul walked.
I wonder if it was the fact that he was free of his body, Saul felt like he was temporarily missing the emotion of fear.
But he didn't feel bad about it at all, instead, he thought that he was in a good state right now. It was like eliminating a lot of impurities and being able to focus on thinking.
"So now that I've managed to introduce the evil spirit into my body, he probably thought that my consciousness was wiped out the moment he came in."
"That's a bit different from what I thought at first," Saul looked down at the diary under his buttocks, "I didn't realize that the Death Witch diary would actively contain my consciousness, or help me hide it. That's possible, after all, it had actively absorbed Cid's consciousness. So, I didn't have to fight against the evil spirit's consciousness, nor did I have to hide in a corner of my body. It successfully passed through the initial and most dangerous first stage."
"Then the second stage." Saul climbed to the edge of the hardcover book and probed down to look at his two hands hanging down at his side, "It is to utilize the spirit ester and suck the soul energy of the evil spirit to split it from his consciousness."
The spirit ester in Sol's hands had the ability to store souls, and it essentially reduced the rate at which the spirit's energy escaped.
Therefore the spirit body inherently had the nature to transfer into the spirit ester.
This may stem from the need to survive in all species.
Right now, the extremely unstable and chaotic consciousness of the evil spirit didn't notice that his soul energy was transferring little by little towards Sol's hands.
When the balance of power between the enemy and us was no longer in the balance, Saul could try to fight back and reclaim his body.
It was just that now that Saul's consciousness had been driven out and was unable to control his body, he was also unable to control his hands to speed up the process of absorbing the spirit.
Therefore, whether or not he could divide the evil spirits and whether or not he could succeed in killing back was unknown to Saul.
Turning theory into reality would have been risking a great deal of failure.
The motionless diary underneath him supported most of Saul's bottom line.
And now, all he needed was to wait, to wait for a suitable opportunity.
With nothing to do, Saul simply sat down cross-legged on the hardback book and watched as the evil spirit took control of his body and walked step by step to the entrance of the crypt.
As leisurely as watching a play.
It was as if he had already forgotten that once he failed in the scramble, he would completely die and turn into sustenance for the evil spirits.
Just then, a group of people suddenly stumbled into this cave and fought with the evil spirits and Saul.
Thor straightened up slightly and surveyed the opposite side.
At the forefront of that group stood a muscular man, his entire body wrapped in a layer of silver material, like a steel giant.
The silver-skinned Herman turned around and ordered his men, "Don't let the people from the Wizard Tower in, and if they can't feed those head monsters, throw a few more out!"
After issuing the cold-blooded order, he asked a third level apprentice beside him, "Have you contacted the captain?"
That third level apprentice held a fist-sized eyeball and anxiously replied, "No, those human-headed monsters seem to be able to distort force fields."
Herman picked up the returner by the collar, "Of course they can, why else do you think you couldn't see them in the first place? Find a plateau in the force field and send a quick signal, we must contact the official wizard for us to get out of here! Damn it ..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Herman turned his head and saw "Saul" standing in the darkness. A rare flash of joy passed through his eyes.
"Swish–"
Herman transformed into silver light and instantly approached "Saul", only to stop in front of him.
"Little fellow, have you been abandoned by your companions? Why did you just come out from the underground?" Herman grabbed "Saul's" neck with a slight force on his hand, able to make him feel suffocated but not so hard as to crush his neck bone.
"Being able to kill one of the eight slavering heads in reverse, and repeatedly choosing the safest passageway while fleeing through the dangerous underground, can no longer be explained by luck."
The pinched "Saul" narrowed his eyes and took a moment to realize what Herman was talking about.
But before he could speak, Herman suddenly threw his hand and threw "Saul" to his men.
"Keep an eye on him, I'm going to dissect him myself when we get back."
"Saul" was thrown to the feet of an apprentice, who immediately crouched down and green vines grew from his palms, trying to bind "Saul's" neck.
However, the moment the verdant branches and leaves touched "Saul's" skin, they turned yellow and withered, directly withering away.
While the apprentice was still surprised by the failure of his sorcery, Saul suddenly raised his hand and pressed it on his face, then pulled it hard.
A white shadow was pulled away from the apprentice's face.
The shadow's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears were all irregularly hollowed out, as if it was a human skin that had been stripped alive.
The "human skin" opened its mouth wide, wanting to let out the last wail of its life, but it was immediately pulled and deformed by an invisible force, and drilled into the palm of "Saul's" hand.
All this happened so fast that Herman's smile was still on his face when Saul got back on his feet.
"Saul let go and let the breathless apprentice fall.
He braced himself on his knees and slowly rose to his feet, his limbs looking uncoordinated and his movements stiff.
But he smiled happily.
"Hehehehehehehehehehehe ... you know why the human head monster drove you here?" "Saul's" head tilted, enunciating a little strangely, "That's because, I'm hungry."
After saying that, "Sol" lunged at Herman.
However, Herman's reaction was quick. He instantly turned into a silver light and directly moved three meters flat.
Saul, who was one step late, could only regretfully grab another apprentice by Herman's side.
The moment Saul's palm touched the apprentice's chest, another white shadow was drawn away.
The shadow's face was still half-crawling with fear, and before it could call for help, it was sucked into Saul's palm.
Herman, who had witnessed the whole thing, moved behind his men again. He tried to stabilize his breathing, but the tremor in his voice gave away his fear.
"Evil spirits, formal sorcerer level evil spirits ..."
In fact, there was no need for Herman to say that everyone in the cave understood what kind of terrifying existence they were dealing with when the Evil Spirit killed two Level 3 Apprentices one after another and the other party was completely unable to resist.
Like the woes of being forced into the cave by the human-headed monster when they came, everyone fled out of the cave again in a sorry state.
Evil spirits feared sunlight!
Weak Evil Spirits would dissipate due to direct sunlight, and even the strong ones would have their strength reduced due to sunlight injuries.
But the few people who ran out of the cave weren't too happy.
Because the outside of the cave was also unsafe, still filled with human head monsters, as well as the two Sorcerer's Tower apprentices that they were prevented from entering.
The first shift, thanks to the readers' lords for their rewards and votes!
(End of chapter)