Diary of a Dead Wizard

Chapter 1003: Come with Me to the Abyss

Kismet didn't know that the "that person" Saul mentioned referred to the person he had seen in the "past" sitting on the mountain of corpses. He thought Saul was referring to the former master of the diary.

He told Saul, "Douglas used to be accustomed to observing to gain true knowledge. In order to advance further in the realm of death, he observed the deaths of many, many people. So this time when he suddenly returned to observe the death of the world, his gains will definitely be much greater than before."

Douglas was not someone who advocated for the natural order. To observe the deaths of many, many people, he would inevitably create a great deal of slaughter.

"I came to help you because I want to help you develop quickly. If the wizard world is swallowed by the abyss without any resistance, it would have no observational value for Douglas."

"Currently, the wizard world is at a disadvantage against the Abyssal Eye, so for now, your goals and his are aligned."

For now...

That also meant that once the wizard world became too powerful, Douglas might even turn around to help the abyss.

Though it didn't seem likely given the current situation.

A flash of inspiration struck Saul's mind. Wait, if Douglas really wants to play a balancing manipulation game, he would definitely observe both sides simultaneously. The sudden closure of the aperture on the Chaos Realm side—could it be related to him?

Saul looked up at Kismet. "I'll consider your suggestions carefully. If you're truly here to help, I still have many things to entrust to you."

Saul planned to deduce the situation on the abyss side and wanted to dismiss Kismet first.

Kismet stood up accordingly, but said one more thing before leaving.

"I'm definitely sincere about wanting to help you. This is helping you and also helping myself, so I'll spare no effort, no matter what you want to do, no matter who you want to oppose."

When Saul looked up upon hearing this, Kismet had already left the laboratory.

Through feedback from the remnant souls in the wizard tower, Saul knew that Kismet had run to the top of the tower to gaze at the sky again.

When he had been recuperating at Saul's place before, he would lie on the roof when he had nothing to do, claiming to watch the stars whenever asked, regardless of day or night.

It seemed his true nature hadn't changed. Even with the arrival of the diary's former master, Kismet's wish was still to journey to the starry sky.

But he seemed to still be bound by something, unable to become Saul's fifth target.

Could a fourth-rank wizard without autonomous destiny possibly advance to the fifth rank and reach the place where the starry sky was located?

Were Kismet's current words about "for himself" and "sparing no effort" related to the abnormality in his condition?

Saul felt there must be things he didn't know about. And his intuition told him this matter was very important.

Saul lowered his head, and a dark red hardcover book appeared in his palm.

"Since I can't enter the abyss from the Chaos Realm, what if I follow Master Gorsa's old route to the abyss?"

This time, the diary still gave no death warning.

"Last time when I wanted to enter the abyss from the Chaos Realm, the diary gave no warning. I thought it was because the aperture was sealed, preventing me from entering the abyss, so there was no crisis. But if entering from outside is also the same..."

Saul decided to make a trip to the abyss.

...

Three months later, Saul returned from the Chaos Realm.

At this time, the numbers of the bone army had increased again.

Since the source of bone monsters was mostly in the great rift, Keli had Saul's little apprentice Noah lead all the able-bodied members of the tribe down into the rift to collect bone fragments.

Although wizards were more efficient at collection, they had more important work to do. Fortunately, the Boulder Tribe had already absorbed nearly half the population of the Chaos Realm, providing Keli with abundant labor.

Quantity compensated for quality.

After Saul handed over the once-again improved Soul-Fixing magical array to Keli, there was nothing left in the Chaos Realm that required his presence.

At the same time, both the Sighing Wall and the Tribunal were methodically setting up new defensive arrays at the continental edges where they would be eroded by the black tide.

Even better news came from Master Gorsa's red worms. Through Byron's efforts and Douglas's guidance, the half-elf had finally completely mastered the red worm queen and was controlling the queen's body to rapidly lay eggs.

But unlike the original Alick, Gorsa had no intention of using wizards' lives to cultivate red worms.

After all, Alick had originally planned to take only dozens of third-rank wizards with him, while Gorsa wanted to bring thousands of wizards against the Abyssal Eye.

Douglas seemed to also approve of Gorsa's approach. Although the two had once had conflicts, as a strong individual, Douglas was still "magnanimous" enough to provide the Stargate Council with some useful information.

After confirming that several factions in the wizard world were methodically preparing for war according to plan, Saul finally made time for himself to head to the abyss!

And for this trip to the abyss, he called Kismet along too.

After all, Kismet was currently the only idle fourth-rank wizard he knew of. Moreover, if Kismet was Douglas's person, and the closure inside the Abyssal Eye was also related to Douglas, then Kismet might know some inside information that would benefit their adventure.

"Kismet, come with me to the abyss." Saul leaned against the laboratory window looking up, saying these words in a tone like "come with me to buy groceries."

Kismet was truly surprised when he heard that Saul wanted to go to the Abyssal Eye and bring him along.

But he agreed almost without any hesitation.

"Of course, no problem." Kismet jumped down from the tower top and tucked the harp in his hands behind his back, seemingly placing it into a storage space. When he brought his arm back, his palm was already empty.

"Last time when Master Gorsa went to the abyss, he almost couldn't return. You should still be prepared."

Kismet smiled. "Little master brother, are you worried about me? If we really encounter danger, could you also let me hide in your diary?"

"If you die, I'll try my best to recover your soul. So you must persist and not let your soul become mutated."

"Although I'm a fourth-rank wizard, you also know that I have Douglas behind me. At worst, I'll ask him for some resources. After all, on the surface, I'm also helping him with his work."

Kismet shrugged, completely unconcerned about himself.

But while Kismet said he would ask Douglas for support, he didn't contact Douglas at all until he set off with Saul.

The two headed north to the Sighing Wall, chartering an airship directly to save time. After resting for a day in Far North City, they bid farewell to Wizard Maria, who was currently in charge of the Sighing Wall, and entered Storm Sea.

Since it wasn't the time for black tide attacks, storms raged continuously at sea. To conserve magic power, the two directly hid inside the belly of a large fish to advance.

With their extremely strong sensory mental power, they could accurately proceed toward the Abyssal Eye's direction without needing to observe the outside world.

The fish's belly was somewhat bumpy, but it had no effect on the two fourth-rank wizards.

Kismet sat in the soft belly of the hollowed-out large fish, occasionally tearing off a strip of fish meat from the fish's body and putting it in his mouth.

"Saul, what's your purpose for going to the abyss this time?"

Saul was meditating with his eyes closed. Hearing Kismet's words, he opened his eyes and glanced at him, then closed them again.

"Asking about my purpose only after we've come this far—isn't that a bit late?"

Kismet fell over with the bumping motion and lay on his side with his arm as a pillow. "Don't worry, I won't flee from battle. I just want to determine my action plan based on your goal."

Saul answered with his eyes closed, "First, try to meet someone. If I can't meet them, then capture some anchor point monsters to bring back."

(End of Chapter)