Diary of a Dead Wizard

Chapter 992: The Worm Queen Emerges

Now every major force in the wizard world had close ties with Saul.

He had to carefully nurture them.

With a flash, Saul was already standing behind Byron.

In front of Byron was a massive monster. At first glance, Saul couldn't even connect it with red worms.

The monster before him was grayish, with a huge oval-shaped skull. The skull had no eyes, but dozens of fleshy tentacles.

Below the skull grew four thick legs. Between the four legs hung a tumor-like growth, connected to the skull by only a bit of skin, looking as though it might break off at any moment.

"This is the worm queen? It doesn't look anything like red worms at all." Penny flew a circle around the worm queen, "Eh, it seems to have a physical form!"

The silver butterfly landed on the worm queen's bald skull and actually managed to stand firmly.

The red worm queen was the first to notice Saul's arrival, dozens of tentacles turning toward him, seemingly sensing Saul's presence.

For some reason, Saul felt the worm queen before him had a kind of delicate, refined beauty.

The monster before him was quite ugly, but after looking at it for a while, he found it somewhat attractive.

Seeing the unhidden Nightmare Butterfly, Byron knew Saul had arrived, "This is the worm queen. The giant egg we saw before was how it looked when imprisoned. Just now, when the half-elf confirmed control over the worm queen, we stripped away the shell and released it."

Corey was also standing beside Byron. Originally, she wanted to come greet Saul when she saw him, but froze in place upon clearly seeing Saul's face.

The Saul before her seemed different from before.

Corey had a guess in her heart, but didn't dare continue thinking about it.

Saul first nodded to Corey, then walked to the worm queen's front, slowly raising his hand to place it on its head.

Although the giant egg imprisoning the worm queen was very large, the worm queen inside was actually only the height of an adult. Its skin felt very fragile to the touch, with almost no tactile feedback. It made Saul feel like he was touching a water surface—with just a little force, his finger could press beneath the surface.

Saul withdrew his hand and extended his mental power to probe.

Under his mental examination, only the thin outer layer of skin on the worm queen was real—inside was complete emptiness.

However, this emptiness was mixed with some elven aura.

"Half-elf, how is your current state?"

The worm queen's tentacles drooped down, pointing at Saul's face.

At the tip of each tentacle, a beautiful face appeared.

"I've basically gained control of the worm queen's body and consciousness. But to use it flexibly and control other red worms as you mentioned will still take time."

Byron listened expressionlessly from the side, while Corey couldn't help but glance at Saul several times. If she didn't also have a natural poker face, her eyeballs would probably have fallen out by now.

Even the legendary Gorsa, rumored to have died at the Abyssal Eye, suddenly appearing and forcibly succeeding as Stargate Council Chairman hadn't shocked Corey this much.

It's just that although she had been temporarily called back to the underground base, she had changed from being a primary person in charge to an observer, so naturally wouldn't speak casually.

Saul paid no attention to others' thoughts and continued asking the half-elf, "How much time do you need?"

"Three to five years."

"Too long, that won't work. You must completely control this body within one year."

"I can't guarantee that right now."

"What methods could speed this up?"

"The worm queen's own consciousness is extremely powerful. If I weren't constantly connected to the elven collective consciousness in the world barrier, I'd probably be ejected the next second. To deal with such intense resistance and gradually tame it will take several years."

Saul pondered for a moment, "Taming consciousness? Let me give you something, see if it can help."

Saul raised his hand, and his palm suddenly split open, revealing an eye beneath the flesh.

That eye had a colorful pupil, with colors constantly flowing like clouds in the sky.

"What is... this?" All the worm queen's tentacles focused on the eye.

The next second, each tentacle sprouted an eye with a seven-colored pupil.

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

Byron and Corey, who had also curiously looked over, actually fainted at the same time.

With almost no resistance at all.

But as a fourth-rank, when Saul faced the star-shaped eyes again, he wasn't as confused as before.

He watched the rigid half-elf and slowly closed his eyes.

Soon, with his eyes closed, dozens of slightly different visual perspectives appeared in Saul's mind. In all these viewpoints, Saul's face appeared. Some viewpoints with special angles also showed the fainted Byron and Corey at the edges.

However, Saul didn't give the worm queen star-shaped eyes to activate its vision attribute.

Under Saul's control, the star-shaped eyes quickly flipped over, leaving only the whites facing outward. Then these eyes squeezed and squeezed, moving from the tentacle tips into the worm queen's gray skin, into that empty interior.

But what was emptiness for matter and soul bodies was no different from solid substance to the star-shaped eyes.

Wherever their gaze reached, faint red gradually appeared in places that had been empty. These red spots weren't connected to each other, but were separated by certain distances, then maintained a loose whole through mutual interaction forces.

"So this is why magic power and mental power can't detect red worms? But why can the eyes see them?"

"The Death Demon said the power of fate lines isn't prophecy, but observation. Does this mean I should naturally be able to see these things?"

The Stargate Council's method of screening wizards was requiring the ability to see red worms. But those people's way of seeing red worms was probably quite different from Saul's.

And the observation of fate lines seemed to naturally carry dangerous oppression from hierarchical differences, causing this observation to be accompanied by some kind of passive attack. Ordinary people, even low-rank wizards, might die directly under such observation.

If Saul, the master, weren't deliberately suppressing the negative effects of the stars, probably half the people in Rhine City would go mad right now.

The other half would be killed by the maddened ones.

And now, the worm queen's consciousness under the star-shaped eyes' gaze was obviously weakened.

Then the half-elf exclaimed in delight, "How did you do that? The worm queen's resistance has weakened considerably!"

"Probably... it's about who has a stronger presence."

Saul's consciousness had already withdrawn from the worm queen's body. When he opened his eyes again, there were no traces of star-shaped eyes on the worm queen's tentacles.

The half-elf was obviously very interested.

"How many more of these colorful eyes can you obtain?"

"Many, but if I give you too many, I'm afraid I can't control their destructive power."

"I understand. I'll take advantage of this opportunity to complete take control over the worm queen as quickly as possible."

Saul also warned him, "The worm queen will also consume the eyes' power. You must use them carefully, don't let the two clash directly. Otherwise the worm queen will also be injured. If the eyes disappear, you can come find me again."

The worm queen's tentacles kept spinning in circles toward Saul, looking like it was thinking.

Probably thinking about where Saul got these eyes from.

(End of Chapter)