Chapter 309 Mentor
“Consciousness… soul…” Sol repeated unconsciously.
He knew that these two concepts were not equivalent. But the knowledge he had learned before had never clearly defined the two concepts.
“You should have already learned these concepts.”
“But the books have never defined them very clearly.”
“Yes, you are not ready to know yet. It's like you can walk, but if you had to control your muscles and bones yourself, you probably wouldn't be able to move.”
Sol nodded thoughtfully, “However, I still don't understand why the Land Ark would go to such great lengths to influence my consciousness. I'm just an apprentice.”
Golsa chuckled again, “Do you think they are targeting you to fight against me?”
Sol didn't speak, but that's what he had always thought.
This time, he deliberately asked Senior Byron to help him divert the attention of others, in order to report this matter to the Tower Master alone as soon as possible, so that the Tower Master would be alert.
Although Golsa is also an outstanding Tier 2 wizard, he can't possibly fight against the entire Land Ark force at the same time.
Moreover, the Land Ark clearly has allies.
“Do you really think you are just a tool used to fight against me? Didn't you just kill a senior Tier 3 apprentice alone?”
Sol was stunned.
He was so used to his identity as a low-level wizard apprentice that he hadn't even thought about what value he had to be exploited.
But in the eyes of the Tower Master, he seemed to have grown into someone worth the Land Ark paying a great price to control.
“Could it be that the people from the Land Ark really want to control me?”
“It's not impossible. Don't forget, you are already my student. Doesn't this status prove your worth?”
The Tower Master was quite confident.
Sol lowered his head slightly, but he suddenly noticed something and looked up sharply, “Tower Master, do you mean…”
“Call me mentor.”
Sol opened his mouth wide.
Golsa was officially acknowledging him.
But what about Mentor Kaz?
Of course, he certainly wouldn't ask such a silly question now, but immediately responded, “Yes, Mentor!”
“Mm.” Golsa responded with a smile, then he brought the topic back, “Now we have basically determined that your mental body has been tampered with, and it is likely the influence of the Land Ark's Soul-Stealing Flower.”
“Then how should I remove this influence?”
“Perhaps we can consider using this influence… to find the enemy hidden in the Wizard Tower.”
Sol's eyes lit up. That was also his idea, but he didn't want to say it directly.
“I don't know much about the Soul-Stealing Flower. This is a secret that only the core members of the Land Ark know. But based on their past performance and your experience this time, I can probably analyze that this should be a kind of ability that can affect a person's consciousness, thereby controlling their behavior or thoughts.”
“Remote control, one is using demonic creatures, one is using mental radiation, and you don't need to know the last one yet, and the Soul-Stealing Flower can't be that powerful.”
“And the first two methods are also difficult to maintain for a long time, especially after you return to the Wizard Tower. If they want to strengthen their influence on you, they must continue to exert influence on you continuously.”
Sol blinked slowly. Tower Master, no, did Mentor Golsa really not know the ability of the Soul-Stealing Flower? Why did he guess it almost completely?
Golsa saw Sol's surprise, but he obviously couldn't guess the reason for Sol's surprise.
“For the next period, remember to carry the puppet I gave you with you.” Golsa turned his head to look over, “Have you thrown it away already?”
“No!” Sol said immediately, “I, I just didn't carry it with me these few times I went out.”
But he wasn't too confident when he said that.
In order to hide the existence of the diary, he deliberately didn't bring the red-eyed puppet that Golsa had given him.
After all, Madam Yulaff had once hidden in it, and Sol was worried that there was still Golsa's monitoring of him inside.
And precisely because there was already that ticking time bomb of an unexpected figure, Sol was even more convinced that the fewer people who knew about the diary, the better.
Fortunately, Golsa didn't dwell on the reason why Sol didn't bring the puppet. He just reminded him again, “In the future, carry it with you.”
“Yes, Mentor.” Sol responded. Anyway, the diary had already entered his mental body, and it was determined that it could directly resist Golsa's mental detection.
That red-eyed puppet could definitely be easily taken down.
“This puppet can temporarily store spiritual bodies and is also very sensitive to mental power. You input a certain amount of mental power into it, and it can remember your wave characteristics. In the future, if other people or creatures try to influence the Soul-Stealing Flower in your mental body, the puppet will sense it, its eyes will turn black, and it will also send you a warning.”
So that's how it is.
When the mentor gave him this puppet, he probably had the idea of checking whether there would be any abnormalities in his mental body.
“Thank you, Mentor.”
Golsa nodded, “After leaving this room, don't mention the Land Ark and Soul-Stealing Flower to anyone again. Not even talking to yourself.”
Leave this room?
A series of guesses flashed through Sol's mind in an instant, but before he could ask, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The familiar door and rows of bookshelves in the corridor made him realize that he was actually in the private library on the 19th floor.
“Sol?” A low, hoarse voice came from behind.
Sol turned around and saw Mentor Kaz standing in the corridor.
“Mentor, why are you here?” Sol quickly walked over.
Kaz looked at Sol with a complicated expression, “You… you have already become a Tier 3 apprentice. This speed is even faster than when you entered Tier 2 apprentice.”
His back seemed to be bent a little more, and the wrinkles on his face were even more obvious.
“The Tower Master is more accurate in judging people than I am.”
Looking at such a mentor, Sol didn't know what to say, but the other party obviously didn't need Sol's comfort.
“The Tower Master asked me to wait for you here. Now that you have been recognized by the Tower Master and become his student, don't call me mentor in the future. Just call me Mentor Kaz like everyone else.”
Sol didn't have the idea of not recognizing Kaz after becoming Golsa's apprentice, but before he could speak, he saw Mentor Kaz raise his right hand and shake it.
Sol noticed that there was a charred mark on his palm.
It should be a new injury.
“Don't refuse. Actually, in the beginning, I was planning to give up on you.” Mentor Kaz had a relieved smile on his face. He put his hand behind his back, turned around, and gestured for Sol to follow.
The two walked towards the ramp leading to the upper and lower floors.
“At that time, the Tower Master asked me to give you a chance and let you work in the morgue.”
Sol had already guessed some of this before, and was not surprised.
“At that time, I discovered that you were surprisingly suitable for dark attribute witchcraft. This is different from your elemental perception talent. It is a way of thinking and habit that is very suitable for dark attributes. You were not disgusted by dealing with corpses and stench all day long, and even boldly used the materials on the corpses to modify your body.”
Kaz couldn't help but glance at Sol again. He could still recall his astonishment at the time.
There was also a bit of fear. After all, the Tower Master had just handed Sol over to him. If he found out that the person had killed himself, Kaz didn't know if he would be implicated.
“It wasn't until that time that I realized your talent. Simply thinking about magic power and mental power values was narrow-minded of me.”
Seeing Mentor Kaz constantly criticizing himself, Sol couldn't manage to interject several times.
Today, Mentor Kaz had an unusually large number of emotions.
The two walked all the way to the ramp, then went up and entered the 20th floor.
This was Sol's first time here.
The 20th floor was different from the other floors of the Wizard Tower.
There was a bronze door at the entrance.
It was exactly the same as the one on the first floor of the East Tower!
Kaz walked over and placed his left and right hands on the left and right doors respectively.
“From now on, you are officially authorized to participate in the Tower Master's experiment. Next, I will introduce you to the details of the experiment.”
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