Sol knew he still wasn't a match for Mentor Gorsa. If Gorsa wanted to devour his soul, Sol probably wouldn't be able to escape.
But the Diary showed no reaction, and Sol trusted his own judgment.
Or rather, he trusted himself.
A living Wizard Sol was worth more than a dead Sol's soul.
"Have you already taken control of the Inverted Tree at Baidong Academy?" Gorsa had returned to his original appearance and seemed to have instantly forgotten their recent clash. Instead, he asked about something else.
"Not control. We formed an alliance while I was at Baidong Academy so we could defeat an enemy." Sol didn't hide the truth. Gorsa might have already encountered Shaya in the Kema Principality. "The soul that merged with the Inverted Tree is called Shaya. He used to be a Tier 1 Wizard at Baidong Academy. He's... got a persecution complex, but he's been doing much better lately. Are you looking for him?"
After helping Keli rescue Kira, Shaya had settled in the outskirts of Kema Capital.
Kira had even set aside a large territory for him to develop as he pleased. It had since become a small forest.
Naturally, it had also become off-limits to ordinary people.
Shaya had sent Sol another wave of Fate Power in return. Now both Shaya and Miduo had powerful backers of their own, and were steadily supplying Sol with Fate Power.
The most powerful of them, Floco, only generated Fate Power once in a while. It came in little bursts, like the peaks on a heart monitor. The mermaids must have been giving him quite a headache.
"Mm. I wanted to get some of the Inverted Tree to study. But it's probably too late now. I'll deal with it when I get back."
Gorsa never seemed to