Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 828 No Clues

With the pollution cleaned up, Thor moved on to the next step.

"The biggest problem with sick mermaids is that they can't survive in the Kuroshio Current like other mermaids. Such mermaids are of no use to the Tribunal." Alfonso pointed to the coral. "If the mermaids can't efficiently absorb the pollution from the Red Sea Trees, the Tribunal will resort to more extreme methods to deal with the pollution."

After a pause, Alfonso added, "The Red Sea Tree protects the continent of Neflet, not its inhabitants."

Thor understood that if the entire continent were destroyed by the Eye of the Abyss, even if most wizards could escape to other continents, it would mean that at least one-third of the wizarding world's resources would disappear.

If the remaining continents have no effective means of resistance, they can only wait to die little by little.

The fourth-tier wizard, as the last survivor of this world, will perish along with the remaining remnants of this world.

In the sealed-off wizarding world, there is no way to escape.

Therefore, if the modified mermaids cannot become the Red Sea Tree's dumping ground, then the Tribunal will have to find another dumping ground.

No matter what it is, it will bring a catastrophe to the entire continent of Neflet.

Thor removed the rotten flesh from the coral's tail and temporarily sealed the wound with a medicine.

He then channeled seawater mixed with Kuroshio pollution into the glass tank that once housed Kate.

Kate the mermaid stood on the beach and saw the water tank, really wanting to go inside. Unfortunately, to eliminate other interfering factors, she couldn't go in for the time being.

While Thor was filling the water, Alfonso went over and untied the leather straps on the coral, then used levitation to lift it up.

He didn't touch the coral at all throughout the entire process.

The coral seemed a little flustered as it floated in the air.

Leaving the water meant leaving the place where she felt safest, but her curiosity about Thor and the instruments made her temporarily forget her vigilance.

As a result, it suddenly took off, its body hovering, feeling no force, its tail swaying, and there was no familiar resistance coming from it.

"Ya ya... Ya ya..." Coral suddenly cried out, looking very frightened.

Alfonso remained expressionless as he quickly tossed the coral into the tank.

Water splashed everywhere, but the coral calmed down again.

She saw the seawater around her swirling around merrily before crashing headfirst into the tank wall.

"Mermaids seem to have rather low intelligence." Thor stood by the tank, observing silently. "But the coral's spirit body looks... a little different."

Alfonso was also standing nearby.

Although Thor simply sucked out the pollution from the coral, his method of doing so was completely different from Alfonso's.

He wasn't sure if this method could prevent subsequent pollution.

If it were possible... that would be incredible.

Alfonso glanced quickly at Thor before fixing his gaze back on Coral.

A few minutes later.

"The pollution inside the coral has reached the warning level for ordinary people," Alfonso continued to record.

Then they saw that the coral's tail, which had just been treated, was starting to develop new rotting wounds.

"No." Alfonso's face darkened, yet he felt it was the right thing to do.

If the patients Thor treats never relapse, then his personal value becomes terrifyingly insignificant in this world that may be destroyed by the Black Tide.

Thor also saw the wounds on Coral's body.

The mermaid with her long red hair seemed oblivious to the wound on her tail, or perhaps she had grown accustomed to it. She merely glanced at the newly appeared wound on her tail before continuing to carefully circle around in the water, avoiding any further impact.

Thor possessed the body, and once again conjured tentacles to cover the coral's new wounds.

Coral, recalling its previous experience, tried to back away, but the tank was too small, and it couldn't escape at all.

This time, Thor did not remove the contamination from her body; he merely examined her for a short while before removing the tentacles.

"Her body has undergone some kind of mutation; her skin ulcerates when pollution levels are too high. However, there are no signs of contagiousness. Why would this genetic mutation-like disease be contagious?"

Thor had previously extracted decaying flesh from the coral and conducted culture experiments, but no signs of infection were found.

"Isn't contact the only route of transmission?"

Thor got up and pulled the coral out of the seawater.

"One more time!"

Alfonso: "Hmm?"

Coral: "Yaya!"

After cleaning the coral clean once again, Thor had another sealed bottle containing the Kuroshio pollution in his hand.

After cleaning, Thor carried the coral back to the tank.

However, this time, before throwing the coral in, Thor suddenly made his move. A black blade flashed past, slicing a huge wound from the coral's collarbone to its lower abdomen.

The black blade did not deliberately avoid vital points, cutting clean incisions into the skin, muscles, internal organs, and bones along its path.

Blood gushed out immediately.

Saul threw the man into the water tank before the blood could splatter on him.

The water tank, which was not clear to begin with, was immediately murky with blood.

"Aaaaaah..." Coral seemed to finally understand the threat of death, struggling in the tank, with more and faster blood gushing from its wounds.

However, the murky water did not obstruct Thor and Alfonso's view. The two stood beside the tank, carefully observing the changes in the coral's wounds.

As time passed, the coral's tail developed another festering wound.

Thor glanced at the wound on his tail, then continued to focus his attention on the huge wound on Coral's chest and abdomen.

A few minutes later, the coral's struggles gradually weakened.

Alfonso, who had just finished speaking, finally spoke.

"If you don't want to kill her now, you can stop now, right?"

If they wait any longer, even with their strong physiques, the mermaids will die.

Thor nodded and bent down to pull the coral out of the blood.

This time, he was gentler. He carried Coral back to the lab table and immediately began cleaning the wound and using healing magic to close it up.

Although she received treatment, due to the large wound and excessive blood loss, and after soaking in seawater for several minutes, Coral's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Thor turned around and picked up the data recorded by Alfonso. "The physical data of the coral is not much different from that of other mermaids. The pollution is mainly due to changes in the activity of its spiritual body."

Coral's tail flicked with a "thud," and it looked like it was about to wake up.

"However, the pollution of the mental body still cannot explain why the putrefaction disease is contagious."

Thor frowned; he hadn't encountered a situation where he had absolutely no clue what to do in a long time.

Alfonso walked over to Saul, noticing his troubled expression, and said, "You don't need to be too anxious, we still have time. Even if there's really no other way in the end, we can make up for the losses by increasing numbers, as Royer suggested."

"No matter how many there are, if the number of pathogens reaches a certain level, the disease will spread uncontrollably, and no number of mermaids will be enough to kill them."

Thor turned and looked at the sea, where the nearshore waters were a dazzling red.

It looked as if it had been stained with blood.

Alfonso.

"What's wrong?"

Are there still atavistic mermaids in the ocean?

"Although I've collected most of the atavistic mermaids, this sea area is so vast, there must still be some left out."

"I'll go check in the sea," Thor said, picking up the mermaid Kate from the ground. "Let's go together."

(End of this chapter)