Chapter 118: Divination (600 Monthly Tickets Update!)
2014-12-12
Author: Floating Tower
A chilling cold wind howled!
Suddenly, a faint light appeared on a Wizard Tower standing beside the lake.
The cold wind swirled the snowflakes, which eerily vanished as they reached the Wizard Tower, as if they encountered an invisible barrier, lightly falling to the ground. At the twelfth floor of the tower, a portal made of numerous gem-encrusted materials lit up, and soon Gloria, holding Vivian, appeared within it. Wizards typically set their distant teleportation locations in the safest places, and the most likely option is the Wizard Tower they control.
A heavy Iron Golem stepped in and lowered its head toward Gloria, saying, “Respected master. Is there anything you wish to order?”
Its voice resembled the sound of metal grinding, using soul fragments as a mark, granting it a certain level of intelligence.
This is a higher-level golem, capable of executing some simple commands.
Gloria glanced at it with a neutral expression; a prepared wizard is unbeatable. Her true power could stand against hundreds of Predators. However, most of her strength was within the Wizard Tower, which housed twelve Level 15 Iron Golems, along with thirty-six Level 10 Clay Golems and Stone Golems. Some spell devices with great destructive power could not be reduced to a portable size.
Aside from their commonly used staffs and scrolls, high-level wizards would only carry some protective gear at most.
Without the Golem Legion to guard them, even a high-level wizard could scarcely find time to cast spells. Relying solely on spell energy shields would not stop a horde of enemies.
Gloria gently placed Vivian on the bed. She reached out to stroke the little girl’s pale face, her expression seemed somewhat uneasy.
Vivian seemed unable to bear such tremendous divine power!
The power of a scion is gradually awakened through training, and Vivian, having just been promoted recently, absorbed such immense divine power. The outcome is unpredictable. The divine power from the Elven Ranger evidently transferred to her. The combined power of two scions is at least of legend rank. An eight-year-old little girl may not be able to integrate it. Even the strongest bloodlines need time to fuse, and the dragon lineage is among the best in the multiverse. However, young dragons are incredibly fragile creatures.
Vivian now resembled a young dragon, injected with the strength of an adult dragon or even an ancient dragon while still in her juvenile phase!
If she cannot control this power, the final result will either be madness or d*ath!
Gloria’s fingertips emitted a spell light, confirming that Vivian was only temporarily unconscious and not in any life-threatening danger, before heading to the very top of the Wisdom Tower.
She needed to perform a divination ritual!
In the fierce cold wind, Gloria reached the tower’s summit, where an ancient astrological platform stood.
This high tower had been inherited through many years among the Northern Witches; she was the new master. The Northern Witches possess the innate talent for prophecy spells. Many are not specialized prophecy wizards, but they have an ancient legacy in divination. Gloria removed the veil from her face, revealing a stunning beauty, her wizard robe fluttering in the biting wind. The North is eternally cold and windswept. She knelt in front of the astrological platform, pulling out a set of exquisite cards from her sleeve, which bore mysterious runes.
Divination requires a cost.
Witches who frequently use divination or prophecy spells have a shorter lifespan compared to others, for even witches seldom take the initiative to divine for others.
Though she knew the hope was slim,
Gloria still wanted to know if Soren was alive!
She hoped he could survive.
Both divination and prophecy accuracy are not as high as imagined; to obtain sufficiently accurate divination, one must pay the corresponding price.
The most common price is lifespan!
Gloria slowly closed her eyes, her fingers shuffling the cards at a remarkable speed. Runes emitted faint light, and finally, when she spread her palms, all the cards hovered in the air above the astrological platform, glowing with a crystalline spell light. She still did not open her eyes. She only extended her hand and drew one card, followed by a second, and finally a third.
The other cards fell to the ground, while the three cards were placed at the center of the astrological platform.
Gloria gently opened her eyes. Her expression seemed hesitant and conflicted, but in the end, she slowly turned over the cards. She worried about predicting something bad.
The first card revealed a grotesque little demon, a low-ranking fiend from hell.
Gloria’s complexion paled slightly because this might represent that Soren was already dead, his soul sent to hell and transformed into a fiend.
Of course, it could also imply something else.
Because the Northern Witch’s divination requires reviewing all the cards to know the final answer!
The second card turned over to reveal a great celestial tree, almost blocking the sky—this is the legendary Tree of Life, the sacred tree venerated by the Elven race.
Gloria’s face regained some color, her expression displaying a hint of surprise.
She eagerly flipped over the third card, which silenced her, for it depicted a large demon.
The card indicating the least common occurrence in Northern Witch divination.
The little demon depicted the lowest-ranking fiend, while the large demon illustrated a handsome demon with dark skin and hair, his pupils flickering with the bl**d-red light of hell, boasting a pair of dark crimson horns. This demon wore extravagant garments primarily in red and black, adorned with intricate patterns, wielding a red gem scepter, standing before a throne, looking down with a lofty gaze as if observing the beings of the multiverse.
This is the large demon.
The legendary Lord of Hell—Asmothiels!
One of the strongest ancient demon gods in history, existing for countless years, and perhaps destined to exist for countless more.
This is a card representing many meanings but is certainly not simple when it appears. Anyone who has drawn a large demon in divination will not have an ordinary fate. The little demon is one of the more common cards, but large demons have rarely appeared in Northern Witch divination.
The last card unexpectedly representing the Lord of Hell’s large demon!
This was even more astonishing than the first card, and for a moment, even Gloria could not ascertain Soren’s life or d*ath, for someone who could cause a high-level Northern Witch to draw both the small and large demons during the divination ritual had a fate that was nearly impossible to predict with prophecy spells.
This means that even using legendary prophecy spells could not determine Soren’s life or d*ath!
Gloria stood up with a complex expression, when suddenly she stumbled, almost falling onto the astrological platform. A profound sense of powerlessness enveloped her whole body, and in a daze, her surroundings completely disappeared. She seemed to see endless illusions, with countless bl**d and fire burning. When she raised her head, she saw the illusory image of a ram’s skull, flames burning within its pupils.
The hallucination lasted only a short while.
When she recovered from the backlash of the divination spell, she was already standing on the very edge of the Wizard Tower. With one more step, she would fall from the towering height of hundreds of meters.
The chilling wind still howled.
Her wizard robe was soaked, and her body felt a piercing coldness; a trickle of bl**d oozed from her lips. When she turned to look at the astrological platform, the card representing the large demon had already burned away, turning to ash in the dim flames. The other two cards remained intact, only that one dissipating in the cold wind.
“Hell’s Will?!”
Gloria suddenly trembled all over, muttering, “Does the large demon not represent any other meaning? But rather truly point to the Lord of the Nine Layers of Hell?”
As if sensing something!
Suddenly, Gloria reached out to brush through her long hair, she realized that somehow several strands of silver hair had emerged!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
