After preparing for transmigration, Xia Yuan, a top player of storyline mages in his previous life, transmigrated into an NPC, and was even the fourth son of the newly born Duke of the Empire!
<...Chapter 38 Exploded on the spot!
“Put your hand on the crystal ball, close your eyes, relax your body, and let fate decide everything.”
Following the prophet's instructions, Avis stretched out his pale, slender right hand and gently pressed it on the crystal ball.
A smooth and cold touch came from the palm of his hand, although reason told him that the power of the wishing spell would most likely be used on him again.
But when the actual testing began, Anvis was still somewhat worried.
"Relax."
The prophet immediately noticed Avis's nervousness. In fact, most of the people taking the test had similar reactions.
"Don't be nervous, Lord Anvis, this is not terrible. If you have a talent, then you will randomly see a small piece of the future."
Avis nodded, took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, focused all his attention on perception, and gradually entered a state similar to meditation.
At first, Avis felt nothing except the hard touch of the crystal ball itself.
But as time passed, he, immersed in a trance, suddenly felt the existence of something!
It was a fog.
The moment Avis felt the existence of the fog, the crystal ball in the study outside suddenly emitted a grayish-white light, and the image of a fog appeared in the crystal ball.
Seeing the changes in the crystal ball, the expressions of the two people present changed immediately. The prophet in the gray robe was slightly stunned, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
The Duke was also slightly surprised, but this surprise immediately turned into joy.
As the test was not yet completed, Duke Carrot suppressed his joy and just stood aside quietly watching. However, the slightly raised corners of his mouth revealed his true emotions.
"Something has changed..."
The prophet spoke slowly, with a hint of amazement in his tone.
"Congratulations, Your Excellency the Duke!"
Hearing the prophet's congratulations, the Duke couldn't help but curl his lips. But when he was about to say something, suddenly -
“Crack—”
Suddenly, the light of the crystal ball flickered, and then exploded instantly!
The Duke's gaze suddenly focused, and countless flying fragments instantly solidified in the air. The space in the room seemed to have suddenly pressed the pause button, or like a photo that was captured in an instant.
For a moment, clear crystal fragments filled the air in the study, and under the refraction of sunlight outside the window, they sparkled like stars in the night sky.
Avis looked at this scene with some surprise. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw this fantastic and beautiful "starry sky" scene.
The power of the crystal ball's explosion was not that great and did not hurt him who was protected by magic, but it woke him up from his state of perception.
The next moment, under the effect of magic, the countless "stars" that were still in the air retreated back along their original path at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast, and gathered into the original crystal ball again.
Avis could even see that some of the fragments that had hit the three people's bodies and were rebounded by magic were flying back along the original route.
After hitting the same spot for the second time, it flew back in the direction it originally came from.
After the assembly was completed, the cracks that covered the entire surface of the crystal ball began to gradually fade, close together, and shrink inwards...
Finally, as Avis watched in amazement, countless cracks gathered at one point in the center of the crystal ball, and then disappeared after a faint flash.
The secret method of the eighth-level transformation school—advanced restoration technique!
However, although the crystal ball was restored to its original state, in Avis's perception, it had become an ordinary crystal ball.
All the mysterious power contained in it was lost and did not recover with the recovery of the crystal ball.
"What's going on, Irina?"
Duke Carrot frowned and looked at the prophet's face hidden by the shadow of the hood. His slightly low voice echoed in the study.
"What did you see just now?"
However, as the person being questioned, the gray-robed prophet did not immediately respond to the Duke's question. Instead, he turned to Anvis and spoke hastily.
For the first time, the ethereal and graceful tone showed obvious emotional fluctuations.
Avis closed his eyes slightly, thinking about the scene just now, and spoke softly with some hesitation.
"A starry sky?"
"Starry sky?"
Slightly stunned, the prophet named Irina turned to Duke Carrot, her gray robe trembling slightly.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Duke. This is the first time I've seen Avis in this state, so I lost my composure just now—"
Tapping the black dragon blood wood table with his index finger, Carrot looked at the prophet with some confusion.
"So, Irina, what does this phenomenon mean? Does Avis have a talent for prophecy?"
"Theoretically, being able to cause strange phenomena to appear in the crystal ball means that the tester has the talent of a prophet, but the crystal ball automatically exploded during the test..."
The chief prophet's tone was a little hesitant, and she didn't know what this situation meant.
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"I cannot give you a definite answer right now, Your Excellency. I'm afraid I need to seek the answer from my teacher on this matter."
"Father, Mr. Prophet, I have an idea."
At this moment, Avis suddenly spoke, attracting the attention of the two.
"If you are not sure whether I have the talent for prophecy, then can you open some magic books on prophecy to me? See if I can study and use them normally."
"Open the book of prophecy?"
After thinking for a while, Duke Carrot looked at the prophet.
"Will there be any danger?"
The prophet Irina shook her head.
"There has never been a precedent in history where learning prophecy was dangerous. At most, it was just impossible to get started."
The Duke nodded and turned to Anvis.
"In that case, give me your authority badge."
Avis took out a metal plate engraved with the pattern of the Cold Wind Crystal Bird from the ring, lifted it up with magic power, and placed it on the table in front of the Duke.
The Duke reached out and picked it up. The emblem ring on his finger flashed a magical luster and lightly imprinted on the surface of the nameplate.
"Take it. I have given you access to the books of the School of Prophecy."
………
The next day, the chief prophet bid farewell to the Duke.
She was going to go on a long journey to the floating city of Oraxian, the headquarters of the Magic Council, which was located in the distant Itel Kingdom Federation.
She sought answers from her teacher, Stargazer Bruntz, one of the three chairmen of the Magic Council, to see if she could get some residual information from the broken crystal ball.
After she left, Anvis happily immersed himself in the great library, eagerly learning the latest magical knowledge of the School of Prophecy.
——Before this, they had been placed alone in a corner of the library, and the entire bookshelf was protected by powerful sealing magic.
Even in his previous life, as a seventh-level magician, little Avis had no access to these books. Although Avis in this life was very envious, he had no idea where to start.
Now, he finally gained the permission to pass through this seal.
Gu——→Recommendation ticket
(End of this chapter)