Chapter 54: Countermeasures
In the dim room, core members of the Crimson Holy Communion, Buck and Clifford, were standing at the table with full concentration. Under the candlelight, Buck was doing divination seriously.
In the magic circle with the standard symbols of "Light" and "Start", the map of the city of Igwinter was placed neatly. On the map, a white crystal suspended by a chain was swinging back and forth.
"I want to know the current whereabouts of the person who killed Burton Weir today."
Holding the head of the swinging crystal pendant in his hand, Buck uttered his own divination language like a declaration, and then just stared at the swinging crystal in his hand. He and Clifford stared at the trajectory of the crystal across the map.
"Is this pendulum divination? It's the most practical divination method for divination of a location. This swinging pendulum will eventually be pulled by an invisible mysterious force and will point to the location of the divination target..."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Clifford murmured, as a Beyonder he had some knowledge of mysticism, and he naturally knew what pendulum divination was, but this was the first time he had seen it in practice.
Due to the scarcity of the "Qi" spirit, divination ceremonies are actually very rare. Many extraordinary people of low rank have only heard of them but have never seen them, let alone held them personally.
At this time, it was the first time for Buck and Clifford to participate in such a mysterious and rare ceremony. Their eyes were fixed on the swinging crystal, expecting it to stop and point to the target position of divination.
One second, two seconds, three seconds… Time passed slowly, but the crystal that served as the pendulum still showed no signs of stopping. As the amplitude of the pendulum's swing became smaller and smaller, the atmosphere in the air gradually became anxious.
Finally, the crystal pendulum stopped swinging completely, and under the influence of force, it completely hung vertically above the map.
"It... stopped? It's pointing to that place... Is that where those people are hiding?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Clifford said in surprise. He felt that the performance of this pendulum was no different from that of an ordinary pendulum.
This pendulum crystal doesn't seem to be pulled by any mysterious force, and it doesn't point to other points on the map in violation of physics. It just simply hangs on the map. This is a very normal phenomenon. It is different from what Buck and Clifford had expected before. Is this the conclusion of divination?
"Well... logically speaking... the location where the pendulum is pointing now is where those people are..." Buck looked at the place where the pendulum was pointing in front of him, frowned and spoke in a deep voice, while Clifford also spoke uncertainly.
"So...the place where that group of people are hiding is on the Tieni River?"
"Hmm... maybe. Those guys' base may be on a ship. If the base is on a ship, it can be easily moved at any time. Hum... not a bad idea."
Buck continued to speak in silence and seriously, while Clifford blinked twice and continued to confirm the position where the pendulum was pointing on the map, and then spoke again.
"No, Buck. The Tieni River at this location seems to be a mud flat. There is no water. The boat cannot stop here..."
"This... maybe they have built something on the mudflats? Or is there something under the mudflats? Anyway... since the pendulum pointed here, I have to go and take a look..."
Buck continued with a strange expression. In fact, he also felt that the pendulum in his hand seemed to be hanging naturally, without any mysterious power in it. But what if... what if the position of the divination object happened to be here? What if the divination direction happened to be the place where the hanging pendulum was pointing? There is a probability of this, right?
Although this naturally hanging pendulum looks no different from an ordinary pendulum, with no hint of any mysterious power involved, but…but if the divination result is in a position that allows the pendulum to hang at a certain point on the map, then it can only behave like this, right?
Neither Buck nor Clifford believed that the mysterious divination ritual left by the noble mentor, which consumed precious spiritual energy, would fail. So this seemingly natural vertical direction should be the result of divination, even if this is a mudflat.
This is a divination using precious spiritual power. Even if it looks suspicious, it should be taken a look anyway, right?
"Colifo, bring enough people with you, let's go take a look at this place now..."
As he said that, Buck placed the pendulum crystal on the table and quickly walked out of the exit of the room, and Clifford followed behind him.
"I know. I have to go check it out after all..."
Following Buck, Clifford quickly left the room.
After a few hours.
The door of the room was suddenly pushed open again, and Buck, with a gloomy face, walked into the room without saying a word, his trouser legs were covered with mud. Behind him, Clifford also hurried in, his eyes wide open, his face full of anger, half of his body covered with mud, as if he had fallen in the mud.
Obviously in vain, Buck and Clifford hurried to the desk, and Clifford muttered as he walked.
"Pendulum... Pendulum... What the hell! It didn't produce anything! It just made me covered in mud!"
As he spoke, the angry Clifford grabbed the pendulum crystal on the table with his hand and threw it to the side to vent his anger. The pendulum crystal bounced to the side of the table, but happened to hit a glass bottle of lime next to the table. The glass bottle was overturned, and the lime inside spilled out and poured onto the table. The lime powder scattered in the air splashed onto Clifford and Buck's faces. Clifford coughed, while Buck wiped it off silently.
"We underestimated them. We never thought that they had the ability to counter divination."
Buck said grimly while wiping the dust off his face. Although his face did not show much emotion, there was already anger in his eyes.
"Ahem... You, what did you say, Buck? Counter-divination? Our divination was countered?"
Coughing, Clifford spoke to Buck in a surprised tone, and Buck nodded coldly.
"Yes, the teacher said... there is divination and anti-divination in this world. As long as you can collect the corresponding spirituality and perform the ritual, divination can be countered... and this spirituality must also contain the precious 'inspiration'.
"Humph... I underestimated them. They were able to obtain the rare 'Qi' spirituality. Their background is deeper than I thought..."
Buck said seriously with his hands behind his back, and Clifford spoke again in confusion.
"Well, what should we do now? There's no way we can fight back if we can't find those guys!"
Listening to Clifford's words, Buck took a deep breath, and then continued to answer slowly.
"I will talk to Bill again and try to find a way to meet the mentor. If I still can't meet him, then I can only visit him in my dreams..."
…
At night, on the top floor of an apartment building on Nanyanghua Road.
"Information search blocked..."
Lying on the sofa, feeling the decrease of her accumulated spirituality and the improvement of her system, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief. She was still a little nervous about being almost found by an inexplicable method.
"Huh... I finally got it done. I almost got predicted for no apparent reason. I should be more careful in this strange world..."
Dorothy sighed in her heart. After this incident, besides sighing, she was more curious.
'This world actually has this kind of means of obtaining information remotely? It's quite interesting. According to the system's prompt, this divination method also uses spirituality and requires "lanterns" and "inspiration". I am an "inspiration" extraordinary person myself and I don't lack "inspiration". If I can get more "lanterns" in the future, can I also do divination? With divination, I can obtain information efficiently! '
'Also, the properties of various spiritualities are somewhat interesting. 'Light' has the meaning of insight... and 'shadow' can block the insight of 'light'. Combined with the effect of the barrier ring mentioned above, the spirituality of 'shadow' seems to have the meaning of hiding and covering up, which is the opposite of light...
'And that 'Silence'... can actually delete information. What will happen if it is deleted? What is the specific meaning of this spirituality called 'Silence'?'
Thinking about these questions, Dorothy suddenly realized that her understanding of this world and mysticism was far from enough.
"It seems that I will need to ask Aldridge for more advice when I have time...but..." Dorothy murmured, then she frowned and took out her wallet which she had just filled up.
"But I don't know if my tuition is enough."
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