Chapter 129: Divination


    Upon the sessfulpletion of the Trial, a civilian would undergo ss bestowal.


    There were a lot of sses in existence in the world of Las Felipinas. However, most of them no matter how strange the ss was would still be ssified by the Church that governs the civilian that had just be a Predator.


    Let us say that you are a civilian that obtained the ss called Magic Swordsman.


    Now, the word Magic alone should be enough for one to realize that the ss could use Magic. Does his ss belong to the Mage-Type, then? Nope! Why? It was because of the Swordsman at the end of his ss name.


    If you add Magic and Swordsman then you would get the two ssifications, namely, "Mage" and "Fighter". In short, the person in question has a dual-affiliated ss. Of course, dual-affiliated sses were rare. After all, a god or goddess could bezy and just randomly give the civilian a niche ss such as Street Cleaner.


    sses whose traits do not fall under any of the ssification categories established by the Church of the Three Orthodox Gods were Golden sses.


    People whose ss belongs to this ssification would either be incredibly overpowered or incredibly weak such as the case of the Street Cleaner ss.


    Of course, these sses weren''t arbitrarily given to the people by the gods.


    The people from the Church of the Three Orthodox Gods believed that the Goddess Grace, God Eternal Fire, and God Aescpius must have their own reasons as to why they bestowed a person an overpowered or useless ss.


    Being their subjects, the believers of the church do not have the right to question the mysterious workings of their gods.


    Else, it would be considered as sphemy to the gods and those that dare to do such a serious crime would be publicly executed as an example to other dissidents or believers of other gods.


    Ron Samuel''s ss was unknown, but one thing was for sure.


    From the dark bluish glow in his eyes, he had a Mage-Type ss.


    Scout or Ranger-Type sses like Ashlynn would have an orange glow in their eyes, while Fighter-Type sses would have the crimson color in their eyes.


    As for the Tank, Assassin, and Healer-Type sses...


    Their eyes would glow brown, purple, and green.


    Those with dual-affiliation ss, the glow of their eyes would be halved depending on which type their sses were affiliated to. As for those whose sses were of the Golden-Type.


    Well, obviously, the glow in their eyes would be golden.


    In the world of Las Felipinas, one could vaguely measure the strength of an enemy using the aura that their enemy was radiating and at this moment. Every Cavalier around Ron Samuel felt their chest copsing. They found it hard to breathe as they gasped for air.


    Fortunately, their suffering didn''tst that long as Ron Samuel retracted his aura andnguidly said...


    "Let us begin the divination..."


    The essential oils, pure water dew, herbs, and other items were already prepared.


    It was time for them to start.


    There exists three nes of reality in the world of Las Felipinas.


    The material ne, the spirit ne, and the astral ne.


    Divinations used all sorts of methods such as tarot cards, poker cards, dowsing rods, pendulums, and dreams. These were the methods avable when it came to divination but each of these methods required a certain amount of Mana and Mana Capacity.


    By tapping onto thetent Mana within the Spirituality of each person, one could demand answers from the spirit ne, and that could be interpreted as an answer.


    But since the endeavor required a substantial amount of mana.


    Those that attempt such rituals without being a bestowed upon a ss and transformed by the blessing of the gods into a Predator would receive minimal and vague revtions.


    Of course, these revtions were still useful. It was just too vague whenpared to the revtions and answers that one could get if they had been transformed into a Predator.


    But just because one was a Predator meant that they would be able to acquire an urate answer.


    Spiritualistic Magic wasn''t omnipotent, it had its limits.


    Not even the Seven Gods and Goddesses would im that they were omnipotent.


    But for Ron Samuel and this group of Cavaliers, a two-part Divination Ritual should be enough.


    The first part would be a Scene Scrying-Type of Divination Ritual, while the other would be a simple coin toss ritual to ascertain the facts through the use of a simple yes or no. Thetter ritual wasn''t thatplicated, but the Scene Scrying-Type Divination Ritual was somewhatplex.


    Nheless, Ron Samuel was confident.


    Having no information about Calvin whatsoever apart from his first name, it was impossible for Ron Samuel to divine what happened to him in the past few days using Spirit Numerology.


    He could use Astromancy, but he reckoned that it would be inurate since Astrolobe Divination required the calction of the states ofs and constetions which wasplicated even for Ron Samuel with decades of experience.


    The Orthodox Divination Path divined answers from the Seven Gods and Goddesses. But what if even the Seven Gods and Goddesses do not have the answer to your question?


    Well, then it was time to use an unorthodox divination ritual such as what Ron Samuel was about to attempt at this moment.


    He nned on using the blessing of Goddess Grace to capture a supernatural entity from the Spirit ne and then ask that entity to provide the scenes or answers that he needed to his question.


    Then, as a contingency n in the case that the supernatural entity lied to him. He would have James Branzu perform a Coin Tossing Divination Ritual.


    The n was set and it was about to get the show on the road.


    The Cavaliers revolved thetent Mana in their bodies in preparation if something went awry.


    Of course, they believed in Ron Samuel''s ability when it came to divination.


    However, it was just much better to be safe than sorry.


    Ron Samuel nced at James Branzu and thetter handed over a candle with a special fragrant wick towards him.


    He received it and then ced the candle behind the deep silver bowl. This candle represented Calvin, and it had his first name on it. Unless he lied about his name which was highly unlikely, this candle representation shouldn''t have any problems.


    Divining the future and glimpsing on the past of a person usually required the presence of that person. But since Calvin wasn''t here, then Ron Samuel had to use a substitute that was why he needed the candle. It represented Calvin since it had his name on it and his scent.


    As for his scent.


    Ashlynn walked over to Ron Samuel and handed over a handkerchief.


    Earlier, when she leaned over Calvin to ask him some questions about the Bestiary.


    She did it with a purpose. Her questions served as a distraction for Calvin so that he wouldn''t notice the fact that Ashlynn was actually rubbing the scent of his body onto a handkerchief damp with the essence of pure water dew.


    The pure water dew became infused with some of Calvin''s sweat and this should be enough to turn the candle into his spiritual representation.


    Ron Samuel took a deep breath and closed his eyes.


    The room that was filled with the floral fragrance of incense was suddenly subject to a formless whirlwind. Ron Samuel still had his eyes closed but the moment he felt that st of air out of nowhere, he opened his eyes once more and he had sessfully entered the state of Divination!


    His eyes that shone in a dark bluish hue suddenly turned into a bottomless abyss.


    He extended his palm andid it atop the candle behind the deep silver bowl.


    "Oh, Goddess of All-Epassing Light..."


    "The Magister of Light and the Commander of Compassion..."


    "You are the most benevolent!"


    As Ron Samuel silently chanted, the candle behind the deep silver bowl suddenly ignited with a pure-white fire. The candle that represented Calvin began to burn. The divination had officially begun and Ron Samuel had to act fast!


    Before anyone could even react, he reached his hand out to the Spiritualistic Ingredients neatlyid onto the table.


    He sprinkled the essential oils onto the pure water dew that filled the deep silver bowl until the oil formed a shinyyer above the water.


    Then, he took the quill that James Branzu prepared beforehand and used his Mana to draw some incantations and symbols to ward off intruders from the astral ne.


    As for the material ne, the Cavaliers were protecting him so it shouldn''t be a problem.


    With all of these done, he took a drop of his own blood and ced it on the pure-white fire of the candle.


    Spark!


    A spark spontaneouslybusted and the room became filled with a faint fog.


    The nerves of the other Cavaliers stretched tautly.


    The appearance of the spirit ne''s fog meant that Ron Samuel was about to open the gates of the spirit ne!


    Ron Samuel remained steadfast and calm.


    He then burned a few types of herbs onto the fire before he once again ced both of his palms in parallel to each other with only his fingertips touching. Next, he began chanting the corresponding incantation for the Scene Scrying-Type Divination Ritual.


    "As benevolent as the mothers that gave life upon thends, you are warmer than the stars."


    "I pray for your loving grace..."


    "I pray for you to show your benevolence andpassion to your devout believer."


    "Your devout believer beseeches you to open the gates of the Spirit ne..."


    "Ablihi!"


    Ron Samuel recited the final word of the incantation in Elder Tongue.


    As soon as the word came out, the still waters of the deep silver bowl suddenly became tumultuous.


    Then, in a blink of an eye, scenes shed on the waters of the deep silver bowl.


    If Calvin was here, then he would surely be shocked.


    It was because the scene depicted on the deep silver bowl was the scene of him killing those gangsters with a kick!


    Each and every Cavalier silently watched the scene unfolding in front of them.


    Calvin had a child in his embrace, yet his attacks were still swift and ruthless.


    A single strike was all he needed to kill every gangster before him, and in a blink of an eye...


    The scene had ended.


    The final image that everyone saw was the consoling smile on Calvin''s face as he turned to look at the injured woman sitting on the floor.


    The images disappeared like popped bubbles and the faint fog that surrounded the room had vanished.


    Yet, the heart of these Cavaliers was wildly beating.


    But before they could even say anything...


    Ron Samuel suddenly infused some of his Mana into a Joselian coin before silently muttering an incantation.


    Then, he hurled that coin into the air with a question.


    "Are the results of his actions depicted earlier detrimental to society?"


    Heads meant true, and tails meant false.


    It took them quite a while to reach this part, but in the end, their next course of action was to be decided with a coin toss.


    It sounded ridiculous, but none of them doubted it.


    The Coin Toss Divination Ritual had the highest uracy rate when ites to questions that could be answered with a yes or not.


    But of course, there was a caveat...


    And that was it was only urate if there were no external supernatural forces interrupting the ritual.


    However, when Ron Samuel hurled the coin up into the air, it never came back down.


    It became lodged deep into the ceiling of the Coffee Shop and the coin showed no heads nor tails.


    The result was inconclusive, so in other words...


    There was an external supernatural force in action, preventing them from correctly performing the ritual!


    Ron Samuel''s eyes dangerously narrowed.