After leaving Phantom Island, he released Dodoro from his space ring. They rode on Gondola and headed to Maya's residence.
Dodoro sat at the back of the Gondola, while Angor and Sunders sat opposite each other at the front.
This was the first time Angor was talking to a Prophet, so he couldn't help but feel nervous. His eyes glanced at his right hand from time to time. The road ahead was uncertain, and his heart was at a loss.
"Prophets? What kind of wizards are they?" Angor asked out of curiosity.
"Most Prophets call themselves Fate Bearers," Sunders explained, "and as long as they want, you're basically invisible to them."
Angor frowned. "Does that mean we have no secrets in front of Prophets? Or do other wizards allow others to look into their secrets?"
"The stronger you are, the harder it is for them to see through your Fate Fog. Also, when a Prophet is looking at you, you can feel it clearly. If they don't want to cause trouble for themselves, they won't look into other people's destinies. "
Sunders paused for a moment before continuing, "There's one more thing. Every time a Prophet tries to look into someone's destiny, whether it's for themselves or for someone else.
"Fate Backlash?" This was the first time Angor heard of such a thing.
"When a Prophet learns about a certain destiny, even if he or she doesn't do anything to change it, something will still happen. It's very likely that changing your destiny will result in a backlash. This is the law of the river of fate. "
For example, if a person predicted that he would find a big bag of magic crystals tomorrow, the unknown fate would push him to the bag if he did not know the premise.
But if he or she knew what was going to happen, would fate still push him or her to the bag of magic crystals if he or she tried to pretend otherwise? That was a question.
Fate often played tricks on you. The more you knew about it, the more vague it would be.
Good luck might turn into bad luck because of your change. Bad luck might not turn into good luck because of your Prophet.
"Furthermore, it's not a simple task to create a clear intertwined network in the long river of fate. It involves a lot of things."
For example, Sunders said, "You think of everyone's fate as a line. From the moment you were born, everyone you met and everything you experienced was related to the fate of others. Relatives, lovers, teachers, friends … Their fates will definitely intersect with yours, or even be entangled with yours. "
"If a Prophetic Adept wants to know all the information about you, they will definitely involve me. That's because our fates are bound to intersect. "
"Because of this, the Prophets are unable to determine to what extent the probing fate will affect them, and whether or not it will affect them. Most importantly, they may not have the ability to do so. " Sunders shrugged. "Basically, a Prophet doesn't dare to look for clues easily. He only finds some key words from the River of Fate and uses magic formulas to deduce the possible answers. Or maybe he just leaves it to you to guess."
Angor finally understood the limits of a Prophet's power.
When a Divination Sorcerer reached a certain level of power, they could indeed make you unable to hide. However, they were restrained by various external factors and did not dare to do so. They could only dig out some fragments and unknown details from the long river of fate and speculate on their own.
This was also the reason why the Fate Walker was always so mysterious. It wasn't that they didn't want to tell you the truth, but that they didn't know the truth themselves. They only sensed something vague.
Angor looked at his right hand and whispered, "Then the result from the vague clues might not be correct, right?"
"Don't worry. Maya's judgment is always right about whether your right hand will affect you negatively. After all, she's not really trying to dig up your secrets. She's just looking at the edges. " Sunders continued, "Besides, the Prophet branch is a large and complicated branch. What I just said is only a small and superficial understanding. There are many things I don't really understand. For example, there are many laws and probability calculations in the Prophet branch, such as' unknown conservation of fate ',' guiding probability ',' the main theme of the background ', and so on … Those who don't understand will only be guessing what's going on behind the door. "
Angor didn't really understand it. But he wasn't a Prophet, so he knew that the result would not be wrong.
…
Away from the crowd, Maya's residence. There was another cloud on the other side of the Tree of Eternity.
It was about a few dozen kilometers away from Phantom Island. After flying for a while, they arrived at their destination.
Starry Sky Island.
At first, Angor didn't know what "Starry Sky Island" meant. He thought it was just like "Phantom Island", which Sunders named for him. But when he saw the floating island, he finally understood what "Starry Sky" meant.
Looking at the island in the distance, his eyes were filled with amazement.
From afar, the island was covered with forests, mountains, and waterfalls. These scenes were similar to Phantom Island, but there was one thing that was unique to Starry Sky Island — fireflies all over the mountains.
It was almost dusk, and the sky was getting darker. The horizon was dyed red, as if it was on fire.
And Starry Sky Island was right under the red glow.
Fireflies emitting a dim green light floated up and down, densely covering Starry Sky Island. Together with the sunset glow, it looked like a dream, like a real starry sky.
"The fireflies on Starry Sky Island are also famous in Brute Cavern. But Maya doesn't like to be disturbed. Anyone who comes uninvited will be watched by misfortune, "said Sunders.
While speaking, Gondola slowly approached Starry Sky Island.
At the edge of the island, Angor saw a man in a white robe waving at them.
Angor frowned when he recognized who it was.
While Angor was a little confused, Toby, who was hiding in his chest pocket, almost exploded.
Angor gently stroked Toby's fur and explained in a small voice, "The man on the island tried to talk to Toby. He said he and Toby wore matching outfits …"
Sunders glanced at Toby and then at the man on the island. "They do look like matching outfits."
Toby didn't know what to say.
Angor didn't know what to say.
The man on the island was Hobson. He was a strange man Angor met outside the Sky Tower who tried to befriend him. Hobson liked to wear a white bear costume and kept saying things like "fate led us to each other".
When Hobson talked to Angor for the first time, he said that he and Toby were wearing matching outfits. At that time, Toby happened to be wearing a White Otter costume. The fluffy white clothes and exaggerated round ears did indeed look like a couple with White Bear.
Today, Toby was wearing a panda costume.
Angor made it out of a black and white bear skin.
Angor didn't know if pandas existed in the wizarding world. But he had seen some videos from Earth, and he knew that pandas were creatures that liked to act cute. A few days ago, Angor decided to practice alchemy on his way back to Brute Cavern from the Evernight Kingdom.
Thus, he made this work for practice.
After spending a lot of materials, he finally succeeded.
It was a temperature-maintaining rune, which was his first alchemy creation.
After giving it to Toby, Toby liked it very much. She had been wearing this panda costume for a week.
Compared to the White Otter suit, this one looked more like a matching pair with the White Bear. Angor believed that Toby would never wear it again, especially after hearing Sunders' words.
They reached the island and disembarked.
Hobson quickly came to them and greeted Sunders politely. Then he whispered to Angor, "Angor, fate brought us together."
"…" Angor knew Hobson would say something like that.
Then, Hobson the White Bear looked at Toby. His eyes flashed with surprise. "This color combination is really interesting. Why didn't I think of it?"
He reached out a hand and tried to touch Toby's panda costume.
Toby responded with a claw attack.
Hobson was sent flying several meters away. Fortunately, Toby didn't use too much strength, so Hobson only looked a little flustered.
Hobson tidied up his clothes and walked to the other side. "My professor knows we have an important guest, so he sent me here to welcome you. Ahem, please follow me."
Hobson bowed to Sunders again and tapped the ground with his cane. The forest parted to create a path that led deeper into the forest.
So White Bear's teacher is Lady Maya? Angor wondered as he followed White Bear.
He was the only Prophet in Brute Cavern, and Brute Cavern only had one Prophet.
Angor glanced at Dodoro. So Dodoro and Hobson are going to be fellow apprentices now? Hobson seemed like a nice guy, so Dodoro shouldn't get bullied. But please don't be like Hobson.
They soon reached the end of the forest and stood in front of a large tower.
"My professor is at the top of the tower. I'll take you there."
His first impression of Maya was that she was a skinny old lady.
Tap, tap, tap —
Maya was standing in front of the projection of the southern region with her cane. She tapped the ground with her cane while walking in circles around the constellation.
His stooped figure looked extremely frail and somewhat sluggish as he walked.
After a while, Maya finally turned around and looked at the group.
Her eyes were wise and mysterious, as if they could see through everything in the world. Finally, she looked at Sunders.
"Fate really favors you, Mister Phantom Fiend. What a wonderful future there is."
Her old voice was gentle and soft, but it carried a convincing power.
"Instead of looking at my future, why don't you look at others?" Sunders chuckled.
Maya understood what Sunders meant. She slowly looked at Angor with a glint in her eyes.
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