Chapter 439 - 226: Level 2 Prophet
The Level 2 Prophet only has one mastery.
[Level 2 Prophet Mastery—Self-Foresight: When making prophecies about yourself, you can see a greater variety of destinies and further reduce the consumption of Spirituality.]
’The Prophet’s masteries don’t seem to be divided into exclusive and non-exclusive, then.’
’After all, there’s only one Prophet.’
’Since no one else can get this Profession, all the masteries are naturally exclusive to me alone.’
’As for whether they would still count as exclusive after death?’
Lu Cang honestly had no idea.
As for Skills, the Prophet had gained a new one: "Prophetic Transmission."
This Skill allowed him to transmit the future scenes he saw to another person through Perception, letting them experience the same scene as if they were there themselves.
’Now that’s a Skill befitting a Prophet.’
Lu Cang recalled movies he had seen in his past life where prophets scared people in just the same way.
They’d show someone a future vision of rivers of blood and the end of the world, spurring the protagonist to desperately try and stop that future from happening.
’But then again, I’ve never really seen a movie or novel where the protagonist was a Prophet.’
’The more I thought about it, the more terrifying the implications became.’
’Could it be... I’m not actually the protagonist?’
Lu Cang focused on the Talent he had acquired.
[Talent Acquired: Divine Level·My Heart’s Desire >> Divine Level·My Heart’s Desire]
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Damn!
FUCK—!
’What’s going on? I drew a Divine Talent?’
’A Divine Level into a Divine Level?’
’It didn’t change at all?’
’This time, I really got zero profit!’
’No, seriously. If it was already Divine Level, couldn’t a Divine Level plus a Divine Level combine into a Super Divine Level? Or at least create some kind of Two-star God Level rank?’
’Getting absolutely no improvement... it really feels awful.’
...
’Sigh, whatever.’
’What’s done is done. At least I didn’t have some accident like my Level dropping...’
’No, no, no, I shouldn’t be thinking such inauspicious things.’
’Something like that must never happen!’
Lu Cang focused on the Law of his Talent. Every time a Talent formed, a Divine Talent’s Rune would be branded within his body—a Rune only he could see, feel, and trigger.
This Rune was also the very manifestation of a distorted Rule of the world.
[Divine Level·My Heart’s Desire]
[Make a wish for yourself, and your Destiny will henceforth develop toward that wish, which is fated to occur at some point in the Future.]
[You cannot add a Time requirement to the wish.]
[It must be a specific, real-world event.]
[It must involve yourself and the event in question, not other people or a separate event.]
[For every Prophet Level, you gain 1 wish slot. After making a wish, it cannot be changed until it is fulfilled. Once fulfilled, the wish slot is freed up again.]
This was the Talent Lu Cang had obtained as a Level 2 Prophet.
It was also, by far, the most restrictive Talent Lu Cang had ever received.
The Talents he had obtained before had basically no major Restrictions.
Extracting a soul only required the soul and body to be mismatched, and then he could pull it right out.
As for his control over Restrictions, he could take command of any Restriction directly, with no other conditions attached.
Divine Talents were generally abilities with extremely few restrictions but incredibly powerful effects.
But this "Divine Level·My Heart’s Desire" was the sole exception.
The number of Restrictions was terrifying.
’Can’t do this, can’t do that. It feels like it can’t do anything at all.’
’But in reality, it also felt a little ridiculous.’
’It’s basically absolute control over Destiny. As long as you make a wish, all your actions thereafter will move things as much as possible in that direction.’
’The most terrifying part is that it is *destined* to happen.’
’I don’t know how it will be achieved, though.’
’But just the fact that it’s guaranteed to happen is absurd enough.’
’It’s just that the wishes are limited, and the slots for them are fixed.’
’If I make a wish that will only be fulfilled thousands or tens of thousands of years later, that wish slot will be occupied for thousands or tens of thousands of years.’
’On top of that, the wish must be a real-world event, not some abstract concept.’
’For example, wishing for another 100 wish slots is not a real-world event.’
’Picking up a water cup, completing a promotion to Mage, the Destruction of the Secret Sea—these are the kinds of events and actions that can be seen with the naked eye, the kinds of things that qualify as ’happening’ in reality.’
’Furthermore, I have to consider the problem with the slots.’
’It’s probably not a good idea to wish for something that will take a very, very long time to be fulfilled.’
Lu Cang felt the first wish would be best used on something short-term, for various things that could happen in a small window of time.
He could use it flexibly in his life, making uncertain things fated to happen.
’For the second wish, I should spend some time thinking it over carefully and make it a long-term one.’
’That would also ensure my own safety. Before the wish is fulfilled, I probably won’t die. It’s similar to that trope... ’I still have an unfulfilled wish, so I can’t die.’’
’However, even though I say I’ll use it for something short-term, I still need to be careful not to accidentally turn it into a wish that can’t be fulfilled for a very long time.’
’Plus, this wish can only be used on myself. It must be me and an associated event...’
’For now, I’d better not make any wishes recklessly.’
’I’ll try it out within a Future Preview.’
Lu Cang was genuinely afraid he’d accidentally make a stupid, loophole-ridden wish and waste a slot for several years.
...
Both Profession promotions were complete.
After the Prophet promotion, the number of daily Future Previews also increased from two to four.
"Divine Level Future Projection" was truly overpowered. Being able to preview the future was already strong enough, but it even improved with his Level.
If this were a game, Lu Cang would have flamed the designers for balancing the stats with their feet. But since this was happening to *him*, all he could say was, ’Nice balancing.’