Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

At that time, even though He only possessed Low Tier Divine Power, with the assistance of an Intermediate Divine Artifact, it was enough to elevate His status within the Pantheon.

Anticipating the enhancement of the artifact, He decided to make three more attempts for the employer.

Of course, this wasn’t out of any sense of contract spirit or service awareness, but because after ten prophecies, regardless of success or failure, their contract would be fully completed.

Sodlin ignored the opponent’s verbal threats, closed his eyes, and with the wave of his hands, the three crystal balls collided under his control, bursting into a dazzling light.

However, as a Divine possessing the power of prophecy, He had his own pride and still wanted to honorably complete this agreement as much as possible.

This time, He took it slightly more seriously, using the fur of the provided beastmen to invoke deeper power, attempting to forcibly tear away that layer of obfuscation.

The particles of light within the crystal ball began to restructure and tremble, forming fragmented images, resembling various silhouettes of people.

Yet just as those images were about to become clear, they silently blurred again, as if shrouded by a dense mist completely impervious to light.

The eighth prophecy also failed.

Sodlin did not stop but continued without pause to the ninth prophecy and used even more power.

This time the images within the crystal ball became clearer, but the end result was still the same.

The ninth attempt ended in failure once again.

Seeing this, even the God of Sand and Stone on the side felt quite helpless, thinking the final result would be the same, too lazy to continue cursing, and prepared to directly dissolve this avatar.

But just as He was about to leave, the previously disinterested Mage Divine suddenly changed, excitement gleaming in His eyes.

"...Finally, I see it!"

The scene in his eyes trembled violently, the stubborn, thick force that nearly devoured everything dissipated without warning!

It was as if someone suddenly pulled open a heavy curtain.

At the moment the obstruction disappeared, the prophetic power rushed toward the suddenly clear coordinates like a flood finding an outlet.

The runes surrounding the Mage Divine erupted in intense light, nearly illuminating the entire space.

Senses frantically gathered, capturing all related information, uncovering the secrets of the hidden one.

First, the location.

"The North."

Although they couldn’t determine the exact location, they were hiding in the northern part of the world.

Secondly, the association.

"No gods."

The place where those people were hiding had no presence of Divines and wasn’t under the protection of any Divine.

Finally, the true key of the entire prophecy.

But the moment the third image emerged, Sodlin’s brow furrowed sharply.

"Wait, have they been detected?"

He felt a surge of powerful backlash through the prophetic link, stabbing directly into his avatar essence like a sharp dagger.

"Prophetic backlash? Ha, so naive."

Sensing the other side’s fierce resistance, the Divine laughed mockingly.

"Foolish, to think a mere mortal could have the right to resist me... What!!?"

Sodlin’s expression drastically changed, and the avatar composed of arcane runes and starlight twisted violently, as if grasped by a giant hand, and shattered instantly.

Crack!

This was not because He truly couldn’t endure the opponent’s attack, but because of the backlash from the failed prophecy, meeting punishment at the rule level.

"Hm?"

The God of Sand and Stone beside him initially had no hope, but Sodlin seemed to have a chance, yet just as he began to expect, it seemed to fail again.

The face at the top of the sand heap was momentarily stunned, then looked bewildered, feeling his mind wasn’t quite keeping up.

Eh?

This isn’t right?

"Hmph!"

And just five seconds after Sodlin’s avatar shattered, another identical figure emerged in place, letting out an annoyed snort.

Although the avatar shattered from enduring the backlash, it hadn’t caused much harm to Sodlin himself— the main damage was primarily mental.

Sodlin had to admit, he was a bit broken by the defense.

"Damn mortals!"

This mishap made Sodlin quite angry, feeling deceived just moments before.

In the final prophecy, it wasn’t that he caught the opponent’s flaw, but that he had been lured into a trap.

The opponent had intentionally dropped their disguise to lure Him in, finally using prophetic backlash to spark a chain reaction to harm Him.

The opponent succeeded.

But Sodlin didn’t leave empty-handed.

At the critical moment, he decisively chose to abandon all defense of the avatar, choosing to throw all focus into exploring the final image.

"...Snake?"

Sodlin slightly furrowed his brow, even He was a bit puzzled by what this prophecy result meant.

Located in the north of the world, the hidden place unrelated to the Divines, and... a snake.

But Sodlin didn’t dwell on it, instead, he turned and conveyed the hard-won prophecy to his employer.

"North, no gods, snake... This is the prophecy result, my work is done, the rest is up to you."

"If you insist on me giving you a piece of advice, then I think you might direct your attention to the organizations in the Northern Lands, like the Extreme Ice Sacred Land, the Witch Association, or the Northern Kingdom Alliance..."