Chapter 152: Prophetized?

Chapter 152: Prophetized?

Several Mages in black robes not far from Dan Marina watched, horrified, as the prepared materials placed on that pattern emitted waves of energy!

This was not any Curse Magic, but a kind of Prophecy Art!

Prophecy Art wasn’t just magic for predicting things. To put it simply and understandably, it was… Word Spirit! Prophecy Art could predict something that was about to happen, and it could also change something that was about to happen, even affecting a certain outcome.

For example, a group of Heroes went to challenge the Demon King. That venture was originally a one-way trip, almost certainly fatal. But because a prophet skilled in Prophecy Art prophesied that the Heroes would definitely succeed, it might turn into a slim chance of survival.

What Dan Marina was doing now was not a Prophecy Art that guided good fortune, but one that guided calamity. Just from these emitted waves, if everyone present didn’t take proper precautions, then afterwards they would all be unlucky for a period of time.

How unlucky?

When casting Magic, even a Magic Rune Array they had mastered extremely well might collapse, causing the Mana inside their bodies to become chaotic and riot, turning themselves into a Mana bomb. Simply put, they could become so unlucky that they might choke while drinking water, or even get directly choked to death!

So even those Mages in black robes were reluctant to get close to Dan Marina right now. The closer they got, the greater the risk. Who knew if this woman might use some sneaky, nasty trick? Even if it couldn’t take their lives, just annoying them would be enough.

After confirming Dan Marina wasn’t pulling any tricks, they kept far away from the area. They came to this place just to confirm she was actually doing the work. After confirming, go up and lend a hand, add fuel to the fire? Don’t joke. A Witch’s Power was like a pollutant to others. Touching it without permission would only doom themselves.

“Ahh… uh!?” Zheng Yichen rubbed the tip of his nose and shifted his body, looking around suspiciously. After a sneeze failed to materialize, he looked again at Loris, who was now locked in a cage. She had already changed into a cat-ear outfit, making Zheng Yichen want to flip through some Alchemy books. He prepared to make a camera to thoroughly record this black history in front of him.

As for the photos? He would keep them for himself to look at. After all, the current Loris probably didn’t know what had happened to her. As long as he hid this matter well afterwards, then… it would be fine!

However, just as Zheng Yichen was designing the Blueprint, a cracking sound suddenly made him reflexively crush the pen in his hand. He stuffed the half-designed drawing into his pocket and looked back. The stacked Crystal Cage had actually broken until only two layers remained.

At this point, her size had completely returned to its original form. The indifference in her eyes gradually faded away. When she was fully recovered, one of Zheng Yichen’s hands was awkwardly paused above her head, uh… a step too late, she recovered so fast!?

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He hoped Loris didn’t feel anything wrong now…

“Cough, welcome back.”

Zheng Yichen coughed lightly and looked at her with some embarrassment.

“Mm…” Loris nodded gently and reached out to pull off the cat-ear hair clip on her head. The moment she touched it, the hair clip showed severe signs of decay. As her consciousness returned, that ability—which earlier was either gone or under perfect control—came back.

Seeing her dazed look, Zheng Yichen felt… conflicted. Honestly, following the usual routine, at this point she should have fainted from excessive weakness, right? How could she recover so nonchalantly!?

“…Actually, I was conscious the whole time.” Seeing Zheng Yichen’s conflicted and inquisitive look, and looking at the completely weathered cat-ear hair clip in her hand, Loris spoke calmly.

Zheng Yichen looked at her, sweating profusely. Conscious the whole time? Could it get any more damn unbelievable? That meant everything he had done during this period was seen by her, right? That feeling was just awful.

“Thank you.”

“Cough~ It’s fine. After all, you saved my life. When you encountered trouble, if I didn’t do something, I’d feel terrible myself.” Zheng Yichen scratched his head. Seeing she wasn’t planning to pursue the matter, he wisely stopped bringing up the earlier events: “How do you feel now? Has your power recovered?”

“No, it will take some time to fully recover.” Loris shook her head. As the hair clip decayed and weathered away, the clothes on her body also began to show signs of decay following the clip’s disappearance. She took out a set of black children’s clothes. Not minding Zheng Yichen in front of her, the clothes on her body suddenly accelerated their weathering process. After completely disappearing, she changed into this new set…

Hmm, clothes made from the Scales powder from Zheng Yichen’s body.

“Then let’s rest here for a while. Supplies… um, forget the supplies.” Zheng Yichen thought of Loris’s characteristics and immediately shook his head, refusing to mention supplies again. Now that Loris had recovered, she naturally returned to the state where any organic matter touching her body would immediately weather away. Talking about food was simply asking for trouble.

“No, we need to leave this place immediately.” Loris said, looking at the top of Zheng Yichen’s head. “You’re in trouble.”

In trouble? Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but purse his lips. He was already in trouble long ago. Anyway, he felt that having a bit more trouble wouldn’t matter. But Loris’s gaze made him somewhat uncomfortable. He reached up and touched his head, even took out a mirror to look. It was still that Giant Dragon head he was now so familiar with he couldn’t be more familiar, yet he still felt face-blind toward it.

The Scales on top of his head weren’t any forgiving color either, nor did they show any signs of growing horns… So what did she mean by looking at the top of his head?

“You’ve been prophesied.”

“Ah-ha? Prophecy?” Zheng Yichen looked up at the sky, indicating he saw nothing and felt nothing uncomfortable: “That’s amazing. How can you tell?”

“You don’t understand.”

Being looked at by a Little Lolita with an enigmatic gaze and being told ‘you don’t understand’ was quite something. But considering Loris’s real age, it seemed nothing again.

“Wait, I remember Dan Marina said that I am an Outsider who broke free from the Threads of Fate. Does Prophecy Art work on me?”

“Dan Marina…”

Zheng Yichen clearly saw a slight twitch at the corner of Loris’s eye. In that instant, a flash of killing intent overflowed in her eyes: “It’s not very useful against you. But the power of prophecy will accompany you at all times, affecting everything around you, forcing you to move in the direction of the prophecy. Although the final result may have some deviation, it won’t be by much.”