The profession of "Prophet" perfectly matched his image of a wise person who "devised strategies from within the command tent and secured victory a thousand miles away," completely different from those martial-type extraordinary people who only knew how to fight and kill.
However, while this profession did not place much importance on accumulated knowledge, its demands on a wizard's innate spiritual talent were downright absurd!
In fact, the divisions between a Prophet's ranks were not as strict as those of other extraordinary paths. Even the most ordinary diviner, if unexpectedly favored by fate, could make a great prophecy capable of changing the world's balance of power.
More than once in history, unknown nobodies had made earth-shattering prophecies overnight and become honored guests of national dignitaries the next day.
It could be said that this was a profession even more dependent on talent than a Sniper Musket Master. After all, skill could improve through practice, but how was one supposed to train talent?
"Could it be that I can only follow my big brother onto the Knight's Path? But I still think an elegant and mysterious Prophet would be more popular with girls. I really don't want to turn into some muscle-bound bull!
Great All-Seeing Eye, what should I do?"
Perhaps "Zorro" should have been grateful that the All-Seeing Eye was not a deity with an independent consciousness. Otherwise, if It learned that his reason for wanting to become a Prophet was merely to attract girls, "Zorro" might never need to suffer from this sort of trouble again. In every sense of the phrase.
It was already the latter half of the night. Dark clouds that had risen at some unknown time covered the last trace of moonlight. As far as the eye could see, the sea resembled a deep,