"Boss, what's got you so happy?" Rageclaw asked, wagging his tail.
"Good news."
Bai Xiaowen rose with a smile. "That witch Kelowen knows what she's doing after all."
The Flying Crane Message had come from the Human New Kingdom.
Kelowen had been doing everything she could to divine the location of the Demon God Skull, hoping to secure more room for the Human New Kingdom to survive.
Bai Xiaowen's promised reward had worked. Kelowen had found the location of the storage space linked to the runes in the throne's hidden compartment a full six days ahead of the estimated two weeks. It was also very likely where Ismen had stored the Demon God Skull.
The Prophecy Class could trace signs left by the present and the past to foresee the future. It was an almost miraculous ability, and often an invaluable one.
But what good was prophecy without the strength to back it up? Kelowen still had to obey someone more powerful, spending her lifespan and energy on divination.
That was why Bai Xiaowen had been dissatisfied with what Grand Unification had achieved for him in the Black Tide Plane during his time as an Awakener. Had he chosen to advance there, he could have obtained a Prophecy Class lord's writings and become a lord himself. But a Prophecy Class lord could never have made as much of his strengths as his current Command-type path did. He could not have developed so quickly.
Divination and prophecy alone would never defeat Ismen.
Bai Xiaowen immediately summoned the Frost Dragon. He temporarily left Silver City's affairs in the hands of the newly pledged King of Pride, then rode the dragon to the Human New Kingdom himself.
Things were different now. The entire West Continent was under Bai Xiaowen's rule. He no longer