The Stars' Guidance

In the Kingdom of Lorinvik, in a lavishly decorated house.

The pure white crystal chandelier emitted a soft light, illuminating the runic longsword hanging on the wall and reflecting the deep blue runes on it.

Sean Lorenzo sat on the soft cushions of a chair, solemnly surveying everything inside the house.

He wore a purple robe with gold stripes and an intricate design based on a staff on his chest.

He was the patriarch of the Laurenbu Mage Family, and it was because of him that the entire family achieved such a glorious status.

He habitually touched his beard with his right hand, then put it down, his face showing impatience.

Just then, there was a gentle knock on the door, and then the deep red wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a man dressed in fine clothes walked in.

He glanced at Sean inside the room, wanting to swallow hard, but he held back.

He slightly raised his head to look at this person, who was probably the most distinguished person he had ever met in his life.

"Master, regarding the matter you asked us to find... we haven't found any clues."

As he spoke, he discreetly raised his head, hoping not to see any displeasure on the face of the person in front of him.

Sean's face still showed impatience as he said softly:

"Keep searching... I remember he got his Knights Order Decree from here."

The person who came to report almost cursed, after all, the leader of the Blood Wolf Knights hadn't exactly had an honorable time receiving the Knights Order Decree...

But there's nothing we can do; the other party comes from a good family, and now their biggest backer has come knocking on our door.

For some reason, Sean didn't go to Antir Region Connor disappeared, but instead came to Lorinvik and specifically asked them to search for clues across the country.

Connor died in Antir, what clues could they possibly find in Lorinvik?!

But he held back, his face only trembling slightly before regaining its composure with a smile.

"Okay, we will follow your orders."

He bent down slightly and then said.

"Then I'll take my leave."

Sean didn't respond; he simply watched the other person leave the room.

After the other person left, he used his Telekinetic Hand to take out a black, plate-like object from a box nearby.

He placed the item on the table, infused it with his Mental Power, and then saw a message from the Astrology School.

"Attention all mages of the Astrology School: Second Seat Master Charles has issued a conscription order. All mages who travel to the designated location in the Floating City will receive a stipend, and the conscription will be recorded in their Profile."

A look of emotion crossed Sean's face. He knew what this meant: the Second Seat of the Astrology School was recruiting people, and anyone who went would receive a conscription allowance.

In the past, he would have definitely put aside his unimportant work to respond to this call to duty.

After all, with his rank Third Order Mage, such a summons could usually bring him a lot of useful resources, and he wished there could be such a summons every day.

But then he sighed, because he knew he couldn't go now; his work was far too important.

The important task wasn't finding the murderer of his already dead son; it just so happened that he ended up here.

"My dead son is connected to this opportunity?!"

Although he loved Connor —his son—he frankly had already given up on the idea after failing to predict who killed Connor the first time.

Especially when the specialized transmitter failed, and he tried even more methods but couldn't find any trace of it, he was already planning to give up.

He might find some more clues if he continued searching, but as Third Order Mage, his patience and time were precious.

Just as he was about to give up the investigation and simply come to the Kingdom of Lorinvik to collect the child's belongings, he received instructions from the Stars.

He used the [Star Guidance] spell, which he had only recently mastered. This spell is extremely difficult to master, and even he could only barely cast it independently after expending a lot of resources.

He wanted to use this spell to find out where Connor's relics were in the Kingdom of Lorinvik, but the Stars gave him a different answer.

"Those belongings are in XXX, but that's not really important."

"There's something else that's very important to you regarding your child, and if you miss it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

That's what Sean heard.

He had never encountered such a clear answer when using this kind of spell.

In the past, when he used Prophecy Spell- related spells, the hints he received were extremely enigmatic, especially when there was no clear direction or the direction was vague.

When he was looking for a rare plant, he only received the clue "next to a red tree trunk." When he found it using other methods, he discovered there were indeed red tree trunks nearby, but they had been burned red...

The information he received this time was incredibly accurate, unlike anything he had encountered in the previous uses of [Star Guidance].

This made him value the clue he had obtained this time immensely.

"While the effect of [Star Guidance] is comparable to that of normal Prophecy Spell, it is fundamentally a guidance obtained by questioning the stars above us. It is worth noting that this spell does not question the gods."

Even if the stars we see reflect the Deity of the Astral Realm, the Material Realm is still the Material Realm, and the Deity cannot fully represent the Stars of the Material Realm.

"Asking the Stars allows us to avoid the suppressive prophetic effects of third-tier and higher Profession, and ultimately, the Stars ' perspective is different from ours..."

Sean recalled the explanations he had seen in books when he was learning the spell [Star Guidance] within the Astrology School.

As far as he knew, this spell was cast by questioning the Stars, even though the Stars knew nothing about it and would only answer "I don't know".

However, in return, any instructions obtained through this spell are ridiculously accurate. To date, there have only been three extremely difficult cases of failure within the Astrology School.

Therefore, Sean had complete faith in the information provided by this spell.

"I will regret it for the rest of my life..."

Sean kept muttering those words. Even if the instruction were from an ordinary Prophecy Spell, he would have considered it carefully, let alone the [Star Guidance].

However, even now, there is still one thing that puzzles him greatly.

"That matter is related to my deceased child, and it's located in Lorinvik..."

"But no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find any clues. It seems Connor has no trace of activity in Lorinvik at all..."

"And I also used many spells, but without exception, none of them yielded any results."

This was what surprised him: every time he used [Star Guidance] now, he received the same message: he couldn't miss the matter concerning Connor, and it was happening in Lorinvik.

But no matter how hard he searched in Lorinvik, he couldn't find any clues.

Sean tapped the table, then sighed softly.

"Then I guess I'll just have to wait..."

Sean put down the Black Stone Slab and used his Telekinetic Hand to place it back into the box.

Since he can't find it now, it means his timing is wrong.

Faced with this situation, he could only choose to wait.

White Flower Territory, the place where Fran lives.

Brian, carrying a stack of papers, was about to enter Fran's room when he saw Maeve walking out of Fran's room with a face full of excitement.

Despite some doubts, he knew that the other party was a mage from the Alliance, a formal Profession after all.

Faced with such a person, Brian immediately lowered his head and leaned against the corridor wall, not blocking Maeve's way.

Maeve, preoccupied with the invaluable knowledge Professor Fran had given her, completely ignored Brian's thoughts and hurried past.

Maeve may have had some issues with Fran before, but now she wonders why Fran didn't come sooner.

Because Fran is generous with her knowledge, she is generally willing to answer Maeve's questions as long as it doesn't take up too much of Fran's own time.

This caused Maeve to almost forget everything else, spending her days recording and experimenting with the knowledge Fran had mentioned.

"Please come in."

Brian entered the room and the first thing he saw was a huge, strange machine placed on the long wooden table.

He could only place the papers on the edge of the long table, as the machine and other clutter almost completely filled the wooden table.

"My Proxy, here is our current information, including those brought from the Northern Territory, as well as those within White Flower City who are willing to join us... We haven't yet compiled a list of those the Lord intends to assign to us."

Those who remained in White Flower City, except for Brian, were all believers who had not become Profession.

They naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to spread their faith as much as possible so that they could become Profession.

Although they no longer possessed the unique advantages they had in the Northern Territory, through their efforts, some still chose to become followers of the Lord of Radiance for various reasons.

Just then, Brian hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"My Proxy, I actually think the Sect is doing very well developing within White Flower City; there's no need to expand outside."

Brian shared the same opinion as Anna had before: in his view, choosing White Flower City as the location for missionary work was sufficient, as there were enough people there to allow them to fully utilize their abilities.

But he also knew that this Proxy seemed to have made a decision to establish the Sect's foothold in a remote, desolate place where hardly anyone could be seen.

Fran turned her head, glanced at him, and then said.

"This place is indeed nice; perhaps we can leave some of our people here..."

"However, our main force must follow me to the designated place; this is a Deity command..."