"Hello, host. It is a pleasure to see you again!" The All-Knowing Eye's familiar voice rang out in Karin's mind. "Though your current circumstances do not seem ideal!"
"The All-Knowing Eye?" Karin's eyes immediately lit up.
During his time in Karazhan, he had almost forgotten this Legendary Magical Creation that had once accompanied him for so long.
Several years ago, while facing Zul'jin in the Ghostlands, the All-Knowing Eye had said before entering dormant mode that receiving pure arcane energy above the Sixth Ring could awaken it!
Now that he had broken through to the Sixth Ring, charging it himself was easy.
The appearance of the All-Knowing Eye rekindled a glimmer of hope in Karin's heart.
"Can you calculate my current chances of survival?" Karin asked quietly.
"The host is about to face the most powerful being in the Twisting Nether. The probability of the host dying within the next hour is 99.04%!" the All-Knowing Eye analyzed. "And when facing this King of Demons, once the host dies, the probability of the All-Knowing Eye being discovered and devoured by him is 100%. Therefore, the All-Knowing Eye will do everything in its power to help the host escape!"
"So there's still close to a one-percent chance of survival?" Karin suddenly smiled. "That's higher than I expected."
In all the time he had spent without the All-Knowing Eye, he had experienced much, and had begun to vaguely understand why this Legendary Magical Creation possessed its legendary rank.
As a creation of Kassas the "Godslayer," and one of Faerûn's most powerful magical creations, its function was not merely to provide these cold probability figures through prophecy and deduction...
Because probabilities could be changed.
To take the simplest example, consider the Double Color Ball lottery... Relying purely on guesses and luck, the odds of