From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Years ago, Karno had already ascended to the position of a "Proficient One."

His talent was comparable to Chris Fischer's; his advancement pace was in no way inferior to his own father's, which recently gained him increasing favor within the entire Fischer family.

What people originally thought of Karno as lazy and wayward, now they saw him as a true genius, his reputation suddenly reversed when he quickly stepped onto the 2nd Rank.

As long as you are excellent enough, even if you pass gas it will be explained with purpose, people will say it's because you absorbed more protein for a reason.

Not just within the Fischer family, within the entire Dawn Church, only Chris and his son Karno were in the fastest tier of advancement.

Moreover, due to the clarity of the advancement ceremonies, in theory, Karno's strength was growing faster than his father Chris's!

"Proficient One."

Its image in the Spirit Realm is an elderly woman with closed eyes, surrounded by many floating runes.

An Extraordinary Exponent who arrives at the "Proficient One" shall receive 20 units of Spiritual Power, as well as a 5-point enhancement to their physical qualities.

"Proficient One" will obtain an Extraordinary trait called "Spell Proficiency."

Upon becoming a "Proficient One," he will randomly obtain three spells in the first moment, and what the effects of the spells will be depends entirely on luck.

It could be those spells that come with numerous usage conditions, awkward restrictions, and terrifying costs, which you'd never have the chance to use once obtained.

Of course, it's also possible to get a spell with powerful effects.

Also, a "Proficient One" can use Spiritual Power instead of mental power to cast the spells they have acquired.

And every Monday morning, when the sun rises, the "Proficient One" can forget a known spell and randomly obtain a new one.

However, no matter what, the total number of spells the "Proficient One" can master at the 2nd Rank will not change.

As one climbs higher up the God Pantheon stairway, the total number of spells an Extraordinary Exponent from the Path of Revelation can remember will also increase.

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That day, the Ferrero Circus arrived.

The famous circus, renowned throughout Cyart, came to Fein City in East Coast Province!

So many citizens, dragging their families along, headed to the area where the Ferrero Circus was located to watch the marvelous performances.

Inside the big tent, many spectators sat in their seats, full of anticipation as they watched the Beast Tamer performing thrilling feats with lions and tigers at the center of the stage.

The Ferrero Circus was extremely famous because the ringmaster was said to be a real Beginning Level Spellcaster.

The act of condescending to lead a circus when he should have been a knight made the ringmaster Ferrero scorned by high society, particularly the World Order Church despised such people.

But Ferrero himself didn't care in the slightest; instead, he used his spells, which lacked combat ability, to create programs that took the circus to the summit of Cyart.

In a secluded corner of the circus, sat a man with silver short hair, dressed in white clothes.

He was one-armed, wearing silver monocles, smiling as he sat behind a plain table, holding tarot cards, calmly waiting for the destined visitors.

After some time, the first customer finally arrived.

It was an old man reeking of alcohol, his clothes filthy, who stared at Karno for a long while before suddenly asking:

"What are you doing here?"

Karno replied politely, "Divination. You can try it, I am an absolutely accurate diviner."

However, the old man could not help but laugh derisively, saying loudly:

"Ha, I don't believe in such fate, it's nothing but a money scam!"

Karno shook his head, and continued:

"But as everyone knows, in this world indeed lie forces beyond mortal reasoning, mysterious and unfathomable powers, gods and fate are indeed real."

Upon hearing this, the old man burst into laughter, openly refuting:

"Yes, Extraordinary powers do exist, but they are all in the hands of Extraordinary Exponents! If you truly were one of those powerful Extraordinary Exponents, truly had that kind of power, how could you possibly be in a circus divining for money?"

Karno's eyes revealed an inscrutable smile, as he leaned back his head and said:

"Maybe I am an Extraordinary Exponent. How would you know if you don't try? Don't worry, I won't charge you now, you can come back and reward me after my divination comes true."

The old man scoffed, "Then when the time comes, can I not give you even a copper coin?"

"Of course, you can."

Karno nodded.

Hearing that he could get a reading completely free, the drunk old man sat down suspiciously.

"Is your divination really accurate?"

Karno nodded repeatedly and with his hands wide open, he loudly said, "Absolutely accurate, if my divination is not accurate, I could even compensate you with a Gold Coin."

The old man suddenly sobered up, his eyes widening, filled with joy he said, "Really! A Gold Coin?"

"Yes, I promise!" Karno nodded.

The old man became enthusiastic, continuing to say, "Alright, alright, I have nothing to lose anyway; start right away!"

Karno took out the tarot cards in his hand and feigned earnestness as he said, "Well, either you or I will draw three tarot cards and then place them face down on the table."

"You draw them, I can't be bothered to do it," said the old man.

The old man shook his head, not doing as Karno had suggested, then Karno nodded and continued to pretend to shuffle the tarot cards for a while before finally drawing three cards and looking at them, then displaying them one by one.

"Hmm, they are the 'King' reversed, the 'Wizard' reversed, and 'Death' upright..."

Karno was just pretending to divine for the old man, merely to complete the ritual, but when he saw the three tarot cards, he felt an odd sensation.

It was as if they were foretelling something.

The King reversed, the Wizard reversed, Death upright.

What did it mean?

However, he quickly dismissed his doubts and continued to smile at the old man, saying, "The result of the prophecy is here, tonight, your son will come to give you some money as a token of his filial piety."

"My, son? Hahahaha!"

The old man burst out laughing, laughing so hard he couldn't stop, shaking all over, even laughing to tears.

Karno immediately froze, feigning confusion and asked, "What, what's wrong, why are you laughing? Don't scare me, did I really calculate something wrong?"

The old man sneered and said loudly:

"Hmph, I don't have a son at all, you conman! Give me the gold coin!"

Karno pretended to be stunned, his body slumping in his chair, he murmured:

"It's over, I owe you a gold coin, it's bad, bad, sigh."

But he quickly posed as if making a last-ditch effort, stood up and said loudly, "No, I haven't lost yet, because my prophecy will only come true tonight!"

"So go home now! Wait, I mean, come back tomorrow morning to find me!"

The old man immediately got angry and yelled, "You're just trying to weasel out of it, where would I find you if I come back tomorrow morning?"

Karno's expression turned ugly, shook his head and said, "No worries, our circus won't leave until a week later, you will definitely find me, sigh."

The old man quickly remembered that was indeed the case, the circus was to stay a whole week to give the people around Fein City the chance to see the circus performances.

"Hehe, that's good, but don't you run away! I warn you!"

After the drunken old man left, the circus's ringmaster Ferrero, dressed as a clown, came over, bowing to Karno with great respect.

"Congratulations, Young Master Karno, you are soon to reach the 3rd Rank on the Path of Revelation!"

Karno turned around with a smile on his face and said:

"Ringmaster Ferrero, you yourself have recently climbed the ladder of a 'Gourmet', and you have great potential. You will reach the 3rd Rank eventually, just like me. By the way, didn't you say a few days ago that you want to leave the East Coast and perform elsewhere, was it the southern provinces of Cyart?"

The circus ringmaster Ferrero smiled teasingly and said, "No, we plan to go even farther north... to perform in Rhea."

At night, the drunken old man returned home.

He had never been married all his life, and though he had had intimate relationships, he'd always been childless. How could that absurd prophecy ever come true?

"Sigh."

The lonely old man sighed in his tiny room, a wave of melancholy in the depths of his heart. Whether or not he could get the gold coin actually didn't matter.

He truly wished the conman's prophecy could come true.

"Knock knock knock."

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

Because the public order in Fein City wasn't very good, the old man approached the door with caution, not opening it.

"Who is it?"

The voice outside hesitated, but eventually mustered the courage.

"I, I am... I am your son, do you remember something that happened over thirty years ago in Nasir Town?"

The old man's eyes widened, he immediately opened the door, and a middle-aged man dressed flamboyantly stood outside awkwardly, with tears streaming down his face, and immediately embraced the old man.

"What's happening? What exactly is going on?" The old man became flustered, completely not understanding the situation.

The middle-aged man, with tears streaming down his face, said:

"Back when the Rhea People suddenly invaded, you were separated from mother. At that time, her family took her away from East Coast Province before she had the chance to say goodbye to you... Father, I've finally seen you!"

Disbelieving, the old man soon also burst into tears and hugged his son tightly.

His son pulled out ten gold coins and stuffed them into his father's embrace, and then took out fine wine to share deep talks with his father into the night.

Karno lay calmly on the rooftop, staring at the bright stars in the night sky, with the voluptuous Sunbelle lying beside him.

Both listened to the story unfolding in the room below. Sunbelle, unaware of the truth about Lord of the Lost, couldn't understand why Young Master Karno would do such a thing.

Was it just for fun?

She couldn't help but ask:

"This is the third time, you've done this kind of thing three times now, giving a wandering girl parents, bestowing sudden sight to a blind warrior, finding a son for a lonely old man. Is it interesting just to make those unbelievable prophecies come true, pretending to be a prophet?"

"I am not any kind of prophet, merely an astonishing conman."

Karno nodded with a smile and said:

"Indeed, it is very interesting, fulfilling the hidden desires in others' hearts, their disbelief gives me satisfaction... But don't laugh, Sunbelle, your dream... I'm definitely not going to make it come true... You dare kick me?"