Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The fate of the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell, which was not only suddenly ambushed but also forcibly evicted from its home ground, the sea, and then ganged up on by S-rank superhumans, had only one outcome.
Being robbed of its precious pearl, which it had been carefully guarding, by plunderers it had never seen before…!

[ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!]

After suddenly rising from the split sea, the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell, unable to withstand the fatal gang attack of the S-ranks aimed solely at destroying its mouth and creating an opening to extract the pearl, had its firmly closed mouth shattered in an instant. It cried out with a strange wailing sound, but what could it do?
What could a clam that’s been ganged up on by equally strong beings in the air, not even in the sea, possibly do!

Of course, as its shattered mouth was fully exposed, the human torso-sized pearl shining brilliantly inside was immediately plundered. Despite its eyes being wide open, the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell, having its nose cut off right under its eyes, let out another strange wailing sound as if in resentment and fell back into the sea helplessly.

‘Still, it’s not dead, so that’s something?’

It must have been a precious inner core, the pearl it had nurtured for a long time, but what can you do?
They say even rolling in a field of dog poop is better than dying, so it should be grateful that it only lost its pearl and saved its life, right?

It will be weakened after losing its inner core, the pearl, but it’s not like it will die, and it will still remain at the S-rank level.
And since it operates deep in the sea, it’s not something that can be easily robbed. This situation was just too unusual.

‘To feel sorry for you… honestly, I come first before an unknown creature I don’t even know well.’

Honestly… even if it had been a person, I would have made the same choice.
No, rather than looking out for the benefit of a stranger whose face I don’t even know well, isn’t it sufficient as a motivation, if not obvious, to act to ensure my own safety, which is often exposed to dangerous situations?
I’m not that much of a saint, you see. Especially since I can’t afford to care about the clam’s rights when I have my own problems to deal with.

Even though I’m a remarkably successful amateur fortune-teller, I’m still in a position no different from a fragile flower that could die if touched roughly.

Wouldn’t I be not much different from a truly fragile flower in a greenhouse? Although I look splendid, I’d die quickly if not cared for.

Although I’m a fortune-teller and handle powers like Verbal Command or Fate Fixation, since my innate power is no more than that of an ordinary person, in some ways, this could be seen as all flash and no substance? Meaning there’s no real content.

Ah, but is the word ‘content’ not quite right? It’s that the power is lacking, but the ability itself is certainly amazing.

I know it too. How can a 100% accurate fortune-telling that always hits the mark be disparaged, even if it’s amateur? No matter how skilled a fortune-teller, shaman, or magician comes, they wouldn’t be able to show fortune-telling skills or foresight like mine.

Still, should I say I’ve gained confidence in my specialized field after living for a long time?

‘If I had to say who’s in the same industry among superhumans… would it be the Witch Queen, the only orthodox witch among the 3 Great Witches of EX-rank, and a master of sorcery, curses, and such?’

But even if the Witch Queen does fortune-telling and whatever, I… was confident that even the Witch Queen, who is said to have mastered sorcery, curses, and rituals, would never surpass me when it comes to fortune-telling.

Hmm, could this be seen as having developed some self-esteem as a somewhat successful self-employed person? This would be a rather positive element, right?

I often hear from my friends around me, and living while associating with them, I’ve felt that it’s better to have this level of pride or confidence.

…From my perspective, I’m not sure about the appropriate level. Hmm, I wonder if the thought I just had crossed the line?

Ah, I don’t know. They say even the king is cursed in private, and it’s not like the Witch Queen is nearby, so having some confidence internally… wouldn’t even be a small happening that the Witch Queen would find cute if she knew, right?

Hah… thinking like this, maybe living confidently as the kids said isn’t such an easy thing. No, it’s just difficult.

‘Where does their confidence come from?’

Is it from their own strength? Because they’re superhumans.

Anyway.

After abandoning the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell, which had been forcibly pulled out and robbed of its pearl, back into the sea, we fled from the scene, completing the perfect crime(?) of the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell pearl theft case. After moving away from Okhotsk, we immediately fed the pearl to Arin, achieving another goal and completing the true perfect crime.

This human torso-sized giant pearl, aside from its enormous size, was truly beautiful, shining softly in lavender color… but it was absorbed into Arin no differently from other divine medicines.

[…Ooh.]

“How is it? Do you feel it more this time?”

[Perhaps because it’s a divine medicine with similar properties… I feel something more…]

This time, it wasn’t just a simple and unremarkable reaction like when eating the Ten Thousand Year Ice Essence.

Although it wasn’t an extraordinary reaction, now white cold air visibly flowed from the crystal ball, not as an illusion, wrapping around Arin like a veil.

“Wow… from a talking strange crystal ball to an extremely strange talking crystal ball!”

[…It sounds more like mockery than admiration, Master.]

“No, but I couldn’t think of an appropriate exclamation…”

Still, the admiration was genuine. It really became more amazing.

Should I say that while it looked mysterious when activating its abilities before, now it looks mysterious even before using its abilities?

It seemed like it had become more like a fortune-teller’s crystal ball.

‘Certainly, this… could be seen as the result of crossing a wall?’

Like the case Chung Soha experienced before.

It doesn’t mean it’s crossed from S-rank to EX-rank, but that the path has been properly paved… something like that meaning? I think I heard something like that before, and it’s probably similar to that.

“Hooh, wow! Although it’s hard to call it hard work, anyway, it doesn’t seem like the effort was in vain, right?”

“It’s quite cool, isn’t it? Thank you so much for today, brother!”

“It’s nothing. For my little brother’s request, this much is no big deal! I still owe you a lot for saving my life, so keep asking!”

“Haha, alright.”

“Phew… I think I got some good training today too. It was a good experience.”

“Ah, Mr. Seo Il-ho, you worked hard too. Thank you for your help.”

“It’s nothing. I’ve received favors too, right?”

Seo Il-ho smiled while waving his sword.

Gosh, if it weren’t for his single-minded devotion to the draw cut, he’d look like a perfectly normal person in the world… I wonder how he got so deeply into the draw cut?

“I was also able to see that I still have points to improve… it was fulfilling.”

“To think that draw cut had room for improvement…”

It looked like a perfect draw cut with not a single flaw in the world. No, it split the sea, didn’t it? Not just splitting the sea, it left scars on the seabed and even engraved traces on the hard shell of the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell…

Yet he says it’s lacking… as expected of a man aiming for the realm of bifurcating the sky with a single draw cut.

‘Probably… if he reaches the place he’s aiming for, he’ll have reached EX-rank?’

What’s more amazing is that he actually possesses the qualities, effort, and determination to reach such a lofty realm.

Since I had made the seed sprout and paved the way before, if he progresses with unwavering faith without a single distracting thought, it seemed he would probably reach it.

I can’t guarantee he’ll become EX-rank, but he’ll at least reach the extreme of S-rank, right?

Anyway.

“Take care on your way back~.”

After obtaining the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell’s pearl like that, we parted ways with Wi Jin-taek and Seo Il-ho’s group.

With this, we’ve directly obtained two divine medicines.

Then we should go get the third divine medicine, right?

“What’s the next thing we’re going to get?”

“The third divine medicine is… the inner core of the Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp.”

Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp. The name sounds incredibly grand, but… in reality, it’s a carp.

Of course, it’s just called a carp, but it’s an incredibly old, monstrous carp with abilities worthy of its grand name.

Huh? When the word carp is attached, somehow it loses its coolness.

‘Actually, to summarize simply, it’s a red, extremely hot, and ancient giant carp.’

I thought it might even be able to speak human language.

This one also just needs to have its inner core snatched, but… since we need to split its belly to obtain it, its resistance will be that much more fierce.

The inner core isn’t so much the source of the power it handles, but rather a new organ that has formed as a result of handling that power for a truly long time, and it’s like a second heart that enhances its abilities. So while it won’t die without it, it’s close to having its internal organs taken out alive, which is why.

In the first place, how many beings in the world would say “Oh my, please take it!” when someone tries to take their things raw? Especially their own organs.

Anyway, I wasn’t planning to persuade and take it, so it’s a matter of beating it up and persuading it through force to take its inner core.

‘I was thinking of recruiting an expert this time too…’

The Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp handles hot energy, that is, extreme yang energy.

So I was thinking of recruiting someone who handles similarly hot things, a fire specialist, Cheong Hwa (靑火) Yeom A-yun, the head of the Hwakwon (火拳) Guild, which can be called one of the top 10 guilds in Korea, and an S-rank superhuman!

Why did it remain just a thought? Because the recruitment failed.

‘Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp? Tsk… it’s tempting, but our guild has an S-rank dungeon conquest scheduled… unfortunately, I’ll have to pass.’

She had a schedule. So I had no choice but to give up.

It’s not like we’re paying compensation for this job, so if such a large guild-level event was already scheduled, I just have to give up…

‘Well, even if we don’t have a hot specialist, we still have a cold specialist left!’

The Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp is located somewhere in Russia, like the Ten Thousand Year Great Shell. Of course, the distance is quite far.

It’s somewhere in an extremely cold polar region where it snows heavily all year round.

So I thought that if we have Chung Soha, a cold specialist, he could detect an area where the cold air is thinner and find it.

Even if not… with several S-ranks, we’d find a way, right?

Anyway, because of that…

“Let’s depart! Let’s go find the carp!”

We started advancing towards the Ten Thousand Year Fire Carp, breaking through the snowy field with blizzards somewhere in the polar region of Russia.