All My Professions Have Divine-Level Talents-Chapter 52: Come Calling

"Luo Si, aren’t you a Divination Master?"

"Didn’t you perform a Divination for yourself before heading out today?"

Luo Si heaved a long sigh. "I did."

"The Divination result was misfortune with a touch of good fortune."

Luo Si complained, "As expected, Divination results are completely unreliable these days."

’Hard to say...’

’It was definitely ominous, but since I rescued you, I guess that counts as the good fortune.’

’The Divination result seems pretty accurate, actually.’

’The process itself was a real nightmare, though.’

’In a strange way, there’s really something to this Divination Master Profession.’

"Oh, right. The Potions aren’t free, you know."

’I poured Potions down their throats.’

’I already went to all the trouble of saving them. I can’t be expected to pay for their Potions out of my own pocket, can I?’

The corner of Luo Si’s mouth twitched slightly. "We’ll pay you back."

The Forest at night was indeed much more dangerous.

Especially now that the tide of Demons was growing stronger, they encountered quite a few on their way back.

Thanks to the light from the Everlasting Lamp, they were safe from ambushes.

The Demons they met on the way were all instantly killed the moment Lu Cang laid eyes on them.

But then, suddenly...

BOOM!

The ground suddenly trembled, and the color of the sky changed drastically!

The sky, once a vibrant scroll filled with brilliant stars, had turned completely pitch-black.

Not a single star was left.

In its place was a void with a faint blue glow around its outer ring.

’What is that?’ Lu Cang thought, his guard instantly up.

He was already prepared for battle.

Meizer looked toward the sky.

"I don’t know..."

"But it seems... it’s not near us."

Meizer gazed north. A very complex presence was rising from that direction.

Meizer said, "In any case, we should hurry back."

...

The strange phenomenon they encountered on the way seemed to be nothing more than a minor interlude.

After about half an hour,

Everything calmed down.

It was as if nothing had happened at all.

Lu Cang and the others finally returned to Raine Town.

"Luo Si, you’re alive!"

Luo Si’s anger flared when she saw the party leader from that morning. "The way you say that, were you hoping I was dead?"

’They’d just turned and run earlier today.’

’But Meizer and I were too slow and got caught.’

’Still, I can’t really complain.’

’We were all just strangers who’d met by chance. I couldn’t expect them to save me.’

’That’s what made it so much more precious when Lu Cang, after learning I was missing, immediately came to the rescue all by himself.’

’If he weren’t just a kid, I might have already fallen in love with him.’

...

Luo Si and Meizer’s safe return astonished everyone.

And when they heard that Lu Cang had single-handedly defeated the King Level Bloodline Monarch, the way they looked at him was filled with even more awe.

"No way... a Level 2 solo-killed a Tier Three Monarch? That feat has to go down in the history books!"

"I don’t think even Iz has a record like that..." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Has anyone in history ever achieved something more insane than that?"

"How would I know? I didn’t f*cking study History."

"But no matter how you slice it, he’s a Legendary Level figure, isn’t he?"

"Hey... Meizer said he killed the Bloodline Monarch without even severing the Blood Pool!"

"What?"

"Are you kidding me? Isn’t that thing immortal if you don’t sever the Blood Pool?"

"I remember that the few teams in history that defeated the Bloodline Monarch all did it by severing the Blood Pool!"

"And those subjugation parties were either top-tier Level 3 adventuring parties or teams of Level 4 Adventurers."

They originally thought Lu Cang soloing the Bloodline Monarch as a Level 2 was already a great feat, but they never expected...

He f*cking brute-forced it, ignoring the mechanics?

Feeling their admiring gazes on him, Lu Cang couldn’t help but feel a little smug.

’Yep, can’t be helped. This is just what it’s like to be a genius.’

His ears twitching, Lu Cang listened to the praises being sung all around him, but he feigned indifference and approached Celia.

"Celia, what price can I get for this stuff?"

Lu Cang took out the loot he had just acquired.

It was none other than the drops from defeating the Bloodline Monarch.

Celia inspected the materials Lu Cang submitted. "Blood Armor, and Pure Essence Blood."

"These are all very rare materials..."

"If you were to sell them, the Blood Armor is worth about 5,000 Gold Coins, and each grain of the Pure Essence Blood should be worth 1,000 Gold Coins."

As Lu Cang took out these materials, everyone’s eyes focused on him.

It was obvious.

These materials were all dropped by the Bloodline Monarch. This was ironclad proof that Lu Cang had killed it.

"However, I’d suggest you find a specialized Blacksmith or Pharmacist to craft them into a Resurrection Robe and a Blood Reviving Potion. You’ll likely need both."

Lu Cang said thoughtfully, "Is that so? Then I’ll hold onto them for now."

As for the Professional Secret Scroll, Lu Cang had no intention of showing it right now.

The item was far too precious. Lu Cang understood the principle that possessing a treasure invites disaster, even for the innocent.

’I’ll at least wait until Iz and the others get back before we discuss this.’

"By the way, Little Lu Cang."

"While you were gone, someone was looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Lu Cang asked, confused.

As his fame spread, quite a few people had come looking for him specifically lately.

"Mhm, he’s at that table over there. He’s been waiting for you."

Lu Cang looked at the table Celia was pointing to.

It was a man.

Wearing a white Mage’s Robe, with a monocle, he was unhurriedly drinking a cup of rich coffee.

The guild hall was so noisy, with everyone shouting Lu Cang’s name, yet this person seemed to pay it no mind.

It was as if he was simply waiting for Lu Cang to approach him.

"Celia, do you know him?"

Celia shook her head.

"Oh," Lu Cang said. "Then I’m leaving."

Lu Cang didn’t know this man either.

He decided to avoid this mysterious stranger.

’Who knows if the guy is trying to harm me.’

’Besides, thanks to personal stereotypes, Lu Cang didn’t have a good impression of people who wear monocles.’

’And now that I’m carrying such a valuable item, I don’t want to get mixed up in any trouble.’

With that, Lu Cang turned to leave.

"Hey hey, you’re leaving already! Tell us the story of how you killed the Bloodline Monarch!"

"Yeah, Lu Cang! We’ve lived this long and never heard of anyone taking down a King Level Demon!"

TWANG~

The sound of a lute being played rang out.

The guild’s famous Minstrel had already started playing a familiar melody.

"That’s right, Lu Cang. If you don’t tell us, how can we spread your legend?"

The Minstrel held up five fingers and shouted, "I’ll offer 5 Gold Coins! 5 Gold Coins to buy the story of your battle with the Bloodline Monarch!"

’Sigh... Their enthusiasm is hard to refuse.’

’It’s definitely not because of the money.’

’I just didn’t expect this Minstrel to be so loaded he could actually fork over 5 Gold Coins.’

’Besides, he wants a story, not the literal truth.’

Lu Cang embellished the facts a bit, and just like that, easily pocketed 5 Gold Coins.

Lu Cang had over 1,500 Gold Coins in savings now, so he didn’t really need this pocket change.

’Then again, since they already knew I’d taken down a King Level Demon, it was better to tell the story myself.’

’It would keep these Minstrels from making up their own damn bullshit.’

After getting the money, he was finally able to leave.

’As for that guy looking for me...’

’He can just keep waiting on his own.’

...

「Raine Grand Hotel」

When Lu Cang returned to the hotel lobby, the first thing he caught out of the corner of his eye was a man sitting in the lounge area.

This man was wearing a white Magic Robe, had a monocle, and was drinking coffee.

Lu Cang ignored him again.

He waited for the elevator.

The elevator doors opened.

But inside the elevator, he once again saw the same monocled man, holding a saucer in one hand and a coffee cup in the other.

Lu Cang turned to look at the sofa.

The man was still there on the couch. He whipped his head back to look in the elevator.

The man was still inside the elevator.

’Heh... Is this guy ever going to give up?’

’It looks like he’d follow me even if I took the stairs to my room.’

So Lu Cang spoke up first. "Are you looking for me?"