It was not long before Gu Ding and the others saw Mi En.
Mi En looked to be around 20 years old. He was tall and thin and had gold-framed gla.s.ses that rested on his pale face. He looked like a student who came from a non-military school rather than an Interstellar Pirate.
He sat cross-legged in the middle of the street with a huge card placed on his chest. It wrote, “Foresee your good or ill luck, ten thousand Star Credits for a session.”
He smiled when he spotted Gu Ding. “Gu Ding, I would never have expected to see you here.”
“We just b.u.mped into An Luo. He told us you were here.”
“Is there something you need from me?” Mi En was surprised and quickly composed himself.
“Do you want me to predict your future?”
Gu Ding nodded. “An Luo told me about it and it sounded interesting. Predict the future for all three of us.”
Mi En stood up. “Even though I'm really happy to have met you here, my divination doesn't come free to anyone. Even my crew members have to pay for it and I only take cash. You should be aware that there is a price to pay every time we use our ability.”
Under normal circ.u.mstances, those with special abilities would need to pay a price after using their abilities, some even end up with permanent side effects. Gu Ding was already aware of this.
“Do you guys want to foresee your future together?” Gu Ding turned to look at Biggie and Liliath.
“I'm not interested. You two can go ahead,” Liliath folded her hands in front of her chest and shook her head.
Gu Ding paid twenty thousand Star Credits in cash. “Let's start.”
Mi En took out a golden metal table from his inventory and strange energy appeared from his hand. It slowly transformed into a deck of cards.
Gu Ding and Biggie stared at it in a daze as it happened. Liliath was the only one who seemed used to this sort of thing.
After cutting the deck of cards a few times, he placed them on the table with the back of the deck facing up. Then, he spread it out across the table.
“Pick a card. Before turning it over, think about the question you'd like to ask,” Mi En looked towards Gu Ding.
Gu Ding reached out to pick a card. He raised his head and stared off into s.p.a.ce. It was difficult to tell what he was thinking. After a while, he flipped the card over.
There was a picture of a flood on the card. An entire village had been submerged in the flood and only the roofs of the houses could be seen.
“The card seems like an ominous sign,” Gu Ding did not understand divination, but it was easy to tell that nothing good had been shown in that picture of the card.
“I'm guessing your question has something to do with your crew,” Mi En picked up the card and looked at the picture on it.
“A flood represents disaster. This would be a disaster that does not only involve you alone, it would involve the people around you. There are five submerged houses from the village in the picture. This means that you and four of your friends will soon be met with danger.”
Mi En stopped here and gave Gu Ding a curious look. “Your crew isn't made up of just three people, is it?”
Gu Ding smiled and did not answer his question. According to what Mi En had just told him, Neptune and Robert might be entangled in whatever mess was headed their way.
“Of course, this is none of my business,” Mi En did not continue with his questioning when he saw that Gu Ding was not willing to answer.
He continued, “The danger you will face is destructive by nature, but the roof of all five houses are shown here. This means that you and your four friends may suffer a hard hit, but there is a chance of survival.”
“In conclusion, this is an ominous card,” when it came to divination, Mi En would never sugarcoat anything. He candidly informed them of everything he knew.
“Besides that, the flood also holds the meaning that there is no escape. Even if you were to leave this planet right now, there would be no difference in the result.”
Liliath frowned slightly when she heard the result of the divination.
“Biggie, you try picking a card too!” Gu Ding did not seem too surprised over getting such a result from the divination. He patted Biggie's arm to encourage him to go one with his portion of the divination.
Biggie was a little hesitant. Gu Ding did not get a good divination and it made Biggie feel a little uneasy.
“It's fine. All you need to do is pick a card. There's no need to worry,” Gu Ding could sense Biggie's hesitance.
Biggie nodded and approached Mi En.
Mi En cut the deck again and spread it out, allowing Biggie to pick a card.
Biggie pressed on a card with his finger and pulled it out. He closed his eyes, as if in prayer. After a while, he turned the card over.
There was a picture of a man holding a sword shown on the card. He was covered in blood and there was a huge, evil-looking beast with sharp claws standing in front of him.
Biggie's heart skipped a beat at the sight of the card. He knew this had an ominous meaning to it as well.
Mi En raised his head to glance at Biggie. He sighed lightly. “This picture means that you will soon face the biggest challenge of your life and it will be personal. The beast represents a strong opponent. The man in the picture is severely wounded and bleeding profusely. This means that you will be badly hurt in this battle. However, the man in the picture did not fall. This means that your opponent may put you in desperation, but there is a chance of survival.”
At this point, Liliath's brows tightened further in a frown. Even Gu Ding, who had been oddly nonchalant before, started to look serious. Gu Ding could take it if he was the one who got hurt, but he could not stand any of his companions being hurt.
Mi En explained unwillingly, “Judging from both cards, your crew will face a tremendous. .h.i.t. Apart from the two of you, I conducted divinations for my crew, An Luo's crew, and even Bart's crew. I've even divined the future for two veteran Interstellar Pirates. The results were all ominous. By the looks of it, there could only be one reason for so many crews to come head to head with catastrophe at the same time – the Federation Army.”
“I've had a bad feeling about what was coming even before this auction started. The opening of this new route places Mayor Sector on the map as a place we are forced to pa.s.s through. The auction was used to attract us here so they could get rid of us in one go. This is the best opportunity for the Federation Army.”
“That's why there was such huge publicity for this auction, to the point of having its list of auction items leaked with demiG.o.d status items belonging to 5-star Cosmic Nations appearing as well…”
Mi En's a.n.a.lysis might not be entirely accurate, but he made rather good points. Of course, only Gu Ding and his crew knew that those demiG.o.d status items were not provided by the Federation Army.
“I'd like a divination too!” Liliath walked toward Mi En with a serious look on her face. She seemed to be determined about something.
“Lili, you…” Gu Ding had always known that Liliath never liked the idea of having her future told this way.
“Both of you are about to be in impending danger. I'd like to know what will happen to me.” Liliath stuck her tongue out at Gu Ding.
Gu Ding paid Mi En ten thousand Star Credits.
The cards once again appeared in Mi En's hands and Liliath picked one from it. When she turned it over, there was a picture of a grave on the card. A magnificent gold cross was on the grave.
At the look of this picture, Liliath's pupils contracted. The expressions on Gu Ding and Biggie changed.
Even Mi En was speechless…
