Lord of the Mysteries

Painful!

How painful!

My head hurts so badly!

A gaudy and dazzling dreamworld filled with murmurs instantly shattered. The sound asleep Zhou Mingrui felt an abnormal throbbing pain in his head as though someone had ruthlessly lashed at him with a pole again and again. No, it was more like a sharp object pierced right through his temples followed by a twist!

Ouch… In his stupor, Zhou Mingrui attempted to turn around, look up, and sit up; however, he was completely unable to move his limbs as though he had lost control over his body.

From the looks of it, I’m still not awake. I’m still in a dream… Who knows, perhaps the next scene will be of me thinking I’m already awake, but in fact, am actually still sleeping…

Zhou Mingrui, who was not unfamiliar with similar encounters, tried his best to focus in order to escape the shackles placed upon him by the darkness and confusion.

However, while still in his reverie, whatever will he could summon was ethereal like a fleeting fog. He found his thoughts difficult to control and introspect. No matter how much he tried, he still lost his focus as random thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Why would I suddenly have such an excruciating headache in the middle of the night?

And it’s really painful!

Could it be something like a cerebral hemorrhage?

F**k, don’t tell me I’m going to die young?

I need to wake up! Now!

Eh? Why doesn’t it seem to hurt as much as before? But why does it still feel like a blunt knife is slicing through my brains…

From the looks of it, sleep is impossible. How am I to show up for work tomorrow?

Why am I still thinking about work? This is some authentic headache. Of course I have to take time off! I don’t have to worry about my manager’s grumblings!

Hey, putting it that way, it doesn’t seem too bad. Hehe, I can end up getting some spare time for myself!

Throbbing pain inundated Zhou Mingrui, allowing him to slowly accumulate immaterial strength until he was finally able to move his back and open his eyes. He finally broke free from his reverie.

All he could see was a study desk made of burly wood in front of him. Right in the middle was an opened notebook with coarse, yellow pages. The title

eight. The wall on

had a classical Western style to it. It was about half the size of an adult’s head with an inner layer of transparent glass and an exterior gridded with

black ink bottle shrouded in a pale red glow. Its embossed surface

dark-colored pen with a fully circular body. Its tip

things laid before him were alien to him. It looked nothing like

shocked and confused, he discovered that the desk, notebook, ink bottle, and revolver were covered in a layer of crimson ‘veil,’ a

and shifted his gaze

above the backdrop of a ‘black velvet curtain,’

straightened, his brain protested with throbbing pain. It made him temporarily lose his strength as he fell uncontrollably. His buttocks slammed heavily onto the burly

Pa!

Mingrui stood up again by propping himself up. He turned

each side of the room. Close to an opposite wall was a low

the left door was a cabinet. Its two doors were swung open and beneath it were five

height of a person. However, it was connected to a strange mechanical device with exposed gears and

coal stoves sat in the right corner of the room near the table, along with soup pots, iron pots, and other kitchen

right door was a dressing mirror with two cracks. Its bottom was made of wood and the

Zhou Mingrui noticed

shirt, thinly built, average-looking

immediately drew a gasp as many helpless and confused guesses

that looked different from Earth’s moon could

have transmigrated? Zhou Mingrui widened his

scenes. However, he momentarily found it hard to accept the situation when he found

love a fantasy 1 ? In a minute, Zhou Mingrui had already cursed himself while

made his thoughts high strung but clear, he would have

a few deep breaths, Zhou Mingrui worked hard to stop

mind and body calmed down, memories began flooding him as they

citizen of the Northern Continent’s Loen Kingdom, Awwa County, City of Tingen. He is also a recent graduate from

a sergeant of the Royal Army who had sacrificed himself during a colonial conflict with the Southern Continent. The bereavement allowance gave Klein the opportunity to study at a private language school and laid the

passed away the year Klein passed the entrance examinations to Khoy

had an elder brother and a younger sister. They stayed in a two bedroom apartment

could even be described as somewhat wanting. At present, the family was supported solely by the elder brother who worked

Northern Continent—as well as the Hermes language which often appeared in ancient mausoleums as well