Lord of the Mysteries

Klein instantly felt his hair stand on end as the icy hand tightened around his wrist. He instinctively pulled his wrist back in a desperate attempt to escape.

A heavy sensation bore down on him as Klein used every fiber of strength in his entire body to yank his arm back.

Bam!

The pale, naked corpse was yanked so forcefully to the side that it fell from the autopsy table.

However, the white, ice-cold fingers’ grip remained firmly latched onto Klein’s wrist.

Klein momentarily lost the ability to think; the only thought that went through his mind was to draw his revolver and riddle the corpse in holes.

However, as he could not retract his dominant hand, he threw his black cane and desperately tried to retrieve his revolver from his holster to no avail.

At that moment, the corpse’s eyes rose, revealing a pair of calm, blue eyes.

His mouth moved as he muttered, “Hornacis… Hornacis… Hornacis…”

After those three words were said, Klein was completely flustered as he felt that the fingers gripping onto his wrist began to loosen before dropping limp.

The suited clown’s eyes were shut once again, as though nothing had happened at all.

If the pale corpse wasn’t lying on the stone floor, Klein would have imagined that he had been struck by a hallucination spell.

He staggered backwards a few steps and felt that most of his body was trembling as a result of the shock and fear.

Phew… Phew… Klein gasped for air as he slowly regained control of his mental facilities. He looked at the corpse on the ground in alarm and fear.

He drew his revolver and carefully retreated from the room, one step at a time. After confirming that the corpse was motionless, he took a glance at his wrist of the hand holding onto his revolver.

There were five deep, red finger marks imprinted on his wrist. They silently described his encounter.

Klein calmed down as vulgarities filled his mind.

F*cking hell. I almost died from the shock!

After panting for more than ten seconds, he began assembling items in his mind to quickly compose himself.

He carefully recalled everything that he encountered and pieced them together.

Although he did not understand the reason for the suited clown’s “resurrection,” he acutely noticed an important point. The corpse had repeated the words “Hornacis!”

“It’s Hornacis again…” Klein knitted his brows. “The Antigonus family’s notebook has records of a Nation of the Evernight in the Hornacis mountain range. While in Cogitation or Spirit Vision, I would hear sounds that I shouldn’t be able to hear, and among those sounds is the word ‘Hornacis’… Is the answer to all these questions on the Hornacis mountain range?… There might be massive danger lurking there. For example, an evil god might be sealed within and was using various forms of ‘attraction’ to achieve freedom.”

Klein carefully entered the room and touched the corpse

mess up the place, so he mustered his

in his mouth throughout the process. The slightest movement could snap his tense nerves. Furthermore, the ice-cold feeling given out

the mission with great difficulty, he recalled the reason he approached the corpse. Therefore, he focused on the suited clown’s

unknown when the brand had slipped off, shrinking into a spherical blob of blood which

of blood was the size of a thumb. It

this?” Klein muttered, but he didn’t dare to

blood sphere. Firstly, he didn’t know if it was a good or bad thing. Secondly, he was certain that Frye, who had examined the corpse, would have long discovered

know, reporting it to Captain and letting the Nighthawks research it is definitely

he had to know how to

few minutes before he saw the black-haired, blue-eyed, and thin-lipped Frye

strange blood sphere, and asked

“What is this?”

honestly. He

off into a blood sphere…” Frye nodded, seemingly deep in thought. “The corpse of a

looked up and said to Klein, “Bring the Captain here. Inform him

already itching to

Frye added. “I believe you won’t like to see

picked up a silver surgical knife beside

with

was hoping you’d say

the Chanis Gate. At the Keeper’s

of what happened, he

Holy Cathedral deal with it. Maybe they’ll send people to

and the Captain were

and Borgia are at Saint Selena Cathedral. Lorotta is probably looking

from her

his nose bridge and said with a laugh, “Lorotta has three hobbies—coffee, dessert, and maidservants. She says she needs these three things to speed up her

“Maidservants?” Klein asked, perplexed.

Madam Lorotta have a

shook his head helplessly and said, “She likes maidservants. Yeah, that’s right. Furthermore, she likes ones with

sure is weird.” Klein had no idea what kind of expression he should show

he headed out the Keeper’s room. As

of his eye that Sleepless Kenley had

finished counting down

relax, you’ll feel exhausted. There’s no need for you to be here in the afternoon.

about your killing of a Beyonder. Killing him was equivalent

a matter of fact, I’m actually feeling much better.” Klein silently

he turned around, he smacked himself in the

charge of the follow up investigations. I believe that the Beyonder must’ve

whatever he leaves behind, even unconsciously, will serve as a silent witness against him. Emperor Roselle’s words are truly