Lord of the Mysteries

Klein twisted open the golden bottle’s cap and brought it to his nose. He took a whiff of the stimulating scent that energized him.

This was Holy Night Powder made using Slumber flowers, Dragon Blood grass, deep red sandalwood, mint, and other herbs. Since it was simple to concoct, Klein had made a batch the moment he got the ingredients from the underground market. It was going to be of use now.

He poured a little of the Holy Night Powder on his palm and collected himself. His irises turned dark.

Next, Klein put away the metal bottle and scattered the powder onto the ground after infusing his spirituality into it.

He scattered the powder as he walked, forming a circle around Sirius’s corpse.

A formless barrier rose, separating them from the outside world.

Klein flicked away the remaining Holy Night Powder on his hand and took out the other metal bottles. He sprinkled the Amantha pure dew and other liquids in the surrounding area.

The ritual he set up was different from the one Old Neil used at Ray Bieber’s house since the aim of the ritual was different.

For example, Old Neil poured the liquids before using the Holy Night Powder. That could create a serene and holy state second only to an actual altar. Klein had used the Holy Night Powder first before pouring the liquids to prevent Sirius’s remnant spirituality from being disturbed by the surrounding objects while still barely managing to have an environment that satisfied the requirements of the ritual.

If he had used Old Neil’s method, the rest of Sirius’s spirituality would’ve been purged, making it impossible to establish a connection.

After finishing his preparations, Klein put away the materials and entered a state of Cogitation. He recited the Hermes incantations softly, “I pray for the power of the dark night.

“I pray for the power of the mystery.

“I pray for the Goddess’ loving grace.

“I pray that you’ll allow me to communicate with the heretic’s spirituality inside this altar.”

…

As the incantations reverberated throughout the sealed space, Klein suddenly felt a massive, terrifying, and mysterious energy descend upon him.

His eyes turned completely black as though he had lost his pupils and the whites of his eyes.

Seizing the opportunity, Klein recited a divination statement in his heart, “The formula to the Clown potion.

“The formula to the Clown potion.”

…

As he was reciting the statement, he used Cogitation to temporarily enter a dreamlike state.

It was a hazy gray world without a sky or ground. Klein was unusually alert as he observed a transparent, ethereal figure.

He extended his right hand and touched the remnants of Sirius’s spirit.

front of

with dark red paint. There were three candles on a

in his hand. He wrote in Loen language, “This is the second formula, its name

sunflower powder, 10 grams of golden cloak grass powder, 3 drops

a matured Hornacis gray mountain goat and a

formula memorized as

a moment and took a sip of coffee, then

as “the end of days”, “peace of mind”, “hope for the Lord’s

prayer, Klein

silver chain was

eye, a trait unique to giants. It was facing down, its legs bound

of the giant suddenly had a

Crack!

buckled, almost causing him to

been struck ruthlessly in the head with a

seconds later and stood back up. He felt that his spirituality was

progress in ‘digesting’ the magic medicine, the adverse reaction

True Creator… Sirius and Hanass were both members of the Aurora Order? But the Captain saw a huge cross in Hanass’ dream. The terrifying being crucified on the cross wasn’t the Aurora Order’s Hanged Giant… Klein took two deep breaths and waited for his spirituality

and symbolized him with The Hanged Giant. They believed that every human being had divine qualities, and as long as they persevered and made it

were armed with a decent amount of knowledge regarding sacrifices and some knowledge on ritualistic magic. There was enough evidence to claim that senior Secrets Suppliants experienced distortions of

Order had grasped. Sequence 8 was Listener. This was considered quite a terrifying ‘job’ for

consequently, if they were unable to advance, it was difficult for them to survive the next five years after becoming a Listener. Furthermore, the comments the Nighthawks had in the reports were that every Listener was a lunatic. Even

of the report regarding the Aurora Order flashed through Klein’s mind. His initial theory was that

the injury? Yes, Frye once said that every Beyonder

slightly, he concluded the ritual with

of wind blew as Klein forced himself to

that there was still an obvious wart on Sirius’s mangled face. It was a dark purple wart, almost black. There seemed to be

that?” Klein rubbed his temples, not daring

cane, allowing it to bear his

had just happened, he knew that Sirius’s spirituality had been completely destroyed. Even the Spirit Medium Daly would be unable to communicate with

saw Captain Dunn

have come across more supernatural incidents than what we usually see in months,” Leonard joked, looking at the

be a coincidence,” Klein added, as he suddenly thought about the red chimney he had seen in his dream divination, as well as the majestic palace on the main peak of the Hornacis mountain range and the formless focus on him. He took the opportunity to mention it

the surroundings and, with his gray eyes trained on Klein, asked,

were still traces of Holy Night Powder and the scent of the essential

that you would arrive late and that the remains of his

don’t look well. Are you alright?” the

passed Sirius’s undelivered letter to the captain and began

to the Evil Dragon Bar and that it was Hanass Vincent that brought her

told me that the man had once tried to buy documents and items related to the Hornacis Mountains. That reminded me of the

with a smile. He suddenly interrupted, “And so you brought your identification documents and badge here to flip through the borrowing records? Actually, I am very curious; why would you come into conflict with this man here? Even if it