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.

of him

were three candles on

in Loen language, “This is the second

of pure water, 5 drops of tornapple juice, 7 grams of black-rimmed sunflower powder, 10 grams of golden cloak grass powder,

the single horn of a matured Hornacis gray mountain goat and a complete stalk of a human-faced

potion’s formula memorized as he quickly finished

and took a sip of

such as “the end of

Sirius finished his prayer, Klein finally

the wound silver chain

a trait unique to giants. It

the giant suddenly

Crack!

witnessed shattered as his legs buckled, almost causing him to kneel to

the head with a bat. His vision turned blood-red as his hands involuntarily

back up. He felt that his spirituality was unusually weak, as if he had heard

progress in ‘digesting’ the magic medicine,

of the Aurora Order? But the Captain saw a huge cross in Hanass’ dream. The terrifying being crucified

a secret organization that sprang into existence about two to three hundred years ago. They worshiped the True Creator 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 through the countless trials, they would be able to accumulate enough divine qualities

were armed with a decent amount of knowledge regarding sacrifices

7 which the Aurora Order had grasped. Sequence 8 was Listener.

could listen directly to the whispers of the secret entities; thus, they frequently came into contact with powerful, distorted, unique abilities. But 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

Aurora Order flashed through Klein’s mind. His initial theory was that Sirius

does fit Sirius’s actions just now. What happened later was a loss of control brought about by the injury? Yes, Frye once said that every Beyonder

concluded the ritual with

gust of wind blew as Klein forced himself to look at Sirius’s

Sirius’s mangled face. It was a dark purple wart, almost black. There

kind of transformation was that?” Klein rubbed his temples, not

bent over and retrieved his cane, allowing it to bear his

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

while, Klein saw Captain Dunn and his partners, Leonard and

have come across more

well as the majestic palace on

with his gray eyes trained on Klein, asked, “You tried channeling his

Night Powder and the

would arrive late and that the remains of his

look well. Are you alright?” the

Sirius’s undelivered letter to the captain and

to the Evil Dragon Bar and that it was Hanass Vincent that brought her there. This meant that Hanass was a regular there. Thus, I suspected that the person in the portrait, someone who’s definitely connected to Hanass, might have gone to

to buy documents and items related to the Hornacis Mountains.

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 was a direct