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.

scene in front of him changed with a

dark red paint. There were three candles on a silver candle

He wrote in Loen language, “This is

of tornapple juice, 7 grams of black-rimmed sunflower powder, 10 grams of golden cloak grass powder, 3 drops of poison

a matured Hornacis gray mountain goat and a complete

formula

moment and took a sip of coffee, then he unwound the

such as “the end of days”,

finished his prayer, Klein finally saw the pendulum

chain

figurine had a single eye, a trait unique to giants. It was facing down, its legs bound by

the giant

Crack!

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

with a bat. His vision turned

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

the

Hanged Giant, the 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

They believed that every human

were armed with a

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

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 in

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

hopeless as Seers in battle. That 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 would more or less undergo some weird changes after they die…

slightly, he concluded the ritual with the appropriate procedure and dismantled the wall

a whoosh, a gust of wind blew as Klein forced

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

transformation was that?” Klein rubbed his temples, not daring

over and retrieved his cane, allowing it

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

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

Beyonders and evil forces. In just a few weeks, you have come across more supernatural incidents than

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

eyes trained on Klein, asked, “You tried

traces of Holy Night Powder and

“I was worried that you would arrive late and

alright?” the short

letter to the captain and began from the

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 the Hornacis Mountains. That reminded me of the library. I recalled that the librarian had mentioned

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 encounter, with your style of doing things, you would’ve pretended that you didn’t know him and would just leave the library. Then you would come to Zouteland Street to ask