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

were three candles on a silver candle stand,

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

grams of black-rimmed sunflower powder, 10 grams of golden cloak grass powder, 3 drops of poison hemlock.

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

Clown potion’s formula memorized as

of coffee, then he unwound

his eyes, muttering terms to himself such as

finished his prayer, Klein finally saw the

silver chain was a thumb-sized human

giants. It was facing down, its legs

moment, the single eye of the giant suddenly had

Crack!

as his legs buckled, almost causing him to kneel

in the head with a

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

in ‘digesting’ the magic medicine, the adverse reaction calmed down

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

Aurora Order was 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

with a decent amount of knowledge regarding sacrifices and some knowledge on ritualistic magic. There was enough

Order had grasped. Sequence 8 was Listener. This was considered quite a

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 the reports were that every Listener was a lunatic. Even if they looked normal on the surface, they were always crazy on

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

later was a loss of control brought about by the injury?

ritual with the appropriate procedure and dismantled the

a gust of wind blew as Klein forced himself to look at

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

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

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

what had just happened, he knew that Sirius’s spirituality had been completely destroyed.

saw Captain Dunn and his

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

as well as the majestic

and, with his gray eyes trained on

still traces of Holy Night Powder and the

was worried that you would arrive late and that the remains of his spirituality would

well. Are you alright?” the short

Sirius’s undelivered letter to the captain and

also once gone 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

Swain about the portrait, and he gave me confirmation. He told me that the man had once tried to buy documents and items related to the

borrowing records? Actually, I am very curious; why would you come into conflict with this man here? Even if it was a