Lord of the Mysteries

Klein was hidden in the shadows of a building dozens of meters away from the target building. He heard the faint sound of gunshots and the howling of violent winds.

If the enemy runs towards me, should I draw my gun or should I pretend that I didn’t see him? He thought as he shivered in cold sweat.

A Beyonder that could, through various means, cut short the lives of others definitely wasn’t a Sequence 9 or Sequence 8 Beyonder. They certainly wouldn’t be someone that a Seer like him could fight against face to face. Even if he sacrificed himself, he might not be able to slow the target down enough for Dunn and Leonard to catch up with him.

It was fortunate that the Evernight Goddess, the Mistress of Disaster, seemed to hear her ‘loyal’ guard’s prayers. No one ran towards the location where Klein was hiding.

After a few minutes, he heard a melodious song coming from the target building.

Cocking his ears to the side so he could hear better, Klein confirmed that it was the popular local tune that Leonard Mitchell always hummed. It was filled with base words.

Phew. He let out a breath of relief. He held his gun in one hand and his cane in the other. He then walked out of the shadows towards the target building.

The popular local tune was the meeting signal that he had agreed upon with Dunn and the rest!

Klein took two steps and suddenly paused. He leaned his cane against the metal fencing and switched the revolver to his other hand.

Then, he took off the silver chain inside his sleeve and let the topaz pendant hang down naturally.

Klein waited till the topaz stabilized and immediately closed his eyes and entered a Cogitation state. He recited a divination statement, “The singing earlier was an illusion.

“The singing earlier was an illusion.”

…

After repeating seven times, he opened his eyes and saw the pendant spinning counterclockwise.

“It’s not an illusion…” Klein put away his pendulum, grabbed his cane, and quickly got close to the arch-shaped metal gate leading to the target building. He then passed the black cane to his right hand and held it with the revolver.

He extended his hands to touch the fence, intending to push it open, but he suddenly felt a piercing chill. It was as though someone had poured a bucket of ice down his neck without warning.

Klein hissed and jerked his hands back, his teeth clenched.

“It’s just like winter here…” Under the dim starlight and distant street lamp, he looked through the garden behind the metal fencing. He saw the withered branches, fallen flowers, and leaves covered with white frost on the brown soil.

Amazing! Klein marveled in his head. He bent his fingers and tapped his glabella to activate his Spirit Vision.

He returned his silver-inlaid cane to his left hand and pushed it against the fence to open the closed gate.

The gate squeaked, and he passed through it sideways. He stepped onto the stone path that led directly to the grayish-blue building. On both sides of the path were twisted plants that seemed to resemble ghouls in the dark.

The scene reminded Klein of various horror stories and paranormal films.

He subconsciously slowed down his breathing and walked faster. However, after just a few more steps, someone suddenly patted his left shoulder.

heart skipped, then started thumping

aimed his

dim light, he saw a flimsy branch that had nearly fallen

we call ‘scaring ourselves’?” Klein twitched the corner of his lips,

faint sobs sounded in

breaths of a living

in fright and immediately ran into the door of the grayish-blue

than the shadows. She hadn’t taken the initiative to attack back then… He thought as he walked towards the altar in the middle of the living room. It was a round table full of crudely made puppets. Three unlit candles

his back to Klein. He took

floating shadows and extended his hand in an attempt to comfort them, but all his hand did was pass through them helplessly. The shadows didn’t attack him, seemingly recognizing

he changed his tone,

the morn without

as to suit a

thro’ the faded

chestnut pattering to the

…

the poem, Klein seemed to see a clear lake reflecting the moonlight

after the warm breath of the living Nighthawks

the puppet in his hand, turned around, and said to Klein, “This is a ceremony for a

to comfort the remaining spirits, then try to communicate with the spirits of the dead and see if you can

was no longer a burden, immediately held his chest out and said, “Yes,

reached the altar in a few steps and extended his hands to sweep the puppets off

moment, he noticed from the corner of his eyes that every puppet had a

anyone you know?” Klein asked

Dunn as Dunn looked at him. Both of them

so silly… Why would I ask any questions that tests the Captain’s memory! Klein nearly covered his

make my life difficult because of this. Luckily, the

of differentiating reality from the dreamworld. He replied, “There’s

his hand still extended to put a candle back to

the Alfalfa tragedy,” Dunn

He seemed to have been

retracted his right hand and said in a deep

lives that were cut short as a sacrifice, intending to curse all survivors of the Alfalfa tragedy? Because he didn’t know who

been noticed by the Nighthawks, Mandated Punishers, and the Machinery Hivemind. Then,

nodded first, then he

survivors, but only survivors in Tingen. His curse ritual can only affect the people

ritual is a female, not

his eyebrows and asked, “Perhaps it’s an expert that

the Demoness

are guesses that we can make. Such as, the woman and Tris don’t stay together.

say anything further. He set the three candles in place, took out the Full Moon

make a sealed wall, he started praying to the Evernight Goddess, the Mistress of