Lord of the Mysteries

“There’s some sort of problem there,” Klein said with a serious tone, pointing at the steps separating the living room and dining room.

He once read in the Nighthawks’ confidential records that if similar situations appeared in one’s spiritual perception, it usually implied that there was something evil and corrupted hidden at the target location. It was best not to interact with it if one wasn’t confident; otherwise, one might lose their life. Sometimes, even a mere glance could result in irreversible damage.

Dunn looked over, and similarly, with his high spiritual perception, he immediately sensed something wrong. He turned to look at Klein and instructed calmly, “Divine and see if we would be successful in our investigation.”

Captain didn’t get me to divine before we entered the castle. He was rather confident… That means that he believes that the hidden thing might be more dangerous than the wraith. Klein nodded in silence. He holstered his revolver and handed his cane to Frye.

He then released the topaz bracelet within his sleeve, held the silver chain with his left hand and silently recited a suitable statement.

Instantly, his eyes darkened as a breeze started spiraling around him.

“The investigation of the hidden place in the ancient castle would be successful.

“The investigation of the hidden place in the ancient castle would be successful.”

…

After reciting the statement seven times, Klein’s eyes regained their normal color. He saw the dangling topaz rotating clockwise.

It wasn’t very obvious, but it was unmistakably rotating clockwise!

That meant that the investigation would be successful.

Klein, who was already a true Seer, immediately nodded at Dunn and Frye.

“The danger will be manageable by us, or there could be no danger at all.”

Dunn pinned the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem to the left side of his chest, then pressed down on his hat. He briskly walked toward the steps and expertly started searching for a mechanism.

Frye, who had picked up the gauntlet, handed Klein’s cane back to him. He grabbed his revolver and cautiously scanned the surroundings, as if he was afraid that an enemy would suddenly appear.

I’m still not professional enough… as a Nighthawk… Klein geared himself up and took out his revolver, and turned alert as well.

A few minutes later, it was unknown what the kneeling Dunn Smith triggered as heavy sputtering sounds emanated from the staircase.

The floor split open, revealing a set of steps heading down. A cold and corrupted vibe emanated, seemingly condensing into something corporeal.

Dunn glanced over and removed Sealed Artifact 3-0782 from his chest. He tossed it directly into the trap door.

clanks, it was unknown where the

definitely toss 3-0782 back out… That would be interesting… Klein stared at the stairs and

like snow meeting the sun. Warmness

Frye will stay here and prevent other enemies from destroying the mechanism.” Dunn made

back from the task. He took two steps forward and arrived next to Dunn. Frye nodded, not letting his guard

down first, his footsteps

for a Beyonder that went down the Sleepless pathway, the darkness

hindered by such

and looked at Klein. “I forgot that you don’t have night vision. I’m

I have my Spirit

before

a gray film. Even though it was very blurry, it was enough for him to make

is fine too… Klein

only took about fifteen steps to reach

there, releasing its purity and

the illumination. He surveyed the surroundings and noticed that it wasn’t a huge basement. It was no longer cold and sinister, but

of the basement was a black coffin, with dark red

slightly, allowing one to see a

looked around, then bent over to pick up the Mutated Sun Sacred

intended to prevent the dead within from becoming

in the coffin and the formation they were in. He used his

nothing better to do than guard against their loved one from reanimating? Hmm, the people who helped bury the corpse must not be family… And if they placed the coffin in the

Sealed Artifact 3-0782 again, approached the coffin and inspected

was probably poisoned to

from reanimating and seeking revenge. This should have happened about 1300 years ago? He became a wraith in the end… The resentment of

exist all the time and only appeared recently. It’s only a fifteen-minute walk from the town to the castle. Throughout the years, troublemakers must have

Klein nodded indiscernibly.

came here recently, opened the coffin, and

the coffin. When the coffin was opened and the ritual dispelled, this resentment quickly evolved into a wraith with the help of its

an ordinary person… Besides, why did he

coffin. “For resentment to be preserved for such a long time, there should be some reason other than the ritual. He could’ve been a Beyonder when he was alive, perhaps a descendant one or two generations removed of a Mid-Sequence Beyonder. I am talking

head might be usable in some kind of ritual or

was all conjecture. But we can try to verify some of it. We can split up later in town and investigate to see if anyone was injured before in

Klein praised. He quickly

tried using ritualistic magic to make a sketch of the “guest” that entered the basement, but because it had been more than a month since it happened, as well as the

place, allowing the expert on the dead to