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.

was unknown where the Mutated Sun

dead spirits within, they would definitely toss 3-0782 back out… That would be interesting… Klein stared at the stairs and

corrupted feeling soon dissolved away like snow meeting the sun. Warmness and purity blanketed

Frye will stay here and prevent

task. He took two steps forward and arrived next to Dunn. Frye nodded, not

first, his footsteps

sources of light, for a Beyonder that went down the Sleepless pathway, the darkness

hindered by such an

around and looked at Klein. “I forgot that

you don’t need to mind about me. I have my Spirit

cool Captain from before was indeed not

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

sure is healthy, and his mental state is fine too… Klein carefully extended

of steps wasn’t long. It only

there, releasing its purity and warmth. It

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

the middle of the basement was a black coffin, with

of the coffin had been pushed open slightly, allowing one to

over to

this coffin… It was intended to prevent the dead within from becoming

in. He used his decent mysticism knowledge to determine

have nothing better to do than guard against their loved one from reanimating? Hmm, the people who helped bury the

Sealed Artifact 3-0782 again, approached the coffin and

was probably

He became a wraith in the end… The resentment of this spirit is simply shocking!” Klein also walked in front of the

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 frequented this place, but before this incident, there were no rumors of there being a wraith in

Klein nodded indiscernibly.

someone came here recently, opened the coffin, and took away the

ritual prevents the corpse from reanimating, but it also seals and preserves its resentment within the coffin. When the coffin was opened and the ritual dispelled, this resentment quickly evolved into a

corpse of the person who opened the coffin, so he’s not an ordinary person… Besides,

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 about the Mid-Sequencers as defined in the

usable in some kind of ritual or

paused before continuing, “What I said just now 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

thought,” Klein praised. He quickly searched the basement but didn’t find anything

that entered the basement, but because it had been more than a month since it happened,

place, allowing the expert on