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.

it was unknown

out… That would be interesting… Klein stared at the stairs

and corrupted feeling soon dissolved away like snow meeting the

prevent other enemies from destroying the mechanism.” Dunn made an

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

went down first, his

didn’t prepare any sources of light, for a Beyonder that went down the Sleepless pathway, the darkness

wasn’t hindered by

and looked at Klein. “I forgot that you don’t have night vision. I’m not used to preparing objects that provide

about me. I have my Spirit Vision.” Klein realized that he wasn’t shocked at

before was

darkness before him was screened by a gray film. Even though it was very blurry, it was enough for him

fine too… Klein

of steps wasn’t long. It only took about fifteen steps to reach

releasing its purity and warmth.

surveyed the surroundings and noticed that it wasn’t

the basement was a black coffin, with dark

of the coffin had been pushed open slightly, allowing one to see a headless corpse that was

then bent over to

intended to prevent the dead

looked at the dark red nails in the coffin and the formation they were in. He used his decent mysticism knowledge to determine that this was an ancient ritual to prevent

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 basement instead of a tomb, they must have been afraid

3-0782 again, approached the coffin and

probably poisoned

This should have happened about 1300 years ago? He became a wraith in the end… The resentment of

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

Klein nodded indiscernibly.

to say is that someone came here recently, opened

it also seals and preserves its resentment within the coffin. When the coffin

he’s not an ordinary person… Besides,

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

corpses are always special. His head might be usable in some kind of

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

He quickly searched the

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 disturbed

expert