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 Sacred Emblem

toss 3-0782 back out… That would be interesting… Klein

meeting the

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

forward and arrived next to Dunn. Frye nodded,

his footsteps reverberating in the

down the Sleepless pathway, the darkness was

vision wasn’t hindered by such an

a few steps down, Dunn suddenly turned around and looked at Klein. “I forgot that

mind about me. I have my Spirit Vision.” Klein realized that he

cool Captain from before was

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

state is fine too… Klein carefully extended

steps wasn’t long. It only took about fifteen

purity and

could see much more clearly with the help of the illumination. He surveyed the surroundings and noticed that it wasn’t a huge basement. It was no longer cold and sinister,

was a black coffin, with dark red nails driven into

coffin had been pushed open slightly, allowing one

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

coffin… It was intended to prevent the dead within from becoming a zombie or

formation they were in. He used his

people who helped bury the corpse must not be family… And if they placed the coffin in the basement instead of a

Artifact 3-0782 again, approached the coffin and inspected

was probably poisoned

years ago? He became a wraith in the end… The resentment of this

a fifteen-minute walk from the town to the castle. Throughout the years, troublemakers must have frequented this place,

Klein nodded indiscernibly.

mean to say is that someone came here recently, opened the coffin, and took away the head of the

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 wraith with the help of

he’s not an ordinary person… Besides, why did he take away the

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

special. His head might be usable in some kind of ritual or in

split up later in town and investigate to see if anyone was injured before in their youth. Well,

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

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 environment due to the frequent appearance of the wraith, there

Frye’s place, allowing the expert on the dead to