Lord of the Mysteries

After the crimson light in front of him dissipated, Derrick Berg saw his room once again. He saw the pure crystal ball in his hands.

Crack!

The crystal ball shattered from the inside. Some of it turned into pieces of illusory beams of light that flew into the void around him, while the other crystalline fragments fell noisily to the ground.

Derrick looked on, dumbfounded. He could see the traces of blood on his face reflected in the bronze mirror. He noticed a crimson light spiraling on the back of his right palm, forming a circle with lines extending out from the edge.

The strange symbol bore into the back of his palm and vanished.

Derrick fell into a daze in the time it took several flashes of lightning to illuminate the sky before snapping to his senses.

He looked at the fragments of the crystal ball on the ground, then looked at the back of his right hand as his gaze turned deeper.

He walked out of his bedroom, returned to the living room, and opened the door to look up at the sky above the City of Silver.

An arc of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the city with a silver sheen. Right on the heels of that was rumbling thunder. The world belonged to the dark. Without any speck of light, the heavy darkness only left people in despair.

Derrick clenched his fists. There was no joy in his eyes for they were still filled with the remnant grief and pain.

But he was no longer lost.

…

Phew, looks like I’ve managed to trick another person into becoming a member. No, I’ve managed to recruit another member… Klein shook his head and mocked the present strength of his Tarot Club.

The leader, The Fool, was only a Sequence 9, one who had just fully digested the Seer potion!

And there were at least three High-Sequence Beyonders at Sequence 4 in the hopeless City of Silver that The Sun spoke of!

“After mentioning the acting method one more time, I can start telling the Captain the specifics and hand in my special application. At the very least, I’ll stop being in charge of support once I become a Clown.” Klein didn’t stay in the world of fog. He extended his spirituality, wrapped it around himself, and initiated a descent.

Tearing through the gray fog and passing through the ravings, he returned to his room before dispelling the wall of spirituality.

Then, Klein picked up the key and headed out of the room. He first went to the two rooms booked by Dunn to take a look in order to confirm that the Captain and Frye hadn’t returned yet. He then headed to the first level and handed the key back to the boss.

The boss looked at the wall clock to the side and gave a thumbs up.

“Well done!”

why I booked an hourly room? Klein wanted to explain himself, but finally decided to

wronged, he tried to

I rented another room in front of

motions, Klein did a quick divination and returned to the inn based on the results. He headed straight to the second floor to find Dunn and Frye discussing their investigations in one of the rooms, just

the last three months,” Dunn summarized to Klein with a nod as

“My

questioning and concluded, “Heh, there’s a townsfolk named Scoundrel Gray who claimed that he had the portrait of the first

Dunn’s eyes shimmered as he was taken

so stupid to be

some degree of experience in this area.

casually mentioned the most

didn’t pay too much attention to it. He massaged his temples and said, “This is a small town near a historical site. There will always be a myriad of ‘antiques’ here. I just saw a vendor selling the silver

me the insignia of the Lamud Family, claiming that it

subconsciously asked, “Did you guys

Klein looked at each other, and didn’t continue with the

the people in this inn will become idiots blathering praises of the Sun. Are you going first, or Frye?”

so I can come back and have a nice sleep later. We’re doing two-hour

3-0782 over to Frye when they split up to

inner pocket of his black windbreaker and handed it

of curiosity and interest. The metal was warm to the touch, as if

time, Klein felt that the dark golden Sacred Emblem carved with the symbol

Artifacts have their dangers. Death might occur if one isn’t careful enough. It’s even possible to have a fate worse than death… He muttered to himself

of the room and left the inn together with Frye. They headed straight for the

an area beside a sparse and deserted forest and confirmed that there was no one within dozens of meters

you,” Frye coldly reminded, “I’ll come to

replied

eyed previously. He picked

with his finger and inspected the stone under

was clean, Klein put on

you can

couldn’t help but stand up, taking out

the materials, he

ritual for two reasons. First, he didn’t want to rely too much on his premonition for danger as a Seer to defend against corpses and spirits launching a sneak attack against him. The second reason was to—was

is a hundred times better than

for a few minutes, Klein took out Sealed Artifact 3-0782 out of curiosity. He began a

to find out its origins and how it became special… He took out the pen and paper he always had on him and wrote a statement: “The origin of the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem