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!”

hourly room? Klein wanted to explain himself,

he tried to

way, he won’t mention that I rented

divination and returned to the inn based on the results. He

appeared within the last three months,” Dunn summarized to Klein

“My investigations

of his questioning and concluded, “Heh, there’s a townsfolk named Scoundrel Gray who claimed that he had the portrait of the first Baron Lamud. He said that it was an antique

me you bought it?” Dunn’s eyes shimmered as he was taken

do you think that I’m so stupid to be fooled that easily?

some lessons on archeology and have some degree of experience in this area. I can more or less determine

most important piece

and said, “This is a small town near a historical site. There will always

sell me the insignia of the Lamud Family, claiming

asked, “Did you

other, and

Sealed Artifact 3-0782 out of town to somewhere uninhabited. Otherwise, a good half of the people in this

Klein raised his hand slightly and smiled. “It’s still quite early, so I can come back

Frye. He had already found an opportunity to hand Sealed Artifact 3-0782 over to Frye when they split up to conduct their investigations. Otherwise, he would have been purified and started praising the Sun. Frye hadn’t had enough time to recover, and could only hold the item

from the inner pocket

item with a fair bit of curiosity and interest. The metal was warm to the touch, as if hot water was flowing within

same time, Klein felt that the dark golden Sacred

if one isn’t careful enough. It’s even possible to have a fate worse than death… He muttered to

charms, and cane, he walked out of the room and left the inn together with Frye.

an area beside a sparse and deserted forest and confirmed that there was

you,” Frye coldly reminded, “I’ll come to take your place in two

good,” Klein replied with a

Frye enter the town, he found a tall boulder he had eyed previously. He picked up

with his finger

put on his black

can sit! Klein

He couldn’t help but stand up, taking out several metal bottles from his hidden pockets and

the help of the materials,

for danger as a Seer to defend against corpses and spirits launching a sneak attack against him. The second reason was to—was to keep the bugs

times better than insect repellent! Klein sat back down,

Artifact 3-0782 out of curiosity. He began

the pen and paper he always had on him and wrote a statement: “The origin of the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem in