Lord of the Mysteries

Klein turned towards the Captain’s office and saw that the door was wide open. Dunn Smith was leaning back in his chair, sniffing at his pipe.

When Dunn swept his gray eyes at him, he changed his seating posture.

“You seem to be in good shape, nothing like someone who had just consumed a potion.”

“This might be the advantage of fully digesting a potion before leveling up.” Klein closed the door behind him and took a seat.

He and Dunn both knew about the “acting method,” so their oath didn’t keep them from talking about the “acting method” with each other. They could exchange their thoughts about it, but the two of them didn’t bring it up with a tacit understanding. They fell silent at the same time after the exchange.

Klein thought and asked, “Has His Grace left?”

“Yes, as a high-ranking deacon, he has other matters to take care of.” Dunn thought for a moment. “Oh, he took the pair of red eyeballs that remained after Old Neil died.”

Klein was shocked and confused.

“Why?”

Dunn picked up his coffee and took a sip. He answered after a long silence, “We shouldn’t lie to ourselves. A Rampager is in fact already a monster, and as I told you before, monsters leave behind things that are rich with Beyonder powers after they die. When these relics can’t be controlled, they have to be sealed. Yes, that is one of the most common origins of Sealed Artifacts. According to the Nighthawks’ internal rules, the items left behind by Rampagers need to be stored elsewhere, so that they won’t trigger their partners.”

“A logical rule.” Klein nodded heavily.

Suddenly, he sharply noticed that the Captain had missed out something. So, he asked curiously, “What if the item left behind is controllable?”

Dunn looked at him, his gray eyes were deep like a quiet night.

He sighed and said, “You wouldn’t want to know the answer.”

Klein was taken aback before he suddenly realized a possibility.

Normal monsters left behind Beyonder ingredients which could be used to make potions.

But what of a Rampager who turned into a monster?

If they left behind controllable items, would those things be used as Beyonder ingredients?

Upon realizing that, Klein suddenly felt a strong sense of disgust. He couldn’t help but turn his head to retch. Even his sight suddenly grew blurry.

This is such a terrifying theory… But it’s an answer that’s highly likely of being closer to the truth! In that instant, he had a deeper understanding of sayings like “To fight against the abyss, we have to endure the corruption of the abyss,” and “We are guardians, but also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.”

Would this be one of the reasons why the Church hides the “acting method”? So that they can recycle a certain number of their own members for spare parts? But this will make members of the upper echelons reject the Church… Klein’s face clearly reflected his changing expressions.

Upon seeing his response, Dunn suddenly laughed. There was a twinkling light in his gray eyes.

“Think about it on the brighter side of things, you can think of it as our teammates watching over us in a different form. They will be with us forever.”

After saying that, Dunn lowered his head, picked up his coffee, and brought it to his mouth.

said, “And you don’t have to worry. As long as we can find sources of Beyonder ingredients, we wouldn’t do what you were

day off since you just advanced. You can decide whether or not you want to go to your combat training this afternoon, but you have to inform Gawain either

gently nodded. Taking a deep breath, he straightened his back and said, “Captain, I have finished my lessons on mysticism. I’d like to use my mornings to learn techniques such as

like to fulfill my

a

than I

stood up and drew

…

return home to rest, but instead, took the opportunity to take a

Ding dong, ding dong.

opened the door in

chain hanging from his

at the sky and realized that the sun

the day off due to some special circumstances,” Klein explained

notice something as he nodded and made way for

the hallway, Klein set his cane aside, took off his hat, and followed Azik

rocking chair, couches, and a coffee table. Klein sat at his usual

opposite Klein and pointed at the cigars

“Do you want one?”

shook his head

a match and lit one of the cigars. At the same

to thank you for

Azik, before you lost your memories, you definitely must’ve left behind quite a sizable wealth for yourself.

fiddling with his cigar,

Azik, I have something to ask

replied without

and organized

lost control and became a monster. I’d like to know if his spirit was

wasn’t certain if Mr. Azik knew the meaning of “losing control,” so

look at Klein. He nodded heavily and said, “No doubt. You have to be very careful in a situation like that. If he lost control due to the temptation of an evil god

let out a

forgotten to contact Old

think of it, Captain didn’t forget but intentionally avoided bringing it up…Klein

on the topic and

that extended underground. My teammate told me that it’s a symbol of Death. Only His descendants would

match and took up the cigar cutter when he suddenly fell into a daze. He was motionless

leaned back into his seat and

he said in a deep voice, “This gives me a very familiar

very sorry.”

obtained from his

cap, shook

found a way to escape my fate. Of course, I have to thank you for your kindness. Thank you for remembering about me this entire

before adding, “Oh, and I’ll be leaving Tingen in

asked in

we say that we were going to find the manipulator behind the scenes, the person who affected my fate, and stole your