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.

of silence, he lifted his head and 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 thinking

rules, you’ll receive a day off since you just advanced. You can decide whether or not you want

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 tracking

expression, “I’d like to fulfill my full

him a piercing

tougher than I imagined. As you

suddenly stood up and drew a crimson moon on his

…

didn’t return home to rest, but instead, took the opportunity to take a trackless carriage

Ding dong, ding dong.

the doorbell rang clearly, Azik opened the door in

watch chain hanging from his vest

at the sky and realized that the sun had yet

off due

him and appeared to notice something as he nodded

took off his hat, and followed Azik

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

pointed at the cigars on the

“Do you want one?”

Klein shook his

struck a match and lit one of the cigars. At the same time, he

thank you

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

Azik was fiddling with his cigar, Klein

I have something

Azik replied without lifting

and

monster. I’d like

meaning of “losing control,” so he prepared an explanation,

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 or

out

he was at Old Neil’s place, he was too emotional and had forgotten to contact Old Neil’s spirit. Neither did Dunn Smith remind

but intentionally avoided bringing

dwell on the topic and instead mentioned his

seeing an upside-down pyramid that extended underground. My teammate told me that

and took up the cigar cutter when he

into his seat

a deep voice, “This gives me a very familiar feeling, but I don’t seem to be

very sorry.” Klein

he could use the revelation obtained from his divination to further jolt Mr. Azik’s

off the cigar cap,

a way to escape my fate. Of course, I have to thank

thought for a moment before adding, “Oh, and I’ll be leaving Tingen in the

Klein asked

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