Lord of the Mysteries

Waiting for cake? That really wasn’t an answer that I was expecting… Of course, if I was able to anticipate the answer of a mental patient, wouldn’t that mean that I was almost there myself… The thought flashed through Klein’s mind. He maintained his relaxed smile as if he was chatting with a friend.

“Who’s going to send you a cake?”

Hood Eugen’s expression fell instantly, his face long and depressed.

“No, there’s no cake… There’s no cake!

“You stole my cake!”

His voice suddenly became shrill as he glared angrily at Klein.

Without waiting for Klein to speak, he let out a shout and opened his mouth, revealing two rows of white teeth.

Following which, he leaped from his mattress while salivating. He closed in on Klein with one step and extended his hands, attempting to grab onto Klein’s shoulders. He wanted to drag Klein towards him and bite him.

Despite the sudden attack, Klein reacted quickly despite appearing a little flustered. He instantly bent his knee and squatted. At the same time, he tilted his body to the side and raised his left arm.

Oof!

His shoulder slammed into Hood Eugen’s abdomen, causing Hood’s eyes to turn white and drool to drip from his mouth.

But Hood Eugen didn’t stop moving. He allowed the momentum to carry him down as he opened his arms in an attempt to pull Klein into a bear hug.

Klein tilted his body to the side and rolled over, his movements were smooth as though he had practiced them hundreds of times.

He pushed against the ground with his right hand and stood up with a somersault. He decided to go on the offensive and charged forward to restrain his opponent.

But at that moment, Hood Eugen only stood there blankly, his eyes losing focus, becoming vacant and lost.

Klein froze for a moment. He turned his head towards the corner of the room, only to see Dunn Smith, wearing a black windbreaker and matching hat, with his hands clasped tightly together and looking down.

The Captain has dragged Hood Eugen into a dream… Upon realizing this, he stopped his subsequent attack and took the opportunity to take out the silver ritual dagger that couldn’t harm anyone. He used it to create a wall of spirituality which sealed the ward.

Klein then took out three candles infused with mint and placed them on the window in a triangular formation. One candle signified the Evernight Goddess, another the Mother of the Secrets, and the last represented himself.

Soon after, he set up a simple altar and used his spirituality to ignite the candles.

Just as he was about to warn the Captain, Dunn raised his head and smiled.

“Hood Eugen’s dreams are a sea of chaos. There’s no way to guide it.”

sentence, a luster returned to Hood Eugen’s eyes. It

moved his waist, letting out a comfortable

loss, so he remained quiet. He picked up a metal bottle containing the Amantha

transparent liquid extracted from the night vanilla, Slumber flower, and chamomile into the flames of

sat down again on the edge of his bed and looked out at the crimson moon outside the window in a daze. His eyes once

with the night. He set the Amantha extract down and sat beside Hood Eugen. He wanted to find something to break down Hood’s

removal of the last line of defense could he use the Eye of the Spirit medication

already thought of an idea before coming. He fished out a set of tarot

of cards only had the twenty-two Major Arcana, so it was easy to carry around. It was a “weapon” that Klein had successfully

silver, each of them was able to kill undead beings. Their patterns were complicated and gorgeous, making Klein feel like they were a collector’s item and not used

the deck with one hand and smiled

some card

his gaze from outside the window as he

placing the deck of tarot cards into Hood’s palm

to cut the deck

hard yet

picture of a man in tattered clothes with his hands tied. He was hanging by his leg

thought. He took the opportunity to grab the Eye of the Spirit medicine, dripping the amber

feeling to anyone who

vision losing its focus. The deck of tarot cards in his

he remained sitting

dreamy effects of turning light-headed and ethereal. He took out another metal bottle from his pocket and twisted the cap open before pouring the blue liquid

Sedative Agent!

down his gullet, and into his stomach. Klein instantly felt unusually awake, without any sense

familiarly took out the other essential oil extracts and herb powders, dripping

two steps back and solemnly murmured in

for the power of

for the Goddess’s

me to communicate with the spirituality of

…

incantations reverberated around the room, and Klein saw the flames of the candle, now dyed

he guard against them. He allowed the dark “night”

state, he felt his spirit leave the protection of his body and enter a space akin to deep space. All around him was boundless, silent darkness. The sky above him was filled with countless indescribable, transparent figures. There were also streaks of different colors, lustrous splendors that harbored infinite

Klein was no longer

before him. It was a world enveloped by a

represented Hood Eugen’s spirit that represented his Body of Heart and Mind. Thus, he leaned over, digging into the wall that was

him. He heard the voices of thousands of

were very chaotic and lacked any sense of logic. Some included praises for the elegance of some lady, then it turned into a description of the feeling of