Lord of the Mysteries

In a Tingen suburb, there was a house with a green lawn.

The house had a garden that had begun to wither at the beginning of September. Attached to the house was a crimson chimney.

There was a desk next to the window in the bedroom of that house. An ordinary notebook was spread open on the table.

A slightly pale hand flipped the notebook to the very first page, then it quickly flipped to the back.

As the paper flipped, the rows of words appeared faintly.

Regence, a member from the Secret Order, sold the Antigonus family’s notebook as an ordinary ancient book by accident due to the influence both of weariness and illusions. It was a coincidence that made logical sense.

Affected by the calling of the Antigonus family’s bloodline, the notebook secretly affects its owners, one after the other. After repeated changes in ownership, it came to Tingen. It fell into the hands of the members of the Aurora Order—Sirius Arapis and Hanass Vincent.

After they flipped through the content that temporarily appeared in the notebook and copied the corresponding potion formulas, Sirius and Hanass were worried that the Secret Order, who were good at divination, would track them down. After discussing it, they decided to avoid the risk by selling it to another person.

They didn’t wait for Mr. Z’s reply; perhaps because he stayed at Enmat Harbor.

Through Sirius’s introduction, Hanass got to know Welch McGovern from the Khoy University’s Department of History. Then, Hanass sold the Antigonus family’s notebook to McGovern as an ordinary ancient book.

Subsequently, Sirius was attracted by the treasure that was said to exist on the main peak of the Hornacis mountain range. He started to visit the Deweyville Library and research the mountain. He didn’t think that there would be any problems, so he left his real address and name. That aligned with his personality.

During this process, he acquainted himself with Lanevus, who was reading up on information about iron mines to set up a scam.

Lanevus’s hidden lunacy and swindling ability were well appreciated by Sirius. He decided to nurture him into a member of the Aurora Order. Of course, before that, an investigation was inevitable.

Sirius covertly informed Lanevus about the evil ritual of praying to the True Creator to deliver “His” spawn into this world. But he knew that the possibility of Lanevus succeeding was very low, because the difficulty level of the ritual was very high, and the requirements were very harsh. However, the latter expressed his strong interest in the matter, tempted by the possibility of obtaining a deity’s approval. He planned to complete the ritual simultaneously as he carried out the plans of establishing his steelworks company.

The cunning Lanevus could tell that there was something fishy about Sirius Arapis. But for his personal goal, he didn’t expose him.

He visited Hood Eugen in the asylum once again. They had known each other long ago, and they knew about their respective situations.

After a dark divination, the Antigonus family’s notebook was awakened fully. Welch and his classmate died. The lucky survivor, Klein Moretti, sent it to Ray Bieber’s house under the influence of the notebook. It was a destined ending.

Many rows were scribbled off and new content followed.

For some baffling reason, and a lack of sufficient explanations, Klein didn’t commit suicide after that and somehow managed to stay alive.

In the Nighthawks’ investigation of Welch’s case that followed, he met Dunn Smith and joined the Nighthawks.

Although it had already exceeded Ince Zangwill’s description, it didn’t affect the development of the story.

Bacchus and his brothers were down on their luck. They lost their last chip at the gambling tables and were drowning in debt. In a bid to obtain money, they decided to kidnap and blackmail the somewhat wealthy individuals.

When they were looking for their final hideout, they chanced upon the room opposite Ray Bieber’s apartment.

By then, Ray Bieber was already seduced by the power offered by the Antigonus family’s notebook. He hoped to digest the gift left behind by his ancestors.

a semi-insane state, and he couldn’t make the best and safest choice. He abandoned his dead mother, but he continued remaining in Tingen City. He only found a more elusive spot to carry out his digestion ritual. It was truly pathetic. If he had been slightly smarter, the story could’ve become even more complicated, but his decision was

and took the youngest son, Elliott, of the tobacco merchant, Vickroy, and held him for

the abduction and took Elliot back to the apartment opposite Ray Bieber’s. Vickroy’s butler was entrusted with looking for help

of Welch’s mysterious death, security companies were short on hands. Klee chanced upon a deliveryman and happened to

the job. Relying on their Beyonder powers, they quickly saved the merchant’s son. Regrettably, Klein didn’t immediately realize that clues

dream. As such, the

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the Antigonus family’s puppet, Dunn Smith led the Nighthawks to

monster, and the situation was

worked together and took care of Monster Bieber, but they immediately faced the attack of a member from the

were scribbled away again, and

the situation. Before he could, Klein, who was supposed to be doomed, killed the Sequence 7 member from the Secret Order

with the Antigonus family’s

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to assist in his ritual. They tricked Lanevus’s fiancée, Megose,

would be protected by the ritual’s power, she wouldn’t be able to withstand the sexual intercourse with the illusory projection of a deity.

of a

factory district, the ritual succeeded. Megose was pregnant with the True Creator’s spawn. The

Hood Eugen was contaminated.

the ritual succeeded, the mad Lanevus regained his rationality. He clearly knew that if the deity’s spawn was to descend into the world, Lanevus, himself, would become one of the sacrificial offerings. How could a mortal be the father of

Nighthawks, the Mandated Punishers, and the Machinery Hivemind so

letter directly to the Beyonder squads. He thought it would

He pretended to be playing a game with the Beyonders from official bodies. As such, he didn’t bring up Hood Eugen’s contamination and brought with

way he could. The latter didn’t quite believe him, but he could faintly

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Wood accidentally chanced upon the real magic mirror divination incantation from her mysticism teacher,

Klein Moretti by coincidence. The latter successfully resolved this supernatural incident that

Dunn Smith coincidently saw a clear image

of what happened. That would’ve been noticed by

His absent-mindedness and forgetfulness worsened, and he was getting closer and closer to satisfying Ince Zangwill’s

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rows were scribbled

Ince Zangwill’s secret influence and saw the crimson

because he was reminded by the teacher from the Khoy

it’s astounding enough for Klein to discover

Zangwill continued to

had no choice but to kill him. Hence, the clues leading

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her closely. However, he didn’t notice the subtle abnormality. That is logical. Our stories aren’t made

include his target. Maybe in another two or three months, when he was on the last batch, he would find the real red chimney

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were scribbled away, more than all of the previous rows added

His condition obviously became better! He actually

Moretti, who found inspiration from Daly Simone and Old Neil’s example. No—Ince Zangwill didn’t believe