Lord of the Mysteries

The Blue Avenger was like a leaf on the surface of the undulating waves of the Sonia Sea. At times, it was raised high and sometimes low from the ebbing of the waves, but there was no sign of it being at risk of capsizing.

Alger Wilson stood in the captain cabin, his back to the shelves of red and white wine, as he subconsciously paced around.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and returned to the mahogany desk with a grim expression. He removed the brass sextant, found a piece of paper and a pen, and leaned over to draw the complex, mysterious symbol given to him by The Fool.

With a Seafarer’s memory, Alger quickly completed the first step of the sacrificial ritual.

Then, he opened the drawer and took out a candle. He set up the ritual according to the dualism principles and placed a candle above the symbol that was formed by the combination of the Pupil-less Eye and the partial contorted lines. One candle was placed in the middle that represented the person making the sacrifice.

After cleaning up all the items on the table, Alger condensed pure water in the palm of his hand and wiped the altar clean. He then used the silver dagger from the ceremony to create a sealing wall that surrounded his desk.

After doing all this, he used his spirituality to light up the two candles and retreated a few steps under the dim light.

Taking a deep breath, Alger lowered his head and recited in ancient Hermes,

“The Fool that doesn’t belong to this era,

“You are the mysterious ruler above the gray fog;

“You are the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.

“Your devoted servant prays for your attention,

“I pray for you to take his offerings.

“I pray for you to open the gates to your Kingdom.”

…

This ancient incantation reverberated within the wall of spirituality, stirring up spiraling gales as they swept forth with the force of nature.

It was the oldest sacrificial language created by human Beyonders, and it contained many mysteries itself. However, it lacked sufficient protection for the user.

Bearing with the pain that was akin to having knives slicing across his skin, Alger took out a small dark brown glass bottle from his pocket, unscrewed the lid, and poured out a lot of sesame-shaped granules.

These granules swirled with a metallic luster and exuded an indescribable sense of beauty.

Alger scattered these granules into the wind.

Whoosh!

The gale grew stronger but was no longer tempestuous. It was dyed in two separate colors—silver and black.

The Fool, burgeoning and tearing open an illusory ordinary-sized door.

witnessed the appearance of the hazy door behind his high-back chair. He could feel

seems to be working… Klein suddenly had a premonition and immediately spread out his spirituality, infusing it with upheavals

Creak!

insubstantial sounds, the blurry door slowly

of almost invisible shadows. They were lustrous splendors encompassing massive amounts of knowledge. Situated above them was the thick gray fog with the

a scene caused Alger to involuntarily tremble. It was

hurriedly picked up the Rainbow Salamander’s pituitary gland that he had long prepared. He held it with both hands, and, with his head bowed, he raised the palm-sized

hands grew lighter under the sudden appearance and instant disappearance of a suction force. He

until he heard the deep voice of The Fool echoing

“You did well.”

my honor,” Alger answered

ahead again, only to see that the illusory door had disappeared. The gale had stopped, and the candle flames had

Alger sat down with a complicated expression and said to himself silently, In the beginning, only people could be pulled into the world above the gray fog… After a while, responses could be made by listening to prayers… Now, sacrifices and bestowment can be performed… Mr. Fool is freeing himself from his predicament one

guess or conclusion frightened and worried Alger, but he also

of the Tarot Club —

…

with the pituitary gland of the Rainbow Salamander. Various colors were reflected on his face

sensation came from his palm, and a strong sense of accomplishment filled his heart,

over the situation, Klein extended his spirituality and

sit quietly on the edge of the bed. She would restlessly flip through the books by

to the completion of The Hanged Man’s sacrificial ritual, but she was also afraid that the result would

should go tease the dog? However, Susie can talk and think, so

appeared before her eyes, and in

with a smile, “Miss Justice, the attempt was successful. Have you prepared

Fool! Audrey forgot The Hanged Man’s role in this matter. She held back her excitement and said, “Yes, I always have such

joined the Tarot Club, but back then, she didn’t know which materials could be considered to contain spirituality. She had merely moved them from the family treasury in accordance with the various essential oil

“When do you plan on

is based on the premise that there are

a Beyonder dog count… Audrey looked at the tightly-shut door, feeling a small tug at her

can do it

Klein tersely acknowledged.

previously. All you need to do

devoted servant prays for

to open the

pray for you to

this,

urge to

more illusory than the starry

the kind of feeling I’ve always wanted! She praised

for The Fool, it’s worship. Audrey silently explained herself in