Lord of the Mysteries

10 o’clock at night, in the alley by the back door of the Bravehearts Bar.

Like the previous time, Klein, in his black double-breasted frock coat and matching half top hat, had merely circled the bar once before he walked to the nearest street as though he were on a stroll.

Just as he walked out of the alley, a carriage stopped in front of him. Behind the glass window was Maric’s pair of brown eyes which were still suppressing any signs of malicious intent.

Klein pressed the top of his half top hat and, holding the sturdy cane in his hand, calmly boarded the carriage as if he had hailed it himself.

He sat down and straightened his bow tie like a gentleman attending a banquet.

“That outfit isn’t suitable for battle.” Maric, who was wearing a white shirt, black vest, and tights, sized him up a few times and frowned.

It was obvious that he still had some doubts regarding Klein’s strength, but he had chosen to trust Sharron.

Klein smiled casually and said, “My Beyonder powers are different from yours. Our fighting styles are different too. This type of clothing will not affect me negatively in any way; it even suits me very well. For example, it has a lot of pockets, and they can be used to store different items in different places, so as to avoid taking the wrong things when in a hurry and losing my life through such a laughable mistake.”

As he spoke, he took out the remaining three sedatives from a sewn concealed pocket—they were the special sedatives concocted by the Apothecary!

Just as he finished his sentence, a figure quickly outlined itself on a window of the carriage.

A figure wearing a long black regal dress and a small soft hat.

It was none other than the Sequence 5 Beyonder of the Mutant pathway, Wraith Sharron.

“You explain too much.” Sharron looked at Klein and said in an ethereal tone, “Not natural enough.”

… I just wanted to get into the act… Klein laughed dryly and replied, “Probably it’s because I’m a bit nervous.”

Without waiting for Sharron to speak again, he handed the three sedatives to Maric.

“Find a chance to drink it yourself.

“I’m sure that you’re more experienced than I am. You won’t drink it too early or too late, much less drink too little or too much.”

Maric looked at the sealed and transparent glass test tube, gently shaking the liquid inside and said, “Two and a half. Any more and I will really be sedated. I wouldn’t do anything for a short period of time.”

“Very good,” Klein praised and turned to look at Sharron. “Have you guys decided on the ambush spot?”

Sharron nodded.

“We’re on the way there.”

She didn’t directly reveal the intended location to Klein.

Very prudent, very careful… Klein thought for a moment before asking, “Will you be hurt by purification?”

when I’m in

Wraith is still in their physical state, the

“What about demon-hunting?”

Beyonder of the same pathway, Sharron didn’t hide anything

our bodies. Likewise for exorcism, to

his lips into a smile and

“I understand.”

asked again after some deliberation, “Do you feel the power of purification

“No,” Maric replied hoarsely.

Brooch. However, I’m so hot… Klein secretly sighed

his glabella,

battle at hand, he couldn’t help but be stirred

discomposure, “When influenced by the Scarlet Lunar Corona, Jason

items, they would lack the reason to use

their Beyonder weapons. It’s the same for me, Tyre, and Jason. It can

eyes darted about as

I have no

carriage sped across the streets, its wheels going over puddles

ten minutes or so, Maric had

dilapidated building. Not far away, the sound of running water could

for a year and is

really happen, the Tussock River would be the best escape route… According to my previous survey, there is a Lever Cathedral about two kilometers northwest of here, one belonging to the Church

disembarked from the carriage, tidied up his clothes in a leisurely manner, and, with his cane in

for about five minutes, they came to an

brown, with withered weeds lying everywhere. A wooden chest quietly

the explosives you asked

nodded and said, “Aren’t you afraid that a tramp might

scare that person away.” Maric pointed to a few other spots. “Avoid them

before asking, “Will my

are equivalent to corpses when in deep slumber, and there’s also a thick layer of soil shielding

around, Sharron became talkative

preparations. We’ll go and lure the

than thirty minutes. Please

your preparations, hide in a warehouse. Don’t be in a

dangerous the situation is,

I become weak and the Scarlet Lunar Corona appears, you can use that ‘eye’ to search for Steve and launch a sudden attack on him. I will also use my mystical item to

listened attentively, chuckled, and said, “A very simple

plan, the more effective it is,”

and said, “Steve isn’t a fool. If any problem arises in a complicated plan, it will lead

they finished their exchange, Sharron vanished and Maric quickly departed from

a small square metal box from his pocket. Its surface was covered in a thin film of spirituality. This was