Lord of the Mysteries

Darc? The image of Darc appeared in Derrick’s mind.

He was of medium height, slightly plump, and strong. He was an optimistic, cheerful teenager who often beamed with a friendly smile. He was a classmate during general education and a teammate of the patrol squad.

But after this exploration of the Fallen Creator’s half-destroyed temple, he had become reserved and merely smiled at everyone.

Once he recalled Darc Regence’s changes, Derrick couldn’t help but quiver as he felt a chill down his spine.

Why did he suddenly come looking for me? Shouldn’t he be heading home after being removed from quarantine? At that moment, many questions arose in Derrick’s mind.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility.

Elder Lovia knows that I’ve suspected that something abnormal had happened to them, so she sent Darc to deal with me?

Derrick was first shocked and filled with horror. But immediately following that, he felt that it might not be a bad thing.

Mr. Hanged Man said, “if there isn’t a suitable audience to testify for you, then you might as well use the Beyonder who’s monitoring you.” And now, the person monitoring me is in that corner. If Darc were to suddenly attack me, then he would definitely expose the fact that there’s something wrong with him!

This way, even if I don’t use Mr. World’s item, I can still make things go smoothly!

Derrick turned his head to look out the window.

At that moment, the frequency of the lightning had dropped to its nadir. Only after a minute or two would a bolt of lightning streak across the sky, illuminating half the sky. The entire world and most of the City of Silver was immersed in a deep darkness most of the time.

If he were alone, Derrick wouldn’t have searched for a candle to light. He liked to lie quietly in bed and think about all sorts of things.

Of course, he knew that this was actually rather dangerous. If there was no light to dispel the darkness, then monsters could suddenly appear, even within the City of Silver. However, Derrick was a Light Suppliant himself, so he came equipped with the attribute of light and wasn’t afraid of something similar happening.

Knock! Knock! Knock! Darc knocked three more times, as if urging the master of the house to open the door.

He wasn’t like that before; he was very polite… Derrick suddenly felt a deep sense of sorrow.

He took out a candle from a wooden box and placed it in the middle of the table. He then rubbed his fingers, creating a golden flame.

The flame lit the candle, filling the room with a faint but warm glow, and this was accompanied by a faint, pungent aroma.

refined from the bodies of monsters. They would

deep breath, Derrick walked to the door with a strong sense of vigilance and opened

you so long?” Darc

for

to leave his back to the other party, and he chose to walk side by side with Darc. With his classmate and teammate, he walked

dried Doom fruits?” Darc asked with a smile

very rare snacks in the City of Silver. It came from a plant called the Doom Blood Vine, a type of organism that didn’t need light to grow. It grew by absorbing the nutrients from rotten corpses. It had a tendency to

black fruits, which could be eaten directly. They were crispy and sweet, but they were unable to fill one’s stomach and didn’t provide the necessary nutrients. They could only be used as a daily snack. The merit points received

no need.” Derrick shook his

pile of black fruit from the bag, picked one up, and

the initiative to ask, “Did you encounter any

quite a few of them, but they weren’t that powerful. They were

with the corners of his mouth curled, “We found some strange plants at the bottom of the temple. They looked like mushrooms in the general knowledge class. They

been confirmed that they’re edible. They can bring about an enhancement in one’s spirituality and strengthen one’s body.

said that, he took out a palm-sized mushroom-shaped object from another small cloth bag. The stem was milky-white, and the cap was bright crystalline red. It was also

gulp a mouthful of saliva, as though he had been starving

mushroom-shaped object had an alluring luster that whet his

one for you.”

mushroom-shaped plant to stuff it into his mouth, but in the end, he forced himself

anything else. He pushed the mushroom in

the “mushroom” and asked, “Did

his snack-eating and held a black Doom fruit, replying extremely seriously, “We found a lot of murals, a continuous series of murals. Do you remember that statue in the

nailed to it while hanging upside down, and its

God. They believed that the Lord didn’t abandon this land, but instead helped us

sins and shedding blood in our stead, the City of Silver would’ve been destroyed long ago. Humans would’ve long ceased to

Miss Justice, and the others are located, there are no curses, no extreme darkness, no monsters lurking in darkness… We

name during a ritual, and we can receive the Lord’s response again…” Darc went on, describing the

it! If I eat it, I might end up like Darc and the others, completely corrupted by the Fallen Creator and become a fanatical believer… Even if there’s someone monitoring me, they wouldn’t notice anything amiss… Derrick

to giving up on this opportunity… Opportunity…

quickly went through the plan he

Doom fruit into his mouth,

his head, and recited the honorific name of Mr. Fool.

for you to take