Lord of the Mysteries

Townshend Street, in between Empress Borough and West Borough.

Xio Derecha was standing in a dark, secluded alley. Even without looking up, she could see the countless magnificent palaces and tall Gothic towers in the distance.

It was the highest district in the whole of Backlund, and it was also where the Loen royal family resided.

It shared the same or even slightly higher status as the White Maple Palace of Intis and the Aurmir Palace of the Feysac Empire in the Southern and Northern Continent and in the entire world, but its name was neither romantic nor ancient.

It was called the Sodela Palace, and in ancient Feysac, it meant “balance.”

Xio looked away from the famous “Bell of Order” and directed her sight to the other side of the alley.

In the shadows where the street lamps didn’t shine, a figure slowly walked out.

The figure wore a golden mask that revealed the lower half of his face. He was none other than the mysterious person who had previously sold the Sheriff formula to Xio and had occasionally entrusted her with some tasks.

When Xio and Fors discussed in private, they both suspected that the person was from MI9.

“Any progress this week?” the man wearing the gold mask asked as per usual.

Xio shook her head.

“No, I don’t think anyone was keeping tabs on Capim before the incident.”

She paused for a moment, then she reluctantly asked, “Do you still want to continue investigating this matter?”

The masked man was silent for a moment.

“There’s no need, but if you hear anything related in the future, then contact me right away.

“Today, I’ll give you a new mission.”

“What mission?” Xio was completely in her bounty hunter state, ready to assess the risks.

The masked guy laughed.

“This is a very simple mission, and it’s one that you’ve been dreaming of doing.

“Seek to purchase the Sheriff and Interrogator main ingredients in all your circles, especially a special ingredient that can be directly concocted into a potion. If someone responds to it, we will pay for it.”

“The purchased ingredients will belong to me?” Xio blurted out a response.

This was her greatest concern.

simple mission would have such a high reward? Of course, if you’re able to fish out the person we’re looking for, it’s not impossible to negotiate and let you obtain the main

I don’t know the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more

why are they willing to pay such a high price to find them? Well, if he were from MI9, taking advantage of this mission to retrieve the Beyonder ingredients of the Arbiter pathway on the market should also be one of his goals. There’s no problem about wasting money… As quite an experienced bounty hunter, Xio instinctively thought of a few

and said, “I’ll take this

surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the horn of a Flash-patterned Black Snake and dust of

and melded into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of the

the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…” Xio

how much importance the masked man’s faction placed on

special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator

remembered one thing. When she advanced to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient she had bought through Fors, one that could

silent on

baby cheeks and walked towards the street outside, ready to take a public carriage

moment, she saw a brown carriage drive past. Her eyes were instantly

was nothing special about it, but Xio

gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t

Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought them to

She sat across her and pushed one of the

red wine. After a full two minutes of silence, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, “On the way back,

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

Xio replied to any question she received

and then she said, “This Viscount

noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional habits of collecting material

was at such a party that she got

used to be my father’s deputy,”

Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some secrets. However, she didn’t know the

of red wine and gulped it down, coughing a few times

said, “My family was once part of the

palatine? What position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying

recollection, her face jubilant. “From that moment forth, our family had the fief a true earl would have, but it wasn’t as illustrious during the

as she found it difficult to hide her

a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived of

even died for no reason. In order to live, we

would engage in mutiny. He was so loyal to the royal family, even more so than his belief in the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I

midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said,

But she immediately smiled.

I will

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she

…

Tingen City,

door and looked at Benson