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.

you believe that such a 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

the main ingredients of the Interrogator potion…”

This is also our advance payment. Even if we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence

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

deliberation, she nodded and said, “I’ll

turned relaxed as he surveyed his surroundings and said, “The Interrogator potion’s main ingredients are the

into the shadows, disappearing into the corner of the

of

much importance the masked

is. It seems to be focused on some special ingredient that can be used to directly concoct a Sheriff or Interrogator potion… With this in mind,

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

Xio instinctively decided to keep silent on this matter, to never tell the

the street

Her eyes were instantly attracted by the coat of arms

special about it, but Xio stared at

her gaze. Her mood immediately reached rock bottom. It didn’t turn for the better, even when she returned

her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured

sat across her and pushed one of the glasses

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

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

to any question she received without

for a moment and then she said, “This Viscount seems to be the captain of

and banquets from time to

that she got

he used to be my father’s deputy,” Xio

fallen aristocratic family

and gulped it down, coughing a

family was once part of the

half curious, half trying

“From that moment forth, our family had the fief a true earl would have, but it wasn’t as illustrious during the time of my father. However, we still held the trust of the former king, Might-wielder William VI. He was the leader

melancholic as she found it difficult

he was accused of participating in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and deprived

even died for no reason. In order to

Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I left my mother and my younger brother and came to Backlund, looking for a chance to

of the things midway through her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She sighed and said, “It’ll be very, very

But she immediately smiled.

will support

the mysterious Tarot

…

in Tingen City,

and looked at Benson who had just taken off