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.

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

main ingredients of the Interrogator

This is also our advance payment. Even if we don’t find the target, you’ll have the main portion of a Sequence 7 potion formula, worth more

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

and said, “I’ll

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

he slowly retreated and melded into the shadows, disappearing into the

the main ingredients of

realize how much importance the masked

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

to Sheriff, she had used a special ingredient she

silent on this matter, to never tell the

walked towards the street outside, ready to take a

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

coat of arms consisted of a single flower and two rings. There was nothing special about it, but Xio stared at it in a daze as though her

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

her friend was in a bad mood, Fors poured two glasses of red wine and brought

She sat across her and pushed one of the

silence, she said

“Who?” Fors asked, cooperatively.

replied to any

she said, “This Viscount seems to be

invitations from noblemen who liked literature and participated in afternoon tea parties and banquets from time to time. With her professional

that she got to know Viscount

to be my father’s deputy,” Xio said with

Xio came from a fallen aristocratic family and had some

glass of red wine and gulped it down,

she said, “My family was once part of the aristocracy. In its heyday, it even

position is that?” Fors asked, half curious, half trying to

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

tone gradually turned melancholic as she found it

in a revolt, and he was eventually executed and

and many of my family members even died for no reason. In order to live, we changed our surnames and left East Tucker

more so than his belief in the Goddess! In order to… Anyway, I left my mother and my younger brother and

her recount, but Fors didn’t mind. She

But she immediately smiled.

I will

behind me is the mysterious Tarot Club! she added in

…

Tingen City,

who was doing math problems, turned her head to the door and looked at Benson who had just