Lord of the Mysteries

The moment she saw the stranger appear in front of her, Lady Despair materialized a sharp, crystalline ice spear and threw it at her target.

Using the force of the recoil, she attempted to break through the back of the carriage and into the street.

With regards to this sudden turn of events, she was puzzled at this strange enemy who suddenly appeared. On the contrary, she was very confused and perplexed as to how someone could find her concealed self so quickly. It was no less difficult than destroying a large city, or teleporting directly from Backlund to the Southern Continent of East Balam.

But as a Sequence 4 Demoness of Despair, she had developed herself one step at a time from when she was an Assassin. She knew that she couldn’t afford to be distracted or spout nonsense at such critical moments. It wasn’t too late to think about all these matters later.

Therefore, she chose to attack directly and wanted to take the opportunity to leave.

She could already imagine how the strange woman with black hair and eyes would be frozen in the layers of sparkling light left in the frosty wake of the ice spear’s trajectory. She would have to struggle to break through the obstruction in order to have the strength to chase after her.

By then, she definitely would’ve escaped from the street and blended into the crowd.

However, the scene she was looking forward to didn’t appear. As soon as the crystalline ice spear left her hand, it silently disappeared into thin air, its whereabouts were completely unknown.

Angel! The Demoness of Despair’s eyes narrowed as black flames suddenly surged from her body, spreading ailments in a bid to ignite everything around her and causing a large-scale fire.

At that moment, her body trembled in a strange manner, and she froze on the spot.

She saw her left hand disappear, one centimeter at a time, as it rapidly spread upward in an unstoppable fashion.

In her eyes, the beautiful and lifeless eyes of the woman opposite her were dark and serene, as if there was a pure darkness concealed within.

“You aren’t! You are…”

The Demoness of Despair’s words came to an abrupt halt. Her entire body was like a sketch that had been quietly erased with an eraser, leaving no trace behind.

Her final gaze was filled with fear and despair. The seat she previously occupied was empty, as though she had never sat in it before.

The beautiful woman with the lifeless expression pulled the hood of her classical robe, and her lips moved almost imperceptibly as her figure instantly disappeared.

…

On the outskirts of Empress Borough. On a trackless public carriage.

Triss was sitting quietly in the corner, wearing a veiled hat.

She didn’t flee with the help of the river by going straight to the Tussock River, nor did she head for the nearest railroad to catch a train, as everyone thought she would.

Her choice was to return to Backlund.

Only in this city with a population of over five million, with all sorts of hidden factions and numerous Beyonders, would they be able to help her escape the subsequent pursuit of the Demoness Sect!

At this moment, she felt tense, mentally, constantly wary of the terrifying old butler, Funkel.

Suddenly, her head spun.

herself having magically left the public carriage

rapidly as she looked

a classical robe,

if Trissy had returned to being an infant,

from her forehead, and although her legs were trembling

going to end after I persisted in escaping despite failing so many times… A deep sense of

light flashed before her eyes, removing her

but there was no longer any traces of that extremely terrifying figure. Everything that happened just now seemed like the

to find that the sapphire ring on her left pinky had somehow shattered, losing all

Crack. Crack. The remains of the ring and the gem

…

rolled around the collapsed stone pillar and the heavily injured Mr. A, who was

he didn’t even take a glance at

was well-prepared, he wouldn’t necessarily be a match for the Shepherd, not to mention the fact that he was only equipped with Azik’s copper whistle and three types of Beyonder bullets. He didn’t even have a single match

dare to take the risk. He had heard that the Rose Bishop, the Sequence prior to Shepherd, was extremely proficient in flesh magic. Its healing ability was in no way weaker

Creak!

open

in the sky were tinged with a thin yellow, and the sun

in the middle of a mountain. He was surrounded by towering mountains that made the

and wasn’t even taking the mountain trail. Instead, with his skills as a Clown, he ran down the steep

Splash!

the crashing of the river. It was

strong gust of wind

made a prompt decision. His knees buckled and he rolled to

Sou! Sou! Sou!

where he was originally standing and the direction he was moving in had a deep ravine carved out by

body still draped with a cape squirming with

immediately, chunks of flesh flew out and swelled up in midair

Boom!

of blood and bits of flesh flew in every direction as Klein cartwheeled

Traces of corrosion began spreading in every direction from the

was running, he had already loaded his revolver. He was about to raise his hand and

around him hadn’t changed at all, he had

Klein maintained his consciousness and saw Mr. A phase to his side in a manner inconsistent with logic, turning into a blood-red blanket that enveloped him in a

the point of stopping my heart? A thought flashed

dream. The lucid him could

a pure and dazzling golden sun appeared. Clear and blazing flames ignited

first saw the Eternal Blazing

left the dream and heard

streams of

flesh and blood began to slowly flow as though it was