Lord of the Mysteries

Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina didn’t show any changes in her expression when she heard Gehrman Sparrow say that he needed to consider it. She nodded calmly.

“No hurry.”

She seems to feel that I’m unable to make the decision regarding a transaction of this scale and that I need to seek advice from the secret organization backing me… Is this a problem of me not being able to make the decision? This is a problem of not having the money! Klein lampooned and closed Groselle’s Travels. He asked in a deep voice, “Do you know who the author is?

“What happened to the people who last possessed this book?”

Edwina walked in front of him and reached out her right hand. She rubbed the cover with her fingertip and said, “The owners from before cannot be identified, as the sinking of the ship has resulted in the relevant information being lost to history. Similarly, we are unable to confirm who the author is. Oh, the book doesn’t include the author’s name.

“I’ve used some mystical arts to study it and discovered that the goatskin was created at least 3,000 years ago, before the Cataclysm.

“This is why I believe it’s worth at least 8,000 pounds.”

A book from three thousand years ago. There’s a dragon, an elf, and a human ascetic, a Solomon Empire noble, and a Loen soldier… These are all concepts from years later! A magical book that contains the power of prophecy? Or did someone specially use an ancient goatskin to create it? But it’s meaningless to do so. It’s purely a hoax? Klein deliberately curled the corners of his mouth without any intent of smiling.

“The giant’s name is Groselle. Could the author be Roselle?”

“No, Roselle’s name originated from a root word in Jotun. When ancient Feysac evolved into Intis, there was a second change, making it have a different meaning…” Edwina explained in detail the origins of Roselle’s name. It left Klein stunned as he felt like he was back in school.

He nodded gently and said in an unperturbed tone, “If it’s an ancient piece of work, I’m very curious as to why a frost dragon would be named the King of the North. What Sequence and pathway does it correspond to?”

Edwina raised her gaze from Groselle’s Travels and looked at Klein.

“Before the appearance of the first Blasphemy Slate, there was no concept of Sequences and pathways. Furthermore, many creatures didn’t abide by such arrangements. In that Epoch, chaos and mania was the basic attitude to everything.

“Some dragons might gather many Beyonder characteristics related to frost, just like a Demoness’s frost, a Zombie’s frost, and a Weather Warlock’s frost. As such, it would possess rather powerful strength and a relatively high level. Of course, such a gathering would definitely lead to death and a loss of control.

“This means that if it doesn’t die, it would definitely lose control and become a monster. However, a dragon is a monster in and of itself.”

If there are many similar products of this sort from the dragons, giants, and elves, then it can be understood why the Second Epoch is known as the Dark Epoch… Klein pondered for a moment and inquired as though he was talking to himself, “This results in the wastage of Beyonder characteristics.”

Edwina looked at him for a few seconds.

“Emperor Roselle once said this:

“Whatever separates will definitely converge, and whatever converges will definitely separate.”

The Emperor said that before? I understand the first part. That’s another form of saying the law of convergence of Beyonder characteristics. But what does the second part mean?

particular pathway, the extremely chaotic convergent mix

that’s spread out in the public… Last time, I guessed from the Vice Admiral’s usage of the Roselle’s Dream Spell and her last name that she’s a

family escaped to Lenburg and gradually converted their faith to the God of Knowledge and

teacher. She answers

didn’t speak further as he continued admiring Vice

thoughts. He planned on asking Little Sun via The World during the Tarot Gathering if he knew of

prevent The Hanged Man from sensing something problematic with The World and hence, figure out that something was amiss with The Fool,

brief excursion of the room, Edwina led Klein out and entered the captain’s room

here is yogurt. You can add strawberry jam and other things. You can also directly add honey…” Edwina pointed to the row of food outside.

the food for himself to bring

of unknown origins and added a few spoonfuls of honey. Then, he carried his

bow tie, looking more like an

hair other than his slightly black

were a very light lake-green color, and his nose was sharp. He had thin lips and that

guy’s appearance. He’s a wolf-fish can. He stinks deep down!” Danitz whispered in contempt, having entered the pirate’s dining hall and arriving beside Klein at some point in

a word. This was because

Danitz to speak, a man with a swollen waist beside him said with a crude and sharp voice, “He’s the third mate, Jodeson. He used to be a casanova and part-time pirate, saying that he would steal our Captain’s heart,

a bad egg!” Danitz

another pirated with iron-black

do I have the nagging feeling that all of you are the same… Klein thought and said, “Flowery Bow Tie Jodeson with a bounty of 5,200

the standard Gehrman Sparrow reaction… Danitz glanced to the side as a lingering sense

my brawls with him, no—when in combat, fireballs

description… Klein subconsciously glanced towards Jodeson. After some careful thought, he recalled

Artifact, Blood Vessel Thief, found behind

Artifact number, but he still remembered clearly

that Danitz and his two companions were drinking while looking in

to Kalvetua, Klein took a cup of beer and carried his food tray towards the Captain’s dining room. He

Pfft… Pfft… Behind Klein, there was the sound of alcohol being spewed out at

corner of his eye, looking at him in horror before turning his head in relief to

look in their eyes turned complicated. They looked like they had the fury of

stop. He returned to the

a while, Edwina carried a

drank a mouthful of milk and paused before saying, “Danitz showed me the summoning ritual of your

that one gold

perplexed. Does it refer to Loen gold coins, or those from Intis, Feysac, or somewhere else? Their weights are all different, and the amount of

thought for a moment before