Lord of the Mysteries

Second floor of the Sweet Lemon Bar, in the boss’s room.

Bilt Brando held a cigar as he stood by the window. He was looking out, and his eyes were out of focus as he wore a dark and terrifying expression.

At this moment, a bodyguard entered, bent his back slightly, and carefully said, “Sir, Sothoth has returned from the east.”

“Let him in.” Bilt tried hard to correct his expression.

Sothoth Yann was his assistant, an important member of the Adventurer Association.

In less than a minute, Sothoth, who was dressed in a linen shirt, brown jacket, and red headscarf, walked in. He looked to be in his thirties and had bronze skin. He had recessed eye sockets and a black mustache below and under his lips. He was obviously someone who spent most of his time at sea.

Sothoth bowed rather informally and sized up Bilt Brando.

“Boss, something happened?”

“Yes, something happened. From the looks of it, it will fail.” Bilt didn’t keep the matter from him as he sighed. “I have no idea how I’m going to answer that important figure.”

Without waiting for Sothoth to answer, he asked, “Have there been any changes at the eastern front?”

“Still the same as usual. The pirates are still after every ship they can plunder. They even target each other. The navy is only able to guard the various colonial posts, and they’re barely able to maintain smooth passage through the sea routes while protecting the relatively important ships. There are often sea battles with both sides obtaining victories at times,” Sothoth said as he shrugged his shoulders.

“The eastern front of the Sonia Sea is a pirate’s playground…” Bilt sighed in agreement.

Sothoth thought for a moment and added, “There has been some recent news from the islands on the eastern front. Apparently it first originated from the Black Death.”

“Vice Admiral Ailment? What news is it?” Bilt asked, his interest piqued.

Sothoth said with a solemn and excited tone, “Vice Admiral Ailment really encountered an assassination attempt and was seriously injured. And the person who attacked her was the adventurer, Gehrman Sparrow!”

“Gehrman Sparrow?” Bilt blurted out.

“Yes, it’s him! He really is a powerhouse at the level of a pirate admiral! Even if it was a sneak attack, it happened on the Black Death. There were so many infamous pirates around, but he managed to successfully escape after dealing a heavy blow to Vice Admiral Ailment. He later hunted Wormtongue Mithor,” Sothoth answered with affirmation while sighing.

Bilt staggered before sighing.

“That’s important news.

“There are very few powerhouses at the pirate admiral level among adventurers. To be able to deal a heavy blow to a pirate admiral on her flagship while alone—such an operation can only be done if one is absolutely confident in themselves or crazy enough. Only a madman will infiltrate a pirate admiral’s flagship in an attempt to assassinate her, instead of finding another spot!”

his expression changed

named

real?” Sothoth’s pupils shrank as he

the real Gehrman Sparrow, or

confirm his identity. So many days have passed. There should be tourists that would’ve brought over the corresponding

biggest colonial grounds of the Loen Kingdom in the Central Sonia Sea. Its influence radiated outward, so there was no doubt that Oravi Island, which was within a distance of three days of travel, was part of its domain of

probed deeper, “Do you have the exact details of Gehrman Sparrow’s assassination attempt on Vice Admiral

said that Gehrman Sparrow is

with that power that he successfully infiltrated the Black Death and found an opportunity to carry

into anyone…” Bilt’s

Black Death to assassinate Vice Admiral Ailment. He causes

real one or not…

…

and Machinery Hivemind will take action and deal with the abnormality at Williams Street. I hope they

took out a piece of paper and laid it out on

wrote with a dark red fountain pen, asking about Mr. Azik’s recent situation before mentioning how he had discovered that someone

that, he seemingly asked in passing if there was

was related to High-Sequence Beyonders from the Marauder pathway. He also mentioned that he knew that such an item could be used as a

put down the fountain pen, folded the letter, and brought the copper whistle to his lips. He blew

a gigantic skeleton messenger. But this time, the messenger didn’t bore out from downstairs,

knew that this wasn’t because the messenger had become impolite again, but because he was staying on

and threw the letter like a dart, making it land accurately in the messenger’s

flickered as though it was observing Klein,

made of bones as they drilled into the

didn’t spread open the paper crane. He erased what had been written and

was an ordinary piece of paper that had been folded. After repeatedly having

Mr. Azik isn’t sure how to bypass the Grandpa to warn Leonard… Klein shook his head

contact Arrodes recently. This was because the powerhouse sent by the True Creator was likely still loitering around the area in search for the All-Black Eye’s aura. The “scent” of the gray fog was also

I’ll continue being a tourist and relax. Tomorrow, I’ll begin searching for an opportunity to do real acting! Klein retracted his thoughts, draped on his coat, and took his top

the mountains outside Oravi Harbor to

to permanently reside in Backlund after the age of twenty. His books had introduced the sunset at Mt. Saint Draco with immense feelings, believing that

a carriage out the city and walked to the foot of Mt. Saint Draco. He took an hour before arriving at the peak of the not-so-tall

passed as the sun slowly set, making the blue sea situated to the left of the mountain peak appear like a sea of

of radiance in that instant before darkness gradually approached until

people began returning home

another inside and outside the city. They were like resplendent gems