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!”

said that, his expression

adventurer named

shrank as

sure since I’ve never met the real Gehrman Sparrow, or seen his photograph

So many days have passed. There should be tourists that would’ve brought

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 influence. The official organizations and churches all subscribed to the newspapers

deeper, “Do you have the exact details of

said that Gehrman Sparrow is able to change into anyone,

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

into anyone…” Bilt’s eyes lit

assassinate Vice Admiral Ailment. He

real one or not… He

…

take action and deal with the abnormality at Williams Street. I hope they do it as soon

out a piece of paper

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

if there was a way to avoid

a topic starter, he added how he learned from others about information regarding the Worm of Time that was related to High-Sequence Beyonders from the Marauder pathway. He also mentioned that he knew that such an item could

folded the letter, and brought the copper whistle to his lips. He blew at it

time, the messenger didn’t bore out

that this wasn’t because the messenger had become impolite again, but

flicked his wrist and threw the letter like a dart, making it land accurately in the

sockets flickered as though it was observing

body disintegrated into a waterfall made of bones as they drilled into the

Klein didn’t spread open the paper crane. He erased what had been written and wrote the same content to seek advice from the Snake of

had been folded. After repeatedly having its content erased by an eraser, it was beginning to show signs of its structural integrity failing. In a few more tries, it might directly

leave extremely important matters that require contact before considering it. For example, only when Mr. Azik isn’t sure how to

by the True Creator was likely still loitering around the area in search for

to do real acting! Klein retracted his thoughts, draped on his

planned on heading to the mountains outside Oravi Harbor to watch the

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

out the city and walked to the foot of Mt. Saint Draco. He took an

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

the colors bloomed with the final touches of radiance in that instant before darkness

city. The busy people began returning home on the roads parallel to the wheat fields

up one after another inside and outside the city. They were like