Lord of the Mysteries

The smell of canned wolf-fish is really pungent… Not only is it smelly, but it’s also disgusting… It’s practically a biological weapon! Klein crouched in the corner and took nearly a minute to recover.

Before that very instant, he had underestimated canned wolf-fish. He had failed to take the necessary actions to deal with the situation. He could’ve used Paper Figurine Substitutes or create an invisible air tube to pretend that he was using Underwater Breathing, but he had done none of that.

Now, he finally got a deep understanding of how wise it was to ban opening canned wolf-fish in public!

Phew… Klein exhaled as he slowly stood up. Carrying his suitcase, he slowly walked towards the harbor.

His first impression of the city named Nas was one of many white houses, with stone being a common material for the buildings. The second impression was that it wasn’t too far north, but the temperature was rather cold. Even though it was already April, it was still only a few degrees Celsius. The third impression was that there were many whaling houses. Gigantic beluga whales were being dismembered for their skin, flesh, fat, bones, and “gray amber.”

The latter two could be used to make pannier for banquet dresses or top-grade scented materials. Whether it was for incense or perfume, they were considered luxurious goods that only the wealthy and nobles could enjoy.

As for the skin, flesh, and fat of beluga whales, they also had their own uses. They were used separately to make clothes, food, or oil-related products. In Nas and the Gargas Archipelago, the culinary methods for preparing beluga whale had transformed into a unique culture. There were all sorts of techniques and famous restaurants.

Klein passed by the various whaling houses, seeing separated fat being carried out on cargo carriages towards nearby factories that spewed black smoke. They were oil refineries which were very unique to Gargas. Beluga whale fat could be refined into whale oil which could be bottled and made into outstanding incendiary material and the lifeblood of particular industries.

Very unique… Klein exhaled some mist as he stopped and watched for a while.

Out of the harbor and into the city district, a cacophony of Feysac inundated his ears.

Having mastered ancient Feysac—the source of the Northern Continent’s language—Klein was long familiar with the language of the Northern Continent barbarians. He turned his head upon hearing the din and saw the tall populace with slightly blonde hair raising horizontal banners as they protested on the streets.

The horizontal banner right at the front clearly wrote the reasons for their protest.

“Oppose the poaching of beluga whales! We need sustainable development!”

Pfft… Klein nearly lost his cool as he believed that the concept of “sustainable development” was highly likely to be “invented” by Emperor Roselle.

As he swept his gaze, he looked at the banners behind it and understood the goals of the protest.

“Whaling for survival, not entertainment!”

“Humans aren’t more important than beluga whales!”

“Greedy devils should leave Nas!”

At this moment, a policeman dressed in a gray uniform held a shield, riot fork, and baton to stop the protesters from advancing.

argument, the

The police didn’t

the street. He realized that many passersby were completely unfazed. Apart from

often in Nas… Do protests develop into riots? As expected of the Feysac Empire… Klein mumbled to himself, circled the

as a Faceless. This was because he had no plans on traveling through the whale fishing routes to find mermaids who were believers of the Goddess. He planned on heading to the dangerous

the Gargas Archipelago, there was nothing he needed to worry about. This was a colony of the Feysac Empire. The only legal Church was the Church of the God of Combat. They were enemies with the Church of the Evernight

would encounter many Faceless here, meeting seven or eight Faceless simply from going next door to

would seek out mermaids on a whaling boat. They would either begin having faith in the Goddess, sink to the bottom of the ocean, or become research

straightened his clothes as he wasn’t in a rush to contact Admiral of Stars Cattleya. He came onto the streets in

whale oil with skin, roasted whale meat… Like a

Klein covered his mouth as he came onto the streets. He discovered that the street lamps were sparse, but

hand to prop up his collar. The blue cufflinks had their lusters restrained as they were

suited to Gehrman Sparrow’s persona. Therefore, Klein didn’t blame the Artisan for making changes without his

intentions completely. It could be used for a year and a half. It was

playing a sad

produce any sound, and it could

walked down the empty and cold Nas streets before returning to

state, he went to Gray Amber Street the next morning

boss who was a head taller than him, Klein tapped the counter and said in Feysac,

had wrinkles plastered across his face, but he only wore a

much?” The boss was drinking large mouthfuls of liquor, ignoring the messy placement of

a quarter buckets,” Klein replied according to

drinking actions instantly slowed down as he placed the cup of brownish-green alcohol

you want to try some? It’s many times purer than Nepos. It’s

alcohol purity was high, as stimulating and famous as Blaze. Compared to Sonia

Klein shook

The boss chuckled.

kind of man are you if you don’t drink

there only women in

before

“Who introduced you here?”

a name in the

exhaled, causing a strong scent of

as he got up, like a polar bear performing at

tiny room on the

for it. Let’s see…” the boss mumbled