Lord of the Mysteries

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

That strange Afternoon Town has infiltrated the Afternoon Town in reality? Derrick vaguely understood what the Chief was saying as he had a rough guess as to why this had happened.

He suspected that when Mr. Fool pulled him out of the strange Afternoon Town, “He” had broken an intricate balance, causing the powers to seep out.

This also explained why Demon Hunter Colin Iliad didn’t vanish immediately when he repeated the attempt.

Just as Derrick was wondering what kind of changes this would bring, the chief of the six-member council, Colin, had taken out a luminescent powder from a pouch on his belt, and he scattered it in the air.

The powder suddenly blasted apart, spewing silver light upwards. It made it appear extremely obvious in such a dark environment.

Derrick, Haim, and Joshua knew very well what this signal meant. It meant not to run about haphazardly. Stay in your area, be wary against any incoming enemies, and await rescue!

Without a doubt, this was a signal to all the other exploration teams scattered across Afternoon Town.

Colin consecutively released the signal thrice in the span of two lightning bolts. Then, he turned and said to Derrick and company, “We shall meet up with the rest by combing outwards.

“Be careful along the way.”

“Yes, Chief!” Derrick had already forgotten the grievance from before, only wishing that he could help his partners as soon as possible.

Following Colin’s instructions, he took the left flank of the small team. On the other side was the red-gloved Joshua who held an iron-black sword. Lining the back was the relatively stronger Dawn Paladin, Haim. And right in front was the Dawn Paladin who was about three steps away.

As lightning flashed at relatively fast intervals, the gloomy Afternoon Town would go from being bright to darkness. The candlelight from each window showed a wavering flame that burned in silence and calmness.

Derrick was no longer the fledgling he once was. Although he was nervous, his palm didn’t sweat while holding the Axe of Hurricane. He skillfully moved his gaze around, wary against any monster that might leap out from the buildings on both sides.

After a flash of lightning, the world was thrown back into darkness. The bits of candlelight in Afternoon Town seemed to await travelers that needed lodging.

As for the animal hide lantern in Haim’s hand, its light scattered outward, but it failed to produce much light in a radius around him. It wasn’t as effective as Derrick’s night vision.

The only usage was that it appeared to dispel the rich darkness around them.

At that moment, Derrick suddenly felt a chill down his neck, but there wasn’t any cold winds!

He didn’t turn his head subconsciously. Instead, he took one step diagonally, half-turned his body, and glanced through the corner of his eye.

He saw the nearly 2.3-meter-tall Haim looking at him with a gloomy expression. He cleaved down with the broadsword in his hand!

*Bang! *

Derrick somersaulted to dodge the strike as he seemed to still hear the echoing sound of the intense wind.

heard

“What happened?”

towards

in one hand and his broadsword in the other,

Colin glanced at Derrick.

any abnormality on

spoke, the Demon Hunter’s eyes produced two dark

the area and said, “The attacker transformed its

he finished his sentence, the silver sword that was clenched tightly

Oof!

figure appeared in the dark environment. He had grizzled and disheveled hair, with deep wrinkles. He had weathered but profound blue eyes and he held a silver sword with light gray oil slathered over it⁠—looking identical

Bam! Bam! Bam!

clashed in midair, sending sparks

Iliad shouted with a

instinctively raised his hands and

the tall and muscular Haim, another the red-gloved

wasn’t thrown into a fluster. He acted in accordance with the Chief’s instructions and released

raised their palms to cover their faces while attempting to escape

were in no way

the surroundings,

opened their mouths and let out silent screams, but they soon

surged outwards, the two Demon Hunters were consumed by the light. The actions of one of them immediately turned stiff and was impeded before losing its color and turning completely

Oof!

silver sword with light grayish oil slathered on it penetrated the monster, but it seemed to stab into air, failing to cause any

itself, cracking into distorted shadows as they

turned his head to

this time

the brightness of

Chief’s body produced a bright and holy light of dawn, illuminating

would receive from the Warrior pathway. The reason why he didn’t use it from the beginning was because the effects were obvious, and he had no idea what

power. He continued holding

the quartet arrived at a

entirety was made up of classical stone columns and

that even a giant would find wide, Derrick followed the Chief and came to the prayer hall. They saw the deity’s statue destroyed, but the candle

front of the altar, a figure donning a spartan white robe was prostrated there, praying so

not one of us.” Haim, who also had night vision, was the first to discover the abnormality thanks to his

that was transformed from our teammates’ shadows… Derrick helped Haim express

an unknown, and an

of his light of dawn to prevent himself

the absence of the

raced as two men dressed in tight black clothes walked out from the right side of the hall. They