Lord of the Mysteries

Upon seeing the messenger disappear, Klein thought of the demigods he could contact on short notice, but he realized that there weren’t any. All he could do was turn his attention onto what he should do next.

The city-wide broadcast must’ve made Sea King Jahn Kottman not only find Helmosuin, but he would also do his best to search for Sea God and the traces of his believers. It’s easy to be detected if I leave in the middle of the night, so I can only choose to stay here until daybreak…

I can’t take that ship tomorrow. If I encounter an attack midway, I might affect everyone on the ship. Furthermore, it’s not discreet enough.

Hmm… I can summon an undersea creature and leave by riding it. I can rest and switch rides on the deserted islands and reefs we encounter along the way until I arrive at the next port… Since Orange Light said that the unique trait can only be detected at close distances, it still won’t exceed the size of a city, even if the Mother Tree of Desire tries to expand her perception range to find me via a ritual or her believers. It might even be limited to the size of a particular street. This is also why I encountered a trap when I arrived in Oravi.

As long as I leave Bayam, I should be able to escape from their gaze…

While Klein’s thoughts gradually turned clear, he suddenly heard a signal from the radio transceiver!

He hurriedly went over and quickly jotted it down. Then, with the codebook, he transcribed the corresponding words into a single sentence.

Before long, the telegram’s content appeared on paper in jet black.

“I see you.”

I see you… When Klein read those words, he felt a chill run through his heart.

…

Bayam, in an ordinary residence not far from the governor-general’s office.

In a spacious basement, there were candles silently burning, scattering their dim glow around the surroundings.

Silver Coin Viper Oder had already taken off his hooded robe. He looked at the middle-aged man opposite him as he trembled. He said with a quivering voice, “Lord Senor, I don’t know know how Helmosuin’s real hiding place was known by others as well.”

Senor wore an old triangular hat. His eye sockets were recessed, and his face was shockingly pale. He looked more like an evil spirit than a human. He raised his hand to stroke the two black mustaches above his lips as his light brown eyes coldly swept across Oder’s face. In response, the well-known adventurer couldn’t help but lower his head.

After observing him for a few seconds, Admiral of Blood, in his white trousers and red coat, said with a deep voice, “Less than three minutes after that telegram was sent, it was spread across the entire city. And the message spread was part of the telegram.

“I suspect that another faction has begun paying notice to radio transmissions, and they had obtained our codebook from Old Quinn.”

the case!” Oder hurriedly echoed, hoping that Admiral of Blood wouldn’t pin

pirate admiral was

swept his gaze at

“Regardless, you failed.

for you and your mistress giving me plenty of joy, I would’ve gotten you to

might not exist that I can see him. Let him spend the night

glanced at Admiral of

felt that he would’ve become part of the sacrificial items just moments

covered with human heads, organs, limbs, and blood. He said in a manner even more reverent than how Oder treated him,

to wait for God to respond.” A cold, unfeeling

up on both sides, smoothly forming a knot before

somewhat translucent figure appeared by the side of the altar at some point in time. His skin was slightly brown, and his wrinkles formed deep crevices. His white, thinned hair was like leaves in autumn, as though they had lived for

at the candlelight

Lord Shanks, awaiting for any

colors. Each color seemed to

blood on the altar moved by themselves as they stacked up

of Flesh and Blood that wasn’t too tall. Its surface was uneven, resembling the

Plop! Plop! Plop!

Tree of Flesh and Blood seemed to have a heart beating

Senor was about to succumb to the din, the Tree of

flesh-colored,

tiny ball grew four limbs and a head, turning into a palm-sized

eyes, nose, or ears, other than a

its mouth, grayish-white fog spewed out before converging back in. It repeated

Shanks devoutly and passionately chanted the name “Mother Tree of Desire,”

Wraith who had night vision, this didn’t affect them from

observed Shanks and heard this important person say in a deep voice, “We’ve prepared for a long time for this ritual, and god’s grace can

made by the Life School of Thought to accurately

pocket. It didn’t look any different from a normal monocle, but it

Shanks, what should we do next?” Senor asked

Shanks thought for a few seconds