Lord of the Mysteries

At the top of the spire, in the room that belonged to the Chief.

Colin Iliad had the tall body that was standard of the City of Silver. His hair was grizzled, unkempt, and rather disheveled. He had deep wrinkles around his cheeks, but there were no wrinkles elsewhere. Some old scars, that were either deep or twisted, remained on his cheeks.

He wore a linen shirt on the inside with a brown coat draped over his body. By his waist was a belt filled with tiny compartments. His light blue eyes were deep, filled with the experiences and stories they had seen.

After Derrick bowed, the Demon Hunter nodded gently and pointed diagonally to the items placed on the table.

“Do you still remember them?”

Derrick took a glance as his gaze suddenly froze. His eyes reflected two translucent worms that had the thickness of a child’s finger.

Worm of Time!

They were translucent Worms of Time with rings!

They were Worms of Time that came from Blasphemer Amon’s avatar!

“Yes.” Derrick fell silent for a second before instinctively answering, “They were left behind by Amon.”

Colin Iliad nodded indiscernibly and said, “One of them was even coughed out by you.”

Without waiting for Derrick to say a word, he continued in a thorough manner, “You once said that while being possessed by Amon, you were in a daze most of the time, as though you were in a dream. You were occasionally lucid.”

Faced with the Chief’s gaze, Derrick nodded, indicating that he had given such a description before.

Colin Iliad moved his gaze away and cast it out the window, looking down at the nearby buildings.

“I believe I haven’t told you the things you did during those times.

“You did a total of two rituals. One of them had elements of a secret deed, and the other one was like a sacrifice. You obtained a certain reply. Do you have any recollection of such things?”

Indeed, I was being monitored when I sought Mr. Fool’s help and used the secret deed ritual to cleanse Amon’s avatar… Derrick wasn’t surprised by what the Chief was mentioning. He had long been advised by The Hanged Man that, based on the rich experience the City of Silver elders, it was impossible that they would dismiss someone acting abnormally. Thus, the conclusion that he had been constantly been monitored after he left the dungeon was obtained. This was corroborated by the fact that someone had emerged from the shadows when doing the sacrificial ritual.

“…I don’t have any recollections.” Derrick pretended to be in thought before he shook his head.

Colin, who was observing him through the corner of his eye, turned his head over and said with a sigh, “Try recalling it carefully.

behind by Amon are materials of great value. I’ve been trying to find ways of using them. If I can secretly make them into items, this might be a trump card that no one else knows. It can play a crucial role at critical

you might have symbols, ancient incantations, or mysterious elements

“Think about it carefully.”

only understood the Chief superficially, but at this moment, he was able to interpret the hidden and indirect meaning behind the sentence, albeit being

there’s still a certain connection between you and

I need to prepare additional trump cards against any unexpected accidents

will be at expressing themselves by speaking in riddles. It’s a way to leave options open

something. However, he had zero clue on how to use a Worm of

try my best to recall. I… need… a silent room.” As Derrick spoke, he

was apparently prepared as he

do not have people

before entering an unused room. He locked the wooden

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Desi Bay, Eskelson Harbor.

his suitcase in hand, prepared to head into the city on a carriage

the first batch to leave the airship. Klein had been

to stay in, he prepared to have some rest to remedy the poor sleep he had last night. Suddenly, he heard a series of

mouth and entered a cramped washroom. With great difficulty, he took four steps

crimson star that was blinking and burgeoning was none other

spirituality to make contact with it, and he

previously and have already gotten an answer… However, using the Worm of Time to create a potent charm that can temporarily exchange fates will require him to pray to The Fool. Wouldn’t this directly expose the fact that the one backing Little Sun is not Amon, but some unknown hidden existence? Klein

his line of thought

might guess is that “He” is likely the Angel of Time, one of the eight Kings of Angels that were by the Creator’s side. Therefore, even if they learn of an existence called The

name of The Fool is no longer a secret to the True Creator, Blasphemer Amon, and

0 Sealed Artifact, there’s nothing he can do. After all, Blasphemer Amon and the

six-member council’s Chief is long aware of a problem with Little Sun. He just

can use this opportunity to develop another one or two downlines, no—I mean believers. Little Sun won’t have to fight alone anymore

accumulated even deeper knowledge in mysticism. I wield the Sea God Scepter and can stir even more of the powers of the mysterious space above the gray fog. I don’t have to worry about missing anything when facing a Sequence 4 demigod during the ritual… as long as I don’t rashly pull him above the gray fog… Klein quickly made up his

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of knocking resonated within the Chief’s room at the

already known that Derrick Berg

He turned his

door and entered. Bowing, he said,

Iliad nodded with a