Lord of the Mysteries

Looking at the Judgment card in hand, Xio was taken aback.

“This greatly meets my expectations.”

Shrouded in the gray fog, The Fool nodded and calmly said, “The gathering is held here at three in the afternoon on Mondays, Backlund time. Be prepared.

“During the gathering, you can exchange information, ingredients, formulas, and knowledge. You can also pay a certain price to entrust missions to the other members.”

Xio recalled for a moment before nodding in enlightenment.

“Yes, Mr. Fool.”

Believing that this was all for the day, she heard the voice coming from the end of the bronze table.

“What did you do before being corrupted by that force?”

We really were corrupted… Xio composed herself and completely recounted her exploration of the ancient castle with Fors. She emphasized the bronze door which had been named the Door of Blackness, as well as the ancient castle’s guard that had been reduced to a wraith due to the corruption.

Then, she noticed Mr. Fool nod slightly as he said calmly, “Don’t enter that ancient castle again before you reach Sequence 4.

“It’s time for you to return.”

Xio then got up, and following the descriptions in the religious rituals, she bowed and said, “Your wish is my wish.”

Just as she said that, the dark red color surged in front of her. After everything dissipated, she was back in the real world and leaning against a thick tree.

Subconsciously looking at the back of her hand, she realized that the black spots were rapidly turning faint. Xio looked up at Fors who was staring at her worriedly.

As their gazes met, Fors was first delighted before revealing a smile. She opened her mouth but was at a loss for words.

Xio slowly exhaled and pointed ahead.

“Let’s first return to the town.”

“Alright!” Fors answered without any hesitation.

At this moment above the gray fog, The Fool Klein was tapping on the edge of the mottled table as he considered Miss Magician and Miss Judgment’s encounter.

The object or power sealed behind the Door of Blackness could still corrupt the guards and explorers outside, even without escaping. Just the mere thought of it was terrifying!

Furthermore, this corruption stemmed from the Spirit Body. To resolve it, Klein had only two solutions. One was to make the corrupted entity hold a complete secret deed ritual as he used the powers above the gray fog and the Sun Brooch to complete a purification. The other was to directly pull the Spirit Body over, using the gray fog to “cleanse” them. As he didn’t have the luxury of time, he had chosen the latter.

What could it be?

The most corruptive power belongs to the Devil pathway… That place connects to the Abyss? That’s not impossible. Based on Little Sun’s description, during the early and mid-stages of the Second Epoch, Devils often left the Abyss and were active over the land. It was only when the ancient sun god appeared, causing ancient gods to perish one after another, did they retreat into the Abyss and seal themselves in. Based on that, it’s rather normal to have an underground ancient entrance in the Northern Continent to lead to the Abyss… It can also be imagined that a castle is built with men sent to watch over it…

But the problem lies in the fact that it’s been millennia. Why would there still be an existence slamming the door? Are the Devils planning on returning? Klein made a preliminary guess.

soon. After all, since it was news that came from the Sanguine, he could get The Moon Emlyn to do some gathering of information to figure

topaz chain from his wrist and divined if the matter regarding the ancient castle was pressing. He received

waited for the local ruler, General Maysanchez, to send over

Feynapotter time, Haggis, with his hair combed backward while dressed as a Northern Continent gentleman, carried a black leather suitcase with a team of

on in.” A warm and elegant voice sounded from the inside. It was first Loenese

with his white sideburns and deep, blue eyes stand up from his reclining chair while pressing down the

Loen gentleman with good looks and bearings took

time, he switched

the accent of a Loenese noble, “It’s my honor to

hands with Dwayne Dantès,

“Is this your servant?”

asking if he was trustworthy.

Dantès smiled as he

door and sat down. He then said with a smile, “I’ve heard

dead men tell no

said with a

Roselle also said something

“Corpses can speak.”

time hearing of this.” Haggis enjoyed conversing with a Northern Continent gentleman, so they continued their conversation for a while before he lifted up

golden lusters. Under the illumination from the

said, “5,000 Loen gold pounds, as well as 5,000 gold coins and gold

is the

along the remaining 30,000 pounds in cash and gold the entire time, and

stacks of cash, the gold coins, and gold bars in the leather

suitcase and handed it to Dwayne Dantès’s servant and

Dantès, the general has a guest who

Dantès’s expression didn’t change as he fell silent for a

“When?”

Haggis said without daring to show any signs of being perfunctory. “He’s

Dwayne Dantès nodded slightly.

“Please invite him up.”

left with his guards. They followed the

simple white robe with brass lines adorning it,

he heard a voice from the inside just

“Please come in.”

they spoke using

he naturally

middle-aged gentleman who had rather good looks and qualities from yesterday

on the reclining chair was a young man. He had black hair and brown eyes, with a thin,

step forward, entered the room,

manner, his gray-green eyes clearly reflected the

Sparrow?” Lucca addressed him with a rhetorical

Sparrow curled the