Lord of the Mysteries

1018 Unexpected

Empress Borough, by the side of Viscount Stratford’s mansion.

Fors and Xio, who were dressed in black dresses, hid in a dark corner. They stared intently at the tightly closed metal gates as they patiently waited for their target to appear.

It wasn’t raining tonight, so they didn’t have to face harsh weather conditions. The carriage that remained parked by the side of the street lamps made it clear to them that their patience would be rewarded. It was only a matter of time.

After an unknown period of time, the gates produced a heavy metal groan as they slowly opened.

A figure in a black cloak appeared with its head bowed. The figure walked to the side of the carriage and nimbly boarded the carriage.

“Is that her?” Fors lowered her voice and asked Xio.

She didn’t have Beyonder powers that could restore a target’s characteristics from a mere description, and she had never seen her before. Therefore, she couldn’t rely on her spiritual intuition or astromancy to make a judgment.

Xio nodded in affirmation and said, “Yes!”

As they quietly conversed, the rental carriage sped up and left the side gates.

Xio immediately left her hiding spot, prepared to use her Sheriffs Beyonder powers and the physical enhancement that being an Interrogator gave her to lock onto her target while jogging.

“What are you doing?” At that moment, Fors pressed down on her shoulder, foiling her plans.

“Track her!” Xio looked back at her friend in puzzlement.

Fors looked at the rental carriage that hadn’t completely pulled away from them and asked thoughtfully,

“Why are you tracking her for?

“Also, didn’t you say that the target has a rather powerful Beyonder protecting her once you enter the Backlund Bridge area?”

“That’s right.” Xio first answered the second question before saying, “Your question is very odd. The reason you track someone is to determine the target’s appearance, identity, and motives.”

Fors retracted her left hand from Xio’s shoulder and revealed a smile.

“Since the target is protected by a rather powerful Beyonder, it will be difficult for us to complete the tracking in the Backlund Bridge area. We won’t be able to find her residence and figure out her true identity. Do you wish to directly fight her guardian? Although you have me to help, are you certain about that person’s strength? How certain are you? Will it be very dangerous?

“Besides, once the battle begins, it will definitely alarm the target. This is the same as stopping the carriage midway and confronting her directly. It will foil your primary objective. It will alarm Viscount Stratford and prevent him from falling into a predicament that will offer you a chance to take action.”

“If we do it, then there’s a possibility of failure, but failure is certain if we do nothing,” Xio emphasized that she knew the situation well. All she wanted was to make an attempt and find an opportunity midway.

At this moment, the rental carriage had already turned into another street at the end of the road. Fors watched the back of it gradually disappear as she shook her head and smiled.

“No, no, no. We need to change our way of thinking!

first attempt to figure out the target’s appearance. After daybreak, we can use her appearance to perform normal investigations in the

words is very professional,”

written detective novels before!” Fors answered without any sense of

figure out what the target looks like without alerting her?” Xio raised the most critical

with a smile, “Elementary. Using the

thrice out of curiosity. She studied the uses and traits of

directly ask or do any further investigations. That was the most basic form of respect

Xio came to

spots of all surrounding creatures. They wouldn’t be able to see you even if you were

Psychological Invisibility might end up being squashed to death by huge creatures that happen to walk

any nearby creatures, or else you will garner attention. Let Psychological

then she raised another issue: “How do I prevent the target from discovering the sudden opening of

pressed, “Did you

Leymano’s Travels to her friend, telling her which pages Psychological Invisibility and Door Opening

in mind, Xio immediately ran amidst the shadows, chasing after the

immediately trembled as she made the bronze-green notebook

countless rippling light appear on the

sped up and rushed to the side of the

nothing went wrong, Xio didn’t immediately take action. With a few wide strides, she overtook

road. However, the carriage driver didn’t notice her, nor did he shout out

she sped up and dodged the horse’s galloping and came to the side of the

strange patterns and symbols. Then, she

turned transparent as she

was in thought, staring at the glass

able to see her face clearly. Furthermore, the woman wasn’t as careful as she was while walking outside. Her every action appeared rather casual as the hood was

reflected in Xio’s eyes, overlapping with a face that still had some male characteristics. This was a

she

rather beautiful, but she never expected

man who wasn’t considered androgynous now looked beautiful. He had the charm of

but size up Sherman. She couldn’t associate her

her Sheriff Beyonder powers that allowed her to confirm that the person opposite her was Sherman, Xio definitely would’ve imagined that she had made a mistake. And even so,

realized that there was another person in the carriage at some point in time—someone

Bounty hunter, Xio Derecha!

first alarmed, but the words Trissy often mentioned instinctively appeared in

people you used

beloved to

be reborn, doing

as a terrifying thought emerged in her

“Kill her!”

in the abyss as it

“Kill her!