Lord of the Mysteries

Backlund, North Borough, Saint Samuel Cathedral.

The cardinal of the Church of Storms, archbishop of the Backlund diocese, Deep Blue Officiant Randall Valentinus descended amidst the wind, landing inside the steeple with a huge clock to the left.

He donned a black robe with the Storm symbol and had thick facial hair. His hair was short and stood up, colored in a dark blue that was almost black.

This muscular demigod cast his gaze to the other side and said to the figure who was already waiting there, “Horamick, do you know what happened? Why did Anthony suddenly invite us over here?”

The person he spoke to was dressed in a white priest robe and a clergyman’s bonnet. He had a genial and mild expression, and he was none other than the Church of Steam’s Divine Council member, archbishop of the Backlund diocese, the demigod, Horamick Haydn.

Upon hearing Randall’s question, Horamick calmly replied, “I didn’t arrive here much earlier than you. In fact, I only left the laboratory for a few minutes.”

He wasn’t only a clergyman but also a famous scientist. He was an emeritus professor at Backlund University’s physics department.

Randall Valentinus was just about to say something when he suddenly saw a figure walk up the narrow spiral staircase and arrive at the peak in the darkness that the crimson moon wasn’t able to illuminate.

This figure was dressed in a black clergyman robe with red accents. By his chest hung five Dark Sacred Emblems. He was clean-shaven, and his eyes were deep, dark, and tranquil. He was none other than one of the thirteen archbishops of the Church of Evernight, Backlund diocese’s person-in-charge, Saint Anthony Stevenson.

“Is there something that can’t wait until daybreak? Or do people from the Church of Evernight enjoy discussing matters at night?” Deep Blue Officiant Randall Valentinus asked.

Anthony came to a stop after walking up the flight of stairs and said with a serious expression, “A very pressing matter.”

“What is it?” Randall asked immediately.

At this moment, Horamick Haydn also cast his gaze at Anthony Stevenson, awaiting his answer.

In similar situations, Horamick especially liked the existence of people from the Church of Storms. This meant that they would take the initiative to ask questions and that there was no need to be euphemistic. It didn’t require him to say anything else.

Anthony looked at them separately and said, “It’s related to the royal family. I’ll let Ma’am Arianna do the honors.”

Just as he said that, a barefoot, bun-haired female figure in a simple robe with tree bark for a belt quickly outlined itself out of the shadows.

Upon seeing this figure, Randall and Horamick immediately bowed.

“Good evening, Ma’am Arianna.”

Their expressions turned solemn at the same time, for they had a deep understanding of how important and crucial the matter that was happening tonight was.

was definitely not a small matter for a Grounded Angel to

no idea when this matron of the Evernight cloister, the

a certain degree of tacit cooperationGrounded Angels and Grade o Sealed Artifacts wouldn’t appear in

Archbishops,” Arianna answered without

right hand and

along with the darkness. It was the entire conversation between Arianna and

kept for quite some

they watched, Deep Blue Officiant Randall Valentinus couldn’t help but say, “He

that this deputy director of MI9 was only a Sequence 5 and had relied on a Sealed

the military

the secret was fully revealed, Horamick said, “One involves a secret ruin of the Blood Emperor, and with large numbers of people sent in… These two points put together

agreement. “Let’s head to the

calmly said, “This involves the royal family and the king. It’s best if you seek

words, the Holy See referred to their respective Church’s headquarters, the core seat of power of the

the two archbishops replied

Randall Valentinus and Horamick Haydn received feedback from the Sealed Artifacts they carried. Together with Anthony Stevenson and

coat of arms with

stood there calmly as though “She” wasn’t worried that the

be in thought. Randall wore a look of calm and

underground ruins, on a strange metal pedestal, a ghostly-blue beam soared

method to confirm if the person who had summoned the Door of Teleportation was disguised, so

didn’t see anything. The area

behind them. It was none other than the leader of the Church of Evernight ascetics, Arianna, who wore

blink of an eye, the four guards fell into a deep

Instead, they passed through the hall, floating in midair as they overlooked

was a world ruled by darkness. Small amounts of light came from the strange moss growing in different spots, as well as the flaming torches that came from the

their illuminating light, even Beyonders without night vision could grasp the overall appearance

one side was a gray rock wall. It extended upwards without an end, and it seemed to be connected to the ground. On the other side, there was a bottomless dark valley as if it were the abyss where

who could enter the ruins to interrogate them about the situation inside when a figure flew

wore a white hairnet. Two curly mustaches grew above his lips, and he had

were extremely long, and his attire was unlike the current times. It was as

that he was Prince of Sonia, Grove Augustus, one of the

you enter?” Grove asked first, his expression a

at each other, and Anthony took the initiative to say, “We’ve always been investigating the large number of mysterious disappearances, and we had locked onto