Lord of the Mysteries

Inside a bar in Belltaine City.

Roy, Biles, Phil, and Pasha sat around a small round table, guzzling down Southville beer.

They didn’t talk much as they listened to the drunkards in the next table discussing supernatural powers and mysticism incidents.

“Before this, hic. I saw that, not only do the Feysacians look like bears, but they could also control fire, throwing them out like javelins!”

“No way… Supernatural powers actually exist?”

“Haha, that’s because you don’t know a thing. I was drunk one day and slept near the cemetery. I saw people from the Church of Evernight appear with a few ghosts out. Yes, ghosts! They floated in the air, and it was terrifying!”

…

It was unknown if the drunkards were sharing stories from personal experiences or from hearsay, but the way they described it was with so much agitation that saliva kept flying as their faces flushed red.

“That’s what they’re like. They only become more excited after drinking. They always like to brag and be dramatic despite usually being depressed.” Biles was a Belltaine local. Upon seeing this, he explained, “Ever since the coal mines began to run dry, young people gradually left Belltaine and headed for Constant and Backlund. The atmosphere here has become more and more oppressive, and the city is just declining by the day.”

This man, who was less than thirty years old, had also been a miner when he was young. He was lucky to survive in the mines, his skin was tanned from all the labor.

His exposed muscles weren’t too exaggerated, but it gave people the feeling that they were made of steel.

As the leader of the group, Roy smiled and said, “What they’re saying might be the truth. They’re not bragging. The previous war has indeed exposed supernatural powers to many people, especially the soldiers who were directly involved. As long as they’re still alive, they will have the corresponding experience.

“Besides, this also brings about many fortuitous encounters, making it so that people who had zero chance of interacting with supernatural powers or true mysticism to become Beyonders.”

The way he expressed himself was very subtle, as though he was talking about others, but in reality, this was exactly what the four of them had experienced.

Biles and Roy had participated in the defense of Belltaine City before. Phil had once been ransacked by the Feysacians, but he was lucky to not have died. Pasha and her former citizens had seduced and ambushed a few Intis soldiers in the harbor battle.

They had witnessed the deaths of many of their friends and obtained supernatural powers due to various reasons.

After that, due to the chaos brought about by the war, they either lost contact with their unit, or they avoided it on their own accord without the officials learning about it. Slowly, they got to know each other and became friends with each other due to their common experiences.

This time, they had come to Biles’s hometown in Belltaine to seek out any friends and family who might’ve survived.

“The reality of this world far exceeds our imaginations.” Pasha, who had long dark-blonde hair and deep-blue eyes, sighed.

She was only in her twenties, and she was quite good looking. However, her face was a little thin, accentuating the protrusion of her cheekbones. This made her look much older than her actual age.

“In the future, we will lead different lives.” Roy, who had the typical Loenese characteristics, raised his cup. “To a brand new future…”

Before he could finish speaking, someone in the bar suddenly screamed.

The experienced Roy and company quickly raised their vigilance and cast their gazes over.

They saw a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, lying on the ground, rolling back and forth as if he was in extreme pain.

the dim yellow gas wall lamps, everyone realized that the clothes on the young man’s back had been torn open, revealing blood-red streaks. It was as if

only let out one scream. This was only possible if he had been whipped countless

were the case, how could no

anomaly just now?” The thin Phil

a moment

“Be careful.”

of the crowd, he approached the young man who was now whimpering instead of

His target was the seemingly

“Ah!”

left wrist snap and

stump onto the faces and bodies of

were first stunned before swallowing their saliva. Then, they turned around and ran frantically towards the door

Phil nearly fainted from the pain, but he still forced himself to tell Roy, Biles, and Pasha what he had just

eyes narrowed as he decisively said, “Let’s get out

said to Biles, “Pick up Phil’s hand and preserve it well. I remember that a military doctor I met before is

the war in the south, he had advanced step by step, obtaining medical skills that surpassed reality. It was said that he could sew up a severed limb and restore it to its former

agreed

wooden box, picked up Phil’s severed hand, and put

used the mystical ointment she had bought previously to

group of four left

Weber’s clinic with the help of

closed for the day, and the light from the gas

and again as he heard the ringing echo

no one came to open

at the miserable Phil

Roy shook his head.

to drink. Other than being

face full of weathered pockmarks pushed the door open and realized that

door opened, Roy, Biles, and the others

the middle of the clinic. Due to the

a white coat, while the other was a young lady in a nurse’s uniform. Their lower bodies were naked and their eyes were protruding. Their mouths were half-open, and their tongues were squeezed out. They were hung on the ceiling by an invisible rope. Their expressions were filled with fear,

Roy recognized

spines. They didn’t know why something like this had happened, nor

Boom!

a chair being knocked over sounded from the side, jolting the

the direction of the voice and saw a lady carrying a baby standing up in a fluster. She whispered in horror and confusion, “They were

a deep breath. He felt that he

quickly instructed, “Let’s

ask Pasha to comfort the lady, nor did he attempt to obtain

swallowed their saliva with great difficulty, turned

had completely suppressed the

turned into another street,

blurted out. He had seemed to

looked around

“Calm down.