Lord of the Mysteries

“Already dead…”

Edwards turned his head and looked at Bernadette’s Invisible Servant with his light-blue eyes. His gaze was no longer cold and blank. It emitted a strange glint that was filled with disbelief.

It was only at this moment that he seemed to realize that he had long died and had come back to “life.” He was no different from William, Poli, and Grimm, who he claimed were individuals who they needed to keep up one’s guard against.

This transformation lasted for only two seconds before Edwards’s face twisted. His already pale skin rapidly dimmed as it ruptured inch by inch.

Beneath his skin, the red pieces of flesh began to rot at a discernible speed, dripping foul yellow liquid.

With a swoosh, Edwards raised the black axe in his hand.

Oof!

His axe ruthlessly cleaved the top of his head, as though it was trying to stop the bad thoughts that surfaced in his mind.

The axe was heavy and sharp. It tore through Edwards’s skull all the way to his glabella.

Drip, drip, drip. Drops of milky-white cerebrospinal fluid dripped down from the axe’s blade, sliding across Edwards’s grimaced and torn face, as though he had poured some milk onto a bright red strawberry.

“Don’t… Don’t come near me…” Edwards said in a low and hoarse voice to Bernadette’s Invisible Servant after striking himself in the head.

Before he could finish his sentence, his expression returned to its blank state. The look in his eyes gradually turned hollow as he turned around and walked towards the forest.

That thin and shriveled body of his stooped a little, as though his back was hunched.

Bernadette had probed him because of the doubts and concerns she had about entering the mausoleum. All she could do was indirectly determine the problem with Edwards’s existence, and see if she could obtain more clues from his answer. She never expected this knight from Roselle’s era, who had been famous across the Northern Continent, would react in such an intense and strange manner.

After two seconds of silence, Bernadette made the Invisible Servant say to Edwards’s back:

“Your descendants are doing pretty well. All of them are accomplished in a certain sense.”

Edwards, whose back was facing the mausoleum, stopped for a moment. Then, he continued forward, passing the invisible boundary and entering the forest.

His target seemed to be in the direction of the cemetery with the stone pillar, the place where the deceased could obtain “new life.”

At the same time, Bernadette looked up into the sky.

The faint black colors that permeated the area had clearly faded, but there was an indescribable feeling. The entire primitive island underwent a subtle change that couldn’t accurately be described.

Suddenly, Bernadette, who was hiding at the edge of the invisible boundary, rubbed her back.

it was heavy, as though

target, Bernadette realized that there was an extra strand of

the collar, an indigo patterned captain’s uniform, a pair of beige trousers, knee-length boots, and a triangular hat with feathers on it. She was dressed like the leader of

chestnut hair was tied into a bun, leaving the remaining strands in a way that would reach the middle of her back. But now, even though

head and looked at her right palm.

accumulated over time. She took a few steps

the Invisible Servant return

later, she felt the earth shake. The

Bernadette turned to look at the

gaze froze

were waving their branches and uprooting their

forest had come

cluster of trees that seemed to blot out the sky surging at her, Bernadette had the feeling

the sky. An eight-legged demonic wolf began to run madly between the trees… All the supernatural beings and mutated creatures on this island stirred as they

Clairvoyant, Bernadette still didn’t expect that her simple, indirect question would bring about such an anomaly. It was as though it was a key that had opened

Klein saw a lot more. Together with his knowledge of mysticism, he had a

of Edwards is different from William, Grimm, and Poli. It’s like a

he realized that he was already dead, this loophole was discovered by the order, and it began

repairs brought with it an enhancement of the

sense that the Black Emperor’s powers are present here to a certain degree. It affected Edwards, causing him to maintain a portion of his will after obtaining new “life.” And where

Eh…

thoughts raced, he suddenly sensed

thump, thump. Bernadette could vaguely hear her

as though it was a

calmly directed her

the next second, she confirmed that there were two sources of

from her heart,

an additional heart in her abdomen, one that was rapidly

was developing bit by

powers to look at her abdomen, Bernadette immediately sensed that there was a

size of a grape to the size of a normal human palm. If it was left to grow, it didn’t seem like it would take long before it matured. It would

body had failed to detect it in advance or attempt to

Desire… Three divine names flashed through Bernadette’s

knew, there weren’t many mysteries that could cause such an anomaly. Most of

stone have reproductive powers, while the Mother Tree of Desire seemed to

to deal with the fetus in her stomach. Her gaze turned dark once again as she

time, she only took one second to