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.

was heavy, as though there was

her left palm touched her target, Bernadette realized

flower around 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

would reach the middle of her back. But now,

right palm. She saw the fingernails of her five

signs of surprise or panic. She followed the instincts of a Clairvoyant and from all the experience she had accumulated over time. She took a few steps forward, and through an invisible boundary, she completely left the

even made the Invisible Servant return to the spirit

or four seconds later, she felt the earth shake. The

turned to look

froze for a

waving their branches and uprooting their roots. Then, like

forest had come to

at her, Bernadette had the feeling that doomsday was approaching. She felt as if the entire area

with flames flowing across its skin rapidly flew into the sky. An eight-legged demonic wolf began to run madly between the trees… All

her simple, indirect question would bring about such an anomaly. It was as though it was a

Together with his knowledge

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

this loophole was discovered by the order, and

repairs brought with it an enhancement of the order, causing the entire island to

to maintain a portion of his will after obtaining new “life.” And where did

Eh…

sensed that

Bernadette could vaguely hear

was rather chaotic, as though it

calmly directed

confirmed that there

from her heart, the

be an additional heart in her abdomen, one that was rapidly expanding

was

to use her Mystery Prying powers to look at her abdomen, Bernadette immediately

was left to grow, it didn’t seem like it would take long before it matured. It would then tear open her mother’s

the Sealed Artifact on her body had failed to detect it in advance or attempt to stop it. It was as though she was powerless to deal

Mother Tree of Desire… Three divine names flashed through

mysteries that could cause such an anomaly. Most of them came from domains related to the Earth and the

could make a stone have reproductive powers, while the Mother Tree

the fetus in her stomach. Her gaze turned dark

only took one