Lord of the Mysteries

Parvi shot him a glance.

"People are missing!"

"No, no, no, that's not it. I know that." Weimer shook his head seriously.

His eyes lit up.

"I know what's missing!"

"What?" Captain Gray and First Mate Ol' Keaton asked in unison.

Weimer laughed.

"Money, notes, and gold coins!"

He straightened his back and continued explaining, "Although we haven't entered the houses to conduct a detailed search, according to my experience, even if we just look from the outside, we should be able to find some. However, there's nothing at all!"

"Perhaps it's just that the people here aren't very rich and don't have the habit of leaving their money around." Parvi didn't agree.

This was not an important problem. The four of them quickly diverted their attention. After entering the municipal square, they looked at the tallest building.

It was a black-spired cathedral.

Mushrooms tenaciously grew out of the cracks in the bricks of the cathedral. They were either simple and plain, or gorgeous and colorful. They strung together, showing a presence that couldn't be ignored in front of the green vines.

"This place feels like it's been abandoned for even longer." Parvi paused before saying, "From the architectural style, this looks like the cathedral of the Goddess. Do the people here also believe in the Goddess?"

She found this rather peculiar.

The residents of such a hidden island and strange town seem to believe in the Evernight Goddess…

Ol' Keaton stared at it for a few seconds before saying, "Seems so."

Then, he immediately added, "It feels like the closer we get to the square and the cathedral, the longer it appears to be abandoned."

Be it the weeds on the road, the green plants on the surface of the buildings, or the mushrooms of all kinds, the closer they got to the center of the town, the more numerous they became. And the cathedral seemed to be covered in a green coat with many speckled holes.

After a moment of silence, Parvi suggested, "Let's go to the cathedral. As long as the Goddess is still watching this land, there won't be any particularly serious problems there."

Captain Gray and Ol' Keaton didn't object, but the former reiterated the rules of this exploration.

"After entering the cathedral, you can only use your eyes to see and ears to hear. Don't do anything else."

"No problem." Weimer walked towards the cathedral at the side of the square.

This left Parvi with no choice but to gesture a circle on her chest and simply ask for the Goddess's protection.

As there wasn't much time left, the four of them sped up and quickly arrived at the cathedral's entrance.

They were in no hurry to push the door open and enter. They "sized up" their surroundings individually.

"Very quiet," Captain Gray concluded.

The other three also expressed that they did not find any problems.

was ajar. After Weimer exerted force with

immediately lit up, helping him see

chairs in the hall. There were windows on both sides that shone with light, and it was

the sky and hit the ground like rain, giving people the feeling that the dome was severely damaged and

Gray could speak, he saw the viscous, disgusting

rolled and

moist skin and

these babies grew rapidly, they dripped more viscous yellow liquid, creating more puddles and stirring

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

eyes. The eye patch turned dark red as if he was moved to

He felt that every part of his body was nurturing a

to his senses, and he instinctively took a step

normal. It was still the empty cathedral hall with wide windows that lacked maintenance, and a tall and

puff" Gray

turned around and shouted as

thud thud! Gray rushed out

not care about Parvi, Ol' Keaton,

responsible captain for still remembering to warn his teammates under

Thud! Thud! Thud!

ran all the way out of

Parvi, and Weimer rushed back in less than ten

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

set sail before he bothered to check his injuries. He

he brought his hand to his eyes, he realized that it was not

he ran,

knitted together, startled

that he was not injured at

to look

at the captain. His eyes were red

with lingering fear, "I saw fireball after

fell from the roof with

eyes were filled with light. I felt like I was going blind. No, I'm already

a sigh of

me up at that

rubbed his eyes and said in confusion and relief, "I'm fine now. It's just that I kept

was very real. There were still lingering fears when he woke up,

Gray nodded and carefully examined Weimer's

confirming that there was really no problem, he looked

"What about you?"

at the distant coastline and the

to the ground with the

fell at different speeds. They began to pull at each other. It hurt,

on Ol' Keaton's face trembled as if he didn't want to

said after a

body was about to be torn apart. Then, it was as if there were invisible hands around me. They pressed my hands,

I could die as quickly as possible. Fortunately, I woke up the next

Weimer sighed with emotion.

is even more painful than what happened to me. If you hadn't woken up in time, you might have seen

quietly and said thankfully, "I wasn't in

darkness—darkness that made me