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 his hands,

patch immediately lit up, helping him see the

were windows on both sides that shone

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

speak, he saw the viscous, disgusting liquid dissolve into

rolled and bubbled

popped, and deformed babies with moist skin and

they dripped more viscous yellow liquid, creating more puddles and stirring more

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

from Gray's eyes. The eye patch turned dark red as if he

part of his body

sharp pain snapped him to his senses, and he instinctively took a

Gray returned to normal. It was still the empty cathedral hall with wide windows that lacked maintenance, and a tall and magnificent dome.

Gray

around and shouted

thud thud! Gray rushed out of the

Parvi, Ol' Keaton, and Weimer at

captain for still remembering to warn his teammates under the

Thud! Thud! Thud!

ran all the way out of the strange town, back

Parvi, and Weimer rushed back in less than

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

waited until the ship set sail before he bothered to check his injuries. He raised a hand to his eye and instantly

to his eyes, he realized that it was not blood—just

ran,

knitted together,

he confirmed that he was not

to look at Ol' Keaton and

His eyes were red

fear, "I

the roof with a whoosh and

like I was going blind. No, I'm already blind! Then, I felt like

heaved a

me up at

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

meant was that the dream was very real. There were still lingering fears when he

nodded and carefully examined Weimer's

really no problem, he looked at First Mate Ol'

"What about you?"

at the distant coastline and the shrinking port

to the ground with the surrounding pillars and stone

my head, my flesh, and my skin fell at different speeds. They began to pull at each

and deep wrinkles on Ol' Keaton's face trembled

exhaled and said

as if there were invisible hands around me. They pressed

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

Weimer sighed with emotion.

woken up in time, you

said thankfully, "I wasn't in that

that made me feel at