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.

black cathedral's door was ajar. After Weimer exerted

eye patch immediately lit up, helping him see the scene

in the hall. There were windows on both sides that

hit the ground like rain, giving people the feeling that the dome

the

puddles rolled and

and deformed babies with moist skin

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

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

scene caused blood to flow from Gray's eyes. The eye patch turned dark red as if he

mind was blank. He felt that every part of his

to his senses, and he instinctively took a step

Gray returned to normal. It was still the empty cathedral hall with wide windows that lacked maintenance, and a tall and magnificent dome. There was no viscous liquid that fell like rain, nor were there countless deformed babies and

puff" Gray

next second, he turned around and shouted

Gray rushed

not care about Parvi, Ol' Keaton, and Weimer at

captain for still

Thud! Thud! Thud!

ran all the way out of the strange town, back to the crude port, and onto his

and Weimer rushed back in less than

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

the ship set sail before he bothered to check his injuries. He raised a

his hand to his eyes, he

he ran, he

knitted together, startled and

he was not injured at

you guys see?" He turned to

the captain. His eyes were red

said with lingering fear,

from the roof with a whoosh and

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

heaved a sigh

Captain woke me

"I'm fine now. It's just that I kept crying at first, but then I got better. It was like a

very real. There were still lingering

and carefully

there was really no problem,

"What about you?"

Keaton looked at the distant coastline and the

collapsed. I fell to the ground with the

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

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

and said

apart. Then, it was as if there were invisible hands around me. They pressed my hands, legs, head, skin, flesh, and bones to my internal organs

possible. Fortunately,

Weimer sighed with emotion.

happened to me. If you hadn't woken up in time, you might

and said thankfully, "I wasn't

darkness—darkness that made me feel at