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.

door was ajar. After Weimer exerted force with his hands, it slowly

bottom of Captain Gray's black eye patch immediately lit up, helping him see the scene inside

were windows on both sides that shone with

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

saw the viscous, disgusting liquid dissolve

puddles rolled and bubbled

and deformed babies with moist skin and pale yellow dirt

they dripped more viscous yellow liquid, creating

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

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

was blank. He felt that every part of his body was

sharp pain snapped him to his senses, and

the empty cathedral hall with wide windows that lacked maintenance, and a tall and magnificent dome.

Gray panted

around and

thud thud! Gray rushed out of

not care about Parvi, Ol' Keaton, and

responsible captain for still remembering

Thud! Thud! Thud!

dare stop at all. Relying on his amazing physique despite his blurred vision, he ran all

Parvi, and Weimer rushed back in less than

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

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

he brought his hand to his eyes, he

ran,

together, startled

confirmed that he

guys see?" He turned to look at Ol'

looked at the captain. His eyes were red as if he had

lingering fear,

fell from the roof with

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

heaved a sigh of

Captain woke me

in confusion and relief, "I'm fine now. It's just that I kept crying at first, but then I got better.

still lingering fears when he

Gray nodded and carefully examined

there was really no problem, he looked at

"What about you?"

the shrinking port and said in a reminiscent

collapsed. I fell to the ground with the surrounding pillars and

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

loose skin and deep wrinkles on Ol' Keaton's face trembled as if he didn't want

exhaled and said after

invisible hands around me. They pressed my hands, legs, head, skin,

Fortunately, I

Weimer sighed with emotion.

hadn't woken up in time, you might have seen yourself turn into

and said thankfully, "I wasn't

that made me