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.

cathedral's door was ajar. After Weimer exerted force with his hands, it

Captain Gray's black eye patch immediately lit up, helping him see

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

Drops of viscous, pale-yellow liquid fell from the sky and hit the ground like rain, giving people the

could speak, he saw the viscous, disgusting liquid dissolve into

puddles rolled

moist skin and pale yellow

more viscous yellow liquid, creating more puddles

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

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

every part of his body

him to his senses, and he instinctively

and a tall and magnificent dome. There was no

puff" Gray

second, he turned around and shouted

Gray rushed out of the

did not care about Parvi,

still remembering to warn his

Thud! Thud! Thud!

his amazing physique despite his blurred vision, he ran all the way out of the strange town, back to

Weimer rushed

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

he bothered to check his injuries. He raised a

his eyes, he realized that it was not

ran, he

knitted together, startled

he confirmed that he was not

did you guys see?" He turned to look at Ol' Keaton and

the captain. His eyes were red

lingering fear, "I

from the roof with a

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

a sigh of

Captain woke me up at that

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

was very real. There were still lingering fears

Gray nodded and carefully examined

no problem, he looked at First

"What about you?"

Keaton looked at the distant coastline and the shrinking port and said in

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

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

trembled as if he didn't want to recall

said

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

quickly as possible. Fortunately, I woke

Weimer sighed with emotion.

woken up in time, you might have seen yourself turn into a

said thankfully, "I

darkness—darkness that made