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

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

no tables or chairs in the hall. There were windows on both sides that shone with light, and it was dark

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

he saw the

rolled and

popped, and deformed babies with moist

more viscous yellow liquid, creating more puddles

"Waaa! Waaa! Waaa!"

They began to cry.

eyes. The eye patch turned dark red as if he

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

senses, and he instinctively took

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

puff" Gray panted

next second, he turned around and shouted as he

thud thud! Gray rushed out of the

care about Parvi, Ol' Keaton, and Weimer at

for still remembering to warn

Thud! Thud! Thud!

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

Parvi, and Weimer rushed back in less than ten

"Set sail!" Gray ordered.

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

hand to his eyes, he realized that it was not

ran, he

together, startled

confirmed that he was not injured

turned to

eyes were red

fear, "I saw fireball

fell from the roof with a

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 I kept crying at first, but then I got better. It was like a

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

and carefully examined

no problem, he looked at

"What about you?"

the

collapsed. I fell to the ground

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

slightly loose skin and deep wrinkles on Ol' Keaton's face trembled as if he didn't want to recall any more of the

said after

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

quickly as possible. Fortunately, I woke up the next second thanks to you,

Weimer sighed with emotion.

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

listened quietly and said thankfully, "I wasn't

saw darkness—darkness that made me feel