The Lord Of The Mysteries

The Chapter 164

The color of fresh blood was reflected in Klein's eyes as they carefully locked onto the flowing liquid.

Back then, there was a light cough from inside the house. Old Neil spoke in a hoarse voice, "Dunn, why are you here?"

Dunn's gray eyes were deep. His soft voice replied calmly, "i heard that you were sick, so we came to visit."

Suddenly there was silence at home. A few seconds later, Old Neil roared furiously and fearfully, "No! You lied!"

Without waiting for Klein and his friends to say a word, his tone suddenly became weak.

"Yes, I know my condition is not right."

Old Neil. Klein closed his eyes, but the bloody liquid that seeped through the crack of the door did not stop.

Then, Old Neil raised his voice and said, "Over this time, I have never hurt anyone, nor have I ever thought of hurting anyone! I've never—I've never betrayed the secret of the Nighthawks, one even one! At most— at most, I have made a claim for an improper expenditure.I really did not commit any crime!"

"Clein!" He suddenly shouted as usual. "I've told you about the Mystery Thief saying, 'Do as you please, but don't hurt.' I still live by this saying. I'd rather be patient — I'd rather hang on than do things that would hurt others … "

With that said, he begged sincerely, in fear, "Dunn, Royale, Klein, come back. Come back. Wait until tomorrow — tomorrow, I'll be back to normal. I swear — I swear to the Goddess, I will not hurt anyone. Really!"

Dunn closed her eyes and asked very gently, "What are you planning to do? What have you been trying to do all this time?"

"Me?" Old Neil was puzzled at first before he explained in a hopeful tone, "i'm trying to resurrect Celeste. I don't know, I found a way, I'm on the right track!

“You should have heard it. Back then, I made a mistake during the ritual magic to treat her illness, so I failed. I failed to save him. Now I know that because I haven't mastered mysticism. But now, I now have enough knowledge and experience to complete everything! It's regrettable that I wasn't inspired by the Mystery Pryers proverb and Daly's example. If-if I were a High-Order Extreme, all of this would be very easy." As he spoke, Old Neil's voice was heard crying, "No, I can't give up anymore. I don't know, come back. Return, please. I beg you."

Klein clenched his teeth when he heard the Captain ask emotionally, "How do you plan to resurrect Celeste?"

Old Neil instantly became very excited.

"I will use the 'Alchemy Life' method to create an immortal body for him. I don't know, you might not know it, but the Sequence 4 Beyonders of the Mother Earth Church is good at this. The corresponding sequence on Savant's path could barely do it either. Yes, I will finish it with the help of the favor of the Gods.

"Then, I will summon his spirit from the spirit world and pray for the help of God to merge his spirit and body.

"Isn't that a good idea?"

Dunn raised the corner of her lips forcefully and said, "Yes, that's a good idea. Old Neil, let us in. Maybe we can help you."

"… I don't know, are you still not willing to let me go?" Old Neil begged, "Go back, just come back. I'll be back to normal tomorrow, really. Dunn, I swear I'll never steal your coffee beans again. Klein, Royale, I swear I won't make you help me with my unworthy claims! Really!"

In Klein and Royale's blurred vision, Dunn lowered her head before lifting her up again. "Old Neil, you misunderstood something. We're here to visit you. You are our teammate. You are sick and you are not healthy. We definitely need to visit you. Unlock door. Let's see you so we can be sure. If you're really okay, we'll be right back. As you know, there have been many missions recently. We have to monitor the mental hospital while we deal with various other sudden incidents."

Old Neil hesitated for a moment before saying, "There really is nothing serious about my condition. I'll recover tomorrow."

The bloody water that flowed out through the gap under the door came down the stairs, towards the stone road, and into the ground of the garden.

"Old Neil, we've known each other for about fifteen years now, right? We've been working on countless missions together. I'm really worried and worried about you. I have to look at you with my own eyes before I calm down" said Dunn softly.

"… All right," Old Neil pouted. "There's really nothing wrong with me."

With a squeak, the door opened slowly. Klein quickly wiped his eyes and let his vision return to normal.

Then, he saw the carpet in the lobby was red and sticky, covered in blood and hair.

He looked forward and up, only to realize that the floor, ceiling, round table, piano, and living room chairs were all covered in the same disgusting, sticky, hairy liquid.

Old Neil's head hung in the air, connected to the ceiling by a viscous liquid. His forehead and cheeks each had a pair of eyes. They were cold and cruel eyes without eyelashes.

The piano key dances itself, plays a melodious tone.

"Dunn, look. I'm absolutely fine" Old Neil said with a bright smile. "Royale, Klein, you think so too, right?"

As he opened his mouth, Klein saw the same thick, hairy, bloody liquid flowing within it.

Dunn's gray eyes glittered as she chatted as if everything was normal.

"Old Neil, where did you learn the Alchemy Life and the resurrection ritual?"

Old Neil's voice stopped. More than ten seconds later, he continued with fear and confusion, "He is the Hidden Sage …"

Hidden Wise? Wasn't that a non-anthropomorphic deity that the ascetic Order of Moses believed in? The God who has been resurrected, brings evil and destruction.The Order of the ascetic Moses has a complete Order of the Mystery Thieves.

After mentioning the Hidden Sage, Old Neil seemed to have finally woken up. He looked around blankly and observed everything.

In an indescribable silence, his six eyes looked towards Dunn, and he said with a bitter smile, "So it turns out that I've become a monster…"

Without waiting for Dunn and the others to reply, Old Neil suddenly showed a smile, a condescending smile, fear, and cowardice.

"Let me go. I will go deep into the mountains and will not appear again. I would never hurt anyone. I'm just gonna try my ritual quietly, really. Please let me go. I beg you."

Just then, Klein felt something illusory break before his eyes.

Then, Old Neil's cold-looking four eyelashless eyes shone with a dark light and locked onto Dunn. His expression suddenly turned cold.

"You pulled me into a dream!

"No, it's no use! My eyes can see all of that!"

The sticky blood covering the ceiling, floor, and walls began to wriggle, like a giant opening its mouth to swallow Klein and his companions. Old Neil's head became blurred like an overlapping shadow.

Klein did not fumble his gun; instead, he extended his hand into his pocket and planned to use his Sleeping Spell.

Suddenly, everything calmed down before him. The sticky and bloody liquid suddenly became calm like a calm lake.

Old Neil lost his cold demeanor, hatred, desire, and all other expressions. He became calm and peaceful.

It was unknown when Dunn had thrown the Closed Artifact 3-0611 into the blood.

The four furless eyes on Old Neil's forehead and cheeks slowly closed, seemingly losing the will to keep them open.

Any living thing that comes into contact with the Peaceful Hair Strand will become peaceful and lose all motivation until the end of its life.

Dunn, Klein, and Royale pulled their guns at the same time and aimed at Old Neil's head.

Then, Old Neil showed an expression of great fear. He struggled, his strong desire to live fighting against the effects of the Closed Artifacts 3-0611.

The four extra eyes disappeared. The wrinkle at the corner of his eyes and mouth was still deep, his hair was still white, his red eyes were still murky, just like when Klein had first met him.

"Dunn, do you remember when I saved you …

"Royale, do you remember when I helped you redeem your family's life …

"Klein, do you remember how I taught you mysticism every day? Do you remember when we talked about how to make a claim? Do you remember how I made you ground coffee? Do you remember when we fought the Mandated Punisher Rampager? "

…

The illusory plea echoed in Klein's ears, and his right hand that held the gun trembled. He found it hard to pull the trigger.

Bang out! Bang out!

Two silver demon hunter bullets flew out and pierced Old Neil's head one after another.

Klein watched as the familiar abnormal face revealed a look of despair. He saw the man's skull torn apart, the red and white inside gushing out in all directions.

The sticky blood lining their surroundings began to shrink as it flowed back into the broken old Neil's head that had fallen to the ground. Dunn and Royale lowered their weapons simultaneously, and everything was silent.

Klein saw everything in front of him—"corpse" Old Neil became a lump of rotten meat. He saw that there was a pair of eyes, red and clear, yet in great pain amidst the blood and flesh.

He felt that everything that had happened was just a dream and found it impossible to believe the sequence of events and how it ended.

He stood dumbfounded as he watched Dunn take two steps forward, his figure bent.

Dunn looked to Old Neil's "corpse" and muttered heavily, "We are the guards, but also a bunch of pathetic bastards who are constantly battling threats and madness."