Lower lip area, Canine Street 13.
Ulika, who was fat and had dark brown skin and small eyes, sat on the sofa. He used dried yellow tobacco leaves and nearly ten types of herbs and spices that were native to the Southern Continent to wrap them in layers and cut them into long strips.
Then, he held the self-made East Balam cigarette in his hand and lit a nearby match. He watched the front of the cigarette turn black and curl before revealing a bright red.
After biting the end and taking a deep breath, Ulika slowly exhaled white smoke that was dyed with light blue. He said to the guest on the single-seater sofa beside him in satisfaction,
"This is called a cigarette, a real cigarette.
"Those in the Northern Continent are only suitable for children!"
The guest on the single-seater sofa was a man in his forties. He had a high nose bridge, blue eyes, and soft facial features. His black hair was thick and slightly curly, and his skin wasn't dark, but it wasn't pale either. He seemed to be of mixed blood from Rouen and Balam.
Upon hearing that, he chuckled and replied in Dutanese, "That's right.
"Unfortunately, I'm not interested in any kind of cigarette."
"Enzo, you don't know how to enjoy life at all …" Before Ulika could finish his sentence, the powerful spirituality that stemmed from his pathway made him feel a sense of danger.
It came so suddenly and urgently that Ulika instantly determined that the problem was not small.
Before he could rush out from his original position, his eyes were already filled with darkness. It was as if he could directly see the deep night outside. He felt a strong sense of sleepiness and peace from the bottom of his heart.
The entire Canine Street, regardless of whether it was the houses that were lit or the houses that had their lights extinguished, became abnormally quiet at this moment. It was as if there were no living beings living inside, or if they had all fallen asleep at the same time.
At this moment, Ulika, who was snoring and lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up. Confusion and clarity coexisted in his eyes.
Unbeknownst to him, a little girl whose skin was so pale that it was almost illusory had stuck to his back!
The little girl's eyes were green, and her lips were dark. Her eyes were staring at the side, and her pale and transparent hands and feet had drilled into Ulika's body. She seemed to be a spirit that couldn't be shaken off.
"Her" existence brought a chill that originated from his Mental Body, allowing Ulika to barely resist the abnormal drowsiness and break free from the influence of the Nightmare.
Before Ulika had fully regained consciousness, he instinctively rushed to the staircase. He stretched out his palms and pushed forward, as if he was trying to push open a door that did not exist.
In the blink of an eye, a bronze door covered in mysterious patterns and indescribable patterns appeared in front of Ulika. It shook, creaked, and cracked.
Inside the crack was a boundless darkness. Within it, there were numerous indescribable eyes that were densely packed together, staring at the outside world.
At the same time, a large number of wriggling strange things that could not be seen for the time being surged towards them.
Ulika was about to continue exerting his strength and take the initiative to open the door, allowing the terrifying World behind him to descend onto Canine Street. Suddenly, he saw a pair of translucent pale-white palms leap out of thin air, penetrating the deep darkness and pressing against the gap of the inner door.
This pair of palms had no source and were not connected to a body. The wrists were dripping with blood. It was unknown who had severed them!
Both sides exerted their strength at the same time as the mysterious bronze door stopped there. It could not close, nor could it open further.
In the sky above House 13, Sostel, who had already become a Spirit Warlock, floated there under the protection of an invisible force. He held a golden corona in his hands and slowly raised it up high.
When the golden corona finally surpassed Sostel's head, brilliant light flowed out and quickly outlined itself, gathering into one.
Suddenly, it was as if a Sun had leaped out of the void, scattering all its light and heat at the house at Canine Street 13.
They penetrated the building without causing any damage and landed on the bronze door, enveloping Ulika who was right in front of it.
Ulika's expression immediately turned into one of extreme pain. The pale-white, almost translucent girl behind him let out a shrill scream, but she was blocked by the "sunlight" and drowned by it.
She contorted and rapidly evaporated. Wisps of black gas seeped out and melted into the sea of light.
There was no longer a dark spot in the house!
By the time the "sunlight" faded, the indescribable bronze door had already vanished. On the ground lay a bluish-black corpse that was covered in yellow oil stains.
With a ripping sound, the corpse split open, and a thin figure leaped out.
This figure had the exact same appearance as Ulika, but his skin was as black as ink. He was only 1.2 to 1.3 meters tall, and the surface of his body flowed with sticky pus.
The moment he came out, he rushed to the staircase at an exaggerated speed and burrowed into the basement. He opened a secret passageway that he had prepared in advance and ran forward.
In just ten seconds, the shrunken and blackened Ulika saw the exit. He saw hope.
He didn't let his guard down. He gently clenched his right hand, and another seven to eight transparent and illusory figures crawled out of his body.
They had strange appearances, as though they were aberrations that combined the characteristics of humans, plants, or certain animals. Some of them grabbed onto Ulika's arms, while others lifted his legs, about to take him on a wild flight.
Right on the heels of that, the mechanism's button sank in, and the gears turned. The exit door suddenly opened, revealing a quiet and dark corner of the street outside.
Further ahead was a road that overlooked everything. There were houses on both sides of the road, and the sea that rippled with the glow of the crimson moon.
Just as Ulika was about to fly out of the secret passageway with the help of the spirits and sneak into the other areas of Kolain City, a lake shrouded in mist suddenly appeared before his eyes.
The lake was sparkling and had a tranquil beauty. Ripples spread out in the middle, and a beautiful and illusory figure slowly floated up.
This was a powerful spirit that was often called the "Goddess of the Lake" in human legends!
The strength of a Spirit Guide often depended on which dead and natural spirits they could find and control. This was the same for Spirit Warlocks. It was just that Spirit Guides were more inclined toward the dead, while Spirit Warlocks were better at controlling natural spirits.
At this moment, the transparent and strange figures around Ulika let out monotonous cries of horror. They threw away the arms and legs that they were holding and burrowed into the pitch-black and thin body like the wind.
With a thud, Ulika fell to the ground, but he didn't feel any pain. This was because a strong sense of sleepiness overwhelmed him, making him unknowingly enter a dream.
At the exit, Daly Simone, who was wearing a spirit medium's robe, blue eyeshadow, and blush, walked out of nowhere. She looked at the 1.2-meter-tall pitch-black Ulika and said, "The dead spirit he fused with is very strange.
"The dead spirit he fused with is very strange. Without a living human body as a 'house', it will soon wither and dissipate.
"We have to seize the time to obtain information."
In the shadows beside her, Leonard Mitchell walked out and looked at Daly Simone in surprise.
"Aren't you a Spirit Guide? How can you control the Goddess of the Lake?"
"Aren't you a poet? Why can't you write poems?" Daly replied snappily.
…
On the other side of the street, on a cliff that wasn't too steep, a figure grabbed a protrusion and quickly moved down, quickly landing in a dark corner of Lower Street.
His skin was light, and his eyes were blue. His black hair was thick and slightly curled. It was none other than Enzo, who had been a guest at Ulika's house at 13 Canine Street in the Lower Lip District.
Enzo wasn't a member of the Charismatic Order. He was one of the people who had betrayed the Life School of Thought under the bewitchment of the Rose School.
Furthermore, he wasn't a Beyonder of the Apothecary pathway that could become a Vampire, nor did he worship the Primordial Moon. He simply didn't want to accept the rules set up by his teacher and his teacher's teacher. He wished to live a carefree life, hoping to make full use of his advantages as a Winner.
Such a mentality made him approve of the ideals of the Rose School's indulgence faculty. It didn't take long for him to officially join them and satisfy his various desires.
This time, he had come to Kolain on behalf of the Rose School to contact the Charismatic Order and discuss the possibility of cooperation on a few matters. However, he never expected that the Pitch-black Deceased Ulika would be ambushed by the Church of Evernight. It was a high-level ambush!
Thankfully, I'm good at anti-divination. The people from the Church of Evernight didn't know that I was with Ulika and didn't pay enough attention to me. They treated me as Ulika's subordinate, allowing me to find an opportunity to leave the central region. Furthermore, that sunlight mainly purifies things with death, evil, or filthy powers. It doesn't deal too much damage to me … That should be an attack at the demigod level … Enzo walked in the shadows of the street as he couldn't help but recall what had just happened.
After escaping for a long distance, he turned to look behind him and realized that no one was chasing after him. He immediately heaved a sigh of relief and chuckled.
"A Winner is a Winner. I'll always be a Winner!"
Enzo regained his usual confidence as he walked to a particular spot on the street with a smile. Then, he turned left and quickly went down the stairs.
It was a steep and long staircase that connected several levels up and down.
…
Near Canine Street, Sostel suddenly opened his eyes and said to Leonard and Daly Simone, "Just now, there was a person named Enzo in Ulika's house.
"Just now, there was a person named Enzo in Ulika's house. He's a member of the Rose School of Thought, and his Sequence isn't low. His position should be rather important.
"Quickly search the surroundings and see if you can find any traces. Try to capture him successfully and not leave any problems behind."
As for the other Red Gloves and the local Nighthawks, they were either capturing other members of the Charismatic Order or entering dreams to capture them. They hoped to obtain first-hand information as soon as possible. The remaining few were in charge of guarding against accidents and protecting their companions.
"Yes, Captain Sostel," Leonard agreed without hesitation.
Daly grabbed at the wind and brought her hand to her ear. She listened for two to three seconds.
She listened for two to three seconds and said, "The little guys nearby told me that someone did escape from the cliff."
Lord of the Mysteries
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