Lord of Mysteries: Starting As A Reader

After pushing the "doll" back into his jacket pocket, Ebner first put away the animal skin book and crystal ball, placing them in the "lounge" of the Dream Labyrinth Tower, intending to study them slowly when he had time. Then he sat in the seat before the Strongman Ozil, waiting for him to parse out his extraordinary characteristics while thinking about the information he had just obtained.

"First, Ozil's real backer is called His Excellency 'Panin'... Those who can be called His Excellency must either be of noble status or be demigods...

"And the surname 'Panin' is more common in Feysac. I remember Edwina told me that the new demigod of the Church of the God of Combat is called 'Nyango Iziamai Panin'. He is also the father of the tool pirate who challenged 'Admiral of Pale ' at the Pirate Conference... Could it be him?

"If it is true, maybe this Ozil, in addition to being a pirate's stolen goods sales partner and intelligence dealer, also plays the role of a Feysac spy?"

"Well, regarding this, after the characteristics are analyzed, while his spirit has not completely dissipated, send him above the gray fog and let Klein help with divination..."

"Well, I'm still better at interrogating living people. I was a little too quick in killing just now..."

Thinking of this, Ebner sighed. In fact, he hadn't wanted to kill the other party so quickly at first. It was just that before he entered the villa, he happened to see a dying girl like a broken doll being thrown out...

Before he could come forward to help, the girl died...

Because he was so angry, he killed the villain with heavy hands after "guiding" the important information.

Shaking his head to put aside unnecessary thoughts, Ebner continued to think about the information he had obtained previously.

"Second, if I'm not mistaken, the crystal ball should be a special item formed by the combination of the characteristics of the owner of the animal skin notebook after his death and a certain burial object... However, the characteristics fell from the sky, and he was lucky enough to integrate them. He even 'digested' some of the spiritual legacies in the characteristics and learned the Elven language and other knowledge without a teacher.

"This is exactly like the treatment of the protagonist in some novels... Moreover, it looks very similar to a sea snake or a sea monster...

"Isn't he also a lucky guy who got the extra characteristics of the 'God of Luck'?

"But... blood sacrifice... the elves don't seem to have this custom? Or did he acquire the polluted characteristics after the 'God of Luck' was tempted to open the item left by the 'Elf King'?

"If you think about it this way, the cave hidden under the Fragrance Manor... is probably not a good place!

"Well, if the pollution suffered by the 'God of Luck' really comes from the source 'City of Calamity', then the sacrifices and dreams of the owner of the note are very likely related to it...

"Oh, could it be that Helene happened to come to my manor that day not only because the manor was holding a banquet? Or was there a certain aggregation effect?

"But why do I, a Beyonder who passes by as a 'Reader', always get along so well with hunters, witches, and the 'City of Calamity'?"

Just as Ebner was lost in thought, the characteristics of Strongman Ozil had already been fully revealed.

He picked up the "sword"-shaped gem that emitted a soft glow and opened his "Pure White Eye" to simply "analyze" it for a moment.

"He really is a 'Weapon Master'... I clearly remember that in the original novel, the Ozil that Klein killed was just a 'Pugilist'... What was the butterfly effect that allowed him to advance?"

With this question in mind, Ebner placed Ozil's body on the quickly set-up altar and "devoutly" recited Mr. Fool's honorific name:

"The fool who does not belong to this era…"

…

After the body disappeared through the "Gate of Summoning", Ebner packed up the ritual before entering "psychological invisibility" and inspecting the villa inside and outside.

It turned out that most of Ozil's gunmen, Beyonders, and gang members were gathered near the villa, guarding their boss... and the maids who had been abused by Ozil were locked up in the underground prison...

"Very good... Now I have nothing to worry about... It's your bad luck."

Ebner smiled coldly in the night and then exchanged a "Natural Disaster Spell" from the Dream Labyrinth Tower!

This was originally the "support" that the Church of the Storm provided to the real "investigators" in the Elf Trial, but at that time, the Orthodox Church in the dream was a "sticker," and Ebner was not able to get it... Fortunately, it still appeared in the exchange list afterward.

The reason why Ebner chose to use a precious, hard-earned high-level talisman was, firstly, because of the "borrowed knife" and "frame-up" plans he had made before. After all, once the "natural disaster" came, outsiders would definitely think that it was the work of the Church of the Storm. Even if there was really a demigod behind Ozil, they would never dare to come and investigate easily.

Secondly, except for the girls underground, everyone else in this villa deserves to die! If he killed them personally, they would most likely flee in all directions, and he wouldn't be able to catch up with them at all... In line with the principle of eradicating all evil, it was more efficient to use a large-scale demigod ability like "natural disaster"!

"Natural disaster!"

As Ebner muttered a word in ancient Hermes language, the purple spell instantly merged into the void. A terrifying hurricane visible to the naked eye appeared, swirling and entangled, and the airflow spun rapidly in circles. The unrestrained tornado suddenly rose from the ground and destroyed the outer wall of the entire villa.

At the same time, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and lightning bolts fell fiercely at gang members and extraordinary people who had just crawled out of the ruins.

Listening to the screams one after another, Ebner shook his head in disappointment and said to himself:

"Failed again!"

Just one minute later, a tall and burly middle-aged man with thick dark blue hair descended from the sky. He glanced at the villa destroyed by the hurricane and lightning, waved his hand to disperse the dark clouds, and then muttered to himself in disbelief:

"This seems to be caused by... my 'natural disaster spell'?"

…

Above the gray fog, Klein, who was summarizing the Magician's Code, looked at the corpse that Tower had sacrificed and couldn't help but complain:

"Another one? Does Mr. Tower have to kill one or two Beyonders every week to 'add to the fun'? No wonder he told Miss Magician that the way to make money would be to 'hunt pirates'..."