Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 634 Lantern Bearer

Back to the time when the Tarot Club had just ended.

The Sun opened his eyes from behind the stone wall. Before the Tarot Club ended today, the confident words of The World still echoed in the young man’s heart.

"everything will get better."

Derrick Berg took a deep breath and continued to enjoy the rest of his leisure time under the protection of the lantern, recalling the sense of determination that made him inexplicably excited. It was not until he heard someone calling his name that Derrick stood up from behind the stone wall, greeted his friend who had exchanged shifts, and then walked towards the newly built sentry post.

Opposite this independent sentry post outside Silver City is a "creature" between the city and the hill. This bizarre building houses a group of residents who claim to be survivors from "Spark City". If they were not also carrying strange lights as a guide, the Silver City Council would not even allow them to stay nearby.

As for what these sudden extra people eat - the residents of "Spark City" took the initiative to undertake some patrols to clear nearby monsters. In order to maintain friendly relations between the two sides, Silver City also shared special mushrooms and some black-faced grass with them, accepted the hunting gains exchanged from "Spark City", and some more special information.

Derrick had no idea what they talked about, but when he was stationed at the sentry post, he would often see elders from the Silver City Council or members of the Spark City Council. They would enter the empty room under the sentry post to discuss certain things, but the content of their conversations was never made public.

Today was no exception. Derrick quietly held his weapon and looked around at the darkness nearby and the passage illuminated by lantern mushrooms. The road extended to both sides, reflecting the light surrounding Spark City and Silver City, like a hazy bridge.

However, soon, a faint light flickering in the darkness broke the tranquility of the sentry post that day.

Because the light was gradually swaying closer, soon the sentry post sounded the alarm horn, and the bonfire indicating an abnormal situation was lit, and the fierce flames showed themselves in the darkness.

Two rotating guard teams set out from Silver City and Spark City, and arrived at the vicinity of this temporary outpost almost in no particular order. More guards were gathering near the light, ready to deal with emergencies.

The man holding the lantern stopped, raised the leather lantern in his right hand, and looked at the sentry with a little confusion in his eyes. His eyes under the silk hat swept across the strange fortress of Spark City. A little gray mist dissipated from his eyes. The man who came out of the darkness couldn't help but shake his head and chuckled, whispering:

"There really are all kinds of 'surprises' that caught me off guard... Is this also part of your plan?"

The eyes under the gold-rimmed glasses moved slightly, and the man in the double-breasted trench coat tilted his head slightly, as if listening to some sound. But in the end, he didn't say anything, but just put on a stern face again and continued to walk forward until he was stopped by the people coming out of the sentry post.

Lev from Spark City and Colin, the chief elder of Silver City, were originally planning to continue discussing their joint exploration plan for the Giant King's Court, but a new stranger suddenly approached, which seemed abnormal in every way - even with the precedent of Spark City, Colin and Lev became wary of this walker in the dark when the other party was alone.

They gripped their weapons before asking each other any questions.

But the man who looked to be in his twenties just bowed and took off his hat to salute, then took the initiative to ask in ancient Feysac: "Excuse me, is Chief Colin here?"

The man's voice was not bright, and was even very calm, which did not quite match his rather stern demeanor, but it was clearly heard by everyone present, as if the other party was standing in front of everyone and asking this politely.

Just this one scene made the two managers with higher sequences feel suspicious.

Colin Iliad glanced at Lev beside him and saw him shaking his head in response. He felt a headache at this moment. There were indeed too many outsiders in Silver City during this period...

However, Chief Colin still walked forward, and only stopped when he was a few meters in front of the stranger, without saying a word.

In contrast to Colin's cautious attitude, the "Sun" standing on the sentry post had already seen the figure holding the lantern clearly. The other party was not a stranger at all, which made Derrick unable to recover from the shock for a while. After all, he had seen this "visitor" from Silver City at the bronze table a few minutes ago, but at that time, Derrick still called him Mr. "World".

The person who could only be seen at mysterious meetings suddenly appeared in front of him. Derrick recalled the words "Everything will be fine" and was trembling with excitement. There was no mistake. This must be the sign of the "Fool". So Mr. "World" as a follower really came to the God-Forsaken Land and the City of Silver to help them. No matter how Mr. "World" came, it must mean that there is a way to the outside world here. After all, he came from the world outside where the sun shines!
Next, what The World said also fully confirmed Derrick's guess: "It is an honor to meet you, the leader of the Silver City Council. On behalf of my Lord, as His messenger, I have come to this continent to extend an invitation to Silver City..."

At this point, The World paused for two seconds and turned its gaze to the crowd on the other side: "If the residents of Spark City don't mind, you can also accept this invitation."

"Excuse me, who is your master..." Colin lowered his voice, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, he had a vague guess about the identity of the visitor.

The World's expression remained unchanged, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes, which made his cold temperament fade a little. His voice once again appeared in the ears of everyone present: "You can call him, 'The Fool'."

After he finished speaking, the “world” that appeared in the form of Gehrman Sparrow ignored the uneasy looks and whispers in the crowd. He raised his right hand towards the depths of darkness, causing the light in the lantern to flicker.

This time, he spoke so that only Colin could hear him: "I wish that the residents of Moon City can pass through the darkness and arrive here immediately."

The mushroom lanterns standing on both sides of the sentry post began to sway along with the lantern, and soon, a tiny light fell and spread toward the road, forming a misty path leading into the darkness, and then bloomed into a halo that attracted everyone's attention.

When the light finally stabilized, the darkness on the other side gradually became brighter, and from where there was no object originally, another road surrounded by lantern mushrooms was reflected.

There were many anxious "people" waiting on that road, but they all had more or less strange deformations, and their appearances were more terrifying than those of the residents of Silver City. However, to the people of Spark City, they had a sense of familiarity.

Such a change made Colin Iliad's eyes widen. At least he was sure that, just like the appearance of these lantern mushrooms and special edible mushrooms, this would be another drastic change in the City of Silver.

However, the shock that The World wanted to bring to them did not end there. He once again raised the lantern, looked around at the shocked people with a stern face, and then shouted loudly for the first time:

"I make a wish! The door to dusk opens here!"

The glowing spores gathered together again, dancing and moving in the buzzing sound, erecting an arch several meters high behind the "world". As he raised the lantern under the arch, a dim light penetrated the darkness and descended on the ground in front of the outpost, tearing a black shadow in front of the messenger of God, leaving the people who had been waiting in the darkness for a long time speechless.

Even Colin, the chief, was shaken by the shock.

Is this the bright road promised by God? "Pray to my Lord, obtain my Lord's protection, and walk to the sky beyond the eternal twilight!" The voice of "the world" reached everyone's ears, "The fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the yellow and black king who controls good luck!"

The World raised its head slightly and met the shocked eyes of the Sun at the top of the sentry post. Derrick inexplicably felt that the other party was looking at him, but the World's lips moved slightly, but he said nothing.

He lowered the brim of his hat, touched his chest and saluted the residents of the three cities once again, then calmly walked through the illusory archway that was emitting light.

His figure disappeared on the other side, seemingly dissolved directly into the warm orange dusk, leaving only the leather lantern swaying in the air for a few more seconds before turning into a gray mist and completely dissipating.

Just as he appeared, this mysterious man who called himself the messenger of the Fool left here abruptly.

It would have seemed like a strange dream, if it weren't for the archway he left behind, and the residents of "Moon City" looking on from the other side of the road.

Lev walked up to Colin and said, "We'd better explore this thing first, or..."

"Or our exploration team can set out directly from here. I know some suitable candidates." Colin turned around and saw a young man hurriedly running down the sentry post and running towards him.

Lev didn't know what the chief of Silver City was thinking, but he was even more unwilling to back down at this moment: "Okay, we will also select a few warriors. We can't let Silver City bear the risk alone."

However, he has already firmly memorized the honorific name of “The Fool” in his heart.

A black-faced grass entrenched on the outer wall of the sentry post seemed to be fed up with the light seeping in at dusk, and its bare branches drooped toward the ground.

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A time worm emerged, clinging tightly to the grass leaves, and whispered the honorific name left by the "Fool" messenger of God.

Contrary to what he expected, he did not get any response, which made Amon's clone feel a little annoyed.

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Esther and Klein stopped at the same time.

Without any warning, a figure appeared out of nowhere, blocking the two men's way to the Giant King's Court.

The black-haired young man who blocked the road was wrapped in an old black cloak, with a red shawl with tassels on his shoulders, a black cane inlaid with sapphires in his left hand, and a classical top hat decorated with colorful tail feathers on his head. This young man looked ordinary, as if anyone who had seen him would quickly forget what he looked like as long as they turned their heads away.

Klein's first reaction was inevitably a little disappointment, but he quickly calmed down and sought more opportunities to delay the other party: "Amon? Why are you dressed like this?"

"Amon? You think I am Amon?" The young man couldn't help laughing, and then he adjusted his hat awkwardly. "Oh, my dear friend! I have thought of many situations and what you would say to me, but this is definitely not what I expected."

Klein subconsciously glanced at Esther beside him and noticed her overly nervous expression. However, before the two of them had any communication, Esther grabbed Klein's arm and directly stole the spatial distance, trying to take him away.

The young man raised his right hand wearing a black glove and snapped his fingers neatly.

"I wish her fate will be called back and she will eventually come back to me."

"Esther, you—"

Before Klein finished speaking, he noticed that the scenery around them had become brighter again. The two people who had already escaped into darkness were once again shrouded in dusk.

The young man was leaning on a cane, still standing there with a smile on his face.

Klein felt that he couldn't continue to be in a stalemate like this. At least there was someone he could ask about the situation: "Esther, do you know who he is?"

"He...well, I know, but..."

Esther was really panicking at this moment. She had the habit of following her spiritual intuition and running away without paying attention to the direction. It could be said that she was being exploited very thoroughly. After returning to the young man, Esther realized that she had no way to activate her "stealing" ability anymore.

The resonance between her and the Beyonder characteristics had been stolen by the other party first, and the possibility of using Beyonder abilities was fundamentally cut off. Putting aside the accident of this young man appearing here, Esther knew very well that the only one who could do this was "Him", the true controller of the gray fog.

The young man's sigh interrupted Esther's hesitant words. He shook his head regretfully, took off his hat and bowed to Klein: "Think about it this way, after all, this is the 'first' meeting between you and me, so there should be some formality. Klein, you can call me Merlin. I am Merlin Hermes."

"You seem to know something about me, but... I don't know you."

When Merlin smiled, his eyes looked kind and gentle, but there was always a kind of indifference that made Klein uncomfortable. And Merlin's next words made Klein feel even more uncomfortable:
"Just like Gehrman Sparrow or Dwayne Dantes, Crane, I am you."

As if seeing through Klein's subconscious denial, Merlin went further:
“No, this is not a lie or a scam of Amon. It is not His turn to interfere in this matter. Just like what I said, literally, a puppet, a mask, a role, or an identity that is special for acting…”

Merlin's cane made a slight sound on the ground, as if to demonstrate to the increasingly frightened Esther: "This is a world where extraordinary powers exist, so isn't it normal for another self to come alive?"

I've been grinding for a month, and I'm really exhausted. Thank you for the reminder and urging of the rule book. I'm not dead yet, the author has resurrected, and I'll continue to grind... continue.

Ever since a new member joined our family last month, I have been idle and can no longer indulge in the beauty of the hamster.