Lord of the Mysteries - Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Ray Bieber

Haa! Haa! Haa!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The loud panting and the intense knocking alternated first before they resounded together . It made Klein and company extremely nervous, as though they were hearing some evil murmur .

Taking advantage of the moment Aiur, Dunn and Lorotta had their attention redirected, the suited clown suddenly pulled out a long piece of paper from his pocket .

Pa! He threw it with his right hand as the slip of paper ignited into a black fiery whip . Then, he lashed it towards the side of his ankle .

A fleeting but tragic scream sounded as the suited clown escaped the invisible shackles and did a backflip .

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dunn, Aiur, and Lorotta shot but their bullets only ended up hitting the wooden crates .

The suited clown did not stay any longer as he pressed down on his wound with his right hand while escaping in a direction opposite the warehouse .

He was so fast that in the blink of an eye, all that was left was a hint of his back .

And before he vanished, his right hand which pressed down on his abdomen moved towards his left arm . The wound on his stomach had already vanished, looking completely fine .

The location on his left arm which he touched with his right hand suddenly became badly mangled, and a silver bullet appeared in the torn flesh .

Dunn and the rest didn't chase after him because the panting from the innermost warehouse was so loud that it was making them nervous and insecure .

Bang!

The door of the innermost warehouse suddenly exploded and flew in all directions .

Then, something wrapped with a torn cloth flew out and landed not far from Klein .

When Klein cast his gaze over, he realized that it was an arm . Its bloody flesh had been chewed on and its white bones were cracked in an irregular fashion as they jutted out

Pa! Pa! Pa!

One item after another flew out . First it was a spray of blood, followed by a dilated eye and an ear which had been ripped out brutally . Finally, half a beating heart and intestines filled with yellowish-brown objects came out .

If Klein had not seen the more gruesome giant cadaver at Ray Bieber's place, he would have probably vomited there and then .

His nerves were on the brink of a breakdown . After a great deal of effort to hold back his urge to shoot into the pitch-black entrance, he ejected the empty shells from his revolver and reloaded with new demon hunting bullets .

Bang!

Dunn drew close as he stably shot into the warehouse .

However, his bullet was like a shot into the sea . There was no audible response .

Haa! Haa! Haa!

The loud panting sped up as grayish-white colors filled the opened door .

With another two loud shots, Aiur Harson's and Borgia's bullets tore through the whiteness, but failed to prevent the "color" from spilling outwards . It did not leave any wounds or cause liquid to seep out .

Klein held his breath and kept himself from shooting blindly . He watched as the whiteness slowly revealed a complete outline .

It was a humanoid creature more than two meters tall . Its limb joints were all unnaturally twisted . It was as though they had been snapped by someone forcefully .

White bones poked out from under its skin as the entire grayish-white surface was filled with gullies, like a human brain that had been stripped from its shell .

The monster had grayish-white, rotting, sticky liquid flowing all over it . Its head looked relatively normal, with deep wrinkles and pale skin .

As it opened and closed its mouth, Klein could see a porcelain false tooth that looked close to falling out, a few strands of bloody saliva, and bone and flesh that had been minced .

Was . . . Ray Bieber still even f**king human? Klein drew a silent gasp as he felt his heart pound rapidly .

Bang!

Leonard's demon hunting bullet hit Ray Bieber's forehead and tore right through it, leaving behind a deep hole .

Grayish-white liquid flowed out and dripped onto the ground . The liquid wriggled and turned into fat cream-colored maggots .

But the monster appeared completely unaffected . It was neither fast nor slow when it pounced at Borgia who was closest to it . Its actual target appeared to be the black chest that contained Sealed Artifact 2-049 .

"Loss of control of Beyonder powers . . . " Dunn shouted in a deep voice . "Lorotta, it looks like a dead soul, so quickly look for its weakness!"

"Alright . " Lorotta did not speak further as she raised her hands to press down on her eyes .

Her pupils turned gray then colorless, as though she had entered the world of spirits and a kingdom of dead souls . She looked down at the enemy from a higher vantage point as she searched for a "node . "

Klein saw that a normal gunshot was ineffective, so he did not bother wasting more of his bullets . He lifted his hand to tap at his glabella to activate his Spirit Vision . He planned on helping Gravedigger Lorotta .

From his vision, Monster Bieber only had one kind of spiritual glow left . It was purely grayish-white, a whiteness filled with craziness .

Apart from that, Klein saw nothing else .

At that moment, Aiur Harson and Leonard Mitchell sang simultaneously .

"Oh, the threat of horror, the hope of crimson cries!

"One thing at least is certain—that this Life flies;

"One thing is certain, and the rest is Lies;

"The Flower that once has bloomed forever dies . . . "

. . .

The power that allowed one to enter a peaceful slumber emanated . The twisted grayish-white monster gradually slowed down as though it could not fight against the charm of the poem .

Then, it opened its mouth and let out a shrill cry that ordinary people were deaf to .

"Ah!"

. . .

Bang! Klein felt a sharp pain in his head as he automatically exited his Spirit Vision state .

He felt warm liquid flowing out of his nose, and when he subconsciously wiped it with his hand, he discovered the back of his hand covered in blood .

Aiur and Leonard fell back to the ground at the same time . They had blood stains lining the corners of their lips, noses, and eyes .

Borgia, Dunn, and Lorotta each took a step or two back, the color in their face draining .

That monster only screamed once, but it appeared to exceed what the six Beyonders could withstand . They instantly turned extremely weak .

Bam!

It closed in on Borgia and suddenly swung its twisted joint .

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Borgia and Dunn shot twice each, but they didn't cause any damage to Monster Bieber .

Bang! A blow sent Borgia flying out as his long-barreled revolver fell to the ground .

He tried to stand up a few times, but failed to do so .

The corner of Monster Bieber's mouth had stringy liquid oozing out as it leaped towards the black chest .

Bang!

At that crucial moment, Aiur Harson shot a bullet at the box to knock it some distance away, preventing Monster Bieber from grabbing it . Its momentum brought it forward by more than ten meters .

The black chest cracked and as the thumping within turned more intense it grew more obvious .

"Found it!" The black-haired Lorotta finally spoke . "I need you to control it for at least three seconds . "

"Alright . " Dunn didn't delay any further . He extended his hand to tap his glabella and closed his eyes .

He seemed to fall asleep as shapeless waves slowly rippled out one after another .

In that instant, Monster Bieber paused and the craziness in its eyes quickly receded . Its thin transparent eyelids began to close uncontrollably as well .

Dunn's body started quivering, and something popped up under his clothing and wriggled on the spot . It was as though he hid slippery scaleless snakes within .

Lorotta rushed over and with a roll, arrived under Monster Bieber .

She supported herself with one hand while raising a clenched fist, bombarding Monster Bieber's crotch like artillery .

Poof!

She ignored the corrosive pain but supported herself against the ground and directed more strength once again . She went higher a little as her fist drilled deeper in .

Rip! Lorotta pulled out her forearm as she dragged out an intestine filled with brownish-yellow blood stains .

In the intestine, there was an ancient notebook .

"Ah!"

Monster Bieber let out a blood-curdling scream, and his body suddenly lit up as though it was melting .

"Get down!"

Just as Aiur Harson's hurried shout ended, Klein saw Monster Bieber suddenly swell up .

Boom!

Amid a loud explosion, the distant Klein was tossed into the air by the shockwave and landed heavily .

He struggled to stand against a swirling headache, and he saw Monster Bieber turn into a pile of disgusting, rotting flesh . Then he saw Dunn and Lorotta, who were a dozen meters away, looking like they had been knocked out .

Aiur Harson, Borgia, and Leonard Mitchell were on the ground too . Some groaning in pain, some struggling to stand up but failing .

Klein was just about to relax when he suddenly saw a familiar object about two or three meters away from him .

The black chest had stopped rolling, and cracked surface was facing the sky .

A skinny brown arm extended out .

Sealed Artifact . . . 2-049 . . . F**k! Klein's heart tensed up as he immediately leaped in the opposite direction in a bid to escape 2-049's effective range .

The blast from before had thrown the black chest near him!

And at that moment, Klein's head suddenly buzzed as his thoughts turned sluggish .