Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 184 The Queen's Surprise

Above the villa, an invisible gate tore through space, appearing ethereal and indistinct. The gate opened outwards, and an elegant, mature, and handsome man stepped out, his golden eyes quickly locking onto the two people below.

"Ok?"

Sensing the intense aura of depravity and madness emanating from Lu Ze, the man's brows furrowed slightly.

His figure suddenly grew incredibly tall, like a mountain peak, pressing down heavily. His lips parted, about to utter solemn words that sounded like a judgment, but he saw the black-haired girl below take out a strange pea, and quickly crush it with two fingers.

Strange light immediately emanated from the pea, and countless mysterious symbols swirled around the two of them, causing their figures to quickly become transparent until they disappeared.

The handsome man looked slightly surprised as he watched the two separate in such a peculiar way.

"call!"

A howling wind swept in, and a figure rode the wind, approaching at an extremely high speed.

This was an elderly man wearing a black soft hat and with silver eyes. His black robe was embroidered with storm symbols, and his expression was solemn, as if he were a high-ranking clergyman.

"You are late."

The handsome man spoke to the old man, his voice echoing through the night sky.

The dead are crying out.

Layer upon layer of consciousness crowded into Luze's mind; they were in pain, they craved, they wanted to live, and they made endless noises. Utterly chaotic, utterly cacophonous!

Lu Ze's spirit seemed to be submerged in a sea of ​​consciousness. He wanted to shout, but he couldn't even feel his own body.

Just then, a long, ethereal song gently rang in his ears. The voice seemed to possess a bewitching magic, calming his chaotic thoughts. Lu Ze finally felt relaxed and wanted to drift off to sleep.
Wait a minute, where am I right now?
Lu Ze suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.

He found himself in a palace made of pea vines, which were hard and cold, making his bottom slightly uncomfortable.

A beautiful mermaid girl swam around him, her figure ethereal and beautiful, as if floating in the air. She had been singing happily until she realized Luze was awake, at which point she immediately became shy and panicked, and quickly fled behind the throne at the top of the palace.

"woke up?"

A pair of long legs clad in riding trousers dangled from the throne, and the Queen's voice echoed throughout the palace.

The mermaid girl peeked out from behind the throne, looking down at Luze with a mixture of curiosity and timidity, her light blue eyes shining with innocent light. The queen reached out and stroked her, and she smiled happily before disappearing with a snap, like a bubble in the sunlight.

How did I get here?
Lu Ze vaguely recalled his previous experiences, and he quickly remembered seeing something at Kapin's villa.
"Well!"

His frantic thoughts surged forth like a vast ocean, and even the slightest ripple brought him immense pain.

“It seems you have absorbed a large amount of human flesh and blood in a short period of time, and the residual spirit in your body has had a great impact on you.” The Queen’s tone was somewhat surprised. “If it weren’t for the fact that your soul is not yet corrupted, I would almost have mistaken you for someone who has been corrupted by the true creator and become His fanatical believer.”

"Tell me, what happened?"

what happened?
Lu Ze was silent for a moment, then calmly shook his head. "It's nothing, just witnessing the complexity and distortion of human nature. Also, Your Majesty, I think I've got a lead on the human trafficking case."

Then, he began to tell the other person about what had happened that night. This included how, following the disappearance of the girl, he found Kapin's villa and witnessed high-ranking officials colluding with an evil organization to traffic people for profit.

"So you're saying that the human trafficking cases are related to MI9?"

The Queen's voice turned serious.

"Yes."

Lu Ze reached into his chest, rummaged around, and pulled out a head with its eyes wide open in death. The head had a long, thin, horse-like face and a cold expression; it was none other than Horace, whom he had devoured alive. "This is the leader of the Extraordinary Ones protecting Kapin. He should belong to MI9. He's only recently died; his spirit is still fresh. You can investigate him using your methods."

So far, he has only devoured everyone in the hall, and the four extraordinary beings among them have only been temporarily killed and contained, not yet released.

He originally intended not to use humans to replenish his flesh and blood, but fate played a cruel joke on him, causing him to merge into the river of blood in his madness, and gain flesh and blood resources that ordinary Rose Bishops could hardly obtain.

Lu Ze sensed the potion within his body and discovered that he had almost completely digested the Sequence 6 potion. It turned out that the method of playing this sequence was indeed just as Ms. M had said—offering roses to the true Creator.
That's really twisted.

The queen summoned unseen servants to receive the head.

Unseen servants busied themselves, creating countless strange and mysterious symbols around the head. Soon, a transparent shadow filled with pain floated out of the head, its appearance vaguely recognizable as Heras.

"Put a 'lying nose' on him."

The Queen gave the order.

An unseen servant opened the treasure vault doors and respectfully retrieved a long wooden nose from within. This nose floated up and was placed upon Horus's spirit body.

To be honest, Horace had a long, thin, horse-like face. He was already wearing a curly white wig, and now he was wearing a long nose, making him look somewhat comical. Fortunately, Horace himself was already dead and had no objection to this.

"Tell me, who ordered you to protect Kapin?"

"The Queen asked."

The spirit hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to fabricate a lie, then its nose stretched out in the opposite direction and pierced into his body, causing him great pain.

"It's our MI9 deputy director, Chunas Korger!"

He wailed, his long nose retracting slightly.

As expected, it was MI9. However, the deputy director gave the order directly, so they seemed to attach great importance to this matter.

Lu Ze thought to himself.

Why are you protecting Kapin?

The Queen continued to ask.

The long-nosed creature was itching to act, and Heras's spirit could only honestly reply, "In order for Kapin to capture people for us, we need a lot of manpower to complete a task."

"What job?"

"I can't say."

"explain."

The queen gave the order, and the long wooden nose stretched out, piercing the spirit of Horus and causing it great pain.

"Aaaaaah! I said! They've been taken away, go!"

Before Heras could finish speaking, his head, which held his spirit, suddenly collapsed without warning, turning into dirty yet pure flesh and blood. The flesh and blood gushed upwards, seemingly about to soar into the sky and become bright fireworks in the night to attract attention.

The invisible servant pounced forward swiftly and swallowed the firework whole before it could even leave the palace.

(End of this chapter)