Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 155 Coralie and the Tombstone

After returning home and entrusting Phinks and his mother's ashes to Sorin for safekeeping, Kurt set off again under the cover of night and arrived at the Brave Ones Bar.

I met Sharon, and Coralie, who was in a daze.

Compared to when he first met Coralie, she was now much more gloomy, but she still expressed her gratitude to Kurt.

Kurt put down his cane, sat on the sofa, and waved his hand, saying, "No need to thank me. You should thank the Lord for his blessing, otherwise you probably wouldn't have gotten out of this mess."

He didn't shy away from Sharon, who remained silent and quiet to the side, thus demonstrating both trust and a powerful, indifferent attitude.

Coralie pursed her lips and said in a somewhat clear voice, "What is there for you, Lord?"

Kurt stated directly, "Go to the Five Seas, establish a fleet, and engage in trade."

Coralie paused for a moment, then asked again, somewhat puzzled, "Business?"

Kurt glanced at Sharon and continued, "Yes, business. The organization needs operating funds. I'll give you 1000 pounds as start-up capital—well, besides business, you can also ask the Lord for the recipe for pleasure. You can play the role of a pirate during this time. Of course, you can also give up promotion and gain new power from the Lord—"

Coralie bit her lip somewhat resentfully and said, "That witch cult—"

Kurt clapped his hands, interrupting her advice, and said, "You're only a Sequence Seven right now. Focus on improving your strength before thinking about anything else. Going to the Witch's Church now is a dead end—"

"Of course, while traveling as a merchant, I will do my best to spread the faith of my Lord, especially in the southern continent."

After that, Kurt treated Sharon, who was sitting upright, as an outsider and passed on the first version of the teachings of the One to Coralie.

As for the content of the doctrine, Kurt adopted a set of moral norms that conformed to modern people, such as fairness, justice, freedom, and democracy.

Kurt may establish a regime in the Southern Continent, or at least create a paradise—Coralli is just the beginning. The temptation of gaining extraordinary abilities for everyone is immense once more people believe in him.

Of course, Kut didn't go to places like Backlund where faiths had been almost completely divided up. In comparison, the faiths above the Five Seas and the Southern Continent were already quite strange, so the addition of Taiyi wouldn't attract much attention.

Moreover, with Taiichi personally helping to cover up the traces, it can only be said that the difficulty of proselytizing has been greatly reduced.

After all, compared to traditional gods, Kurt's advantages are too great. He has few constraints and almost complete control over a source substance. If the power of the source substance hadn't been partially sealed, Kurt would probably be at the level of a half-step ancient being now.

Of course, in that case, consciousness would probably dissipate directly.

This is probably his backup plan, giving himself "enough" time to collect human anchors and grasp the essence, so that he won't completely lose himself.

After confirming that Coralie remembered, Kurt looked at Sharon, who had been quiet all along, and smiled, "Miss Sharon, could you please help Coralie forge an identity?"

Sharon didn't ask him how he knew she could get a fake identity; she simply nodded and said, "You missed today's party."

Kurt had arranged to go to the extraordinary party hosted by Bernadette with Sharon today—he remembered this, but he had agreed with Sharon that if he didn't show up, it meant he had something to do, so he didn't bother Sorin to make the trip again.

It wasn't because of that one gold coin; the main reason was that he now regarded Sorin as a living, breathing person, and he had been involved with the official extraordinary individuals for the past two days.

So Kurt smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Sharon, I've been embroiled in an extraordinary case that you've probably heard about."

Sharon nodded and said in a cool tone, "The official Extraordinary Ones were particularly active yesterday."

Is she trying to get information from me? After a moment's thought, Kurt gave Sharon and Coralie a general overview of the case involving the Truth Society.

Finally, he said, "The Truth Society is our enemy. Coralie, when you are preaching, be careful of the people of this sect, and report any news to the Lord. Hmm, Miss Sharon, as you can see, I need their intelligence. If you can provide it, I will pay the appropriate reward."

"The search will basically be over tomorrow."

Wearing a small black soft hat, Sharon nodded coolly, losing the desire to speak, and fell silent once again.

Kurt rubbed his temples and looked at Coralie, saying, "I'll be holding a funeral for Phinks the day after tomorrow."

Coralie flinched and opened her mouth slightly, but ultimately made no sound, simply staring at Kurt.

Kurt knew she wanted to participate, but she was still wanted by the church—going out rashly might cause Kurt unnecessary trouble.

Kurt smiled slightly and said, "We are all serving the Lord now, fighting for the same ideal—but that doesn't mean we should put aside our personal feelings to send Phinks off on his final journey."

After saying that, Kurt took out a human skin mask, a low-end version of the Faceless Man that he made using the Faceless Man's abilities and some special rituals.

With the ability to isolate and limit the changes in the five senses, along with the blessing of "infinite collapse," it shouldn't be difficult to evade capture.

After Coralie took the mask, she listened to Kurt describe its abilities, and tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

From this point on, apart from Kut, Taiyi's most devout follower was born.

After leaving the Brave Ones' Bar, Kurt headed straight to the East District to begin his hunt for the night.

After putting on the necklace, he thought about how he still knew the locations of so many guilty people, and how it would be absurd for him not to eliminate them.

It stings my body.

Three more strongholds were destroyed, and over 100 people were rescued. There are just too many! These maggots are like cockroaches; eradicate one, and they'll create others. You can never kill them all.

Of course, Kurt was quite enjoying it; this was tantamount to playing the role of the unveiler, revealing a dark corner of this seemingly glamorous Backlund ahead of time.

On Thursday, Kurt pre-purchased a burial plot himself in a public cemetery in the South Side.

Kurt also took the opportunity to visit his father's grave.

Looking at the rather luxurious tombstone, Kurt sighed. His impression of Cole was almost entirely based on memory, so he wasn't overly saddened; however, the fact that his father was involved with the Void Cult was something he couldn't help but care about.

In addition to the plot point in the original work where Klein crawls out of his grave —

Kurt took out the sterling silver pendant.

"My father, Cole Bud, is in the grave."