Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

That laugh was quite comical, looking even uglier than crying.

If this were performed elsewhere, the audience would surely applaud the clown's brilliant performance after a brief moment of shock.

But Julian couldn't laugh at all at this moment.

Julian swallowed hard; to be honest, he was extremely nervous at this point.

Suddenly, the clown outside snapped his fingers.

"Snapped!"

"!!!"

Julian instinctively shifted his body, and the next second a hole the size of a fingernail suddenly appeared in the wooden door!

He had just stopped when he heard the sound of fingers snapping outside again.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

"That damned 'Secret Society'!"

Julian fired back while leaping behind the sofa to take cover.

Cracking sounds came from inside the room as glass windows and bottles shattered one after another.

Fortunately, the air blasts entered Riel Bieber's house after passing through the wall, so their power was significantly reduced and not enough to penetrate the hard solid wood sofa.

Throughout the process, Riel Bieber appeared to have inhaled an excessive amount of sleep-inducing essential oils, sleeping like a log and completely ignoring the noises outside.

"Since things have come to this, the only way to escape is to jump out of the window."

Julian glanced at the shattered glass. It was two stories above the ground. Given his physical abilities, he should be fine if he jumped.

Although this involved a certain risk—he needed to gamble that there were no other members of the Secret Order outside to provide backup—it would always be beneficial for him to enter a more open environment.

However, just as he was about to do so, the neon-like light and shadow reappeared.

The layers of light and shadow from "Starry Night" enveloped Julian, making it difficult for him to see the path ahead.

"Damn it, you were quiet for only a few minutes, and now you're going to bother me again?"

Julian cursed the evil alien creature in his mind a dozen times as he felt his way forward and ran quickly toward the window.

"Buzz!"

Just then, an extremely sharp buzzing sound rang in Julian's ears.

The buzzing sound seemed to have some kind of mental influence, which immediately made "Professor" dizzy and almost made him fall to the ground.

Julian turned to look at the wisp of eerie blue light that had inexplicably appeared behind the balcony partition, realizing that the "magician" must have already entered Riel Bieber's house through "Flame Leap".

"Do you really want me dead? What good will it do you if I die?"

He was now extremely angry, cursing in his mind as he reached out to touch the "scholar's legacy".

He intends to use "live reenactment" to corrupt the clown of that "secret order"!

Julian didn't know why the goddess had suddenly stopped protecting him. Under these circumstances, using "Recreation of the Scene" to corrupt the enemy would undoubtedly be extremely risky, and might even cause Julian himself to lose control.

However, at this point he couldn't care less about anything else.

Even if he loses control, he must drag this "magician" down with him.

Incidentally, once his "container" fails, that damned "Starry Night" will inevitably be exposed to the Seven Gods, and at that time, it will only be buried with Julian.

"Since you don't want me to live, then let's both die together!"

The lens of "The Scholar's Legacy" unfolded, anticipating the direction from which the clown's footsteps came from. Julian took a deep breath and stood up abruptly.

"Buzz!"

The buzzing sound came again. Julian struggled to suppress the headache and nausea, and quickly spread his spirituality into the "Scholar's Legacy," completely enveloping the "Secret Order" clown in his field of vision!

"?"

The clown of the Secret Order was enveloped in neon colors. He immediately sensed something was wrong and used his "paper doll" to dodge the lens's range, instantly reappearing in another location.

However, this time the stunt double did not allow him to completely shake off that unsettling neon light.

It still has a part attached to the "magician", and it is showing a tendency to expand further!

The "magician" immediately felt his thoughts begin to blur, and he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers at Julian once again.

"Snapped!"

This time, the air blast was much more powerful and had a wider range than before. It seems that the "magician" wanted to improve his condition by ensuring the killing of Julian.

Julian could barely stand; he desperately felt the wind pressure approaching him.

"So, in the end, I'm going to die?"

The thought vaguely surfaced, and Julian's heart was filled with bitterness.

However, at that very moment, an even brighter and more dazzling neon color erupted from him.

Julian was unsure if it was just his imagination, but he suddenly felt that time around him seemed to slow down, and even the air bullets didn't hit him.

The clown of the "Secret Order" suddenly showed extreme terror on his face, because he vaguely saw a blurry mass of colors that could not be classified into the known spectrum grabbing at him like a giant hand!

"ah!!!"

He let out a piercing scream, and brilliant light shot out from his eyes, ears, and mouth and nose.

The next second, the "magician's" head exploded with a "bang," and blood and brain matter mixed with the dazzling colors covered the entire living room!

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Julian stared blankly at all of this, watching the iridescent light slowly recede into his body.

Not only that, he also felt another emotion that did not belong to him.

That's satisfaction.

And it's exhilarating.

"...Is 'Starry Night' feeling pleased with herself for killing that 'Secret Order' clown?"

Julian suddenly realized.

He couldn't help but recall the extreme hatred that "Starry Night" had previously shown towards the Antigonus family notes.

"So, He prevented me from leaving the scene just now because He wanted me to get rid of that 'Secret Society' clown?"

Julian stared blankly, and in that moment he suddenly understood everything.

"Is 'The Color of the Stars' not simply disgusted by Antigonus, but by the extraordinary beings of the 'Diviner' pathway and all things related to them?"

This conjecture was somewhat unbelievable to him, but it seemed to be the most reasonable explanation for everything at the moment.

"...Oh right, I almost forgot about psychic abilities."

Julian slapped his forehead. Before the soul of the "Secret Society" clown had dissipated, he quickly set up a simple spirit communication ritual.

A few seconds later, the pale, bewildered, and extremely fearful face of the "Secret Order" clown appeared in Riel Bieber's living room.

However, the face paint had disappeared by now, revealing only an ordinary-looking face that was neither ugly nor handsome.

"What's your name?"

Julian lowered his voice and asked the question.