Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Is this the voice of the "Goddess of the Night"?

Julian had assumed that Amanisis wouldn't respond directly, but would at most have Ariana or another member of the "Night Watch" pass on a message to him after hearing his story, so he was somewhat surprised.

He did not respond, but continued to wait for the divine message from this remnant of the ancient people.

"Do what you think is right, but avoid directly listening to the voice of the 'true Creator'."

"The mythical creature dwelling on you seems to have had some influence on Him, which has made Him take a special interest in you."

After a pause, the "Goddess of the Night" continued:

"If it is safe to do so, you may offer a prayer to the one who is with you and try to obtain the next sequence of potion recipes."

After saying these three sentences, the voice of the "Goddess of the Night" disappeared, and the candle that had been swaying slightly returned to normal.

"Beautiful goddess, thank you for the tip."

Julian breathed a sigh of relief, removed the "spiritual wall," and then cleaned the altar again.

"The goddess just suggested I try to obtain the potion recipe by praying to the 'Starry Night' because I've absorbed a large amount of the potion?"

To be honest, he was really eager to know the name of the next potion and wished he could start praying right now.

However, having just dealt with the two scourges, "Starry Night" and "True Creator," not long ago, he was already exhausted. In addition, the ritual magic of praying to the goddess had further depleted his spirituality. Julian even felt that he could fall asleep instantly if he closed his eyes.

His current state is definitely not enough to support him performing another ritual magic spell. It's obvious that this would be a suicidal act and could very likely cause him to lose control.

Having realized this, Julian stopped worrying about it and, after resting for a while, fell asleep on the bed.

Julian woke up at about 7 a.m. the next morning, just as dawn was breaking.

After breakfast, Julian first went out by carriage to see Lanius, drew some blood from him, and then returned home to complete the altar for the ritual magic.

However, unlike the previous rituals which only contained elements that were purely directed at the "Goddess of Night," this time Julian added three new substances to an internal magic circle.

These are essential oils from rainbow rosemary, the blood of "fraudster" Lanius, and a small amount of meteorite remnants.

This meteorite remnant was a surplus of the "non-cooling meteorite powder" he had previously obtained, and it was perfect material to use as a magical ritual material to contact "Starry Night".

Even now, the meteorite powder was still slightly warm, and Julian could see its faint glow even in the darkness.

There is no doubt that this thing contains some kind of radiation, but Julian seems to be completely immune to this radiation due to his special constitution.

Rainbow rosemary is a plant that is associated with the "Color of the Stars" in a mystical sense, and the blood of Lanius is something that the "Color of the Stars" hates.

Although the "fraudster" had been corrupted by the "Starry Night," the extraordinary power of the "Thief" pathway within him remained genuine.

Furthermore, since "Starry Night" had failed to eliminate him before, it was quite appropriate to use this blood to symbolically please "Starry Night".

At the very center of these three substances, Julian placed a pure white candle—representing his own spirituality, while the pure white symbolized his readiness to be "stained," that is, to accept new knowledge.

After everything was arranged, Julian first created the "Spiritual Wall," and then used the substances and elements on the outer layer of the altar that pointed to the "Goddess of Night" to pray, thus gaining some protection.

Immediately afterwards, he began to chant another honorific name:

"The illusory colors of the illusory sky, the invisible shadows of the silent star tides, the withered creatures, and the ancient sovereigns who distort reality!"

"With the radiant light as my witness, and with Your presence as the conduit, I beseech You to bestow revelation and guide me on my path..."

Compared to the last time when he prayed to "Starry Night", this time Julian not only had a more proper attitude, but also used a more complete three-part name.

This is one of the honorific names that could point to "Starry Night," and Julian has several similar names.

However, the other honorific names all contained sensitive words such as "indescribable," "old days," and "taboo." After weighing the options, Julian chose one that seemed relatively safe.

"Buzz..."

As the white candle burned rapidly and its height decreased, Lanius's blood began to become more vibrant, quickly changing from bright red to a more exaggerated and vivid purplish-red.

Julian saw the vibrant colors and heard the familiar buzzing sound once again.

However, it seems that because Julian is almost fully digesting the "Four-Colored Awakener" potion, the mental tearing sensation he is experiencing is much less than before, which allows him to hear and see more things.

He quickly memorized the information and ended the magical ritual before the "Starry Night" could further corrupt his mind.

At this moment, the white candle corresponding to Julian himself had almost burned out, and the originally vibrant rainbow rosemary essential oil and Lanius's blood had turned into grayish-white powder, looking completely lifeless.

"call……"

Julian breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly jotted down the knowledge he had just acquired in his notebook:

Sequence 8: Commentator

"Main materials: a heterochromatic iris of a mythical beast, and a piece of polar pyroxene that has been formed for over 2000 years."

"Auxiliary materials: 30 grams of mimicry bone powder from the Mimicry Beast, 10 ml of stagnant water from the lake, and 20 ml of strong liquor with an alcohol content exceeding 50 degrees."

"Putting aside the fact that the potion's name, 'Commentator,' is weird... why does this recipe even need something like 'Pseudo-Language Beast'?"

Julian suddenly felt a bit of a headache.

When he was still a "reader," he had seen records of creatures called "imitative language monsters" in some ancient books.

This is an extraordinary creature without a fixed form, capable of both oviparous and viviparous birth, and mainly distributed in cold regions.

Within 100 hours of birth, they will imitate the calls of other animals they first hear, learning the corresponding call patterns and language in an extremely short period of time. They will then attempt to integrate into their groups and society, and use the vitality of the host organism as a source of nutrition to hatch new "imitative language monsters" within the host's body.

What's most terrifying is that the creatures that the "Imitation Disaster Beasts" can imitate include humans, and unless extraordinary methods of investigation are used, it is very difficult to discover their true nature.

Aside from these extraordinary detection methods, the only way to barely distinguish "Pseudo-Language Beasts" is by the fact that their irises are purplish-red, but the accuracy of identification using only this method is far too low.

But that wasn't what really troubled Julian.

What worries him more is that the "Imitation Beasts" have almost completely become extinct since about 150 years ago!