Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Just moments ago, when Julian was about to lose control due to those illusory voices, the angry buzzing of "Starry Night" reappeared, instantly dispelling the discomfort.

Just as he had done when he saw the Antigonus family notes, he showed strong hostility toward everything related to the "Mysterious Three Paths".

And it seems that because of the personal factors of the mural in front of him, His anger was more intense than ever before.

Julian felt a mix of emotions, because although "Starry Night" had no good intentions, it had objectively protected him.

Similar situations have occurred many times, sometimes due to the anger of "Starry Night," but more often because He also does not want Julian to die.

Because if that were the case, He would be instantly exposed to the Seven Gods, and being punished and sealed away would be a matter of minutes.

In contrast, attaching oneself to Julian and gradually regaining one's own power through his path to becoming stronger as a "Four-Colored Awakener" is in the best interest of "Starry Night".

It is precisely for this reason that Julian now possesses a strong ability to resist pollution—although he himself is often tormented by the noisy buzzing of "Starry Night," Julian has a certain degree of "invulnerability" to third-party sources of pollution.

Yes, these murals in front of us are undoubtedly polluted, capable of driving anyone who lacks divinity mad or even out of control upon seeing them.

This is understandable, as these murals involve the true identities of Antigonus and the "Mother of the Sky," as well as the secrets of the "Land of Night."

This information itself contains contamination, which forms a filtering mechanism that shuts out all unqualified explorers.

After all, the Antigonus family would never allow any nobody to know their true history, especially sensitive history involving the "Land of Night" and the "Destroyer Wolf" Fregra.

"But if that's the case... then Lena Powell should have seen these murals too?"

Julian quickly realized this, and as a result, he became more cautious.

As he and Mr. Azik continued down, some Quaternary historical murals began to appear.

This includes scenes from the Solomon and Tudor periods, as well as other figure paintings.

Suddenly, Julian stopped in front of a mural.

The painting depicts three people standing together, talking about something. The man on the far left has dark eyes and tufts of coarse black hair on his cheeks, possessing both the characteristics of old age and youth. He is none other than Antigonus, who has already transformed into human form using his "Miracleist" ability.

The man in the middle appeared to be middle-aged, with a stern face, hair that was a void black with a few white hairs, and a pair of ripple-like blue eyes. His overall appearance resembled that of a vampire duke from folklore.

The one on the far right is a man wearing black gloves, with shadows on his face, wearing luxurious clothes, and with gray hair.

"This is... my ancestor?"

Julian looked at the man on the far right, because he had seen his image in his family's history.

One of the five dukes of the Tudor Empire, the ancestor of the Jacob family, the "Time Worm" of Sequence 1!

Mr. Azik also stared blankly at the scene, his eyes flickering as if he were recalling something.

"...I think I've seen them before, but I can't remember."

After a long while, Mr. Azik shook his head.

"The man on the right is the ancestor of the Jacob family, and also my ancestor."

Julian explained in a low voice.

"Jacob...the Jacob family from the legendary Thudor Empire?"

Mr. Azik was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

He turned to look at Julian:

"Are you a descendant of the Jacob family?"

"Yes."

Julian grinned:

"This also answers the question you asked me earlier about the origin of those Quaternary artifacts."

"I see."

Mr. Azik nodded, and then he heard Julian say:

"The one on the left is Antigonus, and the one in the middle, if I'm not mistaken, should be Bethel Abraham, the ancestor of the Abraham family."

"Bethel Abraham..."

Looking at Mr. Azik muttering to himself, Julian asked with some curiosity:

"So, have you remembered anything?"

"It seems so, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

Mr. Azik's expression was very complicated:

"But I think what you said is true, because when I see these murals, many fragmented images come to mind."

"These scenes seem to be related to war... I seem to be with many people, and opposite me is a figure whose whole body is covered in blood, and the person in the middle of the mural seems to be next to this blood-red figure."

"Then the blood-red figure glanced at me, and the scene cuts out there."

"Hmm, it's okay."

Julian nodded slightly, knowing that Mr. Azik was probably vaguely recalling historical memories related to the "War of the Four Emperors".

He chose not to explain, because it might not be of much benefit to Mr. Azik at this point. On the other hand, Julian also hoped that Mr. Azik could gradually discover all of this on his own.

"It wasn't me, it wasn't me... I didn't see it..."

Just then, a woman's voice suddenly came from the bottom of the dark staircase.

The sound was filled with madness and terror, accompanied by the sounds of metal falling and dull thuds.

Even Julian, who possesses the vision of a "four-color seer," could not truly see what was happening so deep inside. He could only vaguely see something expanding and wriggling.

Julian and Mr. Azik exchanged a glance, the former putting on "wizard glasses" and then scattering a cloud of silver-gray powder down the stairs.

"Splash!"

In an instant, the entire dark space was illuminated, and Julian was able to see the situation below clearly.

It was a large mass of twitching, writhing flesh and tentacled-like things that was spreading. Some of these tentacles were destroying the surrounding stone walls, while others were trying to wrap around the flesh and restrain their own expansion.

At the very top of the flesh and blood was a head split in two. On the left was half the face of a terrified blonde beauty, while on the right was half a grotesque, distorted, and androgynous face, like that of a clown.

Between the two halves of the head is a bizarrely wide mouth, filled with countless sharp teeth like a vortex.

And that sound came from that mouth.

Under the influence of Julian's "Flash" spell, the grotesque face that had split in two immediately suffered burns, and a shrill, inhuman scream erupted in the underground space!

"This is Lena Powell... she's out of control?"

Julian immediately realized what had happened to the "magician".

Normally, a Sequence 7 Extraordinary shouldn't cause such a huge commotion when it goes out of control.

Therefore, the most likely scenario is that the murals at this Antigonus family site may have some kind of mysterious influence on extraordinary individuals who follow the "diviner" path!

"Bang bang bang..."

After the "Flash" spell ended, a series of sounds resembling gunshots immediately came from all around.

"Air-launched grenades? Or rapid-fire?"

Julian narrowed his eyes slightly, and without thinking, he threw a large cloud of iron-black powder forward.

An invisible giant hand appeared and reached out to grab the air blasts.

At the same instant, an enormous, exaggeratedly large, lizard-like undead creature made of bones silently landed in front of Julian and then wrapped him up completely with its tail!