Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Chapter 76 The Temple's Reply (Thanks to "No, No, No" for the Qidian Coins donation)

How did you know?

Dunn was somewhat surprised.

"I previously obtained information about the Aurora Society's outpost locations from Haynes Vancent through special methods—you should have already investigated him, right?"

"That's right."

Dunn nodded: "But he's already dead."

"I originally planned to use the method of infiltrating his dream, but Daly stopped me, saying that you specifically warned me about the risks involved in doing so."

"Therefore, we've only roughly pinpointed the connection between him and the Aurora Society through other sealed artifacts and Klein's divination, and we've also investigated his interpersonal relationships—currently identifying two suspects."

"really."

Julian nodded slightly. He had already guessed that Haynes Vancent was likely dead after the "Magic Mirror Divination" incident. His presence at the "Aurora Club" dinner the day before and his recent absence from the "Divination Club" both proved this.

"I had Alexander Hoy leak information about these strongholds to the Church of Storms, and the Punishers are already organizing their operation."

He leaned back in his chair and smiled, "So all you need to do is send out an invitation for joint enforcement. I believe the 'substitute offender' won't refuse."

"The Night Watchers can allocate some of their forces to assist the Punishers in combat, while others can simply stand by and share the credit, ready to be deployed at any time."

"You mean, we should preserve some of our fighting strength?"

Dunn understood Julian's implied meaning and asked.

"That's right, because this battle won't be that simple."

Julian said, "We'll discuss the details later."

"Would you like to join us?"

"Dun asked curiously."

"You don't need to worry about me, I will appear at the appropriate time."

Julian shook his head.

"Alright, if there are no problems, let's split up now. You go and send a telegram to the sanctuary, and I'll go next door to perform the ritual magic."

As soon as he finished speaking, the buzzing sound and strange brilliance of "Starlight" almost disappeared, which meant that Julian and Dunn's conversation would once again be known to the outside world.

"it is good."

Fortunately, Dunn didn't delay upon hearing this, and he and Julian got up at the same time.

Rosanne cleared out an office for Julian and also found him the materials needed for ritual magic from the alchemy room.

The ritual magic for this "reporting" was very simple—at least for Julian, who frequently performed all sorts of highly complex ritual magic.

Therefore, he finished his prayer in 5 minutes and then waited quietly with Dunn for the church's reply.

"By the way, Dunn, after I told you about Old Neil last time, did you investigate him?"

"Hmm—I infiltrated his dream and discovered he seems to be performing a very dangerous ritual magic involving life transmutation."

Dunn sighed: "Later, when we talked to him, we found out that he couldn't forget his deceased fiancée. We took away all the materials and information he had collected related to this ritual magic, and after some observation and psychological counseling, we were able to let him continue to come to work."

"But ever since then, his mental state has not been very good. I talk to him from time to time, hoping that he can get through this as much as possible."

The implication is that the matter was not reported and was essentially resolved within the "Night Watch" squad in Tingen City.

It must be said that this is very much in line with Dunn's style of doing things.

But Julian immediately wore a strange expression after hearing this, and tentatively asked, "Wait—you mean, you entered Old Neil's dream?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Dunn found it strange.

"Did you see anything strange?"

Julian asked somewhat nervously.

"No, what's wrong?"

Dunn shook his head, momentarily confused as to why Julian would ask such a question.

"That bastard Ince—"

Julian curled his lip. He hadn't expected that Dunn, while not investigating Haynes Vancent's dream, would instead go and look at Old Neil's dream, which was influenced by the "Hidden Sage".

This is highly likely to be the 0-08 arrangement—especially considering that the problem with the Antigonus family notes was resolved ahead of time and Dunn did not experience the corresponding contamination, making this possibility even higher.

In other words, it cannot be ruled out that Ince was trying to "make up" for the previous pollution through this method.

Although Dunn said he didn't see anything, Julian thought otherwise.

There is a major variable involved: the eye released by the "Hidden Sage" was pinched by the "Star of Colors" when Julian and Old Neil first met.

If Dunn's eyes weren't in good condition when he entered Old Neil's dream, then it's alright.

But if it returns to its original state, the situation is different.

However, Julian was unable to make a judgment at the moment. He repeatedly checked Dunn's aura with the vision of the "Four-Colored Awakener" and only stopped after confirming that there was nothing unusual about the other party.

"Captain, a telegram from the Sanctuary has arrived."

At this moment, Rosanne knocked on the door, and after receiving Dunn's permission, she brought in the telegram.

"The sanctuary has approved it."

Dunn glanced at it and then spoke.

"Very good."

Julian breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's proceed according to the plan we just agreed on. During this time, we must not relax our protection of Alexander Hoy."

"I'll go see him later and confirm the specific time for my meeting with Congressman Maynard."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Dunn nodded, then watched Julian leave the office.

After returning home, Julian looked at Ethan, who had eaten and drunk his fill and was continuing to read various books. After confirming that the guy was in good health, he went to the bedroom.

He took out the black letter that Mr. Z had given him earlier, then used a knife to cut open the sealing wax and took out the letter paper.

To Julian's surprise, the cursive handwriting on the paper was very elegant, and it didn't look like it was written by a man at all. Instead, it looked like it was written by a young woman full of intellectual charm.

J: "I believe you have received the divine message from Z and have become the chosen messenger of my Lord."

Congratulations.

"If you have any matters to report in the future, you can contact me directly through my messenger."

"Written by the Dark Saint on July 16, 1349."

At the very bottom of the letter was a messenger's summons. Julian glanced at it and realized that the summons seemed to refer to some kind of spirit creature that had made a pact with Ksma.

Thinking of this, Julian quickly wrote down the information about the "Night Watcher" plan to investigate a member of the "Witch Cult" on a piece of paper, and then went to the basement.

He intends to summon the messenger of "Dark Saint" Kesma!