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Lord of Mysteries: The Stars Return

The stars twinkle, and everything is laid bare under their gaze. A hall of stars capable of convening meetings between the Old Ones and Outer Gods. Hastur Campbell, a fallen noble, begins his legend on the path of the Black Emperor. He is the symbol of chaos and order! He is the Lord of Order! He is the origin of all the rules of the starry sky! He is the returns of the stars

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Chapter 402: An Eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun

Chapter 402: An Eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun

"Hmm, it is indeed quite magical."

Even Sharon, who was hiding in the mirror, found the stone dirty and smelly, so she couldn't help but kick it a bit farther away.

Hastur suppressed the urge to laugh and said with a serious face, "This proves that we are the best destination for this thing."

Cattleya, standing nearby, silently looked away, also feeling a bit amused.

Ulrich was stunned for a moment and said with emotion, "Perhaps."

"Now, can you tell us its origin and purpose?"

Hearing the question, Ulrich glanced nervously at Cattleya and whispered, "After I tell you, you must ensure my safe departure from here."

"Yes, this is a deal."

Seeing Cattleya nod, Ulrich breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the stone on the table with a complicated expression and began to explain, "I am a priest who served under Bishop Deli. We had a very good relationship, so when he sensed his impending death, he entrusted this thing to me. Before parting, he told me that this thing is... the Eye of God."

At this point, Ulrich shivered instinctively, his eyes showing a trace of fear.

"The Eye of God, such blasphemous words. At that time, I was completely terrified, only vaguely hearing him muttering something like, 'The gods will fall, the new sun is about to rise, but where is the new sun? Is it Him? No, it's not Him!' These inexplicable words."

"The day after he handed the thing to me, he was arrested by the Eternal Blazing Sun Church for blasphemy and then burned at the stake."

"To be honest, given his horrifying statements, being charged with blasphemy was a normal judgment. But I didn't expect that I would also be listed as a blasphemer and a wanted criminal."

"To protect myself, I had to flee everywhere. When they found me today, I thought I was also going to be sent to the stake. Yes, this lady saved me."

Ulrich's eyes sparkled as he looked at Cattleya's beautiful face, speaking with devotion, "At that moment, I thought you were an angel sent by God to save me."

"I'm not," Cattleya interrupted Ulrich's fantasy directly.

"I, I know, I was just using a metaphor." Ulrich blushed and lowered his head, not daring to look at Cattleya.

Cattleya had no interest in his thoughts and looked at Hastur to ask for his opinion.

Hastur smiled and said, "How about we just return it to the Eternal Blazing Sun Church?"

"That's not a funny joke," Cattleya thought for a moment. "You keep it for now. It's late, we'll deal with it tomorrow."

"That makes sense, I also want to rest first..."

Before Hastur could finish his sentence, Cattleya took the mirror from the table, returned to her room, and thoughtfully closed the door, leaving Hastur and Ulrich staring at each other.

"Star, you're getting more and more outrageous!"

"This person was clearly saved by you, yet you leave all the trouble to me?"

"Is this how you handle things?"

"And why did you take Sharon with you when you returned to your room?"

Hastur opened his mouth but said nothing, only letting out a barely audible sigh.

He guessed that Cattleya did not believe that this seemingly ordinary round stone was the Eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun.

She thought Ulrich was lying and that there was no value in investigating further, so she left so decisively.

But Hastur had a premonition that what Ulrich said was true and that this round stone was indeed an eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun that had fallen to the human world.

It must have happened when the Eternal Blazing Sun was injured while helping the Supernova Dominator attack His divine kingdom, causing one of His eyes to fall from the divine kingdom.

As for why the Eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun turned into a stone and appeared ordinary, Hastur did not know.

But he understood that this thing was now a hot potato.

Not only did the Eternal Blazing Sun Church want to reclaim the divine artifact, but the egg of the Supernova Dominator also needed the nutrients within this eye.

There was another possibility that worried him the most.

Unless the Eternal Blazing Sun was gravely injured, how could He allow His eye to fall to the human world?

Could there be some scheme behind this?

The Eternal Blazing Sun was one of the gods who participated in the division of the ancient Sun God, definitely a cunning deity.

His every move might contain unknown intentions.

And this thing fell into his hands so easily?

He hadn't even left his house much recently, deliberately avoiding getting involved.

Heh, this thing is definitely not a fortuitous encounter but a source of turmoil.

Hastur already had a rough idea of how to handle this Eye of the Eternal Blazing Sun.

He put aside his various thoughts and looked at Ulrich, who stood awkwardly to the side, "Where did the smell on you come from?"

"To avoid the patrolling soldiers, I hid in a garbage bin," Ulrich answered honestly.

"..." Hastur's eyelids twitched, pointing to a corner of the room, "You can make do there for the night. We'll find a way to get you out of the capital Trier tomorrow."

"Thank you." Ulrich's lips moved slightly, and he obediently walked to the corner, curling up. Though the place was not great, it was much better than sleeping outside.

"Here." Hastur opened the wardrobe and threw a spare blanket from the hotel to Ulrich.

Without waiting for him to say anything, Hastur extinguished the lights and went to bed.

...

In the basement of a luxurious villa in the West District, the god-spawn Seara, who was merging with tree roots and sleeping, sensed a call from the Mother God.

He stood up from the tree roots, with sticky green sap flowing from his body. He looked up at the black tree in front of him, where a blurry face was struggling to emerge from the tree trunk.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze at this moment, with the aura of darkness and desire crawling out from the shadows.

The lush tree crown was His hair, the sturdy branches His body, and the winding roots His legs.

The basement was too small, far less spacious than the island, making it impossible for the Mother God's limbs to extend freely, only allowing the roots to delve deeper underground.

"Find... this... object!"

A simple divine command was spoken intermittently, and at the same time, an image of the object appeared in Seara's mind.

A gray, round stone?

Suspected to be related to the Eternal Blazing Sun and beneficial to the new sun brewing at the top of the tree crown.

"By your command."

Seara bowed his head to receive the divine command.

The struggling blurry face retracted into the tree trunk, and everything returned to normal.

"Sigh." Seara stood quietly for a while, then sighed.

He felt that his luck had been bad recently, even the Mother God had mentioned this issue.

Now receiving this task, he had no confidence in completing it.

Trier was the capital of Intis, where the power of the Eternal Blazing Sun was strongest, followed by the God of Steam and Machinery.

Although it was not as terrifying as Beckland, if the Eternal Blazing Sun noticed any abnormality, He might descend.

The God of Steam and Machinery was not much of a concern, as He generally did not descend, and His most powerful subordinate was only a Sequence 2 angel.

Even if he held powerful sealed artifacts, Seara was not worried.

Only a divine descent could truly threaten him.

After pondering for a long time, Seara left the basement and ordered the members of the Rose School of Thought to investigate outside while keeping an eye on the Eternal Blazing Sun Church.

He himself would act in the shadows.

Not long after leaving, he vaguely sensed Bernadette's presence.

He had targeted Bernadette multiple times in Beckland and was very familiar with her aura.

"A follower of the stars."

Seara had no intention of targeting Bernadette again. Although the Mother God had not explicitly stated it, they were not enemies with the followers of the stars.

After knowing that Bernadette was a follower of the stars, the Mother God had also told him to abandon that task.

"Hmm, the Pope of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church has also returned. It seems that something unexpected has indeed happened to the Eternal Blazing Sun Church recently."

Seara continued to hide and observe everything. Without a divine descent, he feared no one in Trier.

...

Dawn broke, the darkness dissipated, but the morning air still carried a hint of last night's chill.

Hastur woke up, glanced around the room, and found Ulrich sleeping soundly in the corner, wrapped in a blanket, with drool marking the new blanket.

Great, now he would have to pay for another blanket.

Hastur did not disturb the sleeping Ulrich, got up, washed, and went out to knock on Cattleya's door.

After a while, the door opened, and Cattleya let him in. Sharon had already come out of the mirror and was sitting in front of an exquisite dressing table, wearing a new outfit.

Although still somewhat conservative and gothic, the style was clearly from Intis.

It must have been one of the new clothes Sharon bought recently.

Hastur glanced at Sharon with a resentful look. He had asked Sharon to try on the clothes before, but she had refused him mercilessly.

Cattleya had only known her for a few days, and yet...

Hmm, this situation seemed familiar.

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