Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 56 Lord of the Undead?Dark Maharaja?Sleeping Father?

It was discovered, and there really are Extraordinary people here.

Hastur took this to confirm his guess, and looked a little more warily at the big toad.

Maric showed a ferocious look, glanced at Hasta, and said in a low voice: "Are you going to go up and deal with him?"

"Negotiate first, the other party has not shown any malice."

Hastur pulled Maric's arm, signaling him to calm down and not act impulsively.

"We just happened to pass by and were attracted by the movement of your place."

Hastur led Maric out of the dense forest, attracting curious eyes. Their expressions were very calm, and they didn't panic at all when they were peeped into the secret.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Those who can come here are the Lord's favorites."

"host?"

Hastur deliberately showed curiosity and interest.

The middle-aged man smiled brighter, and said in a soft voice: "We believe in the master who is in charge of the fate of all deaths. He is the Lord of the dead, he is the prince of darkness, and he is the loving father who bestows peace on the living."

"Are you all his followers?"

"We believe that after death, the souls of the dead can only obtain happiness in the afterlife if they sleep peacefully. We are followers of His wishes."

"Then who are you?" Hastur pointed to the crowd dancing around the bonfire.

"Although the Lord doesn't care about our gratitude, we still need to dance to please the Lord to show our devotion and joy."

Hastur nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's continue, we will leave first."

"..."

The smile on the middle-aged man's face froze slightly, and then he said with a smile: "Not far from here is my manor, you can go and stay for one night, and we are always willing to provide help within our ability to those in need."

The owner of the manor not far away, is this Earl Richard?
"Thank you for your kindness. We came out to camp in the wild on purpose."

Hastur still declined, turned around and wanted to leave.

He was just testing, and didn't really want to leave at this time.

If this Earl Richard chooses to act, then he can be sure that they are not good people. If he does not act, then he can continue to chat with them for a while.

"There are a lot of beasts here. The two friends should be more careful when camping outside. If you need help, you can come here to find us."

The middle-aged man smiled kindly, and instead of talking to Hastur, he walked into the crowd and led the crowd to start a new round of sacrificial dance.

His dancing is obviously far beyond the average level of this group of people, and it is basically certain that he is the organizer of this event.

Other believers also joined the dancing team, leaving Hastur and Maric standing outside the circle.

"Want to try the dance here?" Hastur suggested with a smile.

Maric asked in surprise, "Haven't you always been cautious? Why are you so reckless now?"

"Life needs to be indulged once in a while."

"You won't be persuaded by him with just a few words?"

"I'll try it first, you stay here and guard."

"..."

Maric watched Hastur join the dancing team.

The middle-aged man was very happy to see Hasta went back and returned, and personally instructed Hasta how to dance this sacrificial dance well.

Hastur learned quickly, which made the middle-aged people look up to him even more, and kept praising his talent.

Soon, Hastur became proficient at dancing this sacrificial dance, and naturally blended into this group.

Only Maric, who stayed outside, looked out of place, attracting many curious and puzzled eyes.

After dancing, Hastur got rid of the conversation with Earl Richard and returned to Maric to share with him the information he had found.

After the integration and routine just now, he has confirmed that the middle-aged man is Earl Richard, and his full name is Dylan Richard.

During this period of time, they would come here to dance and pray for blessings every night late at night, asking the lord of the dead who ruled the world of dead souls to let the dead souls of their loved ones sleep peacefully, so as to obtain better happiness in the afterlife.

This concept is very similar to the Buddhist teachings that Hasta is familiar with, and they all believe in the saying that there will be blessings in the afterlife.

In order to ensure that they can please the lord of the dead, they have to dance the sacrificial dance for thirteen consecutive days, and now they are 13 days away from No. [-], and only the last two days are left.

"You seem to have changed a lot."

Maric sized Hasta around in a circle. What he cared about was not that Hasta could easily inquire about the news, but the temperament and character that Hasta showed.

Looking carefully again, Hastur's original childishness and youthfulness in the eyebrows seem to have faded a lot, and he has become mature and reliable.

"People always change themselves with different occasions, and no one remains the same."

"That's right."

Maric nodded and didn't bother with this question anymore, and asked softly: "Don't you really want to dance with them in the middle of the night?"

"Aren't you curious at all?"

"Curiosity? Hehe, I don't think I've had enough. I'd rather pretend that nothing happened tonight."

Hastur pondered for a while, and said with emotion: "Maric, you have successfully changed my stereotype of you."

"...I find that you are getting more and more under-beaten now." The corner of Maric's mouth twitched.

Hastur smiled, and he was no longer poor. The reason why he wanted to know what this group of people wanted to do was because this Earl Richard was too close to his manor.

If he is just a pure spiritual sect of the Sleeping Sect, then even reporting it to the Church of the Evernight Goddess is useless.

Sleep is also the authority of the Evernight Goddess.

His full honorable name is: Goddess of the Night, higher than the stars, older than eternity, Mother of Secrets, Queen of Calamity and Fear, Lord of Sleep and Silence.

Perhaps the people of the lineage of the Spiritual Cult, they don't know that the existence that holds the authority of sleeping is not only the god of death, but also the goddess of the night.

And after the conversation just now, he found that although Earl Richard was enthusiastic about preaching, he had a good personality.

There are many people here who have been helped by Earl Richard, who not only provided help in his ability, but also comforted their hearts when they were grieving over the death of a loved one.

Maric persuaded earnestly: "I know you yearn for the mysterious and extraordinary world, but this world is very dangerous, far from being as simple as what you see with your eyes."

"for example?"

"For example, now, don't you really think that what you see with your eyes is the whole picture here?"

Hastur showed interested eyes, and Maric hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and said: "Here is a huge spirit creature, and it is overlooking all of us."

"Spiritual creatures? Where are they? Why can't I see them?"

Hastur showed his nervousness, excitement, and curiosity at the right time.

"You haven't become an Extraordinary yet, you can't activate your spiritual vision, and you can't see creatures from the spirit world."

"What a pity."

Hastur sighed regretfully.

"It's hard for me to judge whether the spirit creature is good or evil. It's better to stay away from it."

"You are right, but this Earl Richard is my neighbor who lives next door, and we will meet again sooner or later."

"..."

Maric was silent for a while, and still felt that it would be safest and easy to report directly to the Church of Evernight.

At this moment, Earl Richard came over again, enthusiastically conveyed the philosophy he pursued to Hasta, and invited Hasta to join them.

"I don't have anything sad right now." Hastur first refused, and then said: "I agree with the idea that only by letting the souls of the dead rest in peace, can they obtain happiness in the next life."

Earl Richard understood the meaning of his words and issued an invitation: "Tomorrow night and the night after tomorrow, we will still be nearby. If you are interested, you can come and see."

"We will definitely come."

After getting an affirmative answer, Earl Richard became more hospitable and enthusiastic, and invited Hasta and Maric to his manor for two days many times.

For this kind of invitation to go directly to the lair, Hastur smiled and refused.

It was about three o'clock in the middle of the night, and all the bustle gradually calmed down. Earl Richard organized people to put out the bonfire with mud and clean up the traces of activities.

Hastur asked curiously, and Earl Richard told them that the Lord they believed in likes the tranquility after the hustle and bustle, and after the sacrificial dance is over, as His believers, they should not disturb His tranquility.

Soon, the sky was bright, Earl Richard led the people to leave here, and the huge toad-shaped spirit world creature also disappeared after the bonfire was extinguished.

Hastur and Maric, who stayed where they were, looked at each other, and couldn't help feeling the wonder of last night.

"They look quite normal, if there is no spirit world creature." Maric gave his evaluation.

"He is an earl. If he really wants to do something to hold an evil ceremony, I am afraid that he has already attracted the attention of the church."

"I hope so." Maric nodded, and seeing Hasta's energetic appearance, he asked curiously, "Aren't you tired at all if you don't sleep all night?"

"...I'm so excited."

Back near the lake, Hastur pretended to be very tired, and proposed to go back to the manor to rest first, so that he would be able to attend the party in the evening.

Maric went to check his zombie team to see if there was any accident.

In Aster Manor, Neil, the housekeeper, saw Hastur covered in leaves and grass clippings, with a complicated expression on his face.

What's so fun about camping in the wild? In this densely forested place, there are a lot of mosquitoes, snakes and rats, and you can't sleep peacefully at night.

Where is there a big bed in the house that sleeps comfortably?
He didn't interfere too much, just as Hastur was young and liked to seek excitement.

In the evening, Hastur again proposed to camp in the wild, and then he and Maric played cards for two hours around the lake with a fire.

During the period, a living corpse was added to form three people, and they played a few fights against evil.

But the IQ of the living corpse is limited. Faced with this kind of relatively high-end gameplay, it is obvious that their intelligence cannot keep up. They can't distinguish teammates from enemies.

At around twelve o'clock at night, the surrounding temperature dropped, and the faint whistle sounded again from the depths of the dense forest.

Hastur and Maric ended the game and followed the source of the whistle.

Finally, they found that Earl Richard and his party who had prepared the bonfire were about the same number as last night, all a dozen or so.

Seeing Hastur appear as scheduled, Earl Richard was very happy to welcome him.

After a few pleasantries, Hastur asked curiously, "Why is the place where the ceremony is held tonight different from last night?"

(End of this chapter)