Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Chapter 79 Mr. Z's Strength and the Sequence 5 Sealed Artifact

"The fleeting pleasure in paradise comes at the cost of endless calamity!"

"When have I ever asked anything of you, great Creator;

"Use that clay to mold me into a human being?"

"————" (Note 1)

As the chanting of the two "Midnight Poets" began, the young man among the "Punishers," wearing a glove on his left hand and holding a gun in his right, rushed toward the door of the Lanius mansion, extending his left hand forward at the same time.

The next second, a faint blue light flashed, and he entered the building!

With a "click," the door was opened from the inside, and the "punishers" rushed in first, while the "night watchmen" covered their rear.

However, just as the "punishers" were about to reach the master bedroom on the second floor, they suddenly heard a whooshing sound.

Many tiny, marble-like objects instantly attached themselves to the gloved young man. He instinctively tried to use his gloves to slip into the stairs to escape, but he felt something binding his feet.

He looked down in horror and realized it was his own shadow!

The shadow, which had seemed lifeless, now appeared to come alive, firmly binding his lower body to the stairs.

Under the desperate gaze of the young man, a large expanse of bright red unfolded in the stairwell.

"Bang!!!"

The force of the impact instantly stopped the "punishers" who had not yet caught up.

"James!"

A middle-aged member of the "punisher" group behind him saw his teammate who had been blown to pieces and immediately let out a roar of resentment.

The original plan of the "Punisher" was to use the gloves corresponding to the extraordinary characteristics of the "Apprentice" to break in in a very short time, and then, in conjunction with the "Night Watchers'" "Midnight Poet" control ability, quickly subdue the cultists in the building.

However, it now seems that the "Midnight Poet's" control of the situation has not been effective, as the opponent seems to have circumvented the influence of the poem in some way.

In addition, the young man named James rushed too fast, which is why he accidentally fell into the opponent's ambush.

The "Punishers" and the "Night Watchers" also realized that a mid-sequence "Aurora Society" extraordinary member seemed to be hiding in this building.

It is very likely that he is Mr. Z from the "Aurora Club"!

"Frye!"

At this point, Dunn couldn't care less about anything else and directly used the "Nightmare" ability to pull everyone in the building except for the "Night Watchers" and the "Punishers" into a dream!

In this way, Dunn keenly observed that three consciousnesses were simultaneously entering the dream within the house.

But soon, two of the consciousnesses disappeared, leaving only one consciousness still in the dream.

"What's going on? The 'Nightmare's' ability isn't working!"

Dunn was taken aback, but before he could react, he felt as if something was binding his neck.

A strong feeling of suffocation washed over him, forcing him to temporarily leave the "dream" state and return to reality.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Dunn's pupils contracted slightly.

A writhing mass of flesh, resembling a human, reached out and gripped his neck with unimaginable force!

"This is—the Rose Bishop's 'flesh and blood servant'?"

Dunn immediately realized that Mr. Z must have used the flesh and blood left behind by the young “punisher” who had died earlier to create this flesh puppet, and used it to force Dunn out of the “dream” state by locking his throat.

"Whoosh!"

Once again, the sound of something cutting through the air could be heard.

Two thin wind blades flew over, instantly severing the flesh puppet's arms and helping Dunn regain his freedom.

The middle-aged "punisher" was now pointing his hand in Dunn's direction, and a black eye patch had appeared over his right eye.

The metal box had already been opened to the side; in other words, the black eye patch must be some kind of sealing artifact.

"Bang bang bang!"

Seizing the opportunity, Leonard and another "Punisher" began unleashing a barrage of fire from revolvers loaded with demon hunter bullets at the flesh golem, which to some extent hampered its movements.

However, the flesh puppet soon stopped trying to move and instead began to expand violently.

"not good!"

Everyone realized that the flesh puppet would soon self-destruct again, but fortunately, Frye had finally finished the preparations.

He held a black and green orb in his hand, and at that moment, Frye's entire hand was also stained with a corresponding color.

As the black and green orb flashed with a faint light, the flesh puppet was stained black.

The appearance of this black color halted its self-destruction, and then the blackish-green color began to spread rapidly throughout its entire body.

Ulceration and dissolution ensued, and within just 3 seconds, the flesh puppet turned into a pool of filthy blood.

Frye's palms also showed obvious ulceration, but fortunately, because he had only been manipulating the "Poison Orb" for a short time, the extent of the injury was still acceptable.

With the physical abilities of a "corpse collector," it's not too difficult for them to withstand this kind of damage.

"well done!"

Dunn praised Frye, and at the same time felt fortunate.

Fortunately, Julian mentioned the name "Rose Bishop" in advance, which gave Dunn the opportunity to learn about Mr. Z's abilities.

This orb, which can poison and rapidly decay the enemy's body, is a great counter to the "Rose Bishop's" flesh magic, and the "Flesh Servant" is naturally included in it.

However, before Dunn could even catch his breath, the shadow at the corner of the stairs suddenly twisted.

It quickly transformed into two javelins and flew towards Leonard.

This was none other than the "Hermit's" "Shadow Shaping," and the power of the Sequence 6 potion further enhanced it!

Leonard was startled, but before he could do anything, a crackling sound rang out.

At the same time, blue and white lightning illuminated the entire living room, and the shadow javelins vanished the moment they encountered it.

The electric light spread further, illuminating the thick shadow at the corner of the stairs, and the outline of a person vaguely appeared.

A flash of electricity appeared on the figure's surface, followed by a muffled groan.

"Huff, huff, huff—"

When the lightning disappeared, darkness returned to the corner of the stairs, and the middle-aged man's body showed obvious signs of burns on one side.

The burns spread from the edge of the goggles, seemingly a side effect of the goggles themselves!

"Holy crap, the 'Punisher' even brought out a Sequence 5 sealed artifact?"

Julian was taken aback; he hadn't expected the "Punisher" to be so determined for this operation.

Logically speaking, the Church of the True God in a small city like Tingen should rarely possess a Sequence 5 sealed artifact. Julian originally thought that the eye patch was just a Sequence 6 "Wind Favorite" sealed artifact, until the appearance of the lightning confirmed that it was an item with the power of Sequence 5 "Ocean Singer".

This suggests that the "punisher" may have also learned of Mr. Z's arrival in Tingen through some channel and had pinpointed the general area of ​​his activities.

This means that the "punisher" should also have some monitoring capabilities over the "Aurora Club".

The pause lasted less than two seconds before the middle-aged "punisher's" entire body crackled with electricity once again.

These arcs of electricity instantly coalesced into the shape of a longbow and arrows, appearing in his hand.

A thunderous sound rang out, and the arrow shot out with lightning speed toward the spot where the figure had just appeared in the darkness!

(Note: Excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost)