[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader":3,"chapter-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1069":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Lord of Mysteries: Starting As A Reader",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1553596,2017,"Chapter 1069: Consecutive Advancements","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1069",1069,"\u003Cp>Ebner had no time to study what abilities a Cognizer possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reflexively activated the Pure White Eye and, guided by an inexplicable sense, looked past the All-Seeing Eye and the Pure White Angel blocking the entrance of the passage—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and \"saw\" into the depths of the Unknown Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within that unknown time, that unknown space, a slumbering, Unknown figure lay still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was \"unknown,\" his form was \"unknown,\" all of him was \"unknown\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet Ebner distinctly felt that a portion of this being’s fate was intertwined with his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was the only thing, as a Cognizer, he was capable of \"seeing\" about Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, that Unknown shadow seemed to sense Ebner’s \"gaze,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and its body trembled ever so slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Ebner felt a deep tranquility wash over his soul—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then he lost consciousness entirely, falling into a deep sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the Unknown figure whose fate was linked to him stopped trembling and returned to slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the real world, Ebner’s mythic form collapsed back into human form, and he was caught and gently held by the waiting Mother of the Sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Backlund, West Borough, Horatio Family Villa\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flora·Jacobs parasitizing Emma suddenly caused her host’s head to turn toward the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mouth whispered softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unknown... My Lord... has awakened!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds of dazed silence, Emma herself curved her lips into a soft smile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her expression filled with pure devotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the same city, Bridge South Borough, beneath the Harvest Church\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith, having descended using the Goddess of Beauty’s body, also looked toward the outskirts and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the conclusions drawn from that experiment in the Forsaken Land of the Gods were correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact from advancing to Sequence 3 can indeed be dispersed by the power of ’Evernight.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, the influence Ebner receives from the ’Unknown’ should be the smallest among all versions of ’him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a pity that when Alwen realized this and sought Evernight, it was already too late...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, there would have been no need to wait until...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm. I wonder whether he will manage to break through the barrier of Sequence 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even Oliver, Rhine, and Vicente never dared attempt advancement to Sequence 1—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for fear of losing themselves completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Secrecy-cloaked mirror world, Vera Tamara—who had just temporarily \"bound\" the Black Saintess using the Fog of Uncertainty—turned toward the outskirts beside the manifested \"Spirit Angel\" Tholtzna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression turned complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Unknown...\" Vera murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll-like Tholtzna remained expressionless, her thoughts unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East Chester County, Cabas Town, Deep Nightmare Church\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaloran and Cohinem suddenly sensed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think he can replace the ’Unknown’ in this lifetime?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he fails, with how ’polluted’ we already are, we will eventually become mindless puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apocalypse draws near.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ’Unknown’ cannot sleep forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet the Unknown’s attitude... is also ’unknown.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then do you dare gamble on it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I do not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So let us hope he succeeds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a certain primitive island in the Fog Sea,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a pure black shadow suddenly surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two cracks tore open on its face, forming a pair of grotesquely uneven \"eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these \"eyes\" had no pupils—only blood-red color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red eyes gazed eastward for a while—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when another crack split open beneath them, forming a mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow burst into eerie laughter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"’Unknown’... briefly awakened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder the monster inside me weakened slightly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pity—if I’d chosen to believe in ’Liu Bo’ back then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I might have escaped my predicament through this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wednesday night, having completed all reviews and finally left the Church of Storms headquarters on Pasu Island, Alger drove the Blue Avenger into a remote sea region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then used a batch of vampire anesthetic gas—bought from \"The Moon\" for 130 pounds—to knock out all the sailors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he lay out a ritual and chant in Ancient Hermes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I summon in my name:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The spirit wandering the illusions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the friendly creature available for command,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the messenger belonging to Gehrman Sparrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the deck, the wind suddenly roared, becoming violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames of the candles expanded, turned pale—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a bright gold-haired, red-eyed head emerged from within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alger was about to speak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he realized that behind the head was not a neck,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but a hand holding it by the hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renette Tinicol stepped out in her somber, ornate long dress,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the four heads she carried all turning toward Alger, speaking in turn:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Need... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fruit... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fruit ice? What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t summon her for snacks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked the \"World\" for the Loenese... no, for the Obnis Sea Monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this spirit creature talks?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of the messenger of the Fool’s favored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alger, confused, corrected her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need the Obnis Sea Monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wrong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four heads nodded in unison—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then Renette spat out a block of ice containing... a strawberry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Alger could react, she lifted the \"transformation curse\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and an enormous sea monster appeared on the ocean surface like a small mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its tentacles writhed wildly, excited at its regained freedom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>until it noticed Renette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, it behaved like a domesticated pet, falling obediently still,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>opening a mouth large enough to swallow a full-sized ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Clearly, after days of \"training,\" it had become very obedient to this ancient, eldritch being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Alger wasted no time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dove into the water and swam inside the Obnis’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, he took out the jars and bottles he had prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preparing the materials,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he calmed his emotions, meditated once,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then drank the metal vial of Ocean Songsterpotion in one gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now successfully advanced to Sequence 5 Ocean Songster, Alger excitedly raised his voice, testing his \"singing\" ability—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the sea monster spat him back out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Singing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A murderous...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seaweed-head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thursday, the capital of Lenburg — Aesara\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edwina Edwards’s archaeological discoveries went on public display in dozens of museums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because \"Admiral of Iceberg\" was widely known, and with excellent pre-show publicity, crowds flooded in to visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was stunned—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for these artifacts came from various periods of the Fourth Epoch,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spanning its entire history,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>capable of overturning many historians’ established theories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Edwina’s academic papers were published worldwide simultaneously—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though none mentioned anything supernatural,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every scholar who read them felt their worldview collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid this global upheaval in the fields of history and archaeology—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edwina performed a ritual,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shattered the mirror formed from the Prophet characteristic granted by God,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and brewed it into potion, drinking it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly losing herself in the River of Fate and the world of Absolute Rationality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edwina Edwards succeeded—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advancing to Sequence 4 Prophet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m now the fifth ’Queen’ of the sea...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ’Iceberg Queen.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last... I’ve somewhat caught up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Backlund, 28 Kingster Street\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ebner woke again, it was already Friday morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groggily sat up,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>trying to recall what had happened before—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to hear someone calling his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned toward the sound—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And saw that Fors and Xu, who had been leaning on the bedside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were now looking at him in pure joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1209,"2026-06-06T07:27:25.441Z",1,"novelbin.me","8447855a6cbfd166dfba267ab99bad54bc25452c6cda6cfc9a50c768d0453a59","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1070","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1068",1326,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-cover.jpg"]