Lord of the Mysteries: The Last Shepherd
Chapter 55

Waiting for the Show

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Prejudices in people's hearts are towering mountains.

After working at the Blackthorn Security Company in Tingen for so long, Luther had long since adapted to Dunn's steady and rational captaincy. He almost forgot that the most common difficulties one encounters at work do not come from the outside, but from your foolish colleagues, moronic superiors, and idiot bosses.

Edward rejected Luther's proposal, reasoning that the ceremony of a depraved evil god should not be held in front of the sacred Chanis Gate. So Leonard then proposed that the target could be moved to the surface before holding the ceremony, which was also rejected by Edward. His reason was that the commotion would be too large and might leak intelligence.

Leonard was still arguing on strong grounds, but Luther had already seen that the crux of the problem was not here—it was that Edward simply did not want to rely on them to resolve the incident.

Therefore, Luther stopped Leonard, turned instead, and smiled at Edward. "Captain Edward, I don't deny that my ritual requires the aid of evil power... However, since you disagree with my proposal, you must already have another solution."

The other party looked quite confident, surely having other support and believing that the matter could be resolved even without Luther making a move.

"You guessed accurately. That's right. Among the local Machinery Hivemind squad in Enmat Harbor, there is an experienced auxiliary member. He is a Sequence 7 of the Mystery Pryer pathway, and has previously dealt with similar Beyonder incidents multiple times."

As expected, Edward had already found someone else. Facing Luther's inquiry at this moment, he no longer concealed it. "I have already discussed it with the Machinery Hivemind. That Beyonder will come over here tonight, and he will use a more normal method to

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