Inside the inn where Cyril was temporarily staying in Bansy Harbor.
Countless fine specks of starlight flew out of the void, swiftly reassembling into an illusory door shimmering with starlight in the room.
Then Cyril stepped out from behind the "door."
After recording some Dawn Knight Beyonder Abilities from Father Utravsky, he had gone to Verdu to record Teleport and Flash before hurrying back to Bansy Harbor.
The wall lamp in the room was still lit. Randolph Carter sat by the window, carefully painting the storm outside on his canvas.
Sensing Cyril's return via Teleport, he spoke without raising his head.
"This downpour came a little too strangely. If you go out, you'd better not make too much noise."
"What did you find?" Cyril asked curiously.
Randolph Carter raised the drawing board in his hand. It showed a perfect recreation of the scene outside the window, except the lightning streaking across the sky was blood-red.
"Though I no longer have a Beyonder Characteristic, my intuition remains. I can still observe the world's true nature."
"Not long after you and Edefana left, when the storm had just begun, the entire sky I saw was blood-red. What fell from it wasn't rainwater, but bloody water reeking of gunpowder. It was silently nurturing the desires and emotions buried deep within people's hearts."
"Nurturing emotions and desires?"
Cyril lightly furrowed his brow, continuously flipping a gold coin between his fingers.
A few seconds later, he flicked the coin away with a clang. After rolling several times, it landed back in his palm.
Heads up, indicating affirmation!
"Tonight is ideal for investigating the pollution leaking out of the City of Calamity."
After a pause, he looked out at the heavy clouds beyond the window, where lightning occasionally flashed.
"This change may have been caused by