Mystery: The Stars Returner

It was discovered that there is indeed an extraordinary person here.

Hastur took this to confirm his guess, and looked at the big toad with a more wary look.

Maric showed a ferocious look in his eyes, glanced at Hastur, and shouted: "Do you want to go up and deal with him?"

"Negotiate first. The other party has not shown any malicious intent yet."

Hasta pulled Maric's arm to signal him to calm down and not act impulsively.

"We just happened to be passing by and were attracted by the movement here."

Hastur led Mariqi out of the dense forest, attracting curious eyes. Their expressions were very calm, not at all the panic when someone peeked into the secret.

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Everyone who can come here is the Lord's favorite."

"host?"

Hastur deliberately showed curiosity and interest.

The middle-aged man's smile became brighter and he said in a soft voice: "We believe in the Lord who is in charge of the destination of all deaths. He is the Lord of the Dead, the Lord of Darkness, and the loving father who gives sleep to all living beings."

"Are you all His followers?"

"We believe that only after death can the souls of the dead be put to sleep completely in order to achieve happiness in the next life. We are followers of His will."

"What are you here?" Hastur pointed to the crowd dancing around the bonfire.

“Although the Lord does not care about our gratitude, we still need to please the Lord with dance to show our piety and joy.”

Hastur nodded and said with a smile: "Then go on, you guys, we will leave first."

"..."

The smile on the middle-aged man's face froze slightly, and then he said with a smile: "My manor is not far from here. You can go and stay for a night. We are always willing to provide help 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 Earl Richard chooses to take action, then you can be sure that they are not good people. If he does not take action, then you can continue chatting with them for a while.

"There are a lot of wild beasts here. 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 stopped talking to Hastur. Instead, he walked into the crowd and led the crowd to start a new round of sacrificial dance.

His dancing was clearly well above average for the group, and he was almost certainly the one hosting the event.

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

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

Maric said in surprise: "Aren't you always cautious? Why are you so reckless now?"

"Life requires a little indulgence once in a while."

"You shouldn't be convinced by him in just a few words, right?"

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

"..."

Maric watched Hastur join the dancing team.

The middle-aged man was very happy to see Hastur come back, and personally taught Hastur how to dance this sacrificial dance well.

Hastur learned quickly, which made the middle-aged people think more highly of him and kept praising him for his talent.

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

Only Maric, who stayed outside, seemed out of place, attracting many curious and puzzled looks.

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

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

During this period, they would come here to dance and pray for blessings every night, asking the Lord of the Dead, who rules the world of dead souls, to allow the souls of their relatives to rest in peace, so that they can gain better happiness in the next life.

This concept is very similar to the Buddhist teachings that Hastur is familiar with, which is the belief in blessings in the afterlife.

In order to ensure that they can please the Lord of the Undead, they have to perform sacrificial dances for thirteen days in a row, and now there are only the last two days left before the thirteenth day.

"You seem to have changed a lot."

Maric went around and looked at Hastur. What he cared about was not Hastur's ability to easily pry out information, but the temperament and character that Hastur displayed.

Looking carefully again, Hastur's original childishness and youthfulness seemed to have faded a lot, becoming more mature and reliable.

"People always change themselves according to different situations, and no one is ever the same."

"That's right."

Maric nodded, did not dwell on the issue any longer, and asked softly: "You really don't want to dance with them late at night, do you?"

"Aren't you curious at all?"

"Curious? Haha, I don't think I have lived enough. I would rather pretend that nothing happened tonight."

Hasta 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 in need of spanking now." The corner of Maric's mouth twitched.

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

If he was just a member of the Sleeping Sect of the Spiritual Religion, then even reporting it to the Church of the Goddess of Night would be of no use.

Sleep is also the authority of the goddess of the night.

Her full honorific name is: Goddess of Night, higher than the stars, longer than eternity, Mother of Secrets, Queen of disaster and fear, Lord of sleep and silence.

Perhaps people from the Spiritual Religion group don't know that the being who holds the authority to sleep is not only the God of Death, but also the Goddess of Night.

And after the conversation just now, he found that although Earl Richard was enthusiastic about preaching, he had a not bad character.

Many people here have been helped by Earl Richard. He not only provided help within his ability, but also comforted their sad hearts because of the death of their loved ones.

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

"for example?"

"For example, now, do you really think that what you see with your eyes is the whole place?"

Hastur showed interest in his eyes, and Maric hesitated before lowering his voice and said: "There is a huge spiritual creature here, 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 person yet, so you can't activate spiritual vision, and you can't see creatures from the spiritual world."

"What a pity."

Hastur sighed regretfully.