Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

It should have been scary when the monster turned from the darkness.

But when Esther saw her face, she immediately frowned in dissatisfaction: "You are so weak."

If it perfectly imitated Esther's face, maybe it could scare her for a second.

This kind of scene has been used badly in video games for a long time. No matter how gloomy the atmosphere is, it can't stand the psychological preparation before the other party slowly performs a look back.If Esther hadn't been more cautious and wary of the figure that was close to her, she would have been able to rush up and give him two blows as early as when she turned around.

And Esther is so unscrupulous - mainly because she has something more terrifying in her head. In comparison, the performance of this monster is too dull.

"Wraith action is prohibited here."

Esther's words blurted out, and she pushed her right hand forward, causing the "person" on the opposite side to scream silently out of fear instinct.The figure lost its condensed form, showing its original appearance, a flat human skin writhing in mid-air, struggling to rush towards Esther instinctively.

Esther's ban was partially effective, but because the monster she faced was not a real wraith, the impact was limited, but her speed and reaction ability were affected, and she was not completely restrained.

For the "thief", it is no different from a target.

The light spots that illuminated the darkness around Esther suddenly changed from scattered to gathered, and rushed out with the touch of her toes, and several light spots clustered around her, pulling out a stream-like light belt.When Esther's sword tip was stretched out, those bands of light did not stop, but flew out layer by layer, closing in behind the flying human skin, completely blocking its retreat.

When the tip of the sword pierced through the human skin, Esther's spiritual intuition moved, and her left hand, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately grasped it subconsciously.

An invisible scream came from Esther's mouth, completely defeating the monster's plan to lure her to attack again.

The shimmering sword fell on the human skin monster, no different from a paper knife. After Esther stole its last sinister struggle, all that was waiting for it was destruction.

The fluffy human skin that was split in half by the short sword fell to the ground, gradually shriveled and rotted, shrunk into a ball and condensed.

"This is the end?"

Esther swung the dagger, and scattered the surrounding light bands again, forcing the surrounding darkness to be pushed away by the light.

Xiao Wu, who was tightly wrapped around her ears, was observing the mass on the ground: "Your luck is really terrible. There is a human-skinned shadow on the ground, just wait for its extraordinary characteristics to condense."

Esther sniffed her dagger, and it had a strange smell that made her feel slightly greedy. It was a bit sour and spicy, and it easily reminded Esther of the radish and oxtail soup that she drank at Klein's house. , the kind with chili added, but the taste of this thing feels weirder.

"Is this... can I eat it?"

Xiao Wu has to admit that even though this is the normal state of "Amons", it was shocked by Esther's boldness for several seconds: "You better not think about eating everything!?"

"I feel like eating will hurt my stomach, so let's forget it." Esther subconsciously licked her lips after saying this.

Xiao Wu was afraid that Esther's stolen Extraordinary characteristics would be completely polluted by eating indiscriminately, so he quickly explained: "There is a risk of madness if you devour Extraordinary characteristics raw! Especially the Extraordinary characteristics that do not belong to this path, if you really No one knows what will happen if you eat it, maybe you will explode in place! You don’t want that kind of consequences, do you?”

Esther laughed dryly, and said embarrassingly: "I haven't reached the point where I can eat it directly, I just think it is very fragrant..."

After the extraordinary characteristics of the human-skinned phantom were condensed, she picked up the diamond-like compound. Its countless cross-sections reflected the surrounding light, and each cross-section had a different face, densely overlapping. Together, more than one look can make the average person feel creepy.

Xiao Wu heard Esther swallowing, and hurriedly asked her:
"Are you still going in?"

This question brought Esther back to her senses. She rolled up the harvest with a bandage and stuffed it into her backpack, telling herself that this is what Mister "World" needs, if she really eats this "delicacy" now , the next Tarot meeting can only be on the sidelines, and it is difficult to propose a deal.

Esther shrugged, and the light spots in the air obeyed her wishes, and spread out in the direction of going back: "Of course I can't go in, I always have a feeling that I can't go back if I go in, anyway, my goal Reached."

Xiao Wu resumed his lazy and casual tone: "You really are not greedy at all."

"My luck is good enough, people who are too greedy will get nothing."

"It's a shame you're a 'stealer'."

Esther couldn't agree more: "I feel the same way, if given the choice, I really want to be a 'warrior'."

"What I'm talking about is that this path is wronged because of you. You really don't want to be a 'warrior' to grow taller?"

Until walking out of this ancient Quaternary tomb, Esther didn't say a word to Xiao Wu again.

-

After returning to Baiya Town, it was past noon, and Esther was the first to find a restaurant to have a big meal.

On the one hand, she was really hungry, and on the other hand, she was also using this to resist her desire to swallow that extraordinary material.

Esther just happened to meet a few delivery merchants at the next table who were going back to Backlund. After she offered to pay the fare, those people didn't mind seeing that she was single, so they took Esther along. Let her sit on the edge of the car at the back of the car, and just be careful not to fall.

Esther happily saved some change, looking at the gradually disappearing Baiya Town, she was in a very happy mood.

"Aren't you curious about the whereabouts of those people?" Xiao Wu asked in a low voice.

"Curiosity, but I can't control it. The innermost danger doesn't even want to face my 'spiritual intuition', so how could I go in." Esther sighed as she spoke, "Oh, what if In the past, maybe I would have foolishly wanted to see it, but now, ha."

She didn't talk about this topic again, but suddenly mentioned the crow that left: "When I came back last time, Xiaoqi said something. The 'hanged man' you are talking about is the real creator, right? Why does he show The feeling of extreme madness and hatred?"

Xiao Wu's tone was very indifferent: "Have you met him?"

"In the dream, when someone else was in contact with him, I briefly connected to that dream, when I was still in Tingen."

"So there is such a thing, but I won't tell you."

Esther smacked her lips: "Don't tell me you can't say it? This is a disaster made by one person, and the whole family keeps silent."

"It's useless for you to mock me, because I really don't want to say it." Xiao Wu's voice remained unmoved, completely unaffected by Esther's words.

Esther looked up at the sunny sky, and always felt that the sun was a bit of an eyesore, so she had to raise her hand to slightly block it: "Is it because the past was so tragic? I find it hard to believe that someone can bear so much negative pain and hatred." .”

"Well. He is not human, so don't always judge mythical creatures from a human perspective."

"But I'm a human being, so I can't help but imagine how terrifying those emotions would be when it changes to me. This is called empathy." Esther narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling the breeze blowing on her body, "I don't want to Because I was exposed to so many weird things, I forgot what it was like to be human."

Xiao Wu didn't speak.

It didn't remind Esther that it was very likely that her instinct had given an early warning. It was because Esther was unwilling to believe certain facts from the bottom of her heart that she began to try to deceive herself, and even firmly believed in this beautiful lie. .

This kind of self-deception seems to be a kind of sadness that belongs to human nature.

-

Returning to Backlund didn't make Esther feel much better. Even if she didn't like the sun or moon in this world, she didn't like the smog that persisted here for years.Everything is somber in such surroundings, as if a gray hat with a black veil had been draped over the bustling city, ready to attend the funeral of the masses.

Returning to the banks of the Tussock River, Esther found a cheap hotel. Esther paid the five-day room fee directly, and planned to rent a house on the edge of the East District after attending the Tarot Club next Monday.

This time she didn't even hide it from Xiao Wu, but told it with a smile that it could have a good sleep.

"Understood, you don't have to tell me specifically next time, just say 'good night'."

Esther glanced at the warm dusk outside, but there was still a lot of time before night: "Okay, then good night, Xiao Wu."

"Good night, Esther."

Xiaowu rolled into a ball, and the pale yellow light spot melted into the seal outside the worm. Estella closed the curtains, sat on the wicker chair, lowered her head and recited the name of "The Fool", which was what she told Tarot before. As others have learned, praying directly to The Fool can pass the message on to other members.

"Dear Mister Fool, please help me tell Mr. World that I have found the human-skinned shadow characteristic that he needs. Please ask him if he wants to make a transaction? Just let him quote the price."

Klein was originally playing cards with Reporter Mike and Dr. Allen in the card room of the Cragg Club. The moment he heard the clearer voice of prayer in his ears, he realized that it was Esther.

Unlike other members of the Tarot Society, her prayers were still recognizable in Klein's mind, which convinced Klein that it was because the ball of light was quite special.

Klein made an excuse to go to the bathroom, boarded the gray mist hall, and summoned the ball of light into his hands. The second half of Esther's voice immediately came from inside clearly.

When he heard that she had found the human-skinned shadow characteristic, Klein couldn't help showing joy, and praised the fellow from the bottom of his heart.

I really didn't expect that she would help me so much!But the money to buy this material... By the way, Esther gave the "Grand Thief Black Emperor" a share before!

There is a weird sense of being left-handed and right-handed.

But that money seems to be not enough to pay for this feature. This is the main material of Sequence Six. Even if the fellow is willing to make it cheaper, it should not be less than [-] gold pounds. The asking price in the normal market is two thousand pounds.

Klein was embarrassed to take too much advantage of Esther, but it was hard for him to make a decision because he was short of gold pounds.

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