Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 157 Eat some fish

Esther stopped humming for a long time, and then Klein heard a slight sound of the door next door, guessing that she couldn't stay, and ran to the deck to enjoy the scenery.

His guess was very accurate. Esther left the cloak and suitcase in the cabin, carried a satchel, and boarded the deck where many people were wandering around to enjoy the scenery.

At this time, the boat had only sailed for more than ten minutes, and the passengers were still in high spirits, chatting with strangers beside them from time to time.Esther found an empty corner, leaned against the bulwark, and looked down at the waves that were pushed away by the ship and then came back to beat it.

Her heart quickly calmed down, as if she could stay like this forever, staring at this scene.

"Hello there!"

A crisp voice interrupted Esther's distraction. The boy in a children's tuxedo suit looked less than ten years old, and his smart eyes were staring at Esther, full of curiosity.

Esther squatted down and made her eyes parallel to the boy: "How are you? What's the matter?"

"Your hair color is beautiful!" The boy said, and made two gestures on the top of his head with his hand.

"Ah, thank you! Did you come here specifically to tell me this?" Esther froze for a moment, a little surprised.

"Denton! Why are you running around again!"

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl walked over anxiously, her fluffy skirt swayed back and forth because of her trot, she had faint freckles on her face, but her eyes were as big and lively as a boy's, resembling a gurgling clear stream, Make Esther feel kind.

The two children could tell the obvious blood relationship from their appearance, and Esther smiled at the older girl: "Be careful, it's easy to fall when running on the deck."

The girl took the boy's hand: "Sorry, my younger brother is more lively, I didn't like him, I hope he didn't offend you."

"Of course not." Esther winked at the boy.

The boy smiled knowingly, and shook his sister's hand: "I told her! You can also tell her that you think her hair is beautiful!"

The girl was even more embarrassed, squeezed her brother's palm twice, bowed to Esther and said, "I have to take him back to our parents, goodbye ma'am."

Esther waved her hands at the two of them, then looked towards the sea, continuing to be in a daze under the warm sunlight.

After the people on the deck dispersed one after another, Klein also walked out of the cabin, and he saw Esther standing on the side of the ship smiling and letting go.

The warm sea breeze blew her hair, and Esther looked like a seagull ready to take off at any time, full of longing for the vast world.

Klein pressed down the top hat that was blown up by the wind. Hearing the faint sound of music coming from the cabin, he knew that most of the passengers should have gone to a party in the cabin. This is a special hall for passengers to meet and chat.

Klein didn't disturb Esther's alone time, but walked to the secluded place in the shadows. It didn't take long before he noticed that "former adventurer" Cleves was busy in the corner, maintaining the triangular thorn, Daggers and knives.

Cleves was very alert. When he heard footsteps approaching, he immediately raised his head. After greeting Klein, Klein simply chatted with him.

Cleves also gave his warning: "A bounty hunter who walks the land is often not an adventurer at sea."

Obviously, he has his own guesses about the identity of "Gehrman".

Klein smiled and nodded, not caring about the other party's suspicion: "Thank you."

"Also, the lady who is traveling with you should not be your employer, right? At least not alone."

Klein also felt in his heart that this former adventurer was indeed rich in experience, even if it was only based on intuition, he had doubts about Esther.

He also shook his head and replied, "It's a friend."

"Is that so? Then you'd better be careful, because her appearance is too unique and eye-catching. The farther you go to the sea, the less binding the law is, and you are more likely to cause trouble with her."

Klein realized in an instant that his thanks should be more sincere this time: "Thanks for the reminder, I will let her pay attention."

Cleves said nothing more, neatly packed his weapons and returned to the cabin.

Klein then walked to the sun-shrouded side on the other side of the deck, and walked to Esther:
"nice weather."

"That's right, the weather at sea and Backlund are simply two different worlds." Esther took a deep breath, enjoying the sea breeze carelessly slapping her face.

"I have to go east after that."

"To find the mermaid you mentioned to Miss Sharron?"

Klein nodded: "It might be dangerous."

"It doesn't matter, this world is dangerous anywhere, and I won't be afraid anymore." Esther replied with a smile, but her expression was not as cheerful as before, and Klein could catch a glimpse of what was hidden behind Esther's smile. coldness.

Klein pressed his top hat, which was almost blown away, tightly on his head: "Let's help each other."

Esther stared sideways at him for a few seconds, then turned her gaze back to the surface of the sea where the flying fish jumped out:

"Come on, it's real to work hard to become stronger, maybe when the time comes..."

Find a way to get home?
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midnight.

Esther suddenly opened her eyes from the bed, the sound of white noise-like waves came one after another, and the crimson moonlight poured in from the window, it was still very early in the morning.

She didn't wake up automatically because it was time.

This made Esther smooth her hair in doubt. She walked out of the room casually and came to the deck, avoiding the two patrolling and chatting crew members who were watching the night. The two children who passed away.They were hiding in the shadow of the cabin, looking cautious.

However, the two children were wearing nightgowns under their overcoats, and it was obvious that they had sneaked out.

On the other side, there are Cleves and his female companion. I don't know what they are arranging, and there are many scattered pieces of meat on the ground.

Esther narrowed her eyes and could barely make out what it was like an animal heart.

Esther approached Klein lightly. Klein glanced back and made a "hush" gesture to her. Esther immediately nodded and knelt down beside him quietly.

Cleves threw something into the water, and the end of the boom was tied to the side of the boat, and then he and the female guard spread out with weapons, and Esther and the two children held their breath until Stare straight in that direction.

But soon, the two children squatted to the limit, and could only sit on the ground with their backs against the cabin, just staring at the side of the boat curiously, not wanting to look away for a moment.

The boom was suddenly tightened, and the next moment, there was a strange friction sound, and some kind of creature quickly climbed up along the outside of the hull, and soon revealed the whole picture:

Its fish-like head is swollen and protruding, its eyes bulge out to both sides, the gills on its cheeks open and close, dark green scales cover its body, and its powerful hind legs are shorter than humans.

This monster climbed onto the deck on all fours. Its hands and feet had webbed toes for paddling. It secreted a translucent mucus, leaving bluish-blue marks on the surfaces it touched.

Compared to humans, it looks more like some kind of deep-sea fish whose limbs are sewn onto frogs. Its ugliness almost made two nervous children make a sound. Fortunately, the clever girl covered her mouth in time, and also covered her mouth. On the brother's mouth.

Esther's right hand touched her waist, "Logan's Claw" was put on her thumb, and the five fingers of her left hand were spread out.

But Klein turned his head to Esther and gave Esther a "be safe and calm" look. Although Esther was puzzled, she had no choice but to buckle the claw knife back into the sleeve on her waist and wait quietly for the next development. .

The fish monster picked up the viscera on the ground and stuffed it into its mouth. The sound of chewing was very clear on the silent deck.

Immediately afterwards, Cleves pulled the trigger in his hand, and the bullet sank into the scales on the waist of the fish monster, and the blood quickly flowed out from the opening. The fish monster who had just eaten screamed and wanted to pounce on Cleves. past.

And Cleves' accomplice hiding in another place also fired a shot, piercing the side of the fish monster, interrupting its forward momentum.

There were two gunshots again, and the pain made the fish monster recover from the strange sluggishness just now. It rushed towards Cleves and met the three-edged thorn that had been prepared for a long time.

Because the fish monster was too close to Cleves, Esther's angle was blocked, so she didn't use the stealing ability.If the stolen target was off track, the "former adventurer" would suffer if he lost his mind during the battle.

Cleves was thrown flying on the deck, and the fish monster seemed to have finally realized that it had encountered an ambush. It strode towards the side of the ship, trying to jump into the sea. There were successive gunshots behind it, but it could not completely limit its mobility.

When everyone's attention was focused on the fish monster, Esther saw it squatting, stretched out her hand and clenched it tightly, stole its idea of ​​jumping, and took a leap forward by herself. Instead, she patted the deck and retreated to Klein's side.

And that fish monster with a blank mind can only become a fixed target. The bullet from Cleves's companion precisely penetrated into the back of its head, causing a cloud of blood.

Cleves seized the opportunity to rush forward again, and sent the three-edged thorn into the back of the fish monster's head.

The fish monster's body limply collapsed to the ground, and after a while of convulsions, it became silent.

Of course Klein knew what Esther did just now, and the last sluggishness of the murloc was obviously not right.He couldn't help but cast a stern glance at Esther, just as she moved sideways quietly, trying to blend himself into the shadows.

You're the one who made the move secretly, yet you're still guilty?Klein shook his head in his heart amusedly, looked back blankly, and watched Creeves make a "everything goes well" gesture at him, knowing that the danger of this murloc was completely eliminated.

But as soon as Klein and Esther got up, a seventh person came out from the shadow leading to the cabin from the other side:
The captain of the "White Agate", Ellan Kager, was wearing a classic boat-shaped cap and a dark red coat. He was hanging the pistol back on his waist, obviously hiding in the dark to observe all of these.

A smile appeared on Ireland's wrinkled square face: "As the captain, I must ensure that there are no accidents. Please forgive me for staying by the side all the time."

There was no expression on Cleves' face: "This is your ship. According to the custom, you have the right to share the spoils."

However, Ireland didn't come to snatch the spoils. He bought the corpse of this "murloc" at a fair price of 150 pounds.

Although Esther didn't think that the monster had many human shapes.

Seeing that the danger was lifted, the two children became even more excited, and rushed to observe the fish monster. Esther hurriedly followed behind them, for fear that the two children would cause any trouble.

The girl was very courageous, she even stuck out her toes and kicked the fish monster's body, and then jumped behind her brother and Esther because she was afraid that it would cheat its corpse.

Her younger brother stared wide-eyed, observed carefully, and gasped: "It's really a monster!"

Elland scraped off a piece of the fish monster's cheek with a knife, and he held the piece of meat to the girl among the siblings, but the girl shook her head again and again, full of fear at the thin, blood-stained piece of meat.

So when Elland asked who wanted to try it, Esther raised her hand excitedly: "Can I try it?"

Elland didn't seem to expect that this lady who doesn't look tough would be willing to try, but he didn't refuse either.

Klein's spiritual intuition didn't remind him, so he just watched Esther twist a corner of the sashimi and put it into his mouth.

Klein could swear that when he saw Esther's eyes instantly brighten up like a morning star.

"Delicious! Delicious, very delicious!"

Perhaps Esther's expression of joy in enjoying the food was so contagious that the two children couldn't help laughing, curious to try it.

Klein lowered his top hat to hide the smile in his eyes, and tasted the fish monster meat strongly recommended by Elland along with the others.

The night was as peaceful as Feiyue, and the "White Agate" swayed gently, sailing to the depths of the sea.

(End of this chapter)