Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Luo Yao continued her patrol mission, and Esther followed her, her eyes kept falling on those tombstones, she couldn't control herself, she always wanted to know more or less about the souls who were sleeping here.

Most of the epitaphs are very serious, but some of them are written with cheerful witticisms. For example, on the tombstone of a 60-year-old man, there is a sentence "Good night and good dreams, I finally bid farewell to insomnia", and there is a On the slate engraved with a bow, it says "The most fashionable bow must belong to Annabelle", followed by a heart shape.

Underneath a finely carved wine bottle is engraved the epitaph of this alcohol lover: "One more bottle, the skull is full!"

Esther even caught a joke: "Dear Derek won't be bothered by baldness anymore!"

Even if their lives have passed away, a pit or a stone is not enough to explain so many trajectories of their lives, but it reflects the side of their lives, including the side they most want to leave to their acquaintances. What makes people cry can be hilarious.

However, most of the tombstones are square, like ID photos growing out of the soil, spreading out the names of the deceased on their birthdays, and the words narrated below come from the deepest memory of relatives and friends for them.

It's often heartbreaking.

Esther sighed, and when she walked through a bush, she didn't notice the rustling inside and the things flying past her feet, until she stepped on something and was bitten by the long creature on her calf .Such a sudden attack made Esther scream. She subconsciously grabbed the thing by the neck with her backhand, and threw it to the hard ground with all her strength.

"Esther!?" Luo Yao, who was walking a few steps ahead, immediately turned around, and what he saw was the dead snake lying across the center of the ground. "Why are there snakes in this place?"

"I don't know, did they run in here? It's scary." Esther opened her trouser legs, but she didn't see the tooth marks, only two darker red marks.

"This kind of snake seems to be very rare. I have never seen it in Tingen." Luo Yao turned the snake over with the tip of his shoe, looked at its pattern, and said doubtfully.

Esther stared at the snake's coiled and swollen tail for a few seconds, then picked up the lifeless red ring snake from the ground: "At least I caught it. Take it back to check, and said It might not be of any use.”

Luo Yao didn't take it seriously, as long as Esther is safe: "That's right, it's your trophy."

Two hours later, Esther took the snake into the arsenal of the Blackthorn Security Company and showed it to Old Neil who was also on duty today.

After inspecting the dead snake's fangs and tail, the old professional's eyes lit up: "This seems to be a Badhar rattlesnake! Where did you get it?"

Esther laughed dryly, and said bluntly: "I picked it up."

"I picked it up? This Extraordinary creature is not a weed that can be easily picked up on the ground! Its blood and snake scales are worth a lot of money as Extraordinary materials, which is so rare..."

Esther's heart moved: "Is this called Badha Rattlesnake?"

"Yes, the coiled patterns on the snake's tail and body are its features that are easy to notice, but look at the long teeth here, they don't have sharp edges, but emit some silver light." Old Neil opened the snake's mouth and let Ai Sit saw it more clearly, "This is the light it uses to hypnotize its prey. This snake itself does not have venom, but it will lure other animals to approach it, and then quickly strangle it. Where did you catch it?"

"I went to patrol the cemetery with Ms. Luo Yao today, and then it rushed out suddenly, and I stepped on it..."

Old Neil stared at Esther with an indescribable look: "Your luck is so good that it is far beyond common sense, little guy."

Esther looked helplessly at the long snake on the table: "But I don't know how to handle it, it's useless for me to handle it. Can Mr. Neil help me?"

"Oh? You don't plan to find someone to sell this snake yourself?"

Esther said quickly: "Actually, I just want to keep those fangs as a souvenir. If you can help me with this, I can give you everything else."

"You really know how to pick and choose. The most valuable is this pair of fangs, at least fifty gold medals." Old Neil hesitated for a moment, patted the clean and beautiful snake body, nodded, "Okay, I can ask someone to help The materials for processing this snake, after removing the labor costs, will give you the fangs, and I will give you [-]% of the other materials, so I don’t take advantage of this.”

"Can I? Thank you very much!"

Old Neil waved his hand with a smile: "It's just that I went through a channel, and in the end I earned it. After all, this is your harvest."

"No, no, it would be a great help if someone could help me deal with it." Esther said with a smile, but she was quite excited in her heart.

This is one of the main ingredients of the "monster" formula, half of Ademisor's potion is missing!

-

"Special application?" The next day, when Esther happily wanted to share this lucky harvest with Klein, she saw him typing the report papers in the office of the clerk, and Klein also shared his own with Esther. good news.

"Yes, I'm going to apply to the Holy Church for promotion, to be promoted to Sequence Eight."

Esther was sincerely happy for the fellow: "This is amazing! How long have you joined the Nighthawks, and you have already been promoted! You have been here for less than two months, and I watched you become a Extraordinary, I didn't expect you to upgrade so soon!"

"Actually, it will be two months next week." Klein blinked and said innocently.

"What two months?" Leonard also walked into the clerk's office. He was buttoning up his loose shirt. After noticing that Esther was also there, his lazily unbuttoning speed suddenly accelerated. few.

Klein shook the newly typed report in his hand: "I'm going to apply for promotion to Sequence Eight."

Leonard coughed violently, his hoarse voice made Esther full of worry, and patted him on the back vigorously.Perhaps it was because Esther was in too much pain, Leonard quickly calmed down, and flashed out of Esther's arm: "Have you digested the potion yet?"

Esther glanced at Leonard in confusion: "Digest?"

Klein raised his eyebrows and took over the conversation: "Yes."

Klein walked up to Leonard, lowered his voice, and added with a smile: "I remember someone once told me that there are always some special people in this world who can accomplish things that are impossible for others.

Like me.

Also like you. "

Esther's face was gradually twisted together. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and walked out quickly. She felt a headache when the fellow suddenly committed a second grade: "It's none of my business, it's none of my business..."

She walked to the front desk, found Janet and Jon chatting with Roseanne, and simply joined the conversation.

At the same time, at Leonard's instigation, Klein was dragged to the Nighthawks lounge by him, and shared the shortcut to digest the potion through the "acting method" with the rest of the Tingen Nighthawks team.

-

The next day, Old Neil gave Esther the fangs of the Badha rattlesnake, and also gave her eight gold pounds and five soli for materials, which surprised Esther.Old Neil just smiled and waved his hands, saying that he got more things.

A few days later, Klein, Leonard, and Kenley carried the sealed item "3-0782" on a trip again because of reports of several suspected hauntings in the small town of Morse. Because Dunn himself had no plans to accompany him, he He didn't let Esther participate in the mission of the three-person team, and Dunn was really worried that Esther would take the sealed item too far away.

Esther was a little disappointed, but Dunn had already made a decision. After telling Klein that they should pay attention to safety, she stayed in the arsenal honestly and helped Old Neil sort out and revise some documents in ancient languages.

"Aster."

"What's the matter, Mr. Neal?"

Esther raised her head from a translation in Elvish, and more than half of the interpretations in it were close to nonsense, which made her a headache to revise.

Old Neil was holding a tin bottle instead of the coffee cup he usually held. His dark red eyes were cloudier than usual, and it seemed that gloom had taken root in them, making his old face even more sad.Although he called Esther, he didn't speak any more. He just looked at Esther quietly, but his eyes were staring at the void, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mr. Neil?" Esther called again.

"Ah, yes... Sorry, I was too preoccupied with thinking about things just now. Thinking about it carefully, I really can't involve others, haha." Old Neil smiled very gently, but somehow, Esther felt it from inside. sad.

Esther put down the translation, moved a chair to sit at the desk, and looked at Old Neil's expression worriedly: "Mr. Neil, what happened? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Well, maybe there is, maybe not." Old Neil blinked slyly, "To be honest, I've always been afraid of you, Esther."

"Afraid?" Esther scratched her head, "It's normal for you to think this way, I know that your path has the ability of spiritual vision, and may see the abnormality in me. Klein told me secretly that the state of my body Weird."

"Hahaha, Klein is also a very good young man, that's fine, I'm the successor." Old Neil smiled gratifiedly, and patted Esther on the shoulder, "But you will never hurt Tingen Nighthawks, aren't they?"

Esther straightened her face immediately: "Of course not! I want to protect everyone!"

The half-smile in Old Neil's eyes made Esther even more uneasy. She leaned over and said, "Mr. Neil, if something really happens, you must ask everyone for help, okay?"

Old Neil shook his head: "I can't help much, forget it, it's just because I'm old and I can't do what I want..."

"Mr. Neal—"

Old Neil raised a hand and signaled Esther not to worry anymore: "Don't worry, it won't cause trouble for everyone. Okay, okay, help me read that document, I'm still waiting for you Finished the proofreading. You don’t know, those simple beginners start to translate randomly after they have mastered a few words. There are such semi-finished products circulating in the market, which is really a headache..."

Hearing this, Esther knew that she couldn't ask anything, so she could only continue to read the documents. She stayed with Old Neil in the armory until Old Neil and Frye changed shifts and left the Blackthorn Security Company.

After the two of them handed over their shifts, Esther helped Old Neil, who hurriedly left the house after asking for leave with Dunn, to pack up the things and the desktop in the house. Forgot to tidy up.

In the middle of a Hermetic brochure on the study of life alchemy magic, Esther found the peace knot bookmark she gave to Old Neil.

However, this peace knot has been broken inch by inch, and it seems to have been caught here and abandoned for a long time.