Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

This monster was supposed to be scary when it turned out of the darkness.

But after Esther saw her face, she immediately frowned dissatisfied: "You are so weak."

If it mimicked Esther's face exactly, it might even scare her for a second.

Scenes like this have been used in video games for a long time. No matter how gloomy the atmosphere is, you can't hold it back until you are mentally prepared before the other party slowly performs a look back. If Esther hadn't been more cautious and wary of figures that were similar to hers, she would have been able to rush up and give him a few 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.

"The actions of wraiths are prohibited here."

Esther's words blurted out, and she pushed forward with her right hand, causing the "person" opposite to scream silently due to fear instinct. The figure lost its condensed form and showed its original appearance, a flat piece of human skin twisting in mid-air, struggling to use its instinct to pounce towards Esther.

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

To a "thief", this is no different than a target.

The light spots illuminating the darkness around Esther suddenly changed from being scattered to gathering together, and rushed out with the tip of her toe. Several light spots clustered around her, pulling out stream-like ribbons of light. When Esther handed out the tip of the sword, the light strips did not stop, but flew out layer by layer, gathering behind Piao Fei's skin, completely cutting off its retreat.

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

An invisible scream came from Esther's mouth, completely foiling the monster's plan to lure her closer and then attack.

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

The light human skin split in half by the dagger fell to the ground, gradually shriveling and rotting, shrinking into a ball and condensing.

"Is this the end?"

Esther waved her dagger, scattering 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. That is the shadow of human skin on the ground. Just wait until its extraordinary characteristics are condensed."

Esther smelled her dagger. It had a strange smell that made her feel a little greedy. It had a sour and spicy mellow aroma. It easily reminded Esther of the radish and oxtail soup she had at Klein's house. , the kind with chili added, but this thing tastes weirder.

"Is this thing... edible?"

Xiaowu had to admit that even though this was the norm for "Amon", it was shocked for several seconds by Esther's boldness: "You'd better not think about eating everything!?"

"I feel like eating it will spoil my stomach, so let's forget it." After Esther said this, she actually licked her lips subconsciously.

Xiao Wu was afraid that Esther's taken away extraordinary characteristics would be completely contaminated by eating randomly, so he quickly explained: "There is a crazy risk in swallowing the extraordinary characteristics alive! 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 on the spot! You don’t want that kind of consequences, right?”

Esther laughed dryly and said sheepishly: "I'm not ready to eat it directly, I just think it's delicious..."

After the extraordinary properties of the human skin shadow were condensed, she picked up the diamond-like combination. Its countless cross-sections reflected the surrounding dots of light. Each cross-section had a different face, densely overlapping. At the same time, just one more look will make ordinary people feel creepy.

Xiao Wu heard Esther swallowing and quickly asked her:

"Are you still going in?"

This question brought Esther back to her senses. She rolled up the harvest in a bandage and stuffed it into her backpack. She kept telling herself that this was what Mr. World needed. If she really ate this "delicious meal" now , I can only watch on the sidelines at the next Tarot meeting and find it difficult to propose a deal.

Esther shrugged, and the light spots in the air obeyed her wishes and spread out in the direction back: "Of course I can't go in. I always feel like I can't go back if I go in. Anyway, my goal is Reached."

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

"I'm lucky enough. People who are too greedy will get nothing."

"It's really aggrieved that you are a 'thief'."

Esther couldn't agree more with this: "I think so too. If I have a choice, I really want to be a 'soldier'."

"What I'm saying is that this path is aggrieved because of you. Isn't it true that you want to be a 'soldier' ​​just to grow taller?"

Esther didn't say another word to Xiao Wu until she walked out of this ancient Fourth Age mausoleum.

——

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

On the one hand, she really felt hungry, but on the other hand, she was using it to fight against her desire to swallow that piece of extraordinary material.

Esther happened to meet some delivery merchants at the next table who were returning to Backlund. After she offered to pay the fare, those few people saw that she was alone and did not mind, so they took Esther with them. Let her sit on the edge of the car at the end of the carriage, and just be careful not to fall.

Esther happily saved some change and looked at the gradually distant White Cliff Town, feeling quite happy.

"Aren't you curious about where those people are going?" Xiao Wu asked in a low voice.

"I'm curious, but I can't control it. Even my 'spiritual intuition' doesn't want to face the innermost danger, so how could I go in there." Esther said, and she sighed, "Oh, what if In the past, maybe I would have foolishly wanted to take a look, but now, ha."

She did not talk about this topic again, but suddenly mentioned the crow that left: "When I came back last time, Xiao Qi mentioned something. The 'Hanged Man' you call is the true Creator, right? Why does He show such The feeling of extreme madness and hatred?”

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

"In the dream, when someone else came into 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: "You can't tell, right? This is a disaster caused by one person, and the whole family should keep silent."

"It's useless if you want to mock me, because I really don't want to say it." Xiao Wu's voice remained unaffected, not affected by Esther's words at all.

Esther looked up at the sunny sky. She always felt that the sun was a bit annoying, so she had to raise her hand to block it slightly: "Is it because that past was so tragic? It's hard for me to believe that someone can carry so much negative pain and hatred. ."

"Yeah. He's not a human either. Don't always judge mythical creatures from a human perspective."

"But I'm a human being, and I can't help but imagine how terrifying those emotions would be if they happened 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 too many weird things, I forgot how I felt as a human being."

Xiaowu said nothing.

It did not remind Esther that this was most likely a warning from her instinct. It was precisely because Esther was unwilling to believe certain facts from the bottom of her heart that she began to work hard to deceive herself, and even firmly believed in such beautiful lies. .

Such self-deception seems to be a tragedy unique 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 lingering haze here. Everything becomes gloomy in such an environment, as if there is a gray hat with black veil on the head of this prosperous city, ready to attend the funeral of all living beings at any time.

After returning to the banks of the Tasok River and finding a cheap hotel, Esther paid for the five-day stay and planned to rent a house on the edge of the East District again after attending the Tarot meeting next Monday.

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

"I know, 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, good night then, Xiao Wu."

"Good night, Esther."

Xiao Wu rolled into a ball, and the pale yellow light spots melted into the seal outside the insect. Estella closed the curtains, sat on the wicker chair, lowered her head and recited the name of "The Fool", which was what she had told Tarot before. What others have learned can be passed on to other members by praying directly to the "Fool".

"Dear Mr. Fool, please help me tell Mr. World that I have found the characteristics of the human skin shadow that he needs. Please ask him if he wants to trade? 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 the clearer voice of prayer rang in his ears, he realized it was Esther.

Unlike others in the Tarot Society, her prayer voice was still full of recognition when it came to Klein's mind, which convinced him that it was because the light ball was quite special.

Klein excused himself to go to the bathroom, climbed into the Gray Mist Palace, and summoned the ball of light into his hand. The second half of Esther's words immediately came out clearly from inside.

When he heard that she had discovered the properties of human skin shadows, Klein couldn't help but beam with joy and praised the fellow countryman from the bottom of his heart.

I really didn't expect that she would help me so much! But the money it costs to purchase this material... By the way, the share Esther gave to "The Black Emperor" before!

There is a strange feeling that the left hand is reversed to the right hand.

But that money seems not enough to pay for this feature. This is the main material of Sequence Six. Even if the folks are willing to make it cheaper, it should not be less than 1,800 gold pounds. The normal asking price on the market is two. A thousand gold pounds.

Klein was embarrassed to take advantage of Esther, but he couldn't make a decision because he was short of gold pounds.

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