Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther stopped humming shortly after, and then Klein heard a slight sound on the door next door, guessing that she couldn't stay any longer, so he ran to the deck to look at the scenery again.

His guess was very accurate. Esther left her cloak and suitcase in the cabin, carried her satchel, and boarded the deck where many people were lounging and admiring the scenery.

It had only been ten minutes since the boat sailed, and the passengers were still in high spirits, chatting with strangers next to them from time to time. Esther found a deserted corner, leaned against the bulwark, and stared down at the waves that were pushed away by the ship and then returned to hit it.

Her heart quickly calmed down, and it seemed like she could stay like this forever, staring at this scene.

"Hello!"

A crisp voice interrupted Esther's distraction. This boy wearing a children's version of a tuxedo formal suit looked less than ten years old. His smart eyes were staring at Esther, full of curiosity.

Esther knelt down so that her eyes were parallel to the boy's: "Hello? What can I do?"

"The color of your hair is very beautiful!" the boy said, gesturing twice on the top of his head with his hand.

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

"Denton! Why are you running around again!"

A girl of fourteen or fifteen years old walked over anxiously, her fluffy skirt swaying back and forth as she trotted. She had light freckles on her face, but she had the same big and lively eyes as the boy, which looked like a clear stream. Make Esther feel friendly.

The two children had an obvious blood relationship from their appearance. Esther smiled at the older girl: "Be careful, you can easily fall while running on the deck."

The girl held the boy's hand: "Sorry, my brother is more lively. I didn't take him seriously. 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 looks good!"

The girl became even more embarrassed. She squeezed her brother's palm twice and bowed to Esther: "I have to take him back to find our parents. Goodbye, ma'am."

Esther waved her hands to the two of them and looked at the sea again, continuing to be in a daze under the warm sunshine.

After the people on the deck gradually dispersed, Klein also walked out of the cabin. At a glance, he saw Esther standing on the side of the ship, smiling and relaxing.

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

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

Klein did not disturb Esther's alone time, but walked to a secluded place in the shadows. Not long after, he noticed that the "former adventurer" Clevis was busy in the corner, maintaining three-edged thorns, Daggers and daggers.

Clevis was very alert and immediately raised his head when he heard footsteps approaching. After saying hello to Klein, Klein simply chatted with him.

Cleeves also gave his warning: "Bounty hunters who walk the earth often cannot be adventurers on the sea."

Obviously, he had his own guess about the identity of "Gehrman".

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

"Also, the lady traveling with you shouldn't be your employer, right? At least not just."

Klein also sighed in his heart that this former adventurer was indeed very experienced, even if he had doubts about Esther just based on his intuition.

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 get into trouble with her."

Klein instantly understood that this time his thanks should be more sincere: "Thanks for the reminder, I will ask her to pay more attention."

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

Klein then walked towards the other side of the deck, which was shrouded in sunlight, and walked to Esther:

"nice weather."

"That's right, the weather at sea is completely different from Backlund's." Esther took a deep breath and enjoyed the sea breeze that randomly hit her face.

"I have to go east later."

"To find the mermaid you mentioned to Miss Sharon before?"

Klein nodded: "It might be dangerous."

"It doesn't matter. This world is dangerous everywhere. I'm not afraid anymore." Esther replied with a smile, but her expression was no longer as cheerful as before. Klein could see what was hidden behind Esther's smile. The coldness.

Klein pressed his top hat that was almost blown away tightly on his head: "Help each other."

Esther looked sideways at him for a few seconds, then moved her gaze back to the sea where the flying fish jumped out:

"Come on, it's true to work hard to become stronger. Maybe then you can..."

Find a way home?

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midnight.

Esther suddenly opened her eyes from the bed. Waves of white noise came one after another. The crimson moonlight poured in from the window. It was still very early in the morning.

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

This made Esther smooth her hair in confusion. She walked out of the room casually and came to the deck. She dodged two crew members who were patrolling, chatting and keeping watch. Esther saw Klein and Bai Tianming at a glance. The two children who passed. They were hiding in the shadow of the cabin, looking cautious.

However, the two children were still wearing nightgowns under their coats, so it was obvious that they had sneaked out.

On the other side, there were Cleves and his female companion. I don't know what they were setting up. There were a lot of scattered pieces of meat on the ground.

Esther squinted her eyes and could barely make out that it was something like an animal's heart.

Esther quietly approached Klein. Klein glanced back and made a "silence" gesture to her. Esther nodded immediately and squatted down beside him quietly.

Cleeves threw something into the water, and the boom was tied to the side of the ship. Then he and the female guard dispersed with weapons in hand. Esther also held her breath with the two children 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 to the cabin. They just stared at the side of the ship curiously, not wanting to look away for a moment.

The boom was suddenly tightened, and the next moment, a strange friction sound was heard. Some kind of creature quickly climbed up along the outside of the hull, and soon its full appearance was revealed:

Its fish-like head is swollen and protruding, and its eyes bulge 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 on the deck on all fours, its hands and feet were equipped with toe webs for paddling, and its body secreted translucent mucus, leaving blue traces on all surfaces it touched.

Compared to humans, it looked more like some kind of deep-sea fish with frog limbs sewn on. It was so ugly that the two nervous children almost made a sound. Fortunately, the clever girl covered her mouth in time, and also covered her mouth conveniently. On my brother's mouth.

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

But Klein turned his head and gave Esther a "be patient" look. Although Esther was confused, she had no choice but to put the claw knife back into the holster on her waist and quietly wait for the next development. .

The fish monster picked up the internal organs on the ground and stuffed them into its mouth. The sound of chewing was particularly clear on the silent deck.

Immediately afterwards, Clevis pulled the trigger in his hand, and the bullet penetrated the scales on the fish monster's waist. Blood quickly flowed out from the breach. The fish monster who had just eaten screamed and wanted to pounce on Clevis. past.

Clevis's accomplice hiding in another place also fired a shot, penetrating the side of the fish monster and interrupting its forward momentum.

Two gunshots were fired again, and the pain brought the fish monster back to consciousness from its strange sluggishness. It rushed towards Clevis and met the three-edged thorn that had been prepared for it.

Because the fish monster was too close to Cleeves, Esther's angle was blocked, so she did not use her stealing ability. If the stolen target were to go astray, the "former adventurer" would be in trouble if his mind went blank during the battle.

Cleeves was thrown on the deck. The fish monster seemed to finally realize that it had encountered an ambush. It strode towards the side of the ship and tried to jump into the sea. Gunshots came one after another behind it, but it could not completely restrict its ability to move.

When everyone's attention was focused on the fish monster, Esther spotted the moment when it squatted down, stretched out her hand and tightened her grip, stealing its idea of ​​​​jumping, and took a leap forward. Instead, she patted the deck and shrank back next to Klein.

The blank-minded fish monster had no choice but to become a fixed target. The bullet from Cleves's companion accurately penetrated the back of its head, causing a shower of blood.

Clevis seized the opportunity and rushed forward again, sending the three-edged thorn into the back of the fish monster's head.

The fish monster's body collapsed limply to the ground, twitched for a while and then stopped moving.

Of course Klein knew what Esther had just done, and something was obviously wrong with the fish-man's last stupor. He couldn't help but cast a stern glance at Esther, just as he saw her quietly moving to the side, trying to blend into the shadows.

It was obviously you who took action secretly, but you still feel guilty? Klein shook his head in amusement in his heart, looked back expressionlessly, and watched as Clevis made an "all goes well" gesture at him, knowing that the danger to the fishman was completely eliminated.

But as soon as Klein and Esther stood up, a seventh person walked out from the shadows leading to the cabin from the other side:

The captain of the "White Onyx", Alan Kagg, is wearing a classic boat-shaped hat and a dark red coat. He is hanging the gun on his waist again. It is obvious that he was observing in the dark. 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."

Cleeves had no expression on his face: "This is your ship. As usual, you have the right to share the spoils."

However, Ireland was not here to snatch this trophy. He bought the body of this "fish man" at a fair price of one hundred and fifty pounds.

Although Esther didn't think that the monster had much human form.

When the two children saw that the danger was over, they became even more excited and rushed to a few people to observe the fish monster. Esther quickly followed them, for fear that the two children would cause any trouble.

The girl was so courageous that she even stretched out her toes to kick the fish monster's body, and then jumped behind her brother and Esther because she was afraid that it would turn into a corpse.

Her brother opened his eyes wide, observed carefully, and took a breath: "It's really a monster!"

Ireland used a knife to scrape off a piece of fish monster's cheek meat. He raised the piece of meat to the girl among the siblings, but the girl shook her head repeatedly, full of fear of the thin piece of meat that was still stained with blood.

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

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

Klein's spiritual intuition gave no warning, so he just watched Esther twist a corner of the sashimi and put it into his mouth.

Klein could have sworn that he saw Esther's eyes instantly light up like morning stars.

"Delicious! Very delicious, very delicious!"

Perhaps Esther's joyful expression of enjoying the food was so contagious that the two children couldn't help laughing and wanted to try it out of curiosity.

Klein lowered his hat, hiding the smile in his eyes, and tasted the fish monster meat highly recommended by Ireland with the others.

The late night was as peaceful as the crimson moon, and the "White Agate" swayed gently and sailed towards the depths of the sea.