Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Dunn did not hold a formal welcome banquet for Esther. He was always wary of Esther. After hearing the abnormality described by Leonard, Dunn was not surprised and just asked Leonard not to tell anyone else. He would prepare some snacks for Esther to take with her.

Leonard left the captain's office and walked into the nighthawks' lounge. He saw Esther holding minced meat pie and watching other people playing cards. Sika, Luo Yao and Cohen Li were fighting evil, and Frye was there. Waiting to be replaced in the next game.

Seeing Leonard walk in, Esther smiled at him: "Your dinner is on the coffee table over there. The filling is very fragrant! It's very delicious!"

Sika smiled and shook his head: "This is just ordinary ground beef. The honey sauce steak in this store is the best. We can try it in the store next time."

"Then I'll look forward to it!"

Leonard looked at Esther's eyes that were shining because of the food, and then remembered her strange behavior on the carriage dozens of minutes ago, and always felt a chill in his back. After finishing his dinner quickly, he went back to the office and had a headache reading an introductory book of poetry.

Esther didn't notice Leonard's alienation from her. After eating the pie, she enjoyed the apple pie again, feeling that the fatigue from the afternoon training was gone.

The red moon rose outside, and Esther sat on the sofa in the reception hall, turning her eyes back from the moon that made her sick, listening to Roxanne talk about the latest gossip in the newspaper.

To be honest, Roxanne had no idea what the people who wanted to march for the Corn Bill were doing. She just thought of something new and wanted to share it with others. Esther sighed at this. "The low price of grain hurts the farmers" is a truth she has heard since she was very young. When the time comes, many farmers will not be able to survive and will have to sell their land at low prices and move to the city to become the lowest-grade coolie workers. , when human resources become too abundant, workers at the bottom will no longer be able to make money.

As far as Esther knows, there are not many protection laws for workers in the Loen Kingdom. They are more like gears that are endlessly squeezed. They are abandoned when they are worn out. Anyway, there will always be a new and more robust labor force willing to take over.

Roxanne will be on duty tonight, so she will stay here with the other Nighthawks. When Old Neil comes home, she will go to the weapons depot below to guard it.

Esther originally thought that tonight would be so quiet, but suddenly someone burst into the door of the Blackthorn Security Company. It was a middle-aged man wearing a police inspector's uniform. His face was red from running, and his hair was gray at the temples. They were sparse and scattered, with a police hat covering most of their heads.

But at this time, the policeman's hat was also crooked. He shouted and asked: "Is Mr. Smith here? Come on, we are in urgent need of help!"

Esther immediately jumped up from the sofa and quickly walked down the stairs, almost jumping down: "Captain Dunn! There is emergency help! It's from the police station!"

After Dunn announced the emergency gathering, several Nighthawks quickly prepared and came to the front hall. Except for Cohen Li and Luo Yao from Sequence Nine, who stayed behind to guard the Chanis Gate, Leonard, Frye and Sika all followed Dunn. Dunn had just taken out several sealed artifacts from Chanis' door, and quickly explained the negative effects and ability effects when handing them over to several people.

Esther was also included in this operation. What she received was a short and wide sword numbered "2-147". The sword was only slightly longer than a palm and was covered with bandages.

"This sealed object is also called 'Half Dawn'. With your hand agility with the blade, it can at least protect you. The negative effect is that long-term holding will make your thinking sluggish, impulsive and irritable, so you must put it away after use. The bandage is put on again to cover up its light.”

Esther nodded, but when she held the hilt of the sword in her hand, she immediately noticed the sense of submission conveyed by it, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. The source of the few murmurs inside Chanis Gate suddenly became clear. Eighty percent of what she felt was the "fluctuation" of these sealed objects. This feeling was very similar to when she first saw the little bug. The communication between the two parties at that time was Aisi Especially to feel the "expression" of the little bugs.

Where do these sealed objects come from?

Esther had a very bad idea, but she suppressed it and tried to be mentally prepared to face the danger with the others.

This is her first mission, so she must not cause any problems due to distraction!

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House for rent in Townhouse No. 9, Holly Street South.

There used to be three families living here, but now, I'm afraid there are only two families left.

It was two other families who called the police. They heard screams coming from Room No. 3 while having dinner. Not long after, they saw the hostess of that house running out the door screaming, but she was quickly killed by a man holding a knife. The man caught up with her. He raised his hand and turned into a black flame, which ignited the mistress's legs. After that, the man dragged the screaming hostess back into the house. The other two families took advantage of this moment and ran out immediately. After entering the police station, they never left.

The police became suspicious of the ability used by the man, so they sent someone to ask for help from the Seventh Team of the Special Operations Department of the National Police Agency, which governs the Western District of Ahowa County, that is, the Nighthawks of the Church of the Goddess of the Night. At the same time, the police also assigned officers to initially surround that section of the block to restrict anyone's entry and exit.

At this time, most people were still having dinner at home, and not many people were moving around.

After Dunn and others arrived at the scene, they immediately briefly communicated the current situation with the police personnel. Cizer, who was driving, turned back in a hurry. He had to go back to pick up Old Neil. Because he had to prepare the materials required for ritual magic, Old Neil did not set off immediately with Dunn and others.

Esther, who stood among the other Nighthawks, was half a head shorter than Sika, who was 1.7 meters tall. The sleeves of the trainee police officer's uniform were rolled up several times to prevent her from being able to move her arms widely. Such a young woman looked young. The little girl is extremely eye-catching among a few people.

"No one has come out yet? The murderer is most likely still inside."

Because the other side was most likely to be an Extraordinary, Dunn asked the ordinary police officers to keep a distance from each other on the outside. The Nighthawks except Esther all drew their pistols. Dunn motioned for Esther to follow Frye, which made Fry nervous. Leonard breathed a sigh of relief.

Frye is the "Corpse Collector" of Sequence 9, and the most silent person in the entire Nighthawks team. He is about thirty years old. His thin lips are always pressed into a thin line. His neatly broken black hair contrasts sharply with his pale complexion. His cold temperament gave him an undead-like atmosphere.

After asking several people to find a sheltered position, Dunn approached the front door with a gun, and then used his nightmare ability to drag everyone in the house into a dream.

But Esther didn't. She just saw Frye suddenly closing his eyes and opening them again after more than ten seconds.

Frye noticed her blank look and could only explain in a low voice: "The people in the room were pulled into a dream. We are on standby and staring at the second floor window."

Esther immediately looked up and felt something in her heart. She took off the dusty bandage on the dagger, wrapped it around her forearm and tied it tightly: "That person will not come out from here. "

Fry was stunned: "How do you know?"

"Is it...spiritual intuition?"

Frye nodded, but obviously didn't trust Esther's words too much, after all, she sounded unsure.

Esther looked at the dagger in her hand. It was indeed only half of the sword. The half of the sword covered by the bandage had a strange translucent appearance. There seemed to be morning light constantly flowing inside, making it extremely bright.

Just a minute after Leonard stepped into the house through the back door as planned, a roar broke out in the house. Then, the house shook suddenly, and the roar came from the opposite side to Esther. , that was Simeon, whom Sekah was responsible for guarding.

"Walk!"

Even without Frye's warning, Esther would have immediately started running. Listening to the violent movement just now, the suspect might have just broken through the wall. After Frye realized that Esther was actually a few points faster than him, he immediately put away his previous "nanny" mentality and put Esther into the position of a teammate.

"Touch! Touch!"

Two gunshots made the police officers outside tense.

Dunn was the first to arrive, and it was Sika who fired. She fired while retreating, keeping distance from the man holding the axe. The man was covered in blood, but his face showed no expression at all. The bulging eyes were bloodshot.

Seeing that Sika was quite fast, the man gave up the pursuit and ran in the other direction. Dunn shot him in the back without hesitation. As if there were eyes on his back, the man jumped to the side to avoid the vital point. He was only shot in the side arm and ran out without looking back. The scarlet color in his eyes became more and more intense.

Dunn was about to follow him immediately, but suddenly a large black flame burst out in front of him. He stopped and was forced to go around. This delay made the man run away for several meters, and he was about to flee. On to the back street.

Seeing this scene, Frye immediately used the sealed object he was holding, which was a rust-red whistle. While blowing it, Frye fired a shot at the man.

This shot also missed, and the man dodged again, but the extraordinary ability of the sealed object was activated. The man panted and turned around, his cold face twisted with anger, and he roared in Frye's direction. He rushed over and swung his ax as if he was determined to chop Fry to death.

Esther had a vision of MT attracting monsters when playing online games in her previous life.

Now that the monsters have been lured, is it time to engage in melee combat?

After all, this Beyonder poses a great threat to the Tingen Nighthawks team.

When this thought came up, Esther's body reacted much faster than her consciousness. She acted completely according to instinct and spiritual intuition. Thinking is a process, but this process is too slow for the human body.

She needed to get rid of this threat quickly before anyone in the Nighthawks team got hurt.

Esther suddenly ran out, which surprised everyone. Sika nervously shouted: "Wait, don't-"

The next moment, Esther slid sideways lightly to get out of the way of the man's axe, and the dagger in her hand danced like a folding fan, slicing the man's wrist. The moment the man's hand lost strength, Esther quickly caught the ax falling from the air with her left hand. The instinct of a thief's hand allowed her to seize this opportunity.

With a flick of Esther's wrist, the ax followed the inertia of falling to the ground and slashed into the man's thigh, sinking most of it. Before the man's hand fell, Esther dodged behind him. She used all her strength to stab out the half of the dagger and penetrated the man's chest from the back until only the hilt remained. outer.

The hilt of the sword also revealed the golden light of the morning sun, while wisps of black gas continued to emerge from the man's wound.

Esther didn't try to pull out the ax and dagger. She almost rolled and crawled to a few meters away. She leaned against a tree that could be used as a cover and looked back at her "results".

The man had pulled out the ax and thrown it at his feet. He was screaming and roaring crazily. Evil black color continued to appear on his severed wrists and back of his heart. His curses and the blood on his thighs continued to pour out. The man's eyes had turned completely scarlet, and black flames appeared and disappeared uncontrollably around his body.

This close combat lasted no longer than two breaths. Before Siga and Frye had fully recovered, Leonard's voice sounded nearby: "Ah, the threat of fear, the crimson hope! At least one thing is Truth: This life is fleeting. One thing is true, the rest is a lie. After the flower blooms once, you will die..."

The man's howling gradually became lower. The sleeping effect in the spirituality of the poem and the weakness of blood loss made him struggle to crawl towards Esther more and more slowly. Finally, he lay in a pool of his own blood, and the pair of blood-red eyes The eyes of the same color were still staring at Esther, full of hatred longing for revenge, as if they were about to swallow her into the abyss.

Dunn raised his gun, and two bullets with purifying power were fired into the man's head, completely cutting off his breath.

Esther then collapsed on the grass, her mind taking over again. She looked at the man on the ground in disbelief, confused by the fighting ability she had just shown. Esther felt a little nauseous, not because of the strong smell of blood filling her nose, but because she was afraid of her own abilities. At that moment, she felt like she no longer looked like a human being.

There was no hesitation in her actions, and the blood on her cheeks was still a little warm.

Esther suddenly felt that putting "ordinary" on her was the most ridiculous description.

That little bug was right all along.

Would ordinary people end the first "battle" in their lives so neatly and fiercely?

Esther stretched out her hand to wipe away the blood on her face, looking at the red mark on the back of her hand, she couldn't explain how she felt.

Dunn leaned over and pulled out the dagger from the man's body. There was no blood on the dagger, but all the black slime attached to it was burned away. Seeing that the dagger was back to smooth, Dunn handed it to Esther. .

Sika ran over and helped Esther up. She looked at the girl up and down to confirm that she was really not injured and that the blood belonged to the suspect. Esther didn't speak during the whole process, but calmly took off the bandage from her arm, and re-wrapped it on the dagger, covering the light from "Half Morning Sun".

Frye went to check the suspect's body. Leonard approached a few people. Seeing Esther's haunted look, he couldn't help but said: "Maybe you want to see the condition of the victim."

Xijia frowned in disapproval: "She is like this now..."

But Dunn made a gesture: "No, let Esther go take a look. Sijia, you stay here to help Fry guard the body."

Xijia patted Esther on the shoulder: "Can you still persist?"

Esther nodded silently and followed Dunn numbly, not daring to look at the dead suspect on the ground.

Dunn looked at Esther, but what he said was to Sika: "She should at least know what this is all for."

Suddenly, I discovered that my collection exceeded 100.

Thank you all for your love, I'm a little bit scared. (gradually sluggish)

There will be an extra update on Sunday night. It’s an honor to meet you all.