Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Since Daniz is now "valuable" and Bayam is on alert, he can only stay in the hotel.

Esther had no worries in this regard. She first went to the hotel to pray to the "Fool", and after receiving permission, she held a prayer ceremony to receive the pirate bounty from the "Hanged Man".

In the evening, Esther went to the restaurant with Intis-style dishes and took away the remaining one hundred and fifty gold pounds.

The red-haired lady did not default on her debt, which made Esther very satisfied.

Of course, it is more likely that the red-haired lady hoped that Esther could keep this matter secret, so she honestly paid the balance, including the hush money.

After dinner at this restaurant, Esther slowly returned to the "Blue Wind" with some food. Remembering that Daniz seemed to be from Intis, she specially packed a madeleine cake for dessert.

Having just replenished the gold pounds in her wallet, Esther didn't mind treating Daniz to a meal generously to make up for his constant fear of being intimidated by her.

When Daniz saw this package of small cakes, he looked quite surprised, even pleasantly surprised: "Shell cake!? This is really nostalgic!"

"It sounds like you like it very much." Esther put the suitcase containing three thousand gold pounds next to the coat rack, planning to wait until Klein came back.

Danitz slowly bit into a piece of Madeleine cake:

"Yes, since I was very young. The bakery closest to my home often makes this, but it's not cheap, so I only buy it during the holidays. Sometimes they put almonds in it, or jam the leftover cake leftovers. , cream on top.”

Esther poured herself a cup of hot tea. After staying in Loen for a long time, she also had a preference for tea: "When you make enough money as an 'adventurer', do you plan to return to Intis? "

"Of course! I will definitely go back!"

There was a noise at the door, and Esther immediately jumped up from her chair and ran to open the door excitedly.

Before he could turn the doorknob, the door opened on its own, which made Klein tense up for a moment. However, after seeing Esther appear in front of him with a smile, Klein nodded lightly at her:

"No surprise?"

"Yes, but it doesn't matter. We'll talk about it later. You're back just in time. Would you like to try the shell cake? Then we'll split the money!"

Of course Klein knew what Esther was talking about. He had sent those gold pounds over the gray mist more than an hour ago.

However, he seemed to be cooperative and thought for a few seconds before asking Esther: "Is that the gentleman who gave you the bounty?"

"Yes, I also received the reward for pretending to go to sea. I am really lucky!"

Klein quite agrees with this statement.

Danitz saw that Herman also grabbed a piece of Madeleine cake, and couldn't help but say proudly: "Is it delicious? It's Hamel's treat anyway, so if you don't eat it, you won't get it for free."

Klein's face was expressionless, and he glanced at him with cold eyes: "It's not bad."

But when Esther opened the suitcase she had brought back, Daniz's eyes were immediately glued to those "beautiful and attractive" gold pounds, and he couldn't move away at all.

"A lot of money... Is this, is this the bounty from the 'Steel' group before? How did you get it?"

Esther patted the edge of the box: "I split it with the intermediary, but there are still three thousand gold pounds here."

Klein suddenly spoke: "He took the flying carpet, don't worry about him."

Danitz retracted his chair angrily: "I know! Just looking at them directly like this... is very touching."

Klein had to admit that he was equally moved when he saw the three thousand gold pounds, but he would never say such a thing.

In the end, under Daniz's greedy eyes, Esther took away the five hundred gold pounds and gave the rest to the main force, Klein. Klein was a little embarrassed at first, but then said to Daniz, "I want it too." "Muttered, he quickly put away the box.

When Danitz couldn't wait to tell Klein that he was going back to the "Golden Dream" and asked Klein to use a messenger to deliver a message to their captain, Klein once again used "Gelman-style intimidation" to force Danitz to talk to "In the Iceberg" again. "Contact" once.

Then, with Daniz's depressed expression, Klein took a suitcase full of gold pounds and went back to his room to rest. He also wanted to go to the gray fog to check the prayers of believers in the "Poseidon Scepter" to see if there were any. Suitable acting opportunities.

Esther didn't hide her expression of watching the excitement at the side. She looked at Daniz with a smile, but he glared back in annoyance.

"Speaking of which, have you ever dealt with Mary, the 'Yan Pearl'?"

Daniz recalled for a few seconds: "That young girl with a collar as fancy as a turkey? I have some impression of her, but I don't know much about her. I just met her at a gathering among pirates. After all, the number of female pirates is quite small."

"What about the pirate group behind her?"

"'Clover', they are even smaller than our fleet, and they have only started to operate in the past few years. There is very little information, but I heard that the trading reputation is not bad, and I often see 'Yan' at pirate gatherings. Pearl' and their first mate.

"No one knows the origin of that captain. He is the 'Goldfinger' Aaron who has a bounty of 10,000 gold pounds. But he can control a ghost ship and a fleet in a short period of time. There must be someone behind him. The support of power.

"The first mate is 'Bookworm' Thomas, who has a bounty of eight thousand gold pounds. He once robbed the collection of books from a certain 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom' chapel and fled overseas. He is also a well-known weirdo in Lundberg. .

"As for the second officer, it's even more mysterious. This person has almost never appeared in public. I have only heard people from the 'Clover' mention it. The second officer has no reward, which is the strangest thing."

Esther nodded, having a concrete understanding: "You said their trading reputation is pretty good?"

Daniz recalled the information he knew: "Yes, 'Bookworm' has the corresponding items on hand, which can notarize transactions. People who have done transactions with them have never heard of being deceived, but they want to be right." The pirates they attacked didn't succeed either, so I don't know why they let this pirate group escape."

Esther's heart moved: "Why is that captain's nickname 'Goldfinger'?"

Daniz had a look of envy on his face: "Because he once brought down a black casino in Bayam... but the other party couldn't find out how he cheated."

But the corner of Esther's mouth raised: "It seems that I really need to have more contact with 'Yanzhu'."

When Daniz saw Hamel's smile, he lamented for "Porn Pearl" Mary in his heart for a second. It looked like someone was going to be unlucky.

But it's none of his business, as long as it's not him who's unlucky.

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After Klein walked out of the room and came to the living room again, Esther told him what happened. Of course, she omitted the specific content of the commission and just said that she wanted to accept the commission to earn some extra money.

Klein had no objection. He just tossed a coin in front of Esther and Daniz and did a divination. After confirming that there was no danger, he nodded silently.

Esther did not accompany Klein and Daniz to wait for the eleven o'clock exchange with "Vice Admiral Iceberg". Instead, she returned to the house early to rest. She deliberately avoided the "surrender" mentioned by Daniz. Spiritual Ceremony”.

Esther would feel frightened every time she performed a prayer ceremony with "The Fool". She didn't know why she was so uneasy about the spirit world.

Out of her instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, she chose to lie down and sleep.

But Esther was destined to not sleep well that night.

When the first button of Klein's wireless telegraph machine was pressed, Danitz was instantly awakened from his nap in the easy chair. He spent too long studying how to use this thing, and finally fell asleep in the living room.

Daniz looked at the telegraph machine in the corner of the room that was making automatic typing sounds with great horror, unsure of what was going on.

Behind him, Esther's door opened automatically with a "squeak" sound, which made Daniz's heart almost jump to his throat.

However, when he saw clearly that the person standing by the door was Esther and not a female ghost, Daniz felt relieved. He mustered up the courage to get closer to the typewriter and saw an illusory white paper on it. A few lines of words written in ancient Fussac:

"Hello. I sense a familiar and unique aura, but it is about to dissipate."

Esther stood behind Daniz, frowning.

Daniz glanced at her: "What should I do? Is this thing an evil spirit?"

"No, it has a familiarity that irks me. I should have seen this guy before."

Daniz immediately moved away from the radio receiver: "Then you will communicate with it?"

Estella pulled over the chair, sat in front of the telegraph machine, moved her fingers, and then began to use her hand speed to type frantically, using the same ancient Fusac language:

"Last time, you appeared in the bathroom mirror. What do you want to do when you suddenly appear again this time? Although I don't mind riddles or hints, I extremely hate your "master" statement last time. Let me tell you, if you don’t explain this matter clearly, it will never end! Don’t cover it up with perfunctory explanations like last time, who are you!?”

Daniz was stunned. Such a long list of words was typed by Hamel in less than a minute.

The radio receiver was silent for two seconds before typing again: "You can call me Arrodes."

Esther frowned and looked at the new writing appearing on the illusory paper: "According to the principle of reciprocity, it is your turn to answer my question. You don't need to type."

Esther sneered: "Sure enough, it's because if I type it, it will interfere with your signal."

The bright red handwriting soon appeared again, but it was in ancient giant language: "Whose fate is the fate you foresee?"

Esther's breathing stopped for a moment, and the tarot cards she had turned out the day she met "The Hanged Man" appeared in front of her again.

The "god of death" sitting on the white horse seems to be passing through the cards and time and space, casting a shadow on Esther.

Daniz could only understand individual words in this question, and couldn't help but ask Esther: "What prediction and fate? What is it talking about?"

Esther chuckled softly. Instead of explaining anything to Daniz, she looked at the radio receiver:

"If it is what I think, it is my destiny and Zoya's destiny."

"correct answer."

White writing appeared on the semi-illusory paper.