Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Such a weird collection should not be something Captain Aaron can collect." Esther was a little confused.

Alexander smiled gently and with polite detachment:

"It was brought by Aaron's mentor. The long voyage on the sea can counteract the negative effects of this item's desire to return to the altar and obtain sacrifices. Surrounded by a large amount of sea water, it almost lost its 'alive' characteristics.

"Because of Aaron's good luck and the necklace from the Fourth Age, we can make sure to get rid of the bone sword in time before it gets out of control. So if you choose that necklace, we have to seek Aaron first With the help of the mentor, use other methods to seal it.”

Esther pointed to the shorter end of the bone sword: "What if I choose it?"

Alexander was also stunned for a moment. He did not expect Esther to be so bold:

"That's a good thing for us, but its negative effects are so vicious that you'd better think twice about it. It will try to blend into the skeleton of the contactee, transforming it into a vessel suitable for its actions. The locals are hanging at the altar in strange shapes. Its skeletons are all 'hosts' that have been twisted by it over the years.

"When it is alive, its consciousness is quite close to that of an 'evil spirit'. It is extremely thirsty for the souls of living creatures. It can easily assimilate the holder into a feathered, cruel and crazy monster. Because there is no living creature in contact with it now, It doesn't have any 'believers', so it can't exert any power.

"This item seems to be connected to something in the spirit world. The person holding it will be eager to go to the spirit world and go to the place it guides, but we don't know exactly where it is. It itself The rank is also very high, and ordinary sealing methods will soon be eroded and destroyed by it. You... I don't know how effective your method is."

Esther closed her eyes and felt silently for a few seconds. The "spiritual intuition" in her mind gave a very gentle feedback, so she asked Alexander again: "Can I try?"

"I have already told you its negative effects. If you are confident about yourself, then please allow me to make some preparations." Alexander said as he put on white gloves and opened the cabinet that closed the gem necklace. .

Esther could vaguely detect a hint of sweet fragrance, but she suppressed her inner doubts and watched Alexander hold the necklace that could open the channel to the spirit world in his hand.

Alexander nodded at her, ready to put on the necklace and activate magical items at any time. He didn't need to do anything to Esther, he just needed to open a channel to the spiritual world.

Because it has the urgent instinct to guide the "host" into the spirit world, if something goes wrong with Esther, this bone sword will give priority to controlling her to go to the spirit world.

In this way, Alexander's actions are not considered "malicious harm", and can even be said to be "respecting Esther's wishes", because she wanted to walk in by herself - he just opened a passage to the spiritual world.

Esther could also figure out the key. She smiled and said to Alexander: "Please Mr. Alexander keep the next thing a secret for me."

When Alexander heard this, he rushed to the door in a few steps, his alertness fully heightened.

The next moment, he watched in shock as light spots floated in Esther's hair. As those light spots broke away, part of her light blond hair turned into silvery white. Those light spots floated around her freely and loosely, like a very beautiful girl. They were dancing around the altar.

Esther's hands covered the shorter section of the bone sword. It felt hard and cold, like holding a bone-chilling ice pick. She slowly took the bone sword off the wall.

Sudden changes occur.

The end held by Esther suddenly stood up with several spikes, piercing her palms. Esther lowered the tip of the sword, and the blood flowing from her hands fell quickly, leaving traces along the white bones. Traces of bright red.

Thin down feathers began to grow around Esther's palms, but when they first took shape, they began to shrink, and soon turned into shriveled filaments, reintegrated into Esther's skin, and then tried to grow again. , repeating this process.

Esther tilted her head to make sure Alexander couldn't see her eyes. There was a faint light in her eyes, and all the light spots swooped down, following the traces left by Esther's blood, and penetrated into the pure white bone sword.

A strange buzzing sound sounded, and Esther captured the voice in her hand. In addition to the overflowing jealousy, hatred, and unwillingness, this bone sword with a "living" consciousness was even begging her to let go.

But Esther couldn't let go. Her hands had been pierced by those sharp thorns. It was the bone sword's instinctive desire that was so greedy that it tried to draw power from her, but it was completely unable to bear the consequences.

A few drops of blood fell on the ground, instantly blended into the "Clover" and disappeared.

Ten seconds later, the standoff ended.

The bone spurs in Esther's hands slowly retracted, and the sword body surrounded by light at the lower end also quickly retracted. Its size became smaller and smaller until it completely merged into Esther's hands, and thus merged into her bones. inside.

Where Esther's hand was penetrated by the hole, white bone fragments grew out to cover the bloody mouth, and she could feel that the skin inside was healing rapidly.

"Although it was not intentional..." Esther breathed a sigh of relief and smiled helplessly at Alexander, "But I can only ask you to pay for this magical item in advance."

Alexander wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling exhausted due to the excessive tension during this period: "You are really...casual. I don't know whether you should be brave or something."

What Alexander didn't say was that Esther's random behavior reminded him of Aaron's usual behavior. Although it seemed ridiculous, it often had unexpectedly good results.

If it weren't for luck, such a strange girl would probably have died long ago...

luck?

Alexander suddenly suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and an inexplicable chill appeared behind him, which made him stop the habitual thinking caused by the inquiring heart.

"You might want to give it a name, since it's yours now."

Esther moved her hands: "Let's call it 'Pale Bone Nail'."

Alexander cleared his throat: "But that bone sword is directly integrated into your body, won't it affect you?"

Esther touched the bone fragments growing on the back and palm of her hand. After the wound healed, it was slowly sticking into her skin, eventually leaving a thin line of silver rivers and feathers intertwined, which made Esther's The hands look as if they have an extra layer of painted patterns.

Esther rubbed the mark on the back of her hand, but there was no way to hide it: "It seems like this is the only way. If it doesn't work, you have to wear gloves. Don't worry, it won't do much harm to me."

Especially now that its consciousness has been annihilated by those lights, and the remaining thoughts have completely dissipated, but why was it directly integrated into my body? Esther was very puzzled.

Esther subconsciously flicked her wrist and looked at Alexander: "I'm fine. Let's go and solve the 'pollution' on Captain Aaron's side. I've already taken the reward, so I'm embarrassed if I don't do something."

Alexander looked at Esther for two seconds without hesitating to speak, and then slowly put the necklace on his right hand back into the cabinet. His free left hand reached into his arms and seemed to be holding something. His eyes under the thick lenses were cloudy for two seconds, and then became clear again soon.

The other party has no ill intentions, has not been negatively affected, and everything is normal.

The sealed object held by Alexander sent a very clear spiritual feedback. He nodded to Esther and re-sealed the cabinet containing the necklace: "Then let's go to the captain's room."

She was not abnormal, that was the most abnormal thing.

Alexander suddenly had some doubts. Did Aaron's consent for this young lady to board the ship bring a powerful enemy for the "Clover" that was difficult to fight against?

Aaron's "good luck" that has never failed, will it really not make them unlucky this time?

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"It's better to believe in your luck than to believe in a snake! Maybe the people of the Islands are more trustworthy!"

In the captain's room, Thomas shouted at Aaron angrily.

Mary was leaning against the door. When she heard Thomas's words, she said coldly: "Or you might as well just believe that Miss Stealer. She sounds like a Loen."

"So I hate Loen people the most!" Thomas wrinkled his nose and buttoned the long table again.

Aaron, who was sitting behind the table, rubbed the center of his eyebrows vigorously. Ever since he saw that "Hamel" today, he had always been so excited that he couldn't calm down and think: "Quiet, you two, stop arguing. That’s my pathway, it’s part of my life.”

"If the changes in the Clover are really caused by her, what will you do if she wants to seize the ship?"

Aaron was silent for two seconds and forced a smile: "I will tell my teacher everything that happened. Other than that, I have nothing to worry about. My spiritual intuition has been telling me - Hamel It’s trustworthy.”

Mary opened her mouth but said nothing. Her pupils suddenly shrank, and she realized that she was paying abnormal attention to Hamel and subconsciously wanted to protect him. Mary gritted her teeth and closed her mouth tightly, swallowing back what she just wanted to say in agreement with the captain.

Thomas walked back and forth in the captain's room twice: "This is not normal, you should know, right? Mary too! You are just strangers who have met only a few times. We are affected by her, and this may be some kind of her." Extraordinary ability.”

"If even Alexander and I are secretly affected by this ability, what can we do to control her? What if she is a high-sequence Beyonder?" Aaron spread his hands indifferently, "As long as she shows In the form of a mythical creature, no one on this ship could survive.”

Thomas opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He couldn't find anything to say to refute, and they really had no better way than asking Aaron to ask his teacher for help.

"Is that the one you want to write to now?"

"No, I want..."

Before Aaron could finish speaking, he suddenly covered his head.

Ever since he learned the "acting method" and was steadily promoted to the mid-sequence, the vision he could control freely suddenly became extremely strong.

Large, mixed color blocks and images flooded into his mind, making him dizzy and frantic, making his sanity teeter on the edge.

"Captain!" "Aaron!"

Mary and Thomas exclaimed at the same time.

"Don't come over!" Aaron was lying on the edge of the table, his body trembling violently.

Until a gentle light rose from the ground of the "Clover", softly wrapping Aaron's body and dispelling the images that made him want to go crazy.

Aaron heard some kind of ethereal and soft calling.

He opened his eyes again, and the light suddenly shattered. Aaron lay on the ground in embarrassment and retched, but because of his order just now, Mary and Thomas still didn't come over.

"I know, I know! It's light, that's light! I had such a dream on the day of the big smog in Backlund!"

Aaron looked up, the feverish look on his face making Thomas even more worried.

"I will write to the teacher now and make sure the teacher meets us in Port Behrens!"