Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Aaron didn't expect Esther to finish reading the notes so quickly and even take them back to him.

At this time, Aaron was having dinner alone in the captain's cabin, so that he could have a drink calmly without caring about other people's feelings. So when he was disturbed, he felt a little unhappy:

"You can see very quickly. As I said before, don't practice on the boat."

Esther did not ask for more details about "divination", but mentioned the team that went to explore the island: "Alexander and the others didn't get into trouble, did they?"

"No, they met some natives there and traded part of the harvest on our ship. Alexander seemed to have noticed some kind of mineral that he had not seen in the outside world, so he became interested in researching it again. It's his old habit."

Aaron explained in detail, and shook the amber brandy in the cup at Esther: "Because I never allowed him to bring things with unknown ingredients on board, so he came back with others and took the experimental equipment. He went back to the village. What do you want from him?"

Esther shook her head: "I don't particularly want to talk to him about anything, I'm just a little worried subconsciously."

"There's nothing to worry about, unless the volcano erupts... But there is very little information about this island, so it's not a bad thing to be cautious." Aaron said, looking at Esther's frown.

"Would you like to try divination?"

Aaron was stunned for a second. Because the "Queen of Mystery" was going to meet Hamel, he was indeed nervous and did not perform divination before landing on the island!

This is absolutely not the way to go.

"The teacher didn't tell me there is any danger here, but she seems to want you to follow us..." Aaron narrowed his eyes, "If that's the case, maybe she has given me the answer."

Esther's brows furrowed even more tightly: "Are you thinking about letting me be a thug? Would you trust me too much?"

Aaron smiled and tapped his temples: "I trust my intuition very much. This is also my little rule. If things are difficult to understand, just let nature take its course and you will get the best results."

Before Esther could question him further, Aaron continued: "But I really should do some divination and wait a moment."

He finally showed some sense of responsibility as a group leader. This made Esther sigh in her heart, and she couldn't help but start to reflect on herself. Could it be that when she usually relied on "intuition" to act, would Klein feel so unreliable?

Aaron put away the old notebook and pressed down a hidden compartment on the wall. The wooden board bounced up, revealing three or four crystal balls of different sizes inside, which were also mixed with silver filaments. The texture is similar to mercury that constantly emits shimmer.

Aaron held the smallest one in his hand. The size of the crystal ball was a lot larger than his fist, and it looked heavy.

"Do you like it? If you like it, you can make it yourself or even customize it. Add different extraordinary materials according to the purpose. Your gold Louis is enough." Aaron walked up to Esther and joked when showing it to her.

Esther laughed dryly: "Haha, I still prefer cheaper auxiliary props, so as not to feel distressed if they are broken."

Aaron immediately took several steps back and took the crystal ball away from Esther.

Next, he held the crystal ball in both hands, with a focused and peaceful expression on his face. Although Aaron's eyes were staring at the filaments in the crystal ball, the focus in his eyes gradually fell further.

His lips moved, but he did not make a clear sound. It was as if he was talking in ancient Hermetic language, and Esther could barely make out some words such as "destiny", "guidance" and the names of several people in Alexandria.

As Aaron's voice fell, the crystal ball reflected in his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the silver fluid inside gradually stretched, forming a rotating and reciprocating flow.

Esther also looked into the crystal ball with Aaron, and soon, several scenes quickly passed through her eyes: a mottled rust-like crater and a bottomless black hole, and Alexander among the black clouds and mist. , Mary and Aaron led a few sailors forward in embarrassment, the huge blood basin opened wide, many trees were smashed into two pieces by the white-bone monster, and little bits of blood were scattered...

All the scenes tended to dim, and finally Esther's eyes regained clarity, but she met Aaron's even weirder eyes.

She laughed a little guiltily: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing...it turns out there's a crisis. Although it's not life-threatening and they can handle it, it's very difficult for them."

Aaron didn't answer the weird extra experience he had just now. The whole process of his divination was under the intervention of some more distant force. It wasn't until he looked up that he caught a glimpse of the faint glimmer in Hamel's eyes and realized that she had forcibly intervened to observe. Your own "divination" process.

It felt pretty bad, almost like being "watched" by some evil spirit.

Esther thought for two seconds: "Do you have a way to contact them?"

"You can divine their location. This is a good opportunity for you to practice your divination, Hamel."

Esther looked at Aaron blankly: "Are you serious?"

Aaron's smile was bright: "Of course not."

After saying that, he opened another hidden compartment and took out a bronze talisman.

Esther began to wonder if there was something hidden behind every board in his captain's cabin.

Aaron instilled spiritual power into the spell and said a sentence in ancient Hermetic: "Communication."

The spell began to emit cyan light, and then Aaron switched to Intis language: "Come back quickly, there is something abnormal on the island, and the divination is not going well."

The spell disintegrated in the air. Aaron patted the little powder remaining on his hand and raised his eyebrows at Esther: "That's it."

Esther pointed to herself: "Don't you need to pick them up?"

"If you want to, I won't stop you. Can you ensure your own safety?"

Esther rubbed the pattern on her hand and said, "No problem, I have that bone sword in my hand."

"Ha, it is indeed in your 'hand'. If you want to test it, that's up to you." Aaron sat back in the captain's chair, raised the cup nonchalantly, and motioned to Esther to open the door. direction.

Esther was a little confused: "Aren't you worried about them?"

"I am not the most powerful person on this ship, and I can only help less after leaving the Clover." Aaron sighed, "Alas, the most powerful person is not Thomas, but Thomas. It’s the old gentleman who looks knowledgeable and intelligent.”

"But Mr. Alexander doesn't look young anymore."

"His path can be said to be to live longer and learn more. He took away several boxes, didn't he? If Alexander used all his 'research results' regardless of the consequences and costs, this Nahuatl Island It’s possible that half of them will be blown away.”

Esther understood that this was a way of fighting determined by the path, and she also told Aaron her decision: "I will go find them."

"I won't send anyone to you, just think about it."

Esther still nodded: "My language class with Mr. Alexander is not over yet. I also want to try a simple 'traveling'."

"I won't lend you a crystal ball either."

Esther suddenly smiled: "I know you don't trust me to get off the ship alone, Captain Aaron, but I want to take a look."

Aaron stared at her in silence for two seconds, then pointed to the lantern hanging by the door: "At least bring a light, it's already dark."

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A few minutes later, Esther held a lantern on her arm and climbed down the rope ladder hanging on the outside of the "Clover". Two sailors on night shift patrol taught her how to use the foam. "No." If enough foam is removed from the hull, you can step directly on the water.

For safety reasons, they usually wrap their feet and arms with foam to prevent them from losing their balance and being unable to climb up after falling over. In this way, when they fall into the water, they will at most slip on their hands and feet and swim forward on their stomachs.

This function eliminates trivial matters such as rafting, and can be regarded as the unique ship culture of the "Clover". If other pirate ships want to land on the island, they must use springboards or bridges, and they cannot stop anywhere they want. The place.

Before Esther could reach out to the foam around the "Four Leaf Clover", a large puff of foam floated up automatically, as if spitting out a series of bubbles towards Esther's body, almost covering her whole body. Becoming a ball is like putting on a space suit made of foam.

Esther looked at the hull of the "Four Leaf Clover" in a funny way, and whispered: "Thank you for your enthusiasm..."

A little too much though.

As soon as Esther stepped onto the sea surface, she fell onto her back like an ice skater. Because her whole body was covered in bubbles, she slid straight out with such momentum, her speed was completely out of control.

Esther's whole body seemed to be rolled into a ball of bubbles on the water, leaving a long string of flying fine bubbles in the air. The lantern was played under the crimson moonlight, and the laughter of the two sailors on the bow was surrounded by only the sound of waves. It was particularly harsh in the night.

What a shame!

After Esther slid onto the beach, she continued to rush forward for several meters, but after touching the sand, the foam exploded quickly. She tried hard to shake off the large clumps of foam that stuck to her body and rubbed a small amount of fine sand into her palms to break them, otherwise these "stubborn" people could last half an hour.

After brushing off a little bit of sand on her body, Esther could still hear the unceremonious laughter coming from a distance under the crimson moonlight.

Those two people couldn't stop laughing! Pooh!

After Esther stood firm on the beach, she closed her hands and pulled them apart. The bone sword appeared in her hand and was held in her right hand.

She grabbed the lantern that was previously clamped on her elbow in the palm of her left hand, raised it up, and illuminated a path that had been carved out in the forest. Because people had walked on it, there were still traces of footprints on the ground.

Esther felt the faint touch from the "Pale Bone Nail": "It seems that I was right. There is something on this island that is attracting you."

Among those foreseen scenes, there was a huge monster made of white bones. It was because of foreseeing its existence that Esther made up her mind to go to the island to take a look.

She put the bone sword upright in front of her and silently recited in her heart: "Alexander's position."

The "pale bone nail" suddenly lit up with circles and circles of ring patterns, and a circle of faint light swayed toward the left front with a subtle buzzing sound, pointing out the direction for her.