Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Mary got up early in the morning, drank several gulps of water, and then fell down. She slept until the sun was high, then rolled out of bed again and ran into the bathroom.

Esther reluctantly raised her head from the sofa, thankful that she had stuffed a few books into her satchel, otherwise this period of time would have been quite difficult. Seeing Mary walking out of the bathroom refreshed and already dressed, Esther was finally able to close the book in her hand and ask the question she had been thinking about all morning:

"Can we go to dinner..."

Mary stretched and moved her limbs with a smile: "Why are you so depressed? I just slept a little longer. Wait, you didn't stay on the sofa all night?"

"You were so drunk that you almost cried on the bar. How could I trust you to be alone?"

Mary laughed dryly: "You are here, I am very confident about you! Nothing else should happen, right?"

"I found a hotel nearby, but some eager guys didn't follow me. Someone did a divination on us last night. Fortunately, we were in the same room. I used some tricks. Maybe they couldn't do it again. The divination has arrived.”

Mary, who had just shown a little nervousness, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm so lucky to be traveling with you. If I were to go out with others, I wouldn't be able to do anything about the divination, unlike Captain Aaron and others."

Esther was silent for a few seconds: "Maybe my presence caused trouble..."

Mary straightened her hair and tied the headscarf back up: "How is that possible? You don't have a wanted warrant. It's a zero-dollar head. Why would someone target you?"

"Don't make me sound like a banana leaf wrapped in barbecue!"

Mary was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, where did you hear that metaphor from?"

"Of course it's the gossip of the locals. Haven't you heard it before?"

"My Dutan language has never been very good. I finally got off the ship, so don't mention this kind of thing."

Esther also stood up and leaned against the door waiting for Mary to put on her shoes: "I feel like you have become a lot more lively after getting off the boat. You are really afraid of Mr. Alexander."

Mary checked the magazine of the revolver and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the weapon, she waved her arm at Esther happily: "I don't have it! Do you still have breakfast? Let's go!"

"It's already lunch, your treat." Esther said unceremoniously.

"For the sake of dragging me back to the hotel, as long as you don't eat all my wallet, it's okay to treat me."

Facing the warm sunshine approaching noon, the two of them entered a shop that looked very Balam-style and tasted the very common local cheese fried chicken and a whole pot of Balam stew. Mary also ordered Guadal juice like Esther, temporarily letting go of her liver that had just been tortured by alcohol last night.

Balam stew is basically a pot of black beans, smoked pork, pig ears, pig trotters, etc., served with long-grain rice, shredded kale and orange slices to help relieve greasiness.

However, while the two were dining, Esther noticed two guys walking into the restaurant. Because they were wearing hoods to cover themselves tightly, she couldn't help but take a second look.

Mary glanced around the corner with her peripheral vision and whispered to Esther: "There are indeed everyone here, but you should be wary of guys dressed like this, they look suspicious..."

Esther also laughed: "There is no way there is a second group of people so suspicious——"

Okay, the second group of people walked in.

Esther's mouth immediately closed, confused at how quickly the slap came.

Although these three people did not wear hoods, the handsome young man Bailang was wrapped in a black cloak, covering his body, and sat in a dark corner on the other side with two people dressed as slaves.

This time, even Mary felt the other person's gaze sweeping over the two of them. She stared blankly at Esther and asked in a low voice through her teeth: "Hey! Where is the anti-divination you promised?"

Esther was not surprised by this development: "Anti-divination is just a detection method for the occult. Yesterday we went shopping, bought gloves, and played in a bar. We didn't make any disguises during this period, and we were seen entering and leaving the hotel. At least if someone asks the owner of the hotel, he will have an impression. After all, you were in the front hall of the hotel last night, shouting with him for several minutes in Intis language that he did not understand at all..."

Mary covered her face with her hands in pain, wishing she could bury her head in the stew pot: "Don't mention it again! I have no memory at all and I don't want to think about it! Let's finish the meal first, and then think of a way to get rid of them. "

Esther suddenly showed a malicious and sly smile: "I have a plan, do you want to hear it?"

"...Even if I say I don't want to, you will tell me, right?"

Esther threw a slice of orange into her mouth: "Wouldn't it be more interesting if the two groups of them collided with each other? The more chaotic the situation, the better for us to escape."

"That's true, but if the other party also has extraordinary people, it will be inconvenient for us to make a big fuss here."

"So we have to wait, at least not now. Just like we don't want to offend the official church or local forces, these guys deliberately pretend to be guests of this restaurant, which shows that they are not stupid enough to directly provoke ." Esther poured another large spoonful of the soupy balam stew onto the rice. It felt like eating pig's trotters rice bowl, but it was not as salty and fragrant as the soy sauce.

Mary took two sips of Guadal juice and quickly understood what Esther wanted to do: "You want to wait until night when you are not so noticeable, and then seduce those two groups to fight each other?"

"This is indeed my plan. They will fight theirs and we will run ours. Anyway, the Clover will be leaving in one day. The voyage back to Intis from Port Behrens is not short."

Mary thought for a few seconds. She was not enthusiastic about Esther's impromptu plan: "But aren't you afraid that the other party has more troublesome means? Is such an action too dangerous?"

Esther's smile deepened: "Don't worry, my 'intuition' is still worthy of trust."

"Don't talk like the captain, it's so annoying."

Esther cleared her throat sheepishly: "Well, after all, it's not safe for us to go back to the ship directly. If we bring danger to others, the trouble will snowball like a snowball."

"That makes sense. They must not be allowed to track where the Clover is parked." Mary ate her stew quietly for a while before nodding to Esther, "Just follow your plan, but I want Let me remind you, if the other party's ability is too weird, I may not be able to help you much."

"Weird? What do you mean?"

Mary looked quite embarrassed, avoiding eye contact with Esther: "Because my sequence has not enhanced my spirituality much so far, and I have not been able to learn too many complicated spells, but my strength, physical strength, and mental resistance are all good." That’s pretty good.”

"Each one has its own strengths. Just like I don't have a very powerful attack method, it's not a particularly balanced approach..." Esther's eyes turned around, "Speaking of which, I haven't asked you what your approach is. What?"

"It doesn't matter if I tell you. You have been coming to the 'Clover' for so long. My extraordinary path is called 'lawyer'."

It was another route that she had never heard of. Esther glanced at Mary's collar embroidered with beads: "I thought that 'lawyer' would be a more, um, respectable route, but I didn't expect that it would give priority to increasing close combat effectiveness."

"Sequence eight is called 'barbarian'. You can refer to the literal meaning below."

"If you can't defeat the other party, let's fight...it seems like there's nothing you can steal. You should be at Sequence Seven now?"

When Mary heard the sentence in the middle, she immediately leaned back subconsciously: "Wait, what are you planning?"

Esther smiled warmly and said calmly: "Consider what you can steal."

"Can you steal other people's extraordinary abilities?" Mary subconsciously thought of this and waved her hands at Esther, "My ability is nothing to steal, because it is not an attack method but an auxiliary method, which may not be suitable for you. "

"What a shame. That's all I'm saying, don't be nervous."

"You clearly said 'what a pity' just now!"

The two of them finished their meal, paid the bill, and walked out of the restaurant while chatting.

The two hooded men in black robes casually left their meal money on the table and quickly followed them out. They barely took a few bites of the two snacks they ordered.

In another dark corner, the dark-skinned young man Bailang just glanced at the backs of the two men coldly, and was not as eager to follow them as they were.

But the spirit he drove had been squatting at the door for a long time. It locked onto the two ladies the moment they went out and wandered covertly in the dark, following behind them.

——

Mary and Esther took these tails and continued to wander around crowded places. They were not in a hurry to do anything, and showed a relaxed attitude as if they were traveling around.

The two came to a relatively flat square, leaning against the fountain and eating coconut butter balls sold by a stall. This dessert, which is about the same size as a quail egg, can be eaten whole in one bite. The soft balls are full of rich coconut flavor. Fragrant and easy to enjoy.

"Are we just walking around like this?" Mary was still a little worried, "If they do something on the street..."

"Believe me, they will be the unlucky ones. Even if we let passers-by comment now, others will think that the two hooded people are sneaky in broad daylight." Esther glanced at a tree not far away. Under the shade of the palm trees, "The other group of people are much smarter in their methods, at least they won't be stupid enough to follow them in person."

To confirm, she also closed her eyes tightly while eating coconut butter balls, and briefly entered a strange perspective state through meditating on the light ball, and was able to detect the slightly fearful spirit that never stayed away.

Mary touched the fountain water behind her that was warmed by the sun: "That's right. They should be more afraid of being discovered than us. That kind of dress looks quite suspicious."

Esther unfolded the newly purchased map of Port Behrens in her hand and quickly constructed routes in different directions in her mind:

"But they stopped right in front of the small shop selling woven accessories. They were hiding under the shadow of the awning, which is the shop diagonally in front of you. You don't have to look up, they stayed there and didn't move."

Mary thought thoughtfully: "At first I thought they were just trying to hide their identities, but now it seems like they might be afraid of the sun?"

The two of them were stunned at the same time: "Vampire?"

Esther used the hand speed of a "stealer" and stuffed the last coconut butter ball into her mouth before Mary could stop her: "These two people don't look alike. If they are really vampires, we met at the bar yesterday. The mixed-race young man who arrived is even more suspicious."

"It may also be a blood servant. Vampires will develop blood servants as their subordinates."

Esther quickly remembered that she had once been complained about the weird taste of her blood by a young man who called himself a "vampire".

"I feel like it's going to be lively tonight..."