Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

A faint halo of light swirled around Esther and Alexander, and then disappeared completely, escaping into the spiritual world.

Esther had not been able to clearly feel this before, but after the experience of walking through the spiritual world that day, she could feel that she seemed to have established some kind of profound connection with the spiritual world, and she also knew how to use her own spirituality. The driving of light spots becomes easy.

They are derivatives created by "Zoya" and contain the power to communicate with the spiritual world.

It was like knowledge that had been forgotten for a long time was suddenly reviewed and forced into Esther's head. She has no choice but to accept this - she will also accept everything that can make herself stronger, as long as "Zoya's" consciousness does not replace her own.

"This is very convenient." Although Alexander saw these light spots for the first time, he couldn't help but sigh.

"That Beyonder looks quite strange."

Alexander took Esther back to the street, and the two of them strolled casually along the road with few pedestrians: "The peak of Honakis contains a lot of resources, and there are many speculators or historians. If you investigate here, there will be people from all over the world, and there will naturally be corresponding underground communication channels."

"So that's it. No wonder that bookstore looks deserted, but the store seems to be a little older... But that person didn't feel very friendly to me."

Alexander chuckled: "There is no way to determine more information at the moment, and it is not suitable for us to communicate with him much. Let Aaron try again when we go back."

He did not mention the interrupted conversation between the two, but Esther also forgot about it.

The two had dinner outside later in the evening before returning to the hotel. When they came to Aaron and Thomas's guest room, Alexander knocked on the door.

It was Thomas who opened the door: "You guys came back very quickly. Have you seen Simon?"

Esther and Alexander walked into the house, and Esther closed the door.

Alexander sat on the easy chair in the corner: "Simon is not in the bookstore. Listening to the clerk talking to others, he has been away for at least a day. We have lost a channel to confirm safety."

Thomas rubbed the back of his head twice irritably, which was exactly the same as Mary's little movements occasionally: "Isn't that snob going to get into trouble again for making dirty money?"

Aaron was flipping through a dozen newspapers and casually browsing the recent news on Honakis: "It doesn't matter, he showed us the way last time, and Alexander remembers it. As long as Simon doesn't tell others about the existence of that ruin, it's okay It’s safe for us.”

"When we went there, someone came to the store looking for the man named 'Simon' and threatened the clerk at the counter." Esther brought up the incident.

Thomas waved his hand at her: "Don't take it to heart. Few people who go to Simon's Bookstore are serious about buying books. They basically receive or send messages through his channels."

Esther hugged the book and laughed twice: "Haha, am I really a special case?"

"Just in case, I'd better divine the other party's identity." Aaron put down the newspaper and stood up from the sofa.

A few minutes later, Aaron returned to the living room, still looking absent-minded: "I can't see clearly. The other party also has methods to prevent occult exploration, but I can feel that he is a member of the Secret Order."

"Can you feel it?" Thomas looked like he wanted to kick Aaron to tell him quickly.

"After all, we are back here. The ones who are proficient in divination and the most careful to hide are the members of the Secret Order. They have always been very concerned about the ancient ruins in the Honakis Mountains."

Alexander echoed Aaron's inference: "It's very possible that they are, but we don't know the other party's sequence. On our way back, Hamel has already taken measures to prevent the other party from divination."

Aaron nodded: "There's nothing to worry about. Let's rest first. The sleeping bag Thomas has been bought. We'll leave as soon as possible tomorrow."

Esther carried a few newly bought books back to her own single guest room. After locking the door, light spots fell, quickly isolating the place from the outside world.

She took out a gold coin, with several other points of light attached to it. Esther put the gold coin upright on the table, twisted it with her fingertips, and made it spin rapidly.

A faint buzzing sound sounded in the room, emanating from the spinning coin. Esther half-closed her eyes, letting her senses connect with the coin.

"Will that man pose a threat to us?" Esther asked softly in Giant language, even though she was the only one in the room who was moving around the constantly rotating coin.

A silver thread emerged in Esther's consciousness, as if it was twisted out bit by bit by the wheel-like coin, and fragmented images appeared in front of Esther's eyes:

The deep dark tunnel and the collapsed stone door, the messy footsteps of four people scattered on the dust, black threads extending and hanging from the top of the passage, a figure jumping out of the flickering candlelight and running away crazily, the air bullets set off a large number of dust waves and A man with blond hair and misaligned facial features stood in front of the halo.

In the constantly shaking tunnel, the spiritual tunnel opened and closed, only to be overwhelmed by a strange and writhing black shadow.

All the illusions dissipated, and Esther's eyes refocused on the real world.

The gold Louis no longer rotates. It lies flat on the table, with a bush of fragrant irises pointing quietly upward.

Esther held the gold coin in her hand and let it roll lightly between her fingers, reviewing the previous scene in her mind.

She had heard of the name of the Secret Order. It was a secret organization operating in Intis. However, when she was a night watcher, Esther had learned about the way they secretly controlled the "seer", air bullets and flame jumps. All meet the corresponding characteristics.

Klein said that this was the ability of a "magician". The footprints left by the fleeing man were of different shades. It was obvious that he was the gentleman who had too much hair in the bookstore during the day.

The passage is narrow, so it is best to give priority to stealing the opponent's air bullet ability, so that it will be more convenient to attack the opponent later. The attack methods of Thomas and Alexander are very dynamic, and it is quite easy to cause the ruins to be destroyed in the ending.

The process of exploring the ruins didn't seem to go smoothly. Those black threads shrank and swayed like living creatures, which made people feel weird even in anticipation. But who is the man with the golden hair? Esther was sure that she had never met each other before. She had better ask Aaron and others about the physical characteristics of the bookstore owner "Simon" tomorrow.

However, what made Esther frown was the spiritual passage at the end of the foreseeing scene. Even if she only glimpsed that future for a moment, she felt that the wriggling black shadow was extremely dangerous.

Something that can give her a clear "premonition of danger" is probably an angel-level threat.

Esther sighed, they must not use the necklace that can open the passage tomorrow, otherwise something difficult for several people will appear on the other side of the spiritual world passage, and it may be an absolute disaster by then.

However, only the footprints of four people appeared in the picture, including the "magician"...

"Is there a future without me?"

Esther chuckled lightly, bounced the coin high and caught it again.

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Same town, another hotel.

A man in a black tuxedo knocked on the door of a guest room. Within a few seconds, there was a "squeak" and another man appeared behind the door - his appearance, height, and even his right hand turned out when he came to open the door. The feet and limp posture were exactly the same as the man knocking on the door.

The two people with identical appearances inside and outside the door looked at each other for a moment, and the figure of the man standing in the room suddenly grew taller.

His high nose bridge melted, his eye sockets became deeper, and dark circles appeared underneath. His blue eyes turned into lead gray, and his black hair kept shrinking back below his scalp, and the color kept getting lighter, until finally only a golden strand remained. .

The man with the real "Simon" appearance turned sideways and let his partner outside the door enter the house, then locked the door. After decorating the spiritual wall in the house, he looked up at the middle-aged man who had just walked into the house. Man: "Did anyone come to see him?"

"Yes, I saw three letters left on the counter, but what's more noteworthy is the other people."

"You actually met them? Didn't you do a divination before entering the store?" "Simon" frowned and walked to the only single sofa in the room. He completely lost the stumbling posture just now and his tone was very cold.

The middle-aged man lowered his head and stood next to the sofa: "I have done divination, but I didn't notice the other party's existence at all."

"If the other party has counter-divination methods, you are not at fault." Although he said so, "Simon" still showed his dissatisfaction in his words, "Have you also used spiritual vision to check them?"

"Yes, there were two people in the store when I entered, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, and a woman who looked young but did not look like someone from the Northern Continent. Both of them are Extraordinary, so they should be."

"You're not so sure."

The middle-aged man's expression became strange: "That woman gave me a very special feeling. I couldn't see through it. I could only see that her spirit body was completely shrouded in a vague halo."

"Simon"'s expression gradually softened. He pondered for several seconds before shaking his head at the middle-aged man: "If that's the case, I really can't blame you. The other party is probably a high-ranking person, or has control of some special magical items. "

"Then do we need to find out where they are going?"

"Simon" narrowed his eyes: "No, you go pack your things. After I perform a dream divination, we will check out the room and set off overnight. If the other party's goal is the same as our goal, we will eventually go to that building." It’s better to let them explore the path for us near the ruins.”

The middle-aged man nodded: "I understand."

"If necessary, we can just blow up that tunnel and drag them inside."

The middle-aged man walked into his room to pack his luggage, and the man with Simon's appearance took out a piece of tissue paper and wrote the words "exploration of Antigonus ruins, final result", and clasped his hands together. The paper rests in the palm of your hand.

When "Simon" opened his eyes from the dream, cold sweat slowly broke out on his forehead. He did not see any revelation, only a piece of light that made him feel confused and confused.

Even the vaguest information can be given fragmented feedback through the spirit world. This is the first time he has seen this situation. Is this also interference from the other party?

"Simon" has absolutely no clue.

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