Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

The skeleton behind the door is a dead thing.

But it kept shaking its body, as if laughing uncontrollably at the outside, and turning its neck from time to time, as if it was looking at different people.

The skeleton next to the door still maintains a relatively complete outline, but it can be seen that it has a broken arm, which matches the right arm of bones on the ground outside the door.

The most uncomfortable thing is that there are more than one skeleton suspended at the top of the passage. Most of them are just a few scattered bones, and it is difficult to see the complete human form.

Upside-down skulls, half-broken rib cages, or limbs with missing parts. All these bones were twisting or shaking erratically. The clothes hanging on them were basically only loose strips of cloth, and not much was left. .

There were countless bone fragments scattered on the ground, as if there was a carpet covered with an unknown number of years of dust.

All four people took in such a gloomy scene.

Esther can't help but think of the puppet show. The invisible threads twist and squirm, pulling and twisting these people, but she doesn't know whether they have died or... when they are lifted up.

She quickly connected all this with the foreseen scene. The black thread hanging from the ceiling just confirmed the source of this strange scene.

Thomas suddenly spoke, and you could feel his nervousness just by listening to his voice: "There seems to be threads, I can see some traces."

"Those threads just hang down to more than one meter from the ground. It's very unsafe to step into the door." Because his spiritual vision was turned on, Aaron's eyes became much darker. He had already put away the crystal ball in his hand. In its place was a long-barreled revolver drawn from the backpack.

But Aaron's expression wasn't very good either. Those dense threads kept swinging like worms, and it was hard to imagine how they could get through.

"Do we need to return? If not, maybe the ground is an option," Alexander pointed to the "Inspiration Warning Spider" still operating on the ground. "If we continue to move forward, we may need to crawl over this section of the road."

Aaron's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter: "It's not safe to crawl over. It's impossible that no one among these people has considered this method. These threads, which are only spiritual bodies and have no physical body, may be able to extend downwards."

Thomas changed the scrolls in his hand to the other two: "I can use a spell with a purification effect to do a little test."

During the conversation between a few people, Esther ended her thinking and took a step forward: "I have an idea that I can try."

Aaron gave Thomas a look, telling him not to be too impatient, and then turned his head: "You shouldn't make too much noise, right? The landslide is also a bit dangerous for us."

Considering that the four people present are all extraordinary people, it doesn’t take much time to run back to the hole as quickly as possible, so Aaron doesn’t mind letting Thomas boldly clear these obstacles, but since Hamel said this, Aaron will definitely be more I prefer to let her try it first.

Esther nodded: "If you step back a little, I'm afraid these black lines will move abnormally."

The other three people did not dissuade her and immediately retreated to the last safe spot five meters away. They just left the lantern at Esther's feet to provide her with light.

Aaron and the others let Hamel take action not entirely out of trust in her, but because the three of them had no more reliable way for a while. Thomas's scroll spell had a larger range and was really not suitable in a narrow passage.

Esther took a deep breath, put her left hand on her forehead, closed her eyes and sketched the shape of the light group in her mind. Soon, those black threads appeared quite clearly in her perception. Instead, they were in the shape of a skull hanging above. It becomes blurred, almost blending into the threads hanging from above.

Even if you just touch those skeletons, there is a possibility of being entangled in black threads...

Amidst the buzzing sound, tiny light spots separated from Esther's hair and continued to fly in the channel, gathering more and more around her, like stars surrounding the center.

Aaron's Adam's apple twitched, and his eyes watching this scene gradually became unfocused. It was Thomas who reacted quickly and pressed hard on the back of Aaron's head, forcing Aaron to lower his head. Only then did Aaron find himself again and get out of the lost state full of longing and longing.

The silver-haired Esther raised her eyes slightly, and a little feeling appeared in her heart, and she passed her orders to these light spots without hesitation.

All the rays of light extended out, and their speed was not very fast. They fell lightly towards those black lines, letting themselves be rolled up. All the illusory black threads whose tips touched the light spot began to grasp it and curl up, as if the ferns were shrinking back from the stretch of paper, and soon became entangled in the light and formed a ball.

More and more suspended bones fell to the ground and turned into looser fragments. The mandible of the skull at the door was knocked off and fell to Esther's feet.

Thomas stared at the changes in the black lines rolling around the light spots. He felt that his eyes were getting more and more painful, and he had to blink hard. His eyes soon became red, but out of vigilance, he never turned off his spiritual vision.

Alexander's mood is still the calmest. As an Extraordinary on the "General Knowledge" path, he has not yet reached the sequence that can greatly enhance his inspiration, let alone the thick glasses made of extraordinary materials on the bridge of his nose.

In Alexander's eyes, those light spots were just surrounded by black air that was almost condensed into substance. The light was wrapped and shrunk by the black air, while the gloomy feeling in the passage was constantly weakening. The light spot emitted by Hamel extended far away, illuminating the end of this passage. Only then did Alexander realize that the distance was not very long, only a little over ten meters.

This made him even more curious about the true nature of Hamel's power. If Hamel's privacy was not taken into consideration, Alexander would really like to ask him to study it.

Esther did not break away from the current weird vision, waiting for those black threads to be covered by light spots, her perception became calm, and all the light spots obeyed her will, quietly suspended in the passage to illuminate the place.

Esther did not look back, but whispered to the three people behind her: "Okay, do we want to go ahead and take a look? Everything within the light spot is safe, and there will be no such force in front. Try to keep your body as low as possible, If you feel any sluggishness in your legs or feet while walking, speak up immediately."

Alexander picked up the "Inspiration Warning Spider" that was not damaged from the ground and turned to look at Thomas and Aaron who were rubbing their eyes: "We will continue to use this to explore the path to prevent other accidents. You two are still OK?"

Thomas pinched the bridge of his nose and the center of his eyebrows twice, and quickly opened his eyes again: "I'm fine."

Aaron also nodded, showing a rather peaceful smile: "Yes."

He didn't know that it was such an inappropriate smile that made Alexander feel uncomfortable. Alexander had to remind Thomas: "Watch Aaron."

Thomas grabbed Aaron's collar with his backhand and pulled Aaron towards him. It could be seen that he did not answer as calmly as "no problem".

Esther bent down and stepped on the bones that cracked lightly due to being stepped on. She had no other choice. Every part of the ground in this passage was covered with broken bones.

She didn't know why, but she remembered toys that had been maliciously torn into pieces. This thought made Esther feel a sense of disobedience for a moment, but it was quickly covered up from her consciousness. Now she should focus more on the exploration in front of her.

Alexander followed closely behind, and Aaron was pushed twice by Thomas before he recovered from the daze of looking up at the light spot above his head. Aaron stared closely at Alexander's footsteps, resisting the urge to stare at those lights. Thomas followed him, always paying attention to Aaron's situation.

The four of them walked out of this passage smoothly. Esther hesitated for a moment and did not directly withdraw the light spots used to suppress the black line. At least, the safety of this retreat was retained to avoid encountering unexpected situations. Several people turned back as quickly as possible but could not pass.

Alexander put down the "Inspiration Warning Spider" and let it jump to a wider dark corner in front. The green light changed to yellow light five meters away. He checked the surrounding area and found nothing unusual in the room.

Esther raised the lantern in her hand to illuminate this relatively empty room.

This place is more empty than she imagined. Esther originally thought that with such insidious protection, this place might be some important tomb or storage room, but now it seems that this place is more like...

"Bath?" Thomas looked around several times and asked this question with great difficulty.

The square site is almost ten meters long and wide. In the middle is a deep pit dug down nearly one meter. Although the masonry inside is broken and shapeless, there are a few broken crystals or gold ornaments buried among the gravel on the outer edge. , apparently once a rather luxurious venue.

Esther walked to the corner and looked at several stone slabs stacked on top of each other.

Aaron looked at the carvings on the wall. The carvings were barely preserved in the long silence. Although it was covered with vague traces of corrosion and full of cracks, part of the content could still be barely discerned.

Aaron pointed to a scene with kneeling and praying: "It shouldn't be an ordinary bath. It's probably a special place for purification or baptism."

"That's right, otherwise it wouldn't be such a waste of resources." Thomas looked at the broken gems. Even if he was curious, he would never turn over the stones at will. Who knows what might be hidden inside?

Alexander also walked to Aaron, and soon he frowned: "It doesn't look like the ruins of the Antigonus family here..."

Of course Aaron objected: "My divination definitely shows that there is a connection. Perhaps the palace of a branch of the Antigonus family collapsed due to an accident."

Esther's hand reached out to the pile of slates. She turned over the slates without any movement, which immediately attracted the attention of several other people.

Thomas couldn't help but call her: "Hamel! Be careful!"

Aaron was not that nervous. His trust in Hamel could be said to be blind: "She must have noticed something. Let's go and take a look."

So the other three people also came to Esther's side. Aaron put his backpack next to him and stepped forward to lend a hand to help Esther turn over the rocks.

Soon, Esther's actions driven by "spiritual intuition" came to fruition, and they pulled out a coat of arms from underneath.