Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

When Klein was talking to Anderson, he knew why Esther kept poking her head towards the mural on the wall, so he simply moved closer so that Esther could see it more clearly.

Esther's eyes followed the simple and old lines, outlining the exquisite and beautiful appearance of Ouroboros. The graceful wings were folded behind him. The silver-haired man closed his eyes tightly, but he led the team of pilgrims to walk in the burning flames. between the seas.

Esther looked at the fish stuck upside down in the black mud, the cross erected in the distant mountains and the upside down person, and felt a sense of unreality.

This strange emotion reached its peak when she looked at the skylark in the mural.

The flattened Skylark was sitting on Ourolius's shoulder, just like Esther was squatting on Klein's shoulder now.

Anderson was actually right. The skylark looked very similar to Esther's current appearance, especially now that the two skylarks faced each other. The eyes in the mural were calm and emotionless, but this feeling was still recognizable at a glance.

It's just that the bird's wings in the mural are intact, with no pale bones exposed.

"The mural has changed." Klein suddenly said.

Anderson also nodded in agreement: "The skylark was originally lifeless, but now it has opened its eyes. It was just a simple detail, but it changed the life of the skylark, and the entire mural became more vivid. One has to admire this ingenuity.”

Esther looked at the skylark on the mural. After several seconds, she lowered her voice and told Klein softly: "It's 'Zoya'."

Anderson's hearing is quite good, but lowering his voice can't stop him from gossiping: "Zoya? What is that? What is the scientific name of a bird like yours?"

The feathers on Esther's body almost exploded: "Why are you asking so many questions? I'm not talking to you!"

Anderson dismissed Skylark's annoyance: "I'm just a little curious. After all, you are so similar to the Skylark in this painting. It's hard to believe that it's just a coincidence..."

Esther suddenly sneered: "Actually, I can help you solve your fate affected by the curse."

Anderson suddenly choked.

"But I think bad luck suits you." Skylark said, turning around and facing Anderson with his back.

Anderson looked helpless and turned to Herman for help.

Klein's face was still indifferent, and he was holding back laughter in his heart despite his expressionless face.

He was even a little grateful for Anderson's appearance. After the interruption of the mural, Esther was obviously diverted from the previous "Black Emperor" incident and did not immediately grab him to ask about the situation.

But after a few seconds of silence, Esther had regained her composure and remembered all the questions that had arisen in the library before.

Skylark scratched Klein's shoulder with his claws: "Let's ignore this guy who deserves a beating and go to a cleaner place to talk."

"Hey! I have a name, okay!" Anderson complained dissatisfiedly, but did not follow the two of them to go elsewhere, but stayed where he was.

Klein walked toward the door of the mural hall, and Esther also saw Frank, Nina, and Heath in the gray square outside, as well as a sea captain whom she didn't remember very well.

"Where's Cattleya?" Esther asked in a low voice, not wanting to disturb the distraught people outside.

"She's further out."

Klein walked through the square filled with huge arrows, trying to get out of this black monastery. Skylark's head kept turning, looking at the surrounding environment.

Esther looked a little dazed: "I always feel that this place is a bit familiar."

"You haven't been here before when you were in dreamland?"

Esther shook her head: "No, I have always traveled through various weird dreams before. Although I was not harmed, there were always some very disgusting and evil things... You don't want to know."

Klein nodded and walked across the square filled with potholes.

Skylark took a deep breath and spoke when no one was around:

"By the way, I still have a lot of things I want to ask you. You—"

But before he could finish these words, the foothold under Skylark's feet suddenly sank, and in just the blink of an eye, Klein's figure dissolved in the air.

Esther quickly flapped her wings twice, adjusted her balance and flew upwards, so as not to fall directly to the ground. While circling, she also looked sideways at where Frank and the others were before, but everyone had disappeared.

Skylark regained his footing on the top of an arrow tree and stared in despair at the place where Klein disappeared.

"Your dream is over..."

We can only hope that everything goes well on the "Future", and we don't know what the situation is outside.

The skylark lowered its head. It stayed in this square and did not leave again, just waiting alone.

Esther didn't know exactly how long she had to wait.

——

Klein stood on the edge of the deck, looking around at the ruins in the surrounding sea.

When he heard the mermaid's song, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and his depressed mood finally found an outlet.

Esther was still not awake, but she had already arrived in the courtyard of the black monastery. If Esther had not left, Klein felt that there was still a high probability of meeting her the next time he entered the dreamland.

A few minutes later, Klein recovered from the influence of the "Secret Puppet Master"'s potion and was successfully promoted to Sequence Five.

He boarded the "Future" again. Anderson leaned against the side of the ship with a smile and greeted Gehrman. Klein exchanged a few words with him casually, but was a little annoyed by Anderson's words.

How about I beat Anderson up before Esther wakes up and let Esther steal the idea... If Anderson asks what happened, tell Anderson that he fell.

Klein thought this and subconsciously looked back at the ruins where singing could still be heard faintly.

It’s time to return from this journey.

Cattleya's voice broadcast sounded throughout the ship, and the "Future" slowly turned around in a circle and moved forward along the winding channel it came from.

Klein returned to the room, set up a spiritual wall to block prying eyes, and walked into the bathroom.

In addition to throwing the "squirming hunger" that had not eaten for a long time into the gray fog, Klein also had a more important thing. He wanted to check whether his control over the gray fog had changed.

Gentle light hung on the long bronze table day after day. The "Fool" sitting at the head raised his hand and let the ball of light fall into his palm.

Different from the previous times, when Klein held the ball of light this time, he heard a buzzing sound. Like some kind of vague sleep talking, the incomprehensible sounds overlapped together. They vibrated endlessly like bee wings, but they were mixed into a dizzying movement, rising and falling chaotically.

As long as Klein is distracted for a moment, these weird sounds will immediately disappear from his perception.

"Zoya." He pinched the hand outside the light ball slightly harder.

Several points of light escaped from the sphere, as if responding to Klein's words, but they quickly disappeared and lingered around for no more than three seconds.

Klein's brows immediately frowned.

Because I still cannot fully control the gray fog, so He must respond, but it turns into meaningless communication through these light spots? What is the reason for this evasive attitude?

Could it be said that "Zoya" has something that she must hide from the "Lord of the Spirit World"?

Klein smiled mockingly to himself, put down the light ball, and headed to the depths of the gray mist. There was a vast staircase there. He discovered it after his last promotion, but there was no way he could step too far.

Just as Klein thought, after being promoted to sequence five, there is one more tall step here, but it is still one step away from being able to completely climb and overcome the barrier.

Esther is right, demigods do have something special. If I don’t reach the threshold of demigods, the secrets hidden here will not be revealed to me at all. Even if I can leverage more of the power of gray mist now, Quite limited.

Klein looked at the blurry shell and the dark green behind it, turned around and jumped down the steps, returning to the hall where the Tarot Club was held daily.

Although he had some guesses in his mind, Klein still grabbed the ball of light with a faint hope and manifested the citrine pendulum.

"Esther is still asleep."

Even though there were only spiritual bodies in the gray mist, Klein still felt the gloom that made his heart sink.

If the pendulum rotates, no matter which direction it goes, there will be a specific result. However, it cannot be divined now, which can only mean that "Zoya" is trying his best to hide this information.

Klein let go of the ball of light and stared at it quietly for a moment before leaving the gray fog-shrouded hall.

The moment he returned to the real world, Klein turned on his spiritual vision and looked at the skylark lying on the table.

The silver spiritual body thread swayed gently, which was completely opposite to the black spiritual body thread that Klein had seen.

If these threads were directly manipulated, the unresisting Skylark might be turned into a marionette. Klein did not want to try it rashly. Giving up the method of awakening Esther through this method might have very bad consequences.

I always felt that this kind of silver thread was strange, but it was difficult for Klein to clearly capture the source of this sense of dissonance. He turned off his spiritual vision and sat on the chair in front of the table.

Let’s wait and see when we enter the dreamland. It’s best to communicate with Esther again. We had just confirmed each other’s identities before, and we met the “Mysterious Queen”, and we didn’t even have time to tell Esther to be wary of “Zoya”’s methods—— Klein's spiritual intuition suddenly moved and gave him some kind of revelation.

Could it be "Zoya" who really trapped Esther in the dream? But what is He for?

If this sea area is buried with "Daribog" who is closely related to "Zoya", then it does not rule out that "Zoya" hopes that Esther will explore the dream and then completely awaken with the help of some leftover power...

Especially "Zoya" is already trying to seize control of Skylark's body and wants to go to the depths of this sea.

Thinking about this, Klein's face became increasingly gloomy. His fingers tapped lightly on the table, no different from The Fool tapping the bronze high-backed chair on the gray mist.

Amidst such regular and steady knocking sounds, the skylark in the cage quietly closed its eyes and fell into a deep sleep.