Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther bowed to the "Hermit Goddess" in return, enduring Barney's doubtful gaze, Esther asked Krista: "Can we enter this sea area now and get close to those mermaids? "

Krista nodded gently: "Please. But they are quite afraid of strangers, and it may be difficult for those who are not believers of the goddess to approach. May the goddess protect you."

When Krista drew a red moon on her heart, Esther also made the same move. Then Krista's body transformed into black mist again, and the gray-white jellyfish gradually became illusory.

The darkness receded deep into the thick fog and was quickly hidden within it, making it no longer visible to the eye.

Esther was vaguely aware of her existence because she felt the vague misfortune. Considering that the goddess of the night also has "Queen of Disaster and Fear" in her honorific name, it is normal for her to have this special perception.

Ksenia looked into the mist in disbelief, then turned to ask Esther: "Is this okay?"

"We'd better walk slowly. When we get closer, Bani and I will change the boat and launch it into the water, so as not to disturb the mermaid."

Kseniya nodded: "I won't ask about your identity, it's not important, as long as it can be resolved peacefully."

Bani looked at Esther hesitantly, but finally said nothing because Ksenia's words made sense.

As long as she can help contact the mermaid, does Esther's identity matter? What she wants is to understand some past history, and Barney is the one who takes advantage anyway.

No, since when did I start trusting her so much? Barney was startled, realizing that something was not quite right about herself, and that hidden influence was causing him to unknowingly change his attitude towards Esther.

Even though Barney would be grateful for Esther's help, she should never forget Esther's identity as a "thief". She thought she had not completely let down her guard...

Esther turned around, noticed Barney's eyes, and waved to her: "What's wrong?"

Bani smiled calmly: "It's okay. I'll leave the mermaid thing to you later."

Esther was stunned for a moment, said "hmm" and stopped talking, observing the situation with Bani and Ksenia.

Someone gave a telescope to Ksenia. She stared into the depths of the fog until she felt that she had gone deep enough, then she ordered the sailor to put down the boat and let the two of them board the boat alone.

Bani picked up the oar on the boat first and said, "I'll do it. You'll have to negotiate with them then."

Esther twitched her lips: "Because you need some self-defense weapons?"

"I'm not worried about you."

Esther touched the Holy Emblem of Night in her hand, sat on the bow of the ship, and stared hard into the depths of the fog: "What did your spiritual intuition give you? I thought you were so suspicious and had always been wary. "

"No, my spiritual intuition is actually quite calm. I noticed that I am letting down my guard against you." Bani pushed up the gray-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose. "This feeling is very bad. I feel like I am not in control of myself." A sense of crisis.”

"Really?" Esther did not go into depth on this topic, nor did she tell Barney the reason for this situation.

No need, Esther thought.

She didn't intend for Barney to be forced to be her "anchor", so she didn't intend to let him know his honorific name, and she wouldn't try to establish any long-term friendship. Behind Banabei is the Secret Order. Even if he is at odds with the Secret Order, there are restrictions on him that prevent him from leaving the organization.

Putting aside those exaggerated concepts and harsh words, Barnabas is quite interesting, but Esther only intends to regard this matter as a transaction, not a favor.

Mateo and Vika were just the results of an attempt for her.

Esther lowered her eyes and lightly tapped her forehead. Several light spots floated from her temples and surrounded the boat cutting through the water.

Her left hand clenched the charm that could communicate with marine creatures, and her right hand held the silver Holy Emblem of the Night.

The light spots circled in a circle and then condensed again, converging into a streamer swaying in the air, gently tilting to the left.

"Follow it?" When Bani asked, she had already adjusted the direction of her oar, turning around and rowing in the direction guided by the light strip on the bow.

Esther nodded: "Follow me first, the general range will not be wrong."

What she is trying to sense is not the location of the mermaids, but their songs.

The light spot emitted a slight buzzing sound, which soon resonated with the singing voice hidden deep in the mist. After only ten minutes of traveling forward, the boat entered a group of black rocks. Esther and Barney both heard the sound. The ethereal voice is a language that humans cannot understand.

However, Esther could hear a certain message conveyed in it and directly "perceive" the meaning of the singing. They were singing about the dark night and sleep, and about the peaceful night.

"Bani" has now returned to her original male appearance. Barnabe's rowing movements have become gentler, and she pricks up her ears to carefully identify the direction from which the song is coming. His expression sometimes appears a little dazed, but he quickly regains his composure. The mermaid's song contains the magic power that makes people lose their mind and become crazy.

In order not to disturb the mermaids, Esther had already retracted the light point above her head.

"You are ready to prepare the magic potion." Esther said, throwing the charm that can enhance the affinity with sea creatures towards Barnabas.

Banabei took the spell and looked at it doubtfully: "But we haven't seen them yet. Shouldn't we go deeper."

"The ancient Hermes language is 'storm', so that they won't be run away by you. No need to go deep, I will lead them here, you'd better use it first."

Strictly speaking, Banabei's facial features can be regarded as more spiritual than ordinary people and better than those of ordinary people. Of course, it was Esther's intention to call him ugly.

"You have no conscience at all when you say you are ugly to my handsome face. You are a qualified 'thief'." Barnabei poured his spirituality into the charm in his hand and whispered in ancient Hermes, "Storm. "

Blue flames rose from his fingers, and a strange and invisible force surrounded Banabei. He felt a little calmer under the influence of the mermaid's song.

But when Esther took out a harmonica, Barnabas felt even less confident: "Wait a minute, are you going to use this thing to attract them? Is this some kind of tea party for music lovers?"

Esther rolled her eyes at Barnabas and placed the Holy Emblem of Darkness in the middle of the boat, just where the two of them could touch it if they leaned over:

"Is there any problem? They may approach at any time after I start playing the harmonica. You'd better act fast. If they become agitated, you can infuse spirituality into this badge, which should effectively calm them. .”

Barnabas felt that his inability to follow Esther's train of thought must be because of the weirdness in this woman: "Are you serious?"

Esther didn't even bother to answer him. She directly picked up the harmonica and played according to the sound she just heard, imitating the melody of those mermaid songs.

When the harmonica just sounded, Banabei didn't feel anything. The singing in the gray mist was also interrupted, and the mermaids seemed to be frightened.

But after more than ten seconds, the music played by the harmonica seemed to cover Banabei's body, and a gentle and quiet feeling enveloped him, almost completely drawing him in.

Esther, who was standing on the other side of the boat, saw Barnabei's increasingly immersed expression. She raised her leg to kick his knee. Her instinctive dodge under the attack allowed Barnabei to quickly return to normal.

This time he no longer hesitated, and quickly took out a few boxes from his backpack, unlocked the seal of the "Spiritual Wall", and took out the materials from inside, including a wide-mouthed pot with a handle, and carried out the process on this small boat. Start the configuration of the "Secret Puppet Master" potion.

The boat rocked slightly, and a pale and smooth hand stroked the hull and rested boldly on the eaves of the boat.

A slightly beautiful face with a pointed nose poked up from the outside, and the long dark brown hair stuck to her cheeks due to being soaked in water, making the bright red lips particularly bright.

There are fish-like gills on both sides of the "beauty"'s lower jaw, and the nails on her hands are black and slender, with a little bit of minced meat of unknown origin inside, which destroys the charm of her charming appearance.

Banabei has added all the materials to the pot and obtained a black liquid. There are tiny worms swimming rapidly in it, but he cannot see clearly.

He flipped up a coin for divination testing, and the rolling disk fell into his palm, showing the front side, confirming that the potion had been successfully configured.

The boat rocked again, and on the nearby black rocks exposed out of the water, one after another beautiful mermaids with different looks gradually appeared. They looked at the lady standing on the bow and listened intently to her performance.

The sound of the harmonica suddenly became gentle, and Esther glanced at Barnabas. After seeing Barnabas nod, she blew the harmonica hard, making a high-pitched sound.

The mermaids seemed to understand her guidance. They opened their mouths, revealing sharp black teeth like shark teeth, and followed the next repeated melody, performing a chorus that was blended into a whole.

Banabei raised his head and drank the potion in the pot as his spirit became crazy.

Esther guided the mermaids' singing, but her eyes fell on Banabei, watching his face, neck and hands become shriveled and yellow, and countless twisted flesh buds rolled inside Banabei's skin. , part of it has even penetrated the skin and twisted out.

Barnabas gritted his teeth, tensed up his mind and tried hard to fight against the alienation of his body, constantly using the meditation he had long been accustomed to to calm himself down.

The seductive singing voices of mermaids that can drive people crazy have little impact on Esther. She plays the harmonica with peaceful eyes, blending in with the voices of those mermaids praising the night.

Suddenly, Banabei raised his head. His expression was clearly still bearing the pain of unstable promotion, but his blue eyes became deep and kept turning towards the abyss-like darkness.

Including the flesh buds on his body, all of a sudden began to surge violently. Banabei's body swayed back and forth, as if it would break at any time.

Esther held the harmonica in her left hand, leaving her right hand free to grasp it once at Barnabas.

This was just a subconscious action on her part. Esther didn't expect what she would steal.

The black half worm twisted its body, and with a slight change of form, it pierced into her palm and penetrated into Esther's blood vessels.