Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

When Esther walked into the Blackthorn Security Company, she suddenly felt inexplicably nervous, but this spiritual intuition dissipated after only a few seconds, leaving her confused.

"Esther? What are you doing?" Roxanne shouted from behind the counter. She watched Esther blocking the door in a daze for several seconds.

Esther rubbed the center of her right eyebrow and shook her head blankly: "It can't be a hallucination... I'm probably a little tired. I need to go to bed early today."

Luo Shan didn't pay attention and was filling out a form in her hand: "What do you want for dinner? I'm going to order a meal soon."

"Is there cheese pie or beef pudding on the menu today? If not, just the old set menu with fried fish fillet."

"Okay, I'll ask you later." At this point, Roxanne suddenly winked at Esther, "How was your outing with Klein? Did it go well?"

Esther said calmly: "We went to the Extraordinary Materials Trading Market, Klein went shopping, and I sat there for a while with a boy who was mentally unstable."

"Then?"

"Then after Klein finished shopping, we took the public carriage back."

Roxanne's eyes widened and she looked at Esther in disbelief, not hiding her disappointment: "That's it?"

"Oh, Klein got off the car halfway and went to the library. It's gone."

Esther walked towards the stairs leading to the underground, ignoring Roxanne's long sigh behind her. She knocked on Dunn's office and got the reply "Come in".

"Captain, I'm back, nothing's wrong-" Esther paused, "In fact, I feel like something might be wrong with Klein."

Dunn raised his head from his desk. He had just been proofreading the list of materials consumed last month: "Huh? If you noticed anything, you can tell me."

"Just a gut feeling? I can't tell."

Dunn did not immediately reject Esther's words. Instead, he thought carefully for a moment and nodded to her: "I think it may be because the matter he is investigating is more dangerous. Your spiritual intuition is reliable and you can trust it."

"Okay, then captain, please remind him. Because I don't understand the situation and don't know what to say to him."

"no problem."

Esther didn't walk away in a hurry, and Dunn raised her head again: "Wait a minute, there is one more thing. You have to be vigilant when you go out recently, and don't get too involved in this matter, because there are members of the cult involved. .”

"I know, I will be careful."

Having said that, Esther remembered the weird dream before. Why did Dunn's figure appear in it? Esther did not dare to check the true identity of the evil god, and had no way of finding out. The people she knew were almost entirely concentrated in the Blackthorn Security Company, and there was no other channel to investigate this kind of knowledge.

I hope that Klein will not be reckless and meet directly with those members of the organization. He is still a fortune teller and does not have much close combat ability. It would be terrible if he encounters danger along the way.

What Esther didn't know was that Klein had already killed an "organization member" by mistake, performed a psychic ritual, and obtained the fortune teller's Sequence 8 potion formula. Esther returned to the reception hall and compiled Roxanne's roster for the next week. Now that Klein is also an official member of the team, he will also be on duty at Chanis Gate.

Minutes later, when a police officer with a badge came to Dunn for help, Dunn took Leonard and Cornley to accompany the officer to the scene of the incident.

Then they saw Klein waiting for them at the scene.

Dunn sighed in his heart again, Esther's spiritual intuition was almost the same as the prophecy.

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A few days later, on Saturday, Klein came to the Blackthorn Security Company at night. Because he made up an excuse to his brother and sister, he was able to come out openly.

Tonight it's Klein's turn to guard Chanis Gate.

Dunn's tip is something Crane has always taken to heart: "No matter what you hear, don't open the Chanis door unless it's opened from the inside."

Because Dunn repeatedly emphasized this point, of course Klein took note of it seriously. His originally relaxed attitude became tense again because of Dunn's serious reminder. The light from the gas lamp was very bright, shining steadily on the quiet and deserted corridor, but it could not dispel Klein's nervousness of being alone here.

He brewed a pot of coffee, and the rich bitter aroma spread and flowed into his lungs. While dispelling the chill in Klein's body, it also made him energetic. There were only a few reading materials in the room for entertainment, and Klein couldn't fight evil by himself, so he drank coffee, flipped through the newspapers and magazines on the bookshelf, and soon turned his attention to novels, performing the task with a slight torment. My own night duty.

The Fermo coffee from the Pas Valley is considered high-quality. It has a very refreshing effect, but the bitterness also stimulates the taste buds. Klein felt that Esther must not be able to drink it. She usually never drank from Old Neil's private collection. Esther once complained to him privately that she missed the saccharin milk tea and fat house water. What else could it be?

What kind of Northeastern specialty is that drink called kvass? It feels like it’s rare on the market in the south, and Klein has never tasted it.

Klein was reminiscing in his mind, flipping through a copy of "Stormhouse" that had obvious traces of reading.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A violent knocking sound startled Klein. He instinctively pulled out the revolver, quickly adjusted the magazine and trigger, and cautiously came to the door, looking in the direction of the source of the sound.

"Boom! Boom!"

The slapping sound continued, originating from the door in the corridor with seven holy symbols painted on it - behind the Chanis door that sealed many things. The frequency of Klein's heartbeat was the same as the beating sound, becoming more and more intense. The Chanis door even shook slightly, as if the things inside were about to break out.

Klein always felt that he had become unlucky after time travel. How could he encounter such a scary thing on his first night on duty? He had never heard the captain or other colleagues mention it.

Suddenly, the slapping sound inside stopped for two seconds. Just when Klein thought the strange movement was over, it reappeared with a more violent and anxious rhythm, as if it wanted to smash Chanis Gate into pieces. After several loud "clang" sounds, the harsh friction sound was like a razor blade scraping against human eardrums. The heavy black iron door opened from the inside out, cracking a gap.

It was a forearm-high figure, wearing an elegant and dark palace dress with stains on the skirt. Lifeless glass eyes were embedded in the face, and the mouth was a thin line sewn together.

The workmanship of this toy doll is not fine, nor is it beautiful at all. The fact that it walked out from behind Chanis's door only made Klein wary of it! Just as Klein raised his gun to aim at the puppet, it suddenly raised its arm and unfolded the note in its hand towards Klein. There was a vertical eye pattern drawn with a secret symbol on it.

Before Klein had time to think about what was going on, a slender hand tightened on the back of the puppet's neck and lifted it up. The puppet's eyes protruded, and the silk thread sewn on its mouth continued to stretch. The note in his hand was torn by itself in an instant.

Even though it had no voice or expression, Klein could clearly feel the intense fear coming from this puppet.

He turned the muzzle of the gun to the hand that was holding the puppet, and saw the owner of the arm. This made Klein lower the muzzle of the gun, but still did not release his guard: "Esther?"

It was indeed Esther who walked out from behind Chanis' door, but she was in a very strange state - her eyes were closed and her face was expressionless, as if she was still asleep. Her original pale golden hair was only silver white, and the laurel color was Dots of light surrounded her head, like a swarm of flying fireflies, sometimes converging and sometimes surging, emitting bright light like a galaxy.

Several spark-like light spots penetrated into the body of the puppet in the palace dress, penetrating in as if they were insubstantial, but soon they came out again, wrapping up a black thread. Just looking at it made Klein's spiritual intuition start to sound the alarm, and there was an extremely weird aura coming from the black silk!

Something happened that frightened Klein. Esther held the black thread with her other hand without hesitation and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Esther! You-" He couldn't help but call her, but he realized that he should stay quiet, and the shout stopped abruptly. Klein wanted to cover his mouth. The most important thing he should do at this time was to stay quiet and not attract the attention of "Esther". He couldn't believe that this was the person who made eating, drinking, having fun and helping people around her her life every day. Best target fellow.

Why does this happen? Is this why she wants to live behind Chanis' door! ?

"Esther" tilted her head slightly, her eyes still closed, and her sleepwalking expression did not change, but Klein heard sounds coming from those light spots, passing through the air on the physical level and directly entering his consciousness.

[Zhou, Ming, Rui. ]

A smile appeared on the girl's face, as if she was having a sweet dream, but the smile seemed more like a mask than sincerity, making people feel even more creepy.

Klein raised the barrel of the gun again and aimed the revolver at "Esther"'s head. He didn't know if he had the courage to pull the trigger, but this scene was too weird, and he had to firmly express his will to fight against it. Willing to prevent yourself from being consumed by fear.

"Esther" did not come any closer, but turned around and walked into Chanis Gate. The palace doll she was holding in her hand had also returned to the calmness of a dead thing and stayed in her hand obediently.

"Bang!"

The Chanis door closed on its own, and there was no more knocking sound or scattered light spots. No sound came out from inside the door. The peace and silence returned to the ground as usual, as if nothing had happened.

It was only then that Klein regained his thoughts and gradually calmed down. He returned to the night office and sat heavily on the chair. The strange symbol, the puppet in the black palace dress and the quilt were constantly echoing in front of his eyes. Silver-haired Esther surrounded by light spots.

And the scene where Esther took the evil black silk into her mouth without hesitation still makes Klein's whole body shiver.

There was almost no apparent emotional fluctuation in the fellow's state. She looked completely different from usual. Klein thought of split personality, but could split personality manifest in such a terrifying way? It was more like losing control, but according to what Klein saw with his own eyes, she was not completely transformed into a monster. Only those strange light spots were moving.

If this matter is reported to the captain, will Esther be arrested? No, she is already behind Chanis' door now...

The corridor was quiet, and there was no further movement from Chanis' door.

Klein gritted his teeth and decided to seek more help. He pulled the rope, and a bell immediately rang in the Blackthorn Security Company.

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