Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther was lying in the stone house, so quiet that even the sound of her heartbeat was almost swallowed up by the silence that filled the place forever.

She didn't know how long she had been staring at the ceiling. A throbbing pain suddenly burst out from her head. She curled up subconsciously and pressed her forehead against the cold and hard wall, but it was no use. Her head almost exploded from the inside out. The pain made her press her fingers hard on her head.

Sparse golden light spots floated from her head, swirling crazily in the darkness, surrounding her in a disorderly and chaotic manner.

A few minutes later, as soon as the pain subsided, Esther reached out and touched the switch of the lampshade, letting the faint blue candlelight illuminate the room.

There was a little blood stain on her fingernails. Esther touched her head and gasped because she touched the wound. She unknowingly picked out the blood on her head.

What happened just now?

This pain came and went as quickly as it came, but it was so intense that it was as if a part of Esther's soul had been dug out from the depths of Esther's mind. She could sense that someone was in danger, but her current state was so unstable that she couldn't even tell who was in trouble just now.

This kind of overly painful feedback is unprecedented, could it be Klein? It's the lock of hair I gave him before!

Esther recalled the extra gifts she gave to her fellow villagers. She sat against the wall in fear, her hands twisted together due to nervousness. What situation would be so tense that that tuft of hair would be touched? Esther doesn't know either.

She could do nothing but sit in the cold stone room and wait. Her condition was not even strong enough to allow her to draw blood to draw the "infinity symbol". Without Dunn's permission, Esther couldn't use the sealed artifact on her own. Now, she probably couldn't even sense where the captain and the others were.

It's like this again, a long, anxious and hopeless wait...

Esther was slightly startled. Why did she think "it's again"?

Dark silence clings to the back of her hand. Since suppressing Old Neil's loss of control, Esther has become more aware of the extraordinary power around her. For example, now, she can clearly feel the influx of Chanis Gate's power. The patterns outside her stone door then continued to fall on her body.

Esther buried her face in her hands, trying not to cry.

She didn't cry, she just wrapped herself in a quilt, closed her eyes against the stone wall, and fell into a sleep as silent as death.

The little bug poked its head out from Esther's nested handkerchief. It noticed that the suppressive power on its body was getting weaker and weaker. This made it not only pleasantly surprised, but also had doubts about why Esther was so weak. At this point? The self-repair of the light spot absorbing the power of fate is interrupted time and time again by external factors.

Someone is targeting her, cutting into her power.

The little bug is also quite familiar with this method of hiding behind the stage to manipulate the plot, but the light cocoon around it cuts off all possibilities for it to stay away from Esther.

Maybe when Esther died, it would also die with her. The little bug rolled up the handkerchief indifferently and covered itself tightly.

It doesn't matter, this is just the most ordinary clone anyway. It's a pity that this person with a strange fate cannot be reported to the main body, otherwise it will be more interesting to let the main body be tricked by her.

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No matter what happens at night, a new day will come as scheduled, and the sun is still fulfilling its duty of hanging in the sky, blocking the dim starry sky from its own brilliance.

Esther knocked on the door of Dunn's office, but after several minutes, a particularly helpless voice came from inside: "Stop standing and come in."

Opening the door, Esther caught Esther's sight as he sucked his pipe in a daze. He stared sadly at the table. On the table were several broken silver hairs and an auspicious knot dyed blood red. The original warm orange and pearly white skeins of thread have lost their original colors at all.

Esther shuddered. It was the braided knot she gave to Cornley. Although it was not broken yet, it was almost soaked in blood. Esther was so far away that she couldn't tell whether the smell of rust on the tip of her nose was real. Or was it a fantasy caused by her excessive nervousness.

"It seems you recognized him. He is still alive, but in very bad condition. Because of the witch's black flame, the right half of his body," Dunn's left hand gestured from his right shoulder down to his wrist, "almost It's all burned through. Your auspicious knot was stuck under the black flames, so when we were doing the emergency amputation, we didn't notice it fell out and became soaked like this."

"He...Kenley, is he still alive?"

After a while, Dunn finally said "hmm".

He originally thought that Esther would be sad, and he had even made plans on how to comfort Esther who broke down and cried. However, Esther's performance surprised Dunn. After she heard that Conley was still alive, , just let out a long sigh of relief.

"At least he is still alive, at least..." Esther's eyes were indeed filled with tears, "I'm sorry, Captain, if I could-"

Dunn raised a hand and interrupted what Esther wanted to say: "When you feel guilty because of this matter, I am the one who really needs to apologize. You don't have to bear the responsibility of the Nighthawks. Responsibility, but I let you participate in our mission, which keeps you in contact with the rather sad side of the extraordinary world."

The office was quiet for a few seconds before Dunn spoke again: "I'm sorry that you always have to pay for responsibilities that are not yours. You have paid enough, Esther. Thank you very much for always guarding Tingen Nighthawks. Squad.”

Dunn's eyes were so sincere that Esther couldn't find anything to say. She shook her head at a loss and couldn't utter a single word.

"And this," Dunn pushed the broken hair strands forward, "this is the biggest key to saving Cornley's life, helping him completely block the curse in the mirror. This is Klein gave it to me, and when I saw the light spots floating out of his body, I thought you had followed him secretly again, and I was quite frightened."

Esther laughed dryly twice, quite reluctantly.

"Anyway, we all came back alive, thank you for your good luck. Even though you were not with us, you still helped us at that time."

Esther moved her eyes away awkwardly, not daring to meet Dunn's gaze: "But I should be able to do more, captain. I want to know if the temple has mentioned my abilities? I also want to seek promotion. .”

Dunn shook his head: "This is impossible, Esther. As you know, sealed objects cannot improve their own power. They have been solidified."

As if realizing that his statement was inappropriate, Dunn quickly spoke again: "Of course, this is just a metaphor, but your situation is indeed special."

"Okay, actually I have thought of this answer," Esther suddenly smiled at Dunn, as if she had been relieved of some kind of burden, "Anyway, I have to recover first. Since I can't be promoted, then I will find a way Take control of the power you have.”

Dunn's inner uneasiness emerged, but he did not show it. Instead, he looked back at Esther with relief: "I'm glad you can see it this way. There is still a long way to go, so there is no need to rush. Extraordinary power is always there. Dangerous, even if it is your own power, you should be cautious when facing it, especially in situations where the power is too large."

A word suddenly popped out of Esther's mind: "Chaos."

"What?" Dunn didn't hear clearly. He looked at Esther in confusion.

"Ah, it's okay. I'm going to find Roxanne. I hope she made tea instead of coffee this morning."

Esther's smile disappeared immediately after closing the door of the office. She walked towards the weapons warehouse expressionlessly and walked in without even knocking on the door.

To Esther's surprise, she didn't see Janet, the new clerical girl who was supposed to be on duty here today, and Leonard sitting behind the desk.

After seeing Leonard, Esther turned away almost immediately, but Leonard called out to her: "Why are you running away? Why have you been avoiding me these past two days?"

The corner of Esther's mouth twitched: "Okay, I am indeed avoiding you. Isn't it normal to be afraid of other people's secrets?"

Leonard's emerald green eyes were full of disgust: "It's been so many months, it's hard to tell who has more secrets, you or me! I always think you are weirder!"

Esther leaned against the door frame, keeping in a position where she could turn around and leave at any time: "Then I'm relatively slow. I'm starting to get scared now, isn't that okay?"

"What else are you afraid of? Besides black coffee."

"I'm not afraid of black coffee! I just don't like the bitter taste!"

Leonard raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly: "Your attitude is finally a bit more normal now. What's going on with you these past two days? Isn't it just that your hair has lost color? There's nothing wrong with white hair. Well, look at Xijia."

Hair color loss? What did Luo Yao say to them?

Esther rubbed her right eye socket in distress: "I don't dare to approach you because I always feel that there is something about you..."

Leonard's expression changed. He subconsciously raised his arm and smelled his sleeves, then stared at Esther doubtfully: "It doesn't smell either. I have several shirts of the same style, I just wear them interchangeably. "

"No! It's something else. It's like you've hidden something delicious."

Leonard dug into his pocket and threw two toffee on the table: "This? If you want to eat it, take it."

Esther shook her head violently, and then swallowed: "It's not this! I think it's something else that may help me recover better, so I don't want to have too much contact with you."

Leonard scratched his head blankly, making his already loose black hair even more messy: "Is there anything else on me -"

His voice stopped suddenly, and he tilted his head as if listening to something. He did not hide the abnormality in his body in front of Esther.

Then Leonard looked at Esther in shock, and relayed the words to her according to the instructions of the voice in his mind just now: "The old man said that if you really want to recover quickly, you can eat the extraordinary properties of the same sequence... Is this, is this something that humans can do? Doesn’t it require taking any magic potion!?”

Esther narrowed her eyes: "Then help me, thank this old man? My current sequence..."

Leonard listened for another ten seconds before he hesitated and said slowly: "Your current sequence is the 'Stealer' path, and you are already the 'Decryptor Scholar' of sequence seven. The old man doesn't know why your fate is so messed up. , the fate of the people involved with you is constantly distorted. Ah, he also said..."

Leonard was suddenly silent for a few seconds, staring at Esther strangely.

Esther was a little confused: "What else did he say?"

"The old man also said thank you for not eating?"

Esther didn't hold it back and started coughing violently. After finally catching her breath, she waved her hands and left quickly: "It should be right, I don't think I can really eat anyone..."