Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Before following Esther to check on "Gulick", the three of Veronica discussed it and asked Esther if she could wait for them for a few minutes.

Esther agreed and followed them, continuing to control the fireball with her sword, lighting up the area around the three of them.

But when she saw the three people carrying the broken flesh and continuing to turn over the mutilated monster corpse, Esther consciously stopped and stood quietly waiting - she had no need to participate in this kind of thing. Active.

There was nothing of value to her on the monster, at least that's what the "stealer's" intuition told her, and the crow on Esther's shoulder showed no reaction.

But after a short while, Zora screamed happily. Veronica glared at her noisy one-eyed companion, then swung her long sword, pulled out a string of iron-black things from the minced meat, and hung it Pion, who was also shouting excitedly, asked him to carry him back to the city.

Even from a distance, Esther noticed that the thing had a special material, and it was probably the spine of the monster's body, and this seemed to be the harvest the three of them were looking for.

While Zola and Pion continued their detailed search, Veronica instead flicked the sword twice, put it back behind her back, and then walked towards Esther's location.

But the moment the crow's sight swept over, Veronica's footsteps immediately stopped two meters away, not daring to move any further.

This resolute lady took off her helmet directly, revealing a face similar to Esther's age under her soft red hair, with narrow and bright eyes and a high nose bridge, which made her purse her lips. , naturally has a fierce temperament, which is consistent with the impression of her words and deeds.

A long scar that had been sutured extended from Veronica's forehead to her chin, covering half of her face, making her originally valiant and heroic appearance look very ferocious, and there was still a circle of black in the scar. The remains of the iron wire were completely grown together with Veronica's flesh and blood.

"The self-introduction before was too hasty, I think it should be more serious. Veronica, a mid-level soldier from Spark City, it is an honor to meet you, Your Highness."

After saying this, she stomped her right foot down, made a fist with her right hand, and knocked four times in front of her body, knocking the red "iron coat" into a cross shape. .

Esther nodded: "There is no need to call you Your Highness. I am also very happy to meet you. For me, there is actually nothing to introduce myself. I am just looking for survivors here."

"That thing you mentioned before, about the news from the 'outside world'," Veronica showed a little hesitation on her face, "Although this may be rude, I can't believe what you said for a while."

Esther glanced at Pien and Zola on the other side. Zola, who was secretly observing the situation here, quickly turned away and continued to pretend to work hard to find something.

Esther smiled helplessly: "I understand. In fact, there are several other surviving towns here. I just want to visit you out of...well, out of interest."

Veronica paid part of her attention and looked at the crow on Esther's shoulder with her peripheral vision: "Do you know where the nearest town is?"

Esther didn't mind telling the other party about this: "Silver City, or the Kingdom of Silver, if there is still that place in your records, it should be quite a distance from Spark City."

"We have never heard of this city. It seems that it is really far away." Veronica smiled bitterly.

Esther pointed to the crow on her shoulder: "Actually, this guy also brought me near Spark City, but it's obvious that it didn't remember the specific location of the city."

Black Crow sneered, then closed his eyes, seemingly ignoring Esther's words.

Veronica fell into silence. Her eyes flickered and fell on her two friends. It took more than ten seconds before she spoke again. Her voice was very low:

"If you are willing to tell us how to get to the 'outside world', I think you can make any demands and we will try our best to achieve them..."

"This just represents your personal thoughts, doesn't it?" Esther looked at Veronica with a smile, "You have no right to make such a decision."

"..."

Zora and Pion finally gave up on torturing the monster's fragmentary remains. Pion was carrying the rolled-up long spine and followed Zora briskly, while Zora was shaking off the gray and white flesh on his body. He looked at Veronica first.

Veronica shook her head calmly at Zola: "Let's go find Gulik first, and wait until we get back to the city to talk about the rest."

Esther was naturally the one leading the way. She heard low-pitched discussions behind her. Pien was discussing with Zola what kind of things the "snake-eating stone bones" could be used to build. Ronika would also chime in from time to time and seemed to have a deep understanding of this aspect as well.

Although it was quite terrifying when they were escaping, the fact that the monster that was accidentally eliminated could even be rewarded on their heads still made the two relatively simple people even more happy.

As for Veronica, she was more worried about what "Esther" would ask from Spark City. She didn't believe the statement about interest.

The three of them discussed passionately in low voices, and did not stop until they reached the place where Esther picked up the sword.

When they saw the skeleton hanging among the flower buds, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little sad on their faces, but this emotion quickly disappeared.

They stood side by side a few meters away from the tree. They bowed to the skeleton whose flesh had been almost sucked dry, bowed their heads and remained silent for a few seconds.

A muttering came from under Pien's helmet: "He must have run out secretly, and he didn't even wear armor..."

Zola's sigh became heavier: "His injury hasn't even healed yet, and he just ran out like this, this fool. We have to take this news back to the officers, at least we have the sword - well, we found him sword."

Zola glanced at Esther secretly and saw that the lady didn't express anything, so she temporarily gave up the idea of ​​asking her to return the sword to Spark City. It might not be his turn to say this.

Veronica touched the hilt of her sword, put down her arm and looked at Esther: "Then let's set off."

"Aren't you going to take his bones back?" Esther asked.

Veronica just shook her head, and Zola looked embarrassed. It was obvious that they had no good way to deal with that strange plant: "We should not get close to those trees. This is a rule written in the town code."

"If possible, at least we should take the skull back..." Pien muttered again.

In the blink of an eye, a skull fell in front of Pien. He subconsciously raised his hand to catch it. Only then did he realize that he was holding Gulick's head, but the layer of turbid digestive juices on it had disappeared.

Esther clapped her hands and smiled at Veronica: "I just hope that Spark City is not too far away."