Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Oh, you came back very quickly. We are still discussing whether you can come back."

Kahe and Crow stayed quietly in the darkness for a long time, until the brightness of the light ball above her head became stable, and she smiled and waved her hand into the darkness.

There was another group of approaching fire, which burned away the curtain wall piled with withered vines, revealing a gap big enough for her to step through, and Esther walked out of it.

After regaining her sense of time, Esther realized that she had stayed in front of that "heart" for almost a day and a night. Her thinking was incoherent and disconnected from the outside world. She lost her judgment of time and was out of sync with the power gathered by that pollution.

And such a long time cannot be called "quick". Esther could still hear the ridicule in Kach's words.

She looked at the smiling Kach, knowing that her face must show fatigue, because Kach's smile this time was very sincere, with a bit of gloating curiosity, and seemed to want to know more details.

However, Esther had no obligation to satisfy the other party's curiosity. She threw the "passing flame" directly at Kach: "I'll give this back to you, thank you, it's very useful."

Kahe did not reach out to take it: "No, I don't need it anymore."

The diamond-shaped iron piece bounced on her shoulder before falling to the ground. This caused the crow that was squatting on Kahe's shoulder to spread its wings and fly up, and then stepped on the top of Esther's head.

Esther and Kah didn't move for a moment. The communication object made with the "Pyromancer" attribute was lying quietly on the ground, but it seemed like there was a little invisible flame burning.

Kach turned the monocle over his right eye, with a concerned look on his face: "Are you okay? The pollution hasn't been completely digested yet?"

Esther raised the corner of her mouth. Of course she could see that Kach was not caring about her, but inquiring about the final solution: "You should tell me first. If I really encounter something helpless inside, What about the handling situation?”

"In that case, we..." Kahe rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, "It would save trouble for me, wouldn't it?"

Esther glanced at her suspiciously: "First of all, this entire building should be designed to suppress the seal of the remaining pollution. Even you don't have the ability to seal it, so I can only speculate-"

"Yes, this is what my father left behind, including the army stationed here." The crow sitting above Esther said, preemptively saying what she was thinking.

"Well, if it's Dazhbog, it's not surprising. Secondly, the source of pollution here is still there. No, it just disappeared, but what about the power it should have retained? It's like I broke an empty bottle. "

As Esther said this, she already had the answer in her heart - she was here to work in vain for Amon.

This guy didn't want to risk going deep to deal with the pollution, so he brought her to Spark City. There might be a lot of lies in the process. He let the clone go into the depths first, and then kidnapped himself with the leak of the source material, prompting Esther to want to see and confirm the situation with her own eyes...

Esther let out a long sigh and calmed down for a few seconds before saying, "Even if you don't put so much thought into it and tell me this directly, wouldn't I definitely not help you?"

"You will, but you will also make conditions."

"Don't talk as if you know me very well." Esther, whose thoughts were revealed, leaned down and picked up the "passing flame" from the ground, "Well, Kach? You really don't need to put this Return the things to Lev and the others?"

Kah didn't look at Esther, but looked at the crow above her: "Are you really not going to say it?"

"Just say what you need to say."

Esther was confused about the riddle between Kahe and Crow: "Don't answer the question that you don't know. What did you say?"

"Of course it's a secret." Kach said this, and then came over and put his arm on Esther's shoulder affectionately, giving her goosebumps. However, she shook twice but could not get rid of the tight hand. Long fingers on her shoulders.

Kach, however, didn't care about Esther's resistance at all: "Congratulations, our hero, you have eliminated the biggest hidden danger for this city and helped Spark City free itself from the tragedy of a thousand years. It's amazing, isn't it? ?”

The resistance on Esther's face disappeared, replaced by confusion: "No, no! What are you talking about? There are only physical sources of pollution left there, and there is no power left at all. This can only be done by you. Yes."

"Yes, I did it," Kah looked even happier, "because this is the way to keep Spark City alive."

Esther's heart suddenly sank: "Extend life?"

Kah hugged Esther's arm again. She could feel Esther's body gradually tightening. Such a reaction seemed to make her very happy. Kah leaned into Esther's ear and spoke as gently as He is coaxing a child who is about to lose his temper: "Yes, for so many years, they have obtained 'life' from it according to rituals, which has dispersed the power of the source of pollution, causing it to remain in a suppressed state, and gave birth to the characteristics of various races here." Descendants——"

"This is not a 'heart', this is the delivery room for new life in Spark City."

Esther lowered her head and looked at her fisted right hand. She suddenly felt that the diamond-shaped iron piece in her palm became hot. It was not because its temperature was rising. The "passing flame" would not burn on its own without spiritual infusion. of.

Just because of what she had done with it before - when Esther thought about this, she couldn't help but be shaken by her previous actions.

But this has already happened.

However, contrary to Kach's expectation, Esther's inner painful struggle quickly calmed down, and her previously biting lips loosened again: "I admit that you caught my weakness, but what do you want to do next? Threaten me with their lives? Expect me to try my best to prove my innocence to them? Face or even bear their pain and despair?"

As Esther said this, she held Kahe's wrist tightly and pulled her arm away forcefully: "Or, you are waiting to see me flee here in embarrassment, leaving these people to fend for themselves in the darkness. ——I know, that’s what you would do.”

Kah looked at Esther blankly. Such an extreme reaction was what she expected, but what was different was that even the crow sitting on Esther's head didn't speak for a while.

Esther let out a sharp sneer, then let go of Kahe's hand: "You know what? The smile on your face is gone."

The "Passage Flame" in her hand suddenly lit up, but it did not fall towards Kahe, and continued to clear the surrounding obstacles, expanding the road to the outside world. The light ball dissipated into little rays of light and melted into Ai Between Sette's hair.

In the thickening darkness, the crow turned back and blinked at Kah. The lady wearing a monocle sighed silently and had no choice but to move forward and follow Esther's footsteps. (End of chapter)