Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"Did you use 'deception' on them before?"

Esther stood at the top of Spark City's tall chimney, overlooking the crooked city below.

Bartlett was wearing a more gorgeous red-bottomed robe, with black lines outlining bat-wing-like patterns at the corners of her robe. But in terms of the overall style, Esther always felt that it was seven times different from the nun's uniform she was wearing. resemblance.

Well, this is also a place related to the Third Age Legion. It is completely normal to have some traces left by Dariborg...

All the residents were busy moving things, and they didn't know what Bartley said, but Esther could feel the high spirits of the residents of Spark City from a long distance away. They enthusiastically prepared for this "trip" without any unnecessary doubts - the "superiors" had already made a decision, and they would only look forward to the decision without questioning its correctness.

Behind Esther, the thick black smoke that she saw from a distance had stopped, and even the residual heat was cooling down rapidly. She had just learned that one of Kach's previous tasks was to use the "passing flame" to continuously burn the vital core below. The chimney here was made by special means to continuously release the thick smoke that had been baptized by the flame.

This thick smoke will settle in the area near Spark City and transform into various creatures through the erosion of darkness, serving as a food source for Spark City.

"Yes, you should also learn to use your extraordinary abilities more so that you can get rid of these trivial matters more easily." The crow squatting on Esther's shoulder replied casually.

"I think it is also true that their concept of 'proposal' was misguided, so that they ignored the huge risks involved and directly regarded it as a 'decision'."

After a pause, Esther sighed: "Although it is a very convenient ability, I always feel..."

"You think about a lot of things, but most of them are meaningless. It was like this when you were in Tingen. It seems easy to understand, but it is much harder to understand than you in the Third Age."

Crow took the initiative to mention the part of the memory belonging to "Xiao Qi", which made Esther stunned for a moment and did not respond immediately.

The black crow scratched Esther's shoulder with its claws, leaving a few scratches on the thick nun's uniform, but it was not damaged: "Do you like this outfit that Adam gave you so much?"

"But I don't have anything I can change -" Esther was halfway through her words, and looked at the crow on her shoulder with sudden realization, "Ah, can I turn it into other clothes now? The 'Deception Tutor' can actually be used Use it in places like this!"

"I rarely speak to people so directly and honestly, but 'Stealer' really isn't for you."

"...Is this my problem?"

"Yes." Crow said calmly, his smile undisguised as he spoke.

But before Esther could refute anything, Crow continued: "I still don't understand why."

"Why?"

Crow's voice sounded a little aggrieved, and he murmured in a whisper-like volume: "I always feel that for you, anyone can be a 'secret', but not me, right?"

Esther couldn't believe that such "grievance" was sincere: "Of course not! There are preconditions for this!"

"What are those conditions? Is there really a more suitable candidate than me? I can also give you the freedom you want and follow the future you want. If you don't believe me, I can let Adam be the witness - —Wait until He becomes God.”

The crow's eyes were very clear, like polished obsidian, and he looked at Esther calmly and intently.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she spoke after a moment: "That's not something I can decide..."

"I can hear your lies, Esther."

He did not call her Zoya.

The words Esther wanted to explain were stuck at the back of her tongue, as if her throat had been scratched again.

She no longer looked at the crow, but looked at the busy Spark City below: "If I say that both 'Esther' and 'Zoya' have forgotten something, do you believe it?"

"Why should I trust you?" Crow asked with a smile.

"I told the truth..."

"I heard it."

Esther knew in her heart that she should not have hesitated. Communicating like old friends, getting along with each other in a casual and relaxed manner, including appearing in the form of a crow, is all Amon deliberately distorting her perception, trying to make her feel close to her with appearance, words and deeds similar to "Xiao Qi" ——However, she almost believed it, believing in such a king of angels whose honorable name is "fraud" and "mischief".

Just as Esther was struggling internally, an extremely cold chill fell on her body.

As if she was buried directly in the ice, Esther's perception was covered with stagnant frost, and she was constantly moving away from the real world.

The silent gap in the spiritual world tore open above Esther's head, revealing the colorful and chaotic color blocks inside. The palace that should have been out of reach suddenly became clearly visible, and a large area of ​​gray mist that was almost condensed into liquid poured down from the middle. , as if to pour a basin of water here.

But Esther's body was firmly frozen in place. She was unable to fight against this helplessness. She had no ability to struggle, and she couldn't even move her feet. She lost all perception of the outside world - it was as if she had returned to that helpless and distant memory, and her body did not follow the "revelation of fate" and showed any evasive reaction.

The crow narrowed its eyes. In the blink of an eye, the crow flapped its wings and deliberately slapped Esther on the back of the head.

The gray mist finally fell into the sky, and Esther's figure appeared in the sky dozens of meters away together with the crow, floating lightly in a place without any foothold.

"Are you still alive?" Crow asked confused.

This sentence is quite sincere. Esther didn't move at all just now. It seemed that she really planned to catch the alienated historical fog with her head. Now she has no reaction. The crow is still keeping her floating.

Gray mist seeped out from the corners of Esther's eyes. Her eyelids trembled and closed. Two lines of blood mixed with silver light flowed down, dispersing the previous thin gray mist.

"Still alive." Esther replied softly.

She finally returned to her own body, far away from the sense of dislocation caused by another period of history. Her connection with Origin Castle was too close. Even in the Land Abandoned by God, she could not avoid this connection at all.

Crow's tone suddenly became lighter: "Something very interesting happened just now."

"Yeah, you saw it all."

"Your 'candidate' is in the Northern Continent."

Esther gritted her teeth, wiped the blood on her face with her fingers, and opened her round starry eyes: "I won't help you."

"Then I'll take it as if you agree that this is 'fair competition'."

Esther sighed in her heart. A king of angels said that he wanted to "play fair" with others? This is already a bit shameless. (End of chapter)