Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

When Esther opened her mouth to ask the crow about the source of the sound, she realized that she couldn't make any sound.

She touched her throat thoughtfully. She was not hurt in any way, but brand new regulations had appeared in this space with those words.

"Quiet" is not only an irritated roar, but also integrated into the rules here invisibly, becoming an order that must be observed in the nearby environment, which of course includes Esther standing here.

As for the original "residents" here...

Esther looked at the bones on the opposite side. "They" were trembling silently, trying to roll into a ball, and then pieced their limbs together bit by bit with black soil. It seemed that they had long been accustomed to such a situation.

After observing for a moment, the guilt in Esther's heart gradually subsided, and she sighed silently, but before she could think about how to continue going down through the ground, Esther's spirituality was slightly touched, and she looked sideways. To the side.

There was a slight force touching the outside of her arm, leaving a little mud on the outside of the black sleeve.

Esther relied on her perception of spiritual bodies to barely recognize the petite skeleton that was rubbing its knees on the ground and holding two broken leg bones. However, after the black soil outside the body disappeared, "her" figure It also looks smaller.

Esther hesitated. Now that there was no sound coming from this space, she didn't know how to communicate with the other party. However, the skeleton seemed particularly bold. It spread its five thin phalanges directly towards Esther, as if it was asking for something.

Esther had previously observed that this was the form of communication between the clay statues, touching each other.

Now that the other party had expressed his intention, Esther tried to stretch out her hand and gently placed it between the fingers of the bone.

Facing the throbbing pain deep in her forehead, she suddenly retracted her hand - but it was already too late. The pain was not unbearable. Esther was worried about the condition of the skeleton statue:

The tips of the finger bones that had just come into contact with Esther quickly weathered and melted, turning into fine black dust. The skull's eye sockets hung with black dirt shook twice in confusion, as if they didn't understand why this happened.

At the same time, the words with thoughts on the other end fell lightly into Esther's mind, as if there was another voice speaking in her head:

"The king is always angry. According to the king's law, we are all the king's subjects, but you are different. You don't need to bear the king's anger. Why would you-"

The words were abruptly interrupted here because Esther withdrew her hand first to prevent further damage to the skeleton. Esther took two steps back. She didn't know whether the other person could understand the meaning of the body language, but she still Shaking his head instinctively.

It’s just that she couldn’t even explain what she wanted to do. On the other hand, Esther didn’t know exactly what thoughts she conveyed, and she even doubted whether the other party could understand...

She gradually pursed her lips, feeling that there was a way out for her troubled thinking. Since it was feasible to communicate her thoughts directly, could she "steal" her thoughts and put them directly into the other party's spirit body?

Another smiling voice sounded in Esther's mind. Even if she didn't need to "steal", she completely grasped her thoughts: "I don't recommend that you try to 'steal' them. These spiritual scriptures are extremely weak. I can't afford your tricks like this, it will collapse completely soon, and you have seen the results."

Esther couldn't find where the crow was hiding, and she couldn't even use her thoughts to "talk back".

But before she wanted to move away from these skeleton statues, the skeleton that had interacted with Esther many times raised its knees again, staggered on the ground, and walked towards her.

"She" took the initiative to stretch out the half-broken hand bone and decisively grabbed Esther's wrist. This action was so decisive that Esther did not move away directly while hesitating.

As the entire palm and a section of the forearm of the skeleton skeleton weathered and disappeared, another voice entered Esther's mind:

"The people cannot touch the dignity of the king. The law is the source. The people are only the dependence of the king. The king is trapped by the kingdom and can never sleep..."

Because it had not finished what it wanted to say, the skeleton let go of the two leg bones it was holding in its arms, and used its other hand to reach for Esther's wrist again, trying to convey the thoughts it wanted to express:

"The square to the east can go deeper. Please, stranger, let the king wake up."

After the other hand bone also turned into fly ash, the skeleton slowly stepped away. "She" looked down at her hands, leaned over and hugged the two leg bones again between her arms, and the black mud continued to flow. It fell away from "her" spine and ribs, making "her" body become more and more hollow.

Esther couldn't even say an apology or thank you. She could only nod in the direction of the clay statue, even though Esther didn't know whether the other party could see or understand the meaning of this action.

However, the other party has pointed out the way forward for her, and Esther can feel the kindness in it. When the other party talks about "the king", there is no special emotion, and there is even a touch of sadness, and when he says " "The law is the source", that sentence brought with it a more vivid emotion of fear.

Esther walked towards the east. When she fell from the clouds, she had seen the general environment nearby and knew that there was a ring in the middle of many round earth bags, because they were also made of black soil. It is inconspicuous when viewed from above, like an earthworm with an arched body.

She let out a silent breath and walked through the clay statues, most of which were falling apart, and carefully avoided them. Esther didn't want to let any of the clay statues fall apart again. Just as she thought before, because there is some kind of power in her body that does not belong here and is contrary to the so-called "law", Esther cannot communicate with these "people".

Although she can easily bear the pain, those spirits will face dissipation.

The skeletons who had endured the wrath of the "King" were also helping each other and trying to repair the bodies of the remaining "subjects". They did not care that there was an unusual guest who was heading somewhere while staying as far away from them as possible.

Esther quickly found the ring that formed the unearthed wall. She did not jump over it rashly, but flew up with her feet, wanting to take a close look at the situation inside.

This seems to be some kind of bad habit brought about by a path other than "Stealer", but because there are no extraordinary characteristics of "monsters" around her, Esther's ordinary vision has not been specially strengthened. What she saw Things only stay on the surface.

The good thing is, she doesn't suffer from seeing too much either.

Esther's body was suspended in the sky, observing the key points leading downward.

The black wall made a large circle, surrounding the isolated area on the inside. The reason for the isolation here is also obvious - the ground here is no longer a stable and solid land, but a large whirlpool that is constantly rolling, black The mud kept spitting out bubbles, then sank down and stirred on its own.

When Esther saw it, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but she had no other choice for the time being. The fastest shortcut was to squeeze in through the rolling pile of mud.

Well, just think of it as a tumbling cup of hot cocoa... Okay, that's it, no more associations. (End of chapter)