Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

"If that's the case, I guess no matter how detailed the information is, you don't know it yourself."

Esther could only reluctantly agree with Amon's words: "Yes, I have told you the most critical information."

"Have you been there?" This was Amon's most curious question since the contact with the clone was cut off. "'Dreamland' sounds like a very interesting place."

"I can't go there." Esther said, and the dagger in her hand spun around on its own. It was quite dissatisfied with the fact that it had been used to draw diagrams, but it did not break away from Esther's hand.

Amon opened his eyes in feigned surprise: "There are actually places you can't go to. I'm starting to worry about that little boat."

"Because I can't dream - I can enter other people's pre-constructed dreams, but I can't."

Esther frowned, continued to hold the resisting dagger, and made a cross on the ground: "When I fell asleep, I just entered a state of self-regulation. I had no dreams. If I were in the source When the castle is more active, my consciousness will occasionally flow to it, but it will not return directly to the spiritual world. "

"So you took the initiative to separate your consciousness, put it in this container, and created an identity and memory for it?"

Esther glanced at Amon, who was full of curiosity: "It's not created. Only the body is false, and the identity and memory... are all real."

"Really?"

After Esther was silent for a few seconds, she sighed: "Now that I have said everything I should tell you, you should tell me where you are going, right? I quite believe in your ability to explore that world. After all, I don't have I’ve been there, maybe when the ship comes back, I don’t know as much about it as your clone.”

It was an obvious lie, no matter how many times she would tell it, or she simply didn't know.

Amon pushed up his monocle and didn't seem very enthusiastic about Esther's proposal: "Although I promised you -"

"You want to break the contract?" Esther immediately took over the topic and asked Amon first.

She knew very well that the more this guy talked, the easier it would be to be led by him.

Amon smiled and shook his head: "Then I have to say that you are overthinking, and I seem to have no integrity at all?"

"...Do you really have it?"

Amon shook his head regretfully and patted Esther on the shoulder. The next moment, the surrounding environment had changed.

Esther was frightened by the sudden slap, and her hands tightened, and the dagger was turned upside down. It was only because she suppressed her instinctive counterattack that she did not utter any direct orders.

In Amon's smiling eyes, Esther cleared her throat: "Well, thank you."

"You're welcome. I should have thrown you to the far west and then watched you walk all the way to the east. That would definitely be more interesting."

Esther twitched her lips at this unfunny prank, and then turned her eyes to the east.

Even though they are hundreds of meters away, there is something there that highlights its existence from the darkness - a gray-white mist that covers everything anyone can see from bottom to top, covering the ground and covering the sky, completely blocking it. The world on both sides.

Amon also followed Esther's gaze and looked over: "There is a surviving city nearby. Father left them to guard this place, waiting for anyone to come out of the fog. Now think about it, are they waiting for you? "

"Have you ever been so innocent? Of course you are not waiting for me." Esther replied.

"Anyway, after all these years, they are still around here, and they haven't discovered anything new."

Esther's expression looked more relaxed: "It doesn't seem to have changed much. After all, the seal left by the source matter can only be loosened by the source matter. Since the city still exists, it means that their situation is not the same." optimism."

"Them?"

Esther's tone was very calm, and she opened her legs in the direction of the boundless mist: "Yes, the rest of the source matter."

"Wait, you're just going there like this?" Amon's surprise this time was not fake. Although he didn't stop Esther, he took two quick steps and followed her in confusion, "Are you planning to directly walk into?"

Esther also asked naturally: "Yes, is there any problem?"

"You are just a..."

"Sequence Three, I know it myself," Esther took over Amon's pause and walked forward without looking back, "I don't intend to open that barrier, and I don't have that kind of authority. ”

Esther glanced back at Amon. The strange look in her eyes could not be understood by Amon, but it made him stop and just look at the back in front of him.

Esther smiled and said to Him: "I'm just going to take a look, don't worry."

After Esther turned around, the smile on Amon's face faded, becoming more and more distant in the darkness. Soon, his figure disappeared without a trace, just like the previous smile on his face.

Esther didn't care about this. She only remembered another thing after walking a certain distance. There was a whole bag of mushroom spores in Amon's place. Of course, the same was true of her satchel.

Esther looked around, and finally gave up the idea of ​​asking "Are you there" in the air? If she wanted to get close to the barrier, it would be inconvenient for her to carry so many things. As for Amon, he would really take good care of those things. Special mushrooms?

Esther felt a subtle worry in her heart.

From far to near, Esther felt a faint sense of oppression. As she got closer to the barrier, this mutual repulsion became stronger.

This is a good thing in her opinion - it shows that the seal as a whole is still continuing. Even if there is a gap elsewhere, the sealed source cannot freely enter the outside world, but through the extraordinary being connected with itself. characteristics to spread a stronger impact.

When Esther approached the gray fog wall, a ripple rippled from the originally calm surface, creating a circular wave. However, this kind of movement was not very strong. The ripples facing Esther only flowed out for a few meters before being smoothed by the invisible force and returned to silence.

When Esther stood in front of the ripples, the things she was thinking about were a bit confusing. Although Zoya's memory had stabilized, there was still something missing. This was something she had been having difficulty thinking about calmly until There is enough free time now.

The most important thing is that the surroundings are finally quiet. Regardless of whether Amon is hiding nearby, Esther can relax a little more after losing sight of him.

Sure enough, it's better to stay away from that guy. The communication between the "scammer" is really tiring. I can't believe him and can't refuse him, even if I make a deal with the devil...

No, it’s better not to think about this kind of thing.

Esther took out the harmonica from her arms. She took a deep breath. As the music sounded, soft light fell from her hair and fell on her body, almost completely obliterating her figure, leaving only a hazy figure. silhouette.

She walked forward, stepping into the ripples like a pebble falling into a lake.

After the gray swallowed up the light, a shadow was forced to peel off and quickly turned into a twelve-linked insect.

Amon, who was hidden in the darkness, opened his palms, and the unconscious insect of time fell into his palms.

"You left a back door for yourself, Zoya...or, were you the back door in the first place?"

There was a smile in Amon's black eyes, and the thoughts revealed from the depths made another plan gradually take shape in his heart. He just wanted to bring Zoya's body down from Origin Castle, and he had to be unaware of it. OK.

This would be an interesting fraud, Amon thought, and He would need a more eye-catching bait. (End of chapter)