Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

At Klein's shout, the skylark paused for a moment, and a little light gathered on its small pointed beak. It twisted its head and tore hard, and in just an instant, it cut off the tentacles on the left side of the "bee".

Then, like any bird that caught a delicious meal, the skylark raised its head and decisively swallowed the entire tentacle in its mouth before Klein could stop it.

Norns' slender claws were clasped on top of the "bee", stepping on the thick layer of down. Its feathers were swollen due to the intimidation instinct, and they seemed to be more swollen than usual. It's just that the always clear light-colored eyes are quite cold. In addition to pure animal desire, there is also a more complex meaning. Hatred or disgust are just intense emotions on the surface.

It stood on top of the superfluous visitor. Although the height of the skylark was completely out of proportion to the visitor, its intimidating posture made Norns look like a dragon entrenched on its prey.

This was the first time - Klein saw the straightforward attack method of Norns. It showed a ruthlessness that was completely inconsistent with its harmless appearance. It also made Klein realize clearly again that it was never ordinary. lark.

This made him sigh silently in his mind.

The "bee", which was larger than a cat, lay tremblingly on the ground, curled up its slender stinging legs, and its wings, which were grasped by Reinette Tinichole, turned crookedly to the right. side.

The wings clearly looked like they were about to break, but they were trembling rapidly at this moment, making chaotic noises, trying their best to convey their wails to the only human in the room, begging for some mercy.

At least that's how it felt to Klein, but he didn't quite believe the gesture displayed by this spirit world creature. He just raised his arm and called out to the skylark that was in a bad state again:

"Norns, calm down and come here."

The upturned feathers on the skylark's body gradually became flat, and it gave a low cry. Klein understood part of the warning. Norns firmly recognized the "bee" as an enemy, or even some kind of supplementary creature. Food - it's as if the messenger lady is here specifically to deliver food.

However, Norns did not stubbornly stay where he was. Instead, he flew up under Klein's worried gaze and landed on his arm. The skylark seemed to realize that it had done something wrong, and lowered its head gloomily, avoiding Klein's sight.

Klein then looked at Reinette Tinichole: "I've been wanting to ask since just now, what's going on?"

Although the messenger lady always spoke intermittently, Klein still understood the basic antecedents after the four heads spoke in turn.

This spirit world creature was attracted by something unknown and came to the nearby spirit world. However, because it could not actively communicate with the real world, it could only linger very close to Klein.

The first time Reinette discovered it, she felt that this sneaky "bee" was not a good thing. This was a purely spiritual intuition, so she immediately subdued the spiritual creature and responded to Klein. The summons brings it into the real world together.

"Now you..." "You can decide..." "How..." "Deal with it..."

Miss Messenger finally ended the task of the four heads talking separately. Most of the information was not what he said, but what Klein summarized from her fragmentary words.

But what to do with this guy? Klein really didn’t have a clue for a while. He knew that he should go to the gray fog to do some divination, but he had to tell Norns to look at this “bee.” Klein felt that when he returned to reality, this “bee” It would have been eaten to pieces. The scene that just happened made Klein very worried about it.

This is the first time Norns has eaten bugs. Although strictly speaking they are spiritual creatures, will there be any adverse reactions...

Klein glanced at Skylark, who had his head lowered obediently, as if he had admitted his mistake. He sealed the letter on the table and handed it to the four-headed lady: "Please help me deliver this letter to that fool who was tempted."

One head bit the corner of the letter, and the other nodded. Without even looking at the "guest" she brought on the ground, Reinette Tinichole turned her head and passed through the gap in the spirit world again to complete her role as a messenger. task.

But Klein couldn't ignore the guy on the ground. Norns kept peeking at it frequently, looking like he wanted to continue what he had not finished before.

He did not step forward, but took two steps back. One was out of distrust of this guy, and the other was worried that Norns would rush forward again and not let the bird eat anything dirty again. If it happened Mutation...

Klein observed the bee and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Its wings trembled, and it actually made a sound: "Please... kill me... don't, don't be eaten..."

Is this guy so scared? Already wishing to die just to avoid being eaten?

Klein was a little disbelieving. He glanced at the skylark standing on his arm and saw that it was also looking up at him. When his eyes met Klein's, Knowns shook his head suddenly.

"No, I can't let you eat it. Absolutely not. This is an order!" With a reprimanding tone, Klein made Knowns lower his head again, turned around in annoyance, and turned his back to the person he had been eating for more than half a year. Breeder.

Klein prioritized restraining Norns, then looked at the "bee" and said calmly: "Look, I won't let it eat you, but I won't do anything directly either. Since you understand me Talk, maybe you can tell me why there is such a request."

The bee's wings twitched twice, but there was no sound. Its claws hooked on the ground, and it crawled helplessly for a short distance away from Klein, and then stopped there tiredly.

If the remaining tentacle hadn't been trembling, Klein would have thought it had died due to weakness. The resistance shown by the other party gradually wore away Klein's patience, and he felt that maybe he should try a tougher tone:

"Answer my question, why did you ask me to kill you?"

When saying this, Klein also raised his right hand slightly, as if he would retract his previous order at any time - even though Klein was not sure whether the strange silver-white compound eyes of this "bee" could see this scene. , but his cold tone should be enough to give the other party a warning.

The untimely guest spread his legs on the floor, gave up his useless struggle, and tried to flap his wings: "If you kill me, I can leave here..."

This time, the sounds it made were much more coherent. It seemed that the weakness it showed just now was also part of the disguise.

"Leaving through death?"

"This is my ability... Death is just an appearance, and I can return to the lair..."

At this point, the wings of the "bee" shook violently. Although it only made a series of buzzing sounds, Klein could clearly hear the strong uneasiness in it.

This also made him very confused. The current situation was obvious. Who was this "bee" trying to convey to whom, but here -

No, it's not just him here, there's Norns as well.

When Klein looked at Knowns, the skylark turned around again, completely ignoring the sounds. Instead, it stretched out its wings and pointed at the "bee" on the ground, and chirped happily.

Norns still wanted to eat it, but he didn't even have any other thoughts.

"Can you understand what it's saying?" Klein asked.

Norns tilted his head and pointed at the door of the room with his wings.

Klein wasn't sure what it meant specifically, so he just relied on his tacit understanding with Norns to guess: "Door?"

The "bee" on the floor seemed to have changed its mind. Its rapid buzzing stopped and returned to a voice that Klein could understand: "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... We failed to complete the task..."

"What happened to the door?"

The "bee" was swaying, and the scattered thoughts from its wings were also mixed with noise: "The door between the dreamland and reality has been opened... The respected attendant in the spirit world is not here, and he has not responded!"

Attendant in the spiritual world, does it mean "Zoya"?

"What is the dreamland? Where is it?"

"It's anywhere but inaccessible, it's not meant to be touched..."

"What happens if the door is opened?"

"We don't know. My compatriots and I are just responsible for sealing it..."

Norns let out a very shrill scream, as if scolding the cowardly "bee". Klein shook his head at it, but it was somewhat difficult to make up his mind on how to deal with this spiritual creature.

There were many questions in his mind, but the voice of this "bee" was getting lower and lower, and this time it was really completely weak.

So Klein asked the last question: "Well, then... how do you want to die?"

"Bee" was stunned for a long time, its wings twitched strangely twice, and then the silver-white compound eyes completely dimmed - this time it was Klein who was stunned, and he watched the still intact tentacles shrink rapidly. Like a dry and rotten knot, it weathered directly in the air.

It seemed like there was no need for him to take action.

Klein flicked up a coin. After confirming in a mystical way that the visitor in the room was really dead, he walked forward, turned over the body, checked it, and remembered the conspicuous mark on the back of "Bee". Patterns and many special symbols have special meanings in occultism, which are very clear clues.

As a "historian", he doesn't need to be afraid of such a spirit world creature that doesn't even have divinity, but Klein always feels that there are many abnormalities in it, including the previous buzzing sound - which makes Klein feel very... It's familiar.

If "Bee" is unwilling or unable to answer, there will be "others" who are willing to answer. Klein is very sure of this.

Placing Skylark on the desk, Klein began to draw symbols summoning a certain "omnidirectional search engine" on the full-length mirror in the room.

He didn't believe Arrodes knew anything about it.

I... got up for a moment!