Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther was about to give in to the voice in her head. In the windless room, her hair swayed slightly, seeming to urge her to agree as soon as possible.

But whether emotionally or intellectually, it is impossible for Esther to form an alliance with those who believe in the "Inverted Cross". Her colleagues in Tingen have suffered greatly from it, and Blackthorn Security Company Destroyed, although the mastermind behind it was Ince Zangwill and the broken quill, Esther did not want to compromise.

Her right hand moved, but this time Esther scratched her forehead. She briefly stole the thought of "willing" and forced the restless light ball in her mind to fall into silence. The stolen thoughts came directly from her The fingertips slipped away, as if nothing was left after grasping a handful of sand, and there was no move to replace it.

Then Esther changed direction and made two quick air grabs at Mr. A and Noen. Her body took two awkward steps forward, while Mr. A and Noen stopped in place.

Seizing the gap between the two of them, Esther quickly backed up, opened the door that she had been holding against, and ran out of the garden of the mansion along the escape route she had rehearsed several times in her mind.

Her escape was successful because Mr. A was unprepared and he did not have any hostility. If a head-on battle really happened, it would be impossible for Esther to deal with Mr. A, who was herding souls from multiple paths.

It only took Mr. A two seconds to come to his senses. The smile on his face faded and he pointed his finger on his forehead in confusion: "...A thief? How could he be a thief?"

It took Norn nearly a minute to find his thoughts. The feeling of his head being empty made him confused. However, after seeing Mr. A's charming and almost demonic face, Norn immediately regained his understanding of what happened just now. memory.

"Luna, she—I'm going to chase her right now!"

"No, she shouldn't be the thief. I need to pray to the Lord for clearer instructions."

"But I'm afraid she won't stay anymore, and it will be difficult for us to find her again," Norn said in despair. Esther's eyes completely regarded him as a betrayer, "She looks so afraid..."

Mr. A walked towards another back door leading to the underground: "Come to the prayer room with me, Norn. Even if she leaves today, Zoya will one day understand that the Lord is her most real beacon."

I don’t know where he got the confidence, but he smiled and said confidently: "The Lord is not anxious. This is an unexpected surprise. Zoya will definitely go to the Lord in the future."

Hearing this, Noen's heart tightened and he felt panicked for no reason. He quickly repented for his doubts and silently drew the symbol of an inverted cross on his chest.

Mr. A suddenly said: "Did you record the songs Zoya sang?"

Noen nodded: "It has been copied, in my mind and on my body."

"When the prayer is over, the Lord has responded and left your mask and cloak. I will divine Zoya's possible whereabouts. Although she can easily avoid our sight, we must try..."

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Esther was tightly wrapped in her cloak and didn't even know how far she had run. She stopped an empty taxi and got straight in: "The nearest subway station, please hurry up!"

The coachman felt strange about this lady running out of Queens in a hurry at night. He muttered something in a low voice, but when the five-soull note appeared in front of his eyes, he immediately shut his mouth.

This is more than twice the normal toll. At worst, if someone asks, they will just say that they have never seen it or don’t know. Anyway, what the passengers do has little to do with the driver. There are so many weirdos in Backlund...

The first impression you get when getting along with others can easily be deceived by appearance. Esther was sighing at this point.

Apparently, everyone playing Birchwood together happened just yesterday. Norn smiled happily at her with tears in his eyes.

At that time, he was probably already considering bringing me to Mr. A, right?

Esther took off her mask, took off her cloak, and sat in the stable carriage, feeling her heart getting colder and colder.

Esther felt chilled just thinking about Mr. A's weird flesh-and-blood shadow. She lost her temper in comfort and could not make any more preparations!

It would have been nice if there was a handy sealed artifact around, so that I wouldn't be so passive. But compared to the high prices she saw at the rally, Esther could only sigh again in her heart.

Xiao Wu moved in her pocket, and Esther held it in her palm, smiling rather reluctantly: "Are you awake?"

Xiao Wu didn't speak for a while, then shook his head: "They are believers of the 'True Creator', and they are all extraordinary people of the 'Secret Prayer' path."

"That's it."

Xiaowu can receive Esther's complex emotions. Even as a clone with independent consciousness, it has never felt so many emotions.

It never knew that feelings can make people almost overwhelmed. This made Xiao Wu, while being irritated, also try to find topics to talk about Esther, in order to free himself from this one-sided emotional oppression: "We are not like them. It’s different, that ‘Hanged Man’ is our enemy from the last era.”

Esther grabbed a strand of hair with her free left hand and held it in front of her eyes to look at it: "Can I trust you... I don't know, I feel like this world is a whole scam now..."

At the moment when her spiritual intuition was abnormal, she almost felt that control of her body might be taken away. Such strange changes made Esther realize that the greatest danger might come from herself.

But Xiao Wu fell silent again because of that "trust", and only spoke again in the past ten seconds: "You are not willing to recite the honorable name of any existence, are you?"

Esther stopped talking this time, and her gray eyes turned hazy and gloomy as she stared at Xiao Wu.

"If you don't think about it, don't think about it. It is extremely dangerous to establish contact with extraordinary people at the level of angels and above. After you pack your things and leave Lily of the Valley Street, we will go find Xiaoqi."

A little hope burned in Esther's eyes: "Wait, you mean Xiaoqi? Are you still connected with it!?"

"Xiao Qi has been to Apartment No. 7 several times in order to maintain a certain degree of 'contact' with you. You are indeed too slow to be self-aware."

"Then why did it suddenly leave at that time..."

Xiao Wu betrayed Xiao Qi without any hesitation: "What Xiao Qi is wary of is not you, but the 'Tail Eater' in your dream. He is the King of Angels under the Hanged Man. At that time, Xiao Qi was just looking for an excuse to leave. In fact, I’m going to investigate the old history books about the Third Age.”

"King of Angels? I'm really grateful for the damn dream in this world. Why didn't I order something good?" Esther leaned softly in the car, swaying slightly with the car.

"Backlund's forces are very complicated. They can't set foot here. You are still safe here."

Esther wanted to curse a few words, but she also knew that these unfortunate events had little to do with Xiao Wu. She sighed feebly: "Oh, you should have seen the way I ran away in embarrassment."

"If you use the power in your head, you can escape even from the hands of demigods. What are you afraid of? Strength is your confidence."

"I don't have the confidence myself. Where do you get the confidence?"

Just when Xiao Wu was about to say something else, the coachman knocked on the carriage and signaled that Esther was there.

After arriving at the steam subway station, Esther bought the ticket and deliberately left her mask and cloak under the seat. After arriving at the South Bridge District, she queued at the window again and learned from the impatient conductor the bus route to Rose Flower Street. .

She didn’t have that much time to walk over, and she didn’t even have time to be thankful that Mr. A didn’t catch up. Esther had to tell Mrs. Romano about this—Norn believed in some weird god who might give the apartment Others pose danger!

But she couldn't go back to Lily of the Valley Street directly, so she had to make a compromise and tell Father Utravsky about this. Esther could see that he was also an extraordinary person. Even if he ignored his height, he gave Esther a greater sense of oppression. Mrs. Romano was deeper.

The crimson moon set outside Backlund's cloudy sky. Only the light of kerosene lamps shone on the street, lengthening the shadows of hurried pedestrians. There seemed to be many invisible eyes hidden in the shadows, making those who were afraid More and more timid.

Esther originally wanted to buy another hooded cloak, but at this time, there were not many small shops still open in the south area of ​​​​the bridge.

Even at night, the architectural style of the small church is still noticeable, although it does not occupy a large area.

When she saw the Holy Emblem of Life, Esther only hesitated for a moment, then stepped firmly towards the door of Harvest Church. The candles in the prayer hall were still lit, so there should be someone inside.

Compared with dealing with Father Utravsky, who is suspected of being a favored person of God, of course the safety of the people in Lily of the Valley is more important, and Esther can make the decision without thinking.

She knocked on the closed door of the church, and to Esther's surprise, the door opened much faster than she expected.

"I smelled that strange smell from so far away, and it turned out to be you."

Esther's face turned red. What's the strange smell? She subconsciously raised her sleeves and sniffed, but she didn't smell anything.

Then she remembered to look at this unfamiliar yet familiar voice:

The person who opened the door of the church was a handsome young man in his mid-20s. His clear facial features were slightly feminine, and his habitual head-raising posture showed the arrogance of his character. His thin lips were pursed in dissatisfaction. The black hair is combed back diagonally, with only thin bangs hanging on both sides of the forehead.

The young man pinched the bridge of his nose with one hand. It seemed that the "strange smell" made him uncomfortable. He was even wearing the priest uniform of the Church of the Mother Earth.

Esther clearly remembered that she had not seen this young man the last time she came here, but there was a new member in just over a month. Father Utravsky should be very happy. Is this priest a local? Or an assistant sent by the Mother Earth Church?

Esther could feel that the other party was also an extraordinary person, but now was not the time to dwell on this: "I'm sorry to bother you, I have something to ask Father Utravsky. Can you help me call him? It's very urgent. matter!"

"Oh... you can come in and sit wherever you like. There won't be many people sitting here in a day anyway."

Candles were still lit in the prayer hall, which allowed Esther to see the appearance of the young man in front of her more clearly, especially the too pale skin color and the naturally blood-red eyes.

"Huh? Vampire?"

"The Vampires! They are the noble Vampires! Vampires are ignorant and ignorant prejudices!"

The young man shouted angrily.