Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Early in the morning, the sun shone through the window into the room. Although the temperature was the same, it made people feel more relaxed and happy than when they were in Backlund.

If it didn't make her look silly, Esther wanted to open the window and take a deep breath.

She didn't forget that she still had business to do today, and after a few minutes, she took all her belongings and tied another ordinary dagger to her wrist. show the way.

Of course, Xiao Wu has no objection. Esther’s strange performance yesterday made her seem particularly cooperative now, and she even kindly reminded Esther that she can use her cycle ability to suppress the other party when she encounters a situation that she can’t cope with, and then Run away as soon as possible.

Esther clasped her forehead with her knuckles: "No problem, my 'inspiration' will call the police at critical moments, at least there is no disagreement on this matter."

My death is his death, the two of us are connected by fate?
"Go ahead, go down the river first, and I'll tell you when I get close to that place."

But soon, Esther noticed that there were traces of people passing through the grass, leaving a path leading to a corner downstream.

"There is still juice on the broken part of the blade of grass. It hasn't been long since they passed by. It seems that someone has the same plan as me. Sure enough, when the sun is high in the morning, it will be easier to rob the tomb?"

Xiao Wu didn't understand what Esther was saying, and Esther didn't care. She just used the ability of a decryption scholar to quickly analyze the footprints on the ground and the few traces left by this group of people.

"There are at least six people, and it is not ruled out that some people can hide their footprints. Two people are particularly large or carry heavier things, and one person's footprints are heavy and light, which is obviously lame. Another person sprayed a lot Perfume, there is a smell left on this bush, no, this smell is more like a means of marking, used to mark the way back?"

Xiao Wu said softly: "Some potions can also be used by spraying."

"Yes. The staffing of their team should be very rich. Considering that what they are going to explore is the tomb of the Fourth Epoch, there may be several Extraordinary of the middle sequence among them."

"That's not necessarily the case. It's no easier for a wild Extraordinary to be promoted than it is for you to become a business tycoon in Backlund from scratch."

Esther even tilted her head and thought for two seconds: "Actually, I can really buy stocks. With my luck, even if I buy a lump of iron, it can increase by a few dollars."

"...That's right." Xiao Wu squeezed out such a word with great difficulty.

Esther was not in a hurry to continue forward, but after checking the nearby terrain, she used a branch sweep to destroy a section of her footprints extending here, and then left traces leading to the river side.

Further forward was the edge of the field with a wide view. She didn't want to expose her figure, so after doing this little trick, she sneaked into a relatively dense bush.

Esther did not directly choose the most suitable location for Tibetans, but she also considered that other people were most likely to be defensive about that location.

Xiao Wu can understand her intentions: Esther is at a disadvantage if the less is against the more. If she continues to walk like this, she will inevitably collide with the other party. When she doesn't know the other party's tendency, avoiding meeting is the least likely to cause conflicts.Esther was not willing to give up just like that, and simply waited for the group of people to turn back before heading to the mausoleum to see if there were any remaining gains.

If they all fail, that just clears part of the way for Esther.

There is no sign of sleeping in the open nearby. There are a lot of people in this team, so they can only eat and live nearby in Baiya Town.Since they were so careless about the traces they left behind, they probably didn't have the consciousness to be cautious enough to go back by another road, or they were very sure that no one else knew about the tomb here.

Esther sighed in her heart, it was so unfortunate, and she didn't know how long she would be squatting here.

But Esther didn't expect that she squatted in the bush until the sunset gradually fell.During this period, she changed several positions, but in order to maintain concealment, she really didn't dare to climb the tree directly and lie down, so she could only sit down and hide in an awkward position.

Fortunately, my legs won't be numb, otherwise I really want to leave, whoever wants to wait...

Esther gritted her teeth and thought, looked at the dim sky, and decided to wait another two hours before leaving.

It will be December in a few days, and the cold wind blowing along the river bank at night makes Esther feel like this day is a joke.She resolutely gave up on guarding these "bastards" and went directly to the hotel where she lived.

Retreating into the warm room with the fireplace, Esther drank a big gulp of hot cocoa and asked Xiao Wu suspiciously, "Will they really come back?"

"You finally know how to ask."

"You can take the initiative to say that I didn't let you continue to sleep in the seal."

Xiao Wu sneered before continuing, "Since those people are greedy for treasures, they naturally have to face the traps inside. The Patriarch is an extremely sinister 'thief', how could he not keep all those who covet that tomb Down?"

"That is to say, the degree of danger on the outside is far from comparable to that on the inside. He will lure everyone in and catch them all?"

"It's 'He'." Xiao Wu corrected a sentence.

Esther thought for a moment: "Is it possible that we only enter the periphery to observe?"

"Of course, in fact, it is impossible for a human shadow to move in the depths of the mausoleum, unless it also wants to find some excitement." When Xiao Wu said this, he was full of sarcasm, "I can show you the way, we are very familiar with the layout inside. cooked."

"That's it, we'll go again tomorrow morning."

"But I also have one condition."

Esther picked up Xiao Wu and held it in the palm of her right hand: "What conditions do you want? Let me say it first, and you can't recite the honored name of your Patriarch."

Xiao Wu shook his head and turned around leisurely: "It's not that embarrassing. You just need to tell me what happened in Tingen and why you met Xiao Qi."

This is not a confidential question, but Esther thought about it, and apart from her experience of going to the tavern as soon as she opened her eyes, it seemed that she really had nothing to say: "I don't know either. It's just that after I woke up, Xiaoqi It is already by my side, in the same sealed state as you are now."

"Were you what you are now?"

Esther subconsciously covered her face with the other hand: "No, my appearance was younger at that time, and I wore a suit jacket that was closer to the figure of an adult male, and it didn't fit well."

"But you 'grow' only after you accommodate Beyonder characteristics."

Esther scratched her hair guiltily: "There are Beyonders who can change their appearance, right? I think this is the abnormality after skipping Sequence Four and being promoted."

"But the Sequence Five of 'Thief' is not acceptable..." Xiao Wu's voice became much softer, "I'm not sure what will happen to you if you really get promoted."

Esther couldn't help thinking of the runaways she had seen in the past: "Will I become a monster too?"

"The higher your sequence is, the more vivid and frequent the awakened 'light spots' are, and you can now communicate with them easily, as if—"

Esther took Xiao Wu's words: "It seems that they are all alive."

Xiao Wu raised most of his body and leaned towards Esther: "By making an analogy, you should be able to imagine the relationship between 'Amon' and his family."

Esther felt chills all over her body: "So that mausoleum..."

"That's right, it wasn't a tomb from the very beginning, but a trap, a passage leading to the abyss that the living should stay away from."

If she wasn't in the worm form, Esther believed that she would have seen Xiao Wuban squinting and smiling: "If the mausoleum is so dangerous, I have to start thinking about canceling the plan."

"No need. Just give me the same trust you gave Xiao Qi, and everything will be fine."

I don't know why, Esther always has a bad feeling when she hears Xiao Wu say that, it's not a guide or warning from her mind.

Just plain uneasiness.

-

Esther still forced herself to sleep that night, and the conversation with Xiao Wu didn't even affect her sleep quality at all.

After she woke up, she immediately started to prepare things, and went along yesterday's route to investigate the traces left by the expedition team.

"No change, they really didn't take any action and they didn't come back here."

"Too careless, isn't it? It seems that their plan was to return from here, but there is no chance to clean up their footprints when they return."

Esther nodded, and walked along here silently, beyond the weedy grove, she walked along the edge of a fertile field, until she came to the bend of the river, where stood the bare-faced The cliff is so white that it seems that it has never experienced wind and rain.

Under Xiao Wu's instructions, Esther quickly found the hidden entrance. After simply sensing that there was no extremely dangerous thing nearby, she walked down the dark and dark marble stairs. Dozens of light spots came from her. The tip of the tree falls, emitting a faint light, illuminating the road ahead.

This section of stairs leading to the ground is also black, easily reminding Esther of the black eyes of a crow. Even after almost 2000 years, it is smooth and complete, without any signs of corrosion, only covered with a blanket The faint dust of human footprints.

Under the ground, the huge and heavy dark gray stone door was half-opened, and the gap was so deep that it was almost impenetrable to light, like the huge mouth of a half-drunken wild beast, which might close at any time, swallowing the intruders who stepped into it.

More and more light spots flew down from Esther's head, forming strips of light around her and under her feet, dispelling the surrounding darkness, making every step of Esther seem to be stepping on pale golden above the river.

With a flick of her wrist, the dagger popped out of the scabbard and was held tightly in her hand. Esther tied the blood-red bow tie around her neck, moved the fingers of her left hand, and stepped into the dark mausoleum without light among.

Xiao Wu also stopped chatting casually, as if afraid of disturbing Esther's concentration.

Esther is not afraid of the darkness here, but apart from breathing, heartbeat, and Xiao Wu's occasional reminder of the surrounding traps, there is almost no sound here.

If it wasn't for Xiao Wu still making a sound, Esther would only be left with a sense of loneliness cut off from the world.

She didn't go in for a long time, and a figure appeared outside the light around Esther, almost blending with the darkness in the corner.

Looking from the back, it was also a young woman—wearing the same simple leather vest and shirt as Esther, with trousers tucked into boots for mobility, only 1.6 meters tall, with soft and fluffy silver hair just reaching her shoulders.

Esther's heartbeat suddenly quickened, and the buzzing of spiritual intuition began to amplify in her mind, as if she knew what she was about to see.

The figure on the opposite side slowly turned around and raised his face covered by the shadow of bangs.

However, there was nothing on this young woman's face, no eyebrows, nose or mouth, the whole face was empty, only two gloomy black holes, as if her eyes had been gouged out.